Archive for the 'cool' Category

Dec 29 2008

The Julbord photos:

The complete set is here at Flickr.  A sample after the cut:

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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, [...]

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Oct 13 2008

Nobel for Economics:

Published by jrittenhouse under business, cool, finance, goo_goos

…goes to Paul Krugman, of Princeton and the New York Times.  Timely, that.  I read his and Robert Reich’s stuff on economics avidly.

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Jul 07 2008

The beckoning sky:

Published by jrittenhouse under aircraft, cool, lisle, photography

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:

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May 10 2008

Cool in the Desert:

Published by jrittenhouse under africa, cool, music

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 [...]

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May 05 2008

That reminds me of my time in the Fourth Tower of Inverness:

Published by jrittenhouse under cool, fantasy, home, housing, secrecy, weird

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.)

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Dec 30 2007

Presents for people who like holes in the ground

Published by jrittenhouse under caves, cool, tech

…but not Marmots.   VANISHING POINT for your inspection.

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Dec 06 2007

Wheeeee *splat*

Published by jrittenhouse under cool, weird

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.

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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, [...]

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Apr 23 2007

Penguicon 2007:

Published by jrittenhouse under computers, cons, cool, tech

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 [...]

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Feb 06 2007

Possibly the coolest tech/aero trick I’ve seen in years:

Published by jrittenhouse under cool, tech, video, ww2, youtube

A radio controlled B-29 with an X-1 rocketplane. (youtube)

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Aug 29 2006

The three bears, Norse edda style:

Published by jrittenhouse under books, cool, silly

from Jo Walton; enjoy.

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Mar 31 2006

Each to their own, but…

Published by jrittenhouse under cool, weird

I’m not sure this ad will sell this SUV.
But this is the best Juggling video I’ve EVER seen. Wow.

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Mar 12 2006

Simply amazing…

Published by jrittenhouse under art, cool

3-D sidewalk art.

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