Friday, September 28, 2007

Lawrence Welk Meets Velvet Underground

If it got booted from youtube, then you can download a 5mp mpeg here

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Indian Thriller

Colorful Eclipse Aug 28th - 5:20am

NASA - Dreamy Lunar Eclipse


Dreamy Lunar Eclipse 08.03.2007 + Play Audio | + Download Audio | + Email to a friend | + Join mailing list August 3, 2007: Close your eyes, breathe deeply, let your mind wander to a distant seashore: It's late in the day, and the western sun is sinking into the glittering waves. At your feet, damp sand reflects the twilight, while overhead, the deep blue sky fades into a cloudy mélange of sunset copper and gold, so vivid it almost takes your breath away. see captionA breeze touches the back of your neck, and you turn to see a pale full Moon rising into the night. Hmmm. The Moon could use a dash more color. You reach out, grab a handful of sunset, and drape the Moon with phantasmic light. Much better. Too bad it's only a dream... Early Tuesday morning, August 28th, the dream will come true. There's going to be a colorful lunar eclipse visible from five continents including most of North America: map. Right: Photos of the March 3, 2007, lunar eclipse. Credit: Antonio Finazzi and Michele Festa of Lago di Garda, Italy. [Larger image] The event begins 54 minutes past midnight PDT (0754 UT) on August 28th when the Moon enters Earth's shadow. At first, there's little change. The outskirts of Earth's shadow are as pale as the Moon itself; an onlooker might not even realize anything is happening. But as the Moon penetrates deeper, a startling metamorphosis occurs. Around 2:52 am PDT (0952 UT), the color of the Moon changes from moondust-gray to sunset-red. This is totality, and it lasts for 90 minutes. Sign up for EXPRESS SCIENCE NEWS delivery To understand why the change occurs, close your eyes and dream yourself all the way to the Moon. Once again, you're standing on a seashore—the Sea of Tranquillity. There's no water. You're surrounded by hundreds of miles of dusty, hardened lava. Overhead hangs Earth, nightside down, completely hiding the Sun behind it. The eclipse is underway. With the Sun blocked, you might expect utter darkness, but no, the ground at your feet is aglow. Why? Look back up at Earth. The rim of the planet seems to be on fire. Around Earth's circumference you see every sunrise and sunset in the world—all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth's shadow, transforming the Moon into a landscape of copper moondust and golden hills. Wake up! This is really going to happen, and some planning is necessary. Start times of totality are listed in the table below. Set your alarm an hour or so in advance to gather snacks and dress warmly. (Even in August, four o'clock in the morning can be chilly.) Waking up early also allows you to catch some of the partial eclipse before totality. see caption The eclipse will be visible from Australia, Japan, parts of Asia and most of the Americas, but not from Africa or Europe. Pacific observers are favored. On the west coast of the United States, the entire eclipse will unfold high in the post-midnight sky. On the east coast, totality will be truncated by sunrise. That's okay; even a little eclipse can be a dream. SEND THIS STORY TO A FRIEND Author: Dr. Tony Phillips | Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA More to the story... NASA's eclipse home page -- more information about the Aug. 28, 2007, total lunar eclipse. NASA's Future: The Vision for Space Exploration


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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

HILARIOUS - Japanese Human Tetris Gameshow

clipped from www.geekologie.com

Jul 31 2007Human Tetris Round II




What's that you say? One round of Human Tetris just not enough? I couldn't agree more.


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Saturday, July 28, 2007

Michel Gondry Solves a Rubiks Cube with his Nose

CRAZY KID - Once upon a time in the woods

PANO - Autostitch™ :: a new dimension in automatic image stitching

clipped from www.cs.ubc.ca


Autostitch™ is the world's first fully automatic 2D image stitcher. Capable of stitching full view panoramas without any user input whatsoever, Autostitch is a breakthrough technology for panoramic photography, VR and visualisation applications. This is the first solution to stitch any panorama completely automatically, whether 1D (horizontal) or 2D (horizontal and vertical).

Autostitch is built using cutting edge research from the AI lab at UBC, but it's incredibly simple to use! Just select a set of photos, and Autostitch does the rest: digital photos in, panoramas out. Try the free demo (for Windows):

Download the FREE demo version now!



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Friday, July 27, 2007

SMACKDOWN - Japanese Slapping Game

clipped from www.geekologie.com

Jul 19 2007Slapping game


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A game based entirely on slapping women in the face probably shouldn't be this fun.


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UGG - Horrible Bed Design

clipped from www.geekologie.com

Jul 23 2007Horrible bed design


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Looks like somebody finally invented the world's most comfortable bed. Because why roll around when you can lie there perfectly still.

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HOWTO - Making of the "For The Love Of God"

Making Damien Hirst's "For The Love Of God"

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Remember this $99 million diamond skull created by Damien Hirst? Well here's a brief walk through on how he did it. And yes, just as you suspected, he takes a human skull and basically glues a bunch of expensive stuff to it.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

HALARIOUSLY WEIRD - Japanese Noodle Commercials


Hungry (for giant prehistoric beasts)?

Giant prehistoric beasts --

In early ’90s Japan, mobs of hungry primeval men hunted gigantic prehistoric creatures in a series of fanciful “Cup Noodle” commercials featuring stop-motion animation by Kim Blanchette.




Sea creatures






Uintatherium






Moa






Saiga antelope


Check here for other beasts in the series, including the mammoth, pterodactyl and giant warthog.


Tuesday, July 24, 2007

WOW! - Dat be a clutch of benjamins!

clipped from edition.cnn.com

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Police seized about $207 million in cash during a March raid at Zhenli Ye Gon's Mexico City home.

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CUSTOM - Hot Wheels by COOP

Sick flame jobs


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