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
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
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
Thursday, 17 May 2007
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
Monday, 14 May 2007
Thursday, 10 May 2007
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
Sunday, 6 May 2007
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...
Do not call register!
"You can list your Australian fixed line and
mobile numbers on the Do Not Call Register, provided the numbers are
used primarily for private or domestic purposes. Under the Do Not Call
Register Act 2006, telemarketers can check their calling lists against
the Do Not Call Register. If a telemarketer calls a number on the Do
Not Call Register, they may be in breach of the Act, and may face
penalties."
Join the register here
mobile numbers on the Do Not Call Register, provided the numbers are
used primarily for private or domestic purposes. Under the Do Not Call
Register Act 2006, telemarketers can check their calling lists against
the Do Not Call Register. If a telemarketer calls a number on the Do
Not Call Register, they may be in breach of the Act, and may face
penalties."
Join the register here
Thursday, 3 May 2007
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