Sunday, January 30, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
The ghost mansion of Louis Mantin — Time capsule opened after 100 years
The ghost mansion of Louis Mantin — Time capsule opened after 100 years:
From a January 18, 2011 BBC News report
(which includes a video tour, from which the screengrabs above and below extracted):
"A mansion house in central France
that was kept locked up for 100 years
has just been opened to the public,
in accordance with its owner's last wishes."
"Louis Mantin, a wealthy gentleman from the town of Moulins,
stipulated in his will
that his house should be turned into a museum
a century after his death."
[via Richard Kashdan]
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
World Air Traffic 24 Hour Period
World Air Traffic 24 Hour Period:
It is a 24 hour observation of all of the large aircraft flights in the world, condensed down to abo..(Read...)
What country do you live in? Me, Im in Poland
What country do you live in? Me, I'm in Poland:
The current issue of The Economist features an interesting graphic (above), which labels each of the United States
with the name of the nearest equivalent country to it in 2009 in terms of the size of their economies.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Soundwagon — "Worlds smallest portable record player"
Soundwagon — "World's smallest portable record player":
I call it the magic bus.
"Built-in needle and speaker powered by a 9v battery. All you need to do is place the wagon on a record and let it ride."
Cherry Red, Royal Blue, Black, or White.
¥7,980 ($96).
[via Paul Biba and Cool Hunting]
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
A Very Zombie Holiday
"An instructional video for ensuring a happy home during this zombie-infested holiday season. &..(Read...)
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Shipwrecks seen by sonar BOJ
From the top down: Richard Montgomery; Russian nuclear submarine B 159; HMS Royal Oak; Hispania.
Fantastic video of the Royal Oak here.
[via Cliff Hatch and Adus Ltd.]
The day Niagara Falls ran dry - BOJ
The day Niagara Falls ran dry:
"Newly discovered photos show the moment the iconic waterfall came to a standstill."
From the Mail Online : "On June 12, 1969, U.S. engineers diverted the flow of the Niagara River away from the American side of the falls."
"Two rockslides from the plate of the falls, in 1931 and 1954,
had caused a large amount of rock to collect at the base."
"The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers studied the riverbed and mechanically bolted and strengthened a number of faults to delay the gradual erosion of the American Falls."
"In order to stop the Niagara River running over the American Falls, engineers constructed a dam consisting of 27,800 tons of rock, stopping the water for the first time in 12,000 years."
"The temporary dam can be seen in the top right of the photograph above."
"A completely dry Niagara Falls has never been seen before or since the six months in 1969 when U.S. engineers set about restructuring the American side of the twin landmark."
"The photos above only recently came to light when Russ Glasson found them in a shoebox in his in-laws Connecticut garage."
The team of engineers "blew up their temporary dam on November, 25, 1969 and six million cubic feet of water once again thundered over the falls every minute."
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Beautiful Time Lapse Video of Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse
Beautiful Time Lapse Video of Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse:
Time lapse video of Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse on December 21, 2010 from 1:10 AM EST (6:10 ..(Read...)
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Parrot Sings Let the Bodies Hit the Floor
Parrot Sings Let the Bodies Hit the Floor:
"Video of a parrot singing Drowning Pool's Let the Body Hit the floor. It's not fake. She is a ..(Read...)