Footage of the Russian Mil Mi-26 helicopter, the "biggest, most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production".
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Stunning Fireworks Photos
Smashing Magazine has posted 43 stunning photos of fireworks. I'm yet to try photographing fireworks but it doesn't look easy.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Looking At The Past
Image via Tom5
A collection of old photos superimposed over the same location today.
The Complete National Geographic on 160-GB Hard Drive
National Geographic has released a branded external hard drive that contains every issue of the magazine from 1888 - 2008. The 160GB HD costs $199.99 and features a 100GB partition for personal use. I would imagine that you would be able to add new issues as they become available. [via]
Monday, December 28, 2009
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Video: Man Attaches GPS to Cat
IEEE has a video of the experiment.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Friday, December 18, 2009
Tomato Clownfish Tending to His Field of Developing Eggs
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Map of Rock Bands
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
Garbage Pail Kids Quiz
How well do you know remember the Garbage Pail Kids? Take the quiz and find out.
Pub Decorates Exterior With 43 Christmas Trees
The Churchill Arms in London has decorated the exterior of the pub with 43 Christmas trees. I'm not sure if that's a record.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Periodic Table of Beer Styles
If you're a beer lover (and budding home brewer), you'll find this periodic table of beer styles very useful.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
For Sale: A Unicorn Made From A Dead Lamb
Someone on Etsy is selling a 'unicorn' that's made from a lamb that died of natural causes. Yours for $975 + $120 shipping.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Boss'll Never Know
Click the image to see what's hidden.
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Cardboard Windscreen Freezes Trucker's Eye Shut
A truck driver in China who drove 500 miles with a cardboard windscreen became so cold that one of his eyes froze shut.
Sing Li, 24, navigated by sticking his head out of the driver’s window. Unfortunately, this caused him to become rather cold - when he was arrested in Henan, eastern China, not only was one eye frozen shut, but his head was blue from the cold.
The driver has now lost his license and said that he couldn't afford to repair the windscreen and didn't want to fall behind on his schedule. [via]
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Threadless $9 Sale
Threadless are having a crazy sale where all tees are just $9. You'll have to be quick though as the sale ends tomorrow.
Update: The sale has been extended until midnight GMT.
Monday, December 07, 2009
The World's Most Expensive iPhone
The iPhone 3GS SUPREME is priced at £1.92 million, took 10 months to make and consists of 271 grams of 22ct solid gold, a couple of hundred diamonds in the bezel and logo and a giant 7.1ct diamond for the navigation button. [via]
Which Places In the World Does Wikipedia Discuss Most?
Mark Graham has taken an article dump from Wikipedia (Aug 2009) and calculated the number of articles written about each country in the world. United States came out top with almost 90,000 articles and Anguilla was last with just 4 articles. What was interesting was the fact that Antarctica and even Middle Earth have more articles written about them than most African countries. [via]
Inside an Amazon Warehouse
The Daily Mail has an article that reveals the inner workings of an Amazon warehouse and includes a couple of photos showing just how big their warehouses are. Even though humans work there, they don't have to do much thinking.
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Fox Spotted on London Underground
@radiokate spotted this fox riding the escalator on the London Underground (Walthamstow Central).
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Flight Attendant Photographs Obese Passenger
Apparently this photo is authentic and the poor guy set next to the obese passenger was removed from the flight, given compensation and a first class seat on the next flight. [via]
Snake Tries To Eat Its Own Tail
A confused pet snake got into a bind when it decided that his tail looked quite tasty and started to eat it.
Reggie the King snake soon realised his mistake after chomping down on his back end but then couldn't release himself after his teeth had taken hold.
Luckily the hungry reptile's owner arrived on the scene before the snake began to digest its own body, and rushed him to the vet.
'Its backward facing teeth were acting like a ratchet,' vet Bob Reynolds from Faygate, West Sussex told the Mail Online.'The snake had also dislocated its jaw in its attempt to get its mouth around the tail and this isn't easy to reverse.'
Mr Reynolds was able to gently untangle Reggie by prising its jaws open a little wider and sliding the teeth off the flesh using a probe. The whole operation took only half an hour.
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