Dec 29 2008
The Julbord photos:
The complete set is here at Flickr. A sample after the cut:
Archive for the 'cool' Category
Nov 23 2008
An inspirational shampoo commercial:
No, really. This is. A web friend who adopted a young girl from China who is deaf (but has cochlear implants) posted this on her blog, and it took my breath away. It’s the story of a deaf girl who wants to learn how to play the violin…watch it. it is about four minutes long, [...]
Oct 13 2008
Nobel for Economics:
…goes to Paul Krugman, of Princeton and the New York Times. Timely, that. I read his and Robert Reich’s stuff on economics avidly.
Jul 07 2008
The beckoning sky:
Photos from the hot-air ballooning at this weekend’s Eyes to the Skies event in my town of Lisle, Illinois. Here’s an example:
May 10 2008
Cool in the Desert:
NYT story about a music festival in the middle of the Sahara in Mali….
Nearby, a stage rose out of the dunes, decked in modern sound and lighting gear. Off-road vehicles unloaded musicians fresh from the stomach-churning drive from Timbuktu. Digital cameras flashed. Cellphones sang. MP3 players whispered into western ears.
After dark, turbans bobbed in [...]
May 05 2008
That reminds me of my time in the Fourth Tower of Inverness:
Want a secret passage in your house so that you can decamp off to your Batcave or private library? Try these guys. They Don’t Work Cheap.
(h/t to Ysabetwordsmith, who is a golden god of blogging neat stuff.)
Dec 30 2007
Presents for people who like holes in the ground
…but not Marmots. VANISHING POINT for your inspection.
Dec 06 2007
Wheeeee *splat*
The ‘mountain wingsuit’: your own personal glider and a half, with some sort of a parachute on the back. Cripes!
hat tip to the G/T list on this one.
UPDATE: Here’s the website for the vendors of the suit.
Oct 19 2007
They paved paradise and put in a parking lot:
No, I was not at the original Woodstock; I was way too young, and my dad would have never allowed it. I did go to the site in 1989, after reading the books about it and on the way to the Boston Worldcon, and I was impressed with the natural amphitheater setup of the site.
Apparently, [...]
Apr 23 2007
Penguicon 2007:
Went off with Dale Cozort to Penguicon this weekend; long drive both ways, and without significant breaks on the way back. I’m seriously achy and tired, and waiting for the allergy/decongestants/painkillers to kick in so I can go back to bed. It’s probably the first truly ‘new’ con that I’ve been to [...]
Feb 06 2007
Possibly the coolest tech/aero trick I’ve seen in years:
A radio controlled B-29 with an X-1 rocketplane. (youtube)
Mar 31 2006
Each to their own, but…
I’m not sure this ad will sell this SUV.
But this is the best Juggling video I’ve EVER seen. Wow.
