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The highest jump ever (from space) – Free Fall – Joseph Kittinger

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:23:38 +0000

Joseph William Kittinger II – On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittenger made the jump from the Excelsior III at 102,800 feet (31,300 m).[2] His free fall lasted for four minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a maximum speed of 614 miles per hour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger

Rube Goldberg Machine to Turn Pages. – Joseph Herscher

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:18:00 +0000

This is a great video. Love the way he uses the steam from the boiling liquid to wet the sponge enough to make it heavy.

Facebook Timeline – How to

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:03:37 +0000

If you want to get Timeline going on facebook, simply login and click this link. Then click the “get timeline” link. and you are done.

My Favorite Commercial of 2011 – Gas Powered Everything

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:46:53 +0000

This commercial shows us that maybe we are not embracing change in some of the areas that we should be.

#2 Best Commercial of 2011 – Chipotle – Adweek

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:40:18 +0000

The ad features a 78 yr old Willie Nelson singing a cover of Coldplay’s “The Scientist”.

All proceeds from the sale of Nelson’s song on iTunes going to the Chipotle Cultivate Foundation.

Chipotle is trying to show its green philosophy in an artful and meaningful way. The commercial tells the story of a farmer who builds his small operation into a giant industrial machine—penning in his animals, fattening them with chemicals before processing them in huge plants and polluting his land.

He then feels bad about what he has done and goes back to his old ways and lets the animals roam free.

You can see the full list on Adweeks website here

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/10-best-commercials-2011-136663?page=9

Steve Jobs Action Figure From In Icons

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:51:53 +0000

This is just odd. Some genius has decided to produce Steve Jobs action figures. Check out the whole story on the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/steve-jobs-action-figure-in-icons_n_1181227.html

photo of car on end in snow storm

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:19:30 +0000

Not sure where this pic came from but if its real its amazing. Looking at how much of the car is buried it looks like it may be possible.

Cool multi level parking in NYC

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:49:47 +0000

I ran across this photo the other day and thought I would post it here on my site. Im sure it’s not that unusual to people in large cities but I thought it was very cool.

Science stunts for parties….. That will be some Party!

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 13:46:29 +0000

Check out this guys ideas for cool science tricks for parties. My favorite is the water into the glass from the plate.

M.I.T. Camera Captures Speed of Light: A Trillion-Frames-Per-Second

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:08:47 +0000

Capturing video at the speed of light — one trillion frames per second