This video is the embodiment of "bad ass". The kid looks like a typical teenage geek. That is, until he starts scaling sheer rock walls with no safety gear, scaling cliffs and spires with nothing between him and the ground but a few hundred feet of air.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
How Many Of These Can You Name
This is a great compilation video from dozens of movies that featured dancing, all cut together to the title song from "Footloose". As I watched, I got a kick out of trying to name all of the movies included. Proud to say, I got most of them. How many can you name?
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The incredible floating fire ant - The Washington Post
So bound, an ant raft can survive for months.
Engineers studying animal oddities now report that together, the ants aren’t just stronger. They’re floatier. Airtight, even.
“Water does not penetrate the raft,” said Nathan Mlot, a mechanical engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and lead author of the ant-raft report published in Monday’s Proceedings of the National Academies. Even the bottom layer of ants stays dry, he said.
Engineers, Mlot went on to explain, think the rafting behavior might aid the quest for new waterproof materials and offer lessons for robotics research.
Check the link above for the full story. The gist of it is that fire ants (nasty little buggers) have learned to survive harsh conditions by working together. In this case, they actually create a floating raft by holding onto each other. In this way, they can ride out storms and floods that would clear out other animals.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Today's Happy Thought - "The Final Countdown" on the Kazookeylele
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Because every Friday should have a little Kazookeylele...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Let's All Go To The Snack Stand
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This is what happens when you let your snacks hang out in the Bronx...
Pac-Man On The Grand Scale
Some of the user-created levels mimic the style of Pac-Man's original mazes. But many others add a new dash of creativity.
A glance at the game's main page shows mazes whose walls form images of robots, mushrooms, a yin-yang symbol and what appear to be several self-portraits.
Other mazes celebrate video-game classics like Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Brothers and Space Invaders.
Of course, this being the internet, not all images are as creative, or in good taste.
The company says its constantly scanning new mazes for inappropriate images, including an anatomical favorite of juvenile minds everywhere.
"We're happy that the 'penis to non-penis levels' ratio is well below 1:100 (the standard for user generated campaigns) ...," the company wrote on its blog. "We've been watching the moderation closely, so every penis has a short life."
via cnn.com
Really? Penis-shaped Pac-Man mazes?
I guess the part that really surprised me is that there is a penis to non-penis standard...
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