The MacGyver multitool
via Engadget
Thursday, 19 July 2007
Thursday, 12 July 2007
The real Danny Deckchair
An Oregon man has undoubtedly set some kind of record by travelling 193 miles in a flying deckchair, the Bend Bulletin reports.
via theregister.co.uk - here.
via theregister.co.uk - here.
Tesla's Tower of Power
In 1905, a team of construction workers in the small village ofShoreham, New York labored to erect a truly extraordinary structure.
Over a period of several years the men had managed to assemble the
framework and wiring for the 187-foot-tall Wardenclyffe Tower, in spite of severe budget shortfalls and a few engineering snags.
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007
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Saturday, 30 June 2007
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
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Friday, 22 June 2007
Police fatally taser gasoline-soaked suspect
As we've reported before, tasers might not be as safe as their makers like to claim. Juan Flores Lopez, a Texas man who had doused himself in gasoline, became the latest unfortunate taser-related casualitywhen police used the stun device (which sometimes emit sparks) during
his arrest. "We don't know what ignited the fire," perplexed officers
admitted. The case is currently being investigated by the Texas Rangers.
[Via Digg] via engadget
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Computer keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats
Studies show that computer keyboards have more bacteria than toilet seats. But it's hard to clean all those keys. So some people advocate an extreme solution: Throw your keyboard in your dishwasher.
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Monday, 18 June 2007
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Friday, 15 June 2007
Gay bomb plan by US
THE US Army planned to arm itself with "gay bombs" that would turn enemies into uncontrollable homosexuals.
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Thursday, 14 June 2007
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Monday, 4 June 2007
Promotional fax mistaken for bomb threat
This faxed page released by the Ashland Police Dept., shows a fax as it was to appear as a promotion sent by a marketing group Wednesday, May 30, 2007, to a Bank of America branch in Ashland, Mass. A faulty fax arrived at the Bank of America's Ashland office Tuesday night omiting portions of the fax. A bank employee misinterpreted the message Wednesday as a bomb threat causing authorities to evacuate more than a dozen neighboring businesses.Friday, 1 June 2007
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
Monday, 28 May 2007
337 Project - Salt Lake City, Utah - very kewl
"144 artists adding their artistic interpretation to a soon-to-be-demolished building"
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
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Monday, 21 May 2007
Wall Street: 16th September 1920, 12:01 pm
"At approximately one minute after twelve o'clock, the abandoned wagon's
timer reached zero in the pleasant afternoon sun. A bomb consisting of
one hundred pounds of dynamite packed with five hundred pounds of
cast-iron slugs violently vomited red-hot shrapnel and destruction in
every direction. A number of passers-by were instantly vaporized by the
extreme heat and pressure. The blast sent a nearby automobile careening
through the air as countless jagged iron fragments ripped through the
crowd. The nearby structures trembled as the shock wave slammed into
their outer walls with tremendous force, shattering windows and turning
lobbies into lacerating hailstorms of glass. Many of the cloth awnings
which overlooked the street burst into flames. Within a half-mile
radius thousands of plate-glass windows burst in the city's tall
buildings, peppering the streets of Lower Manhattan with razor-sharp
glass shards."
Read on @ Damminteresting.com
Train driver asks passengers to get out and push
By Lester Haines
We don't know what Argentinian commuters would make of it, but hundreds of Indian train passengers were apparently happy to oblige when the driver asked them to hop out and push.
Direct from The Register
We don't know what Argentinian commuters would make of it, but hundreds of Indian train passengers were apparently happy to oblige when the driver asked them to hop out and push.
According to Reuters, the unscheduled jump-start happened in Patna, capital of Bihar, after "a passenger pulled the train's emergency chain and it halted in a 'neutral zone' - a short length of track where there is no power in the overhead wires".
It took the emergency fare-paying labour more than half an hour to shift the train the 12 feet required to reconnect with the juice. Indian Railways spokesman Deepak Kumar Jha admitted: "In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident." ®
Direct from The Register
One of the coolest gadgets ever! Optimus Maximus keyboard
Any key can display as anything! But at US$1500 it is a little on the expensive side.
Friday, 18 May 2007
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Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Britain's own Nuclear disaster in the 1950's
The Windscale Disaster "In October 1957, after several years of successful operation, the workers at Windscale noticed some curious readings from their temperature monitoring equipment as they carried out standard maintenance. The reactor temperature was slowly rising during a time that they expected it to be falling."Monday, 7 May 2007
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Friday, 4 May 2007
This is a true story.
A city councilman in Utah, Mark Easton, had a beautiful view of the east mountains, until a new neighbour purchased the lot below his house and built a new home.
The new home was 18 inches higher than the ordinances would allow, so Mark Easton, mad about his lost view, went to the city to make sure they enforced the lower roof line ordinance. The new neighbour had to drop the roof line, at great expense.
Recently, Mark Easton called the city, and informed them that his new neighbour had installed some vents on the side of his home. Mark didn't like the look of these vents and asked the city to investigate. When they went to Mark's home to see the vent view, this is what they found...
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