Archive: July 30, 2008
kayak-pacific

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 [...]

earthquake-rubble-la

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 [...]

apotd-milky-way-canada

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 [...]

tmnt-coming-shells

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 [...]