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Wed, Mar 17th, 2010 | 1:20pm | Submitted by niraj
This is very cool...the new version of Bing Maps has added Worldwide Telescope. This was previewed in this very cool TED talk where one of the things they showed was dragging around in Bing Maps streetview. When they dragged to see more of the sky, the image darkened and stars and outlines of...
Tue, Apr 21st, 2009 | 9:31am | Submitted by niraj
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What do you get when you capture HD video at 1000 frames per second? Incredibly sharp slow-motion shots. This is a demo reel from a company called I-Movix for their SprintCam product (this is the same company that captured the slow motion finish of Michael Phelps during the Olympics with an 8,000...
Tue, Aug 26th, 2008 | 8:05pm | Submitted by niraj
Note: If you have a short attention span, skip the text and just watch the video below.
There's a cool tool that's just come out called Ubiquity, a plugin for Firefox (get the prototype here) that lets you do some really powerful stuff. It's created by one of the leading UI designers, Aza...
Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | 7:05am | Submitted by niraj
I just found out about a Firefox extension called PicLens, and it's awesome. It integrates with a bunch of image services to display an endless wall of images. It really is much easier to explain it in video form:
Mon, Jul 23rd, 2007 | 8:20am | Submitted by niraj
If you've never heard of the Logitech Harmony Remote, you've got to check this out. It's Amazon's Deal of the Day, and I bought one the second I saw that it was. Why? Because this thing is way cooler than an ordinary universal remote. It basically works with any device that receives an infrared...
Tue, May 1st, 2007 | 12:30pm | Submitted by niraj
I posted a couple of weeks ago about Ben & Jerry's free cone night, so in the interest of equal promotion, Baskin-Robbins is having a 31 cent scoop night this Wednesday night from 5pm to 10pm! It's not free, but the $0.31 goes towards the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
Tue, Apr 17th, 2007 | 9:17am | Submitted by niraj
Don't forget that it's free cone day today at Ben & Jerry's! I wonder if they've got the new Stephen Colbert flavor available in stores? In any case, the weather's just starting to warm up a bit so this is good timing.
Mon, Oct 30th, 2006 | 1:43pm | Submitted by niraj
If you haven't seen one of the hundreds of YouTube videos of Coca-Cola and Mentos by now, you must be living under a rock. Basically, when you drop a roll of Mentos into a 2-liter bottle of Coke, a reaction causes a buildup of pressure and Coke will shoot out of the top of the bottle to a tall...
Fri, Sep 8th, 2006 | 10:25am | Submitted by dave
dave submitted an ESPN story about how a crazy Panthers fan is going to get a truck from FOX Sports after they played a stupid practical joke.
During the second half of the Aug. 24 game between the Panthers and Miami Dolphins, Fox Sports announcers Dick Stockton and Daryl Johnston started...
Fri, Jul 28th, 2006 | 10:40pm | Submitted by niraj
This person has waaaaaay too much time on their hands. But this is absolutely incredible.
And here's another funny video about a gas station prank:
Tue, Jul 25th, 2006 | 10:20am | Submitted by niraj
Governor Rod Blagojevich just signed a law that will allow Chicago residents to take home unfinished wine from a restaurant.
Restaurants will have to seal the partially consumed bottles of wine securely in tamper-proof bags that would remain sealed during the trip home. If the customer were to...
Tue, May 23rd, 2006 | 11:19am | Submitted by niraj
One of the blogs I frequent, Inside Google, is looking to increase their viewership (and participation). They're doing that by starting DVD giveaways just for posting in the comments (obviously, no spam comments - add some value!). In order to keep it going though, people need to spread the word!...
Thu, Apr 27th, 2006 | 10:11am | Submitted by niraj
The trial over potential plagiarism in the creation of the Da Vinci Code book is over, but the judge who presided over the trial decided to have a little fun with the final judgement.
Seemingly random italicised letters were included in the 71-page judgement given by Mr Justice Peter Smith,...
Mon, Mar 13th, 2006 | 1:31pm | Submitted by dave
dave submitted a link to the Whirlyball website and also to photos of the game in action.
WhirlyBall, dubbed "The worlds only totally mechanized team sport" is best described as a combination of Hockey, Lacrosse, Basketball and Polo played while riding an electrically powered machine, similar to...
Mon, Feb 27th, 2006 | 4:08pm | Submitted by junosand
junosand (Mark) submitted a link to YouTube's video of the Final Countdown, saying "How can you deny a link to The Final Countdown? There's even some interview footage with Europe."
Well, he's right. I can't deny such a link. Incidentally, I just learned to play the beginning of the song on...
Tue, Feb 21st, 2006 | 11:15pm | Submitted by niraj
How much money do you make? How much is that compared to the average American or compared to Tom Cruise? How much did you earn just reading these sentences? Ok, I'll stop asking questions. But the Forbes Money Meter is really a great timewaster...plus it'll show you how much money you made while...
Mon, Jan 23rd, 2006 | 11:05am | Submitted by niraj
CNNMoney has an article on the best time to get things like airline tickets, TVs, and more. I'll cut to the chase here - read the article for more detail.
Best times to get stuff:
Airline tickets: Wednesdays. Try to get 2 weeks before, or otherwise within just a few days of the trip.
Why:...
Fri, Dec 2nd, 2005 | 3:58pm | Submitted by dave
dave submitted an article about the fight between Scott Stapp, lead singer of Creed and general douchebag, and the band 311.
Former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp and members of the band 311 were involved in a fight on Thanksgiving in the lounge of a luxury hotel, according to hotel security...
Wed, Oct 12th, 2005 | 12:08am | Submitted by niraj
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The TimesOnline has a story about a guy in Japan who has built a device that simulates the aging of wine...without the wait.
Squirrelled away in his chemical engineering laboratory in rural Shizuoka, Hiroshi Tanaka has spent 15 years developing an electrolysis device that simulates, he claims,...
Fri, Sep 30th, 2005 | 10:04am | Submitted by niraj
SFGate.com has a story about the Icer Air 2005 competition in San Francisco, for which they dumped tons of snow on Fillmore Street, a street with an 18-degree incline. From Yahoo: "Johnny Moseley, the 1998 Olympic gold medal winner in moguls, beamed with pride as he dug his heels in the snow,...
Mon, Sep 26th, 2005 | 11:21am | Submitted by niraj
Yahoo has a story about how UPN is allowing viewers to see the premiere of Chris Rock's new show Everybody Hates Chris online through the new Google Video service.
Television network UPN on Monday said it would run a four-day exclusive screening of the premier of its new comedy "Everybody...
Wed, Sep 14th, 2005 | 6:11pm | Submitted by niraj
Proving that they truly are "America's Finest News Source," The Onion reported on the newest Gillette razor over a year and a half ago, while the rest of the media just caught up today.
From The Onion, back in February 2004:
...we hit back with a little thing called the Mach3Turbo. That's three...
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