Archive for July, 2008

Bumac Vitas can sing REALLY REALLY REALLY high

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Bumac Vitas is a famous singer from Russia that can belch out notes only dogs could hear. The video of him here starts out pretty normally and then goes quickly into high-gear a little bit into the song. You have to watch this to believe it. CRAZY VOICE.
Thanks Mun!

LOOK AT THIS BIG WINDOWS LOGO

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Click on image for full resolution image
I just stumbled upon (not with StumbleUpon, by the way) the Microsoft Press Pass image gallery and it’s chock-full of wonderfully hi-res product shots, box shots, official portraits, and other miscellaneous company images.
Almost every image is available in 72dpi and 320dpi formats. FANTASTIC!

Blackburn Voyager 3.0 & Mars 3.0 bicycle safety light combo

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I just bought the Blackburn Voyager 3.0 and Mars 3.0 bicycle light combo yesterday from L.L. Bean for $35, with FREE SHIPPING thanks to RetailMeNot.com.
This is a pretty good deal if you’re looking for a good front and back lighting system for your bicycle (or if you just want to wear some lights).

Google tells me to kayak from my house to Melbourne

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

I sorta did this for fun, not really knowing what to expect as a result of my search for directions, but I did it anyway.
I went to Google Maps and asked it how to get from my house in NYC to a popular shopping mall in Melbourne called Melbourne Central. To my surprise, Google Maps [...]

People reacting during the earthquake in LA

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Photo: AP Photo/Ric Francis
You may have heard about the moderate 5.4 magnitude earthquake that hit 35 miles east of LA on Tuesday morning. It wasn’t “the big one”, but it was violent enough to cause minor disruption and give a lot of people in downtown LA quite a shock.
Raw video is coming in from the [...]

A photo of the Milky Way Galaxy from Ontario, Canada

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

This photo is amazing.
From APOD:
Sometimes, after your eyes adapt to the dark, a spectacular sky appears. Such was the case earlier this month over Ontario, Canada, when part of a spectacular sky also became visible in a reflection off a lake. To start, the brightest objects visible are bright stars and the planet Jupiter, seen [...]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Coming Out Of Their Shells

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Depending on the way you look at it, this is either the coolest album from your childhood or the most embarrassing album from your childhood.
This soundtrack is ripped directly from the tape deck that the soundtrack came out on, so you’ll hear hisses and typical static sounds associated with listening to music on a tape [...]