Monthly Archives: May 2010

The art of stealing art

May 30, 2010 @ 8:36 pm

Who knew that modern art heists were so low-tech and simple? None of that Mission Impossible stuff apparently. Just broken windows and ladders…

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Phoenix on The Creators Project

May 30, 2010 @ 5:22 pm

The Creators Project sat down with Phoenix and asked them how they feel about big music stardom, their fans, and their love for music. The video also shows some great behind the scenes footage of the band recording and goofing … Continue reading →

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The landing gear of a 747

May 30, 2010 @ 5:19 pm

This is pretty neat. It’s a video of the landing gear system on a 747 jet. I had no idea that the front landing gear comes out way ahead of the rear landing gear upon touchdown.[via]

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What Our Kids Made: a blog of children's artwork

May 30, 2010 @ 2:02 am

What Our Kids Made calls itself a sort of “public refrigerator” for children’s artwork. The site welcomes visitors to submit their own child’s artwork in hopes of getting it featured there. It doesn’t have to look nice and you don’t … Continue reading →

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50 Cent loses over 50 pounds for movie role

May 30, 2010 @ 1:56 am

This is crazy! Rapper 50 Cent went from 214 pounds to 160 pounds on a liquid diet and 3-hour-a-day treadmill walks for 9 weeks straight. This allowed him to slim down significantly for a cancer patient role in the upcoming … Continue reading →

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Nuclear cooling tower gets demolished

May 30, 2010 @ 1:43 am

The Savannah River Site in South Carolina was demolished on May 24 with over 1000 pounds of explosive. The demolition took place to relieve tax payer burdens to upkeep the unused facility and to also remove an eye-sore to the … Continue reading →

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