Thursday, April 29, 2010

Video: Engineers to Try Burning Part of Oil Slick in Gulf of Mexico

Video: Engineers to Try Burning Part of Oil Slick in Gulf of Mexico

Monday, April 26, 2010

Meet Einstein, The World's Smallest Stallion (video)

This cute guy is the worlds smallest horse.

Einstein - The Smallest Horse In The World (video)

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Video: Heroic Dog Leads Cops to Fire

Heroic Dog Leads Cops to Fire (video)
State troopers follow German Shepherd to blazing fire at owner's property.


Friday, April 23, 2010

New Photo Marks Hubble 20th Birthday

Spectacular!


To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 20th Birthday, NASA released this new image. "Pillar & Jets" shows a small portion of one of the largest known star-birth areas of the galaxy, the Carina Nebula. The Hubble telescope was launched April 24, 1990 aboard the space shuttle Discovery. (NASA, ESA, and M. Livio and the Hubble 20th Anniversary Team (STScI))

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

This Eight-Legged Creature Is Nicknamed The "Devil-Fish" (video)

ABC News has National Geographic video of the giant Pacific octopus:
Mystery of the Sea: National Geographic Pursues the Giant Pacific Octopus

Nicknamed the "devil fish," the giant Pacific octopus has a place in sea-faring lore alongside whirlpools and white whales. National Geographic went searching for this enigma of the deep, a giant who lurks in the shadows of the sea that has been known to grow up to 30-feet wide.

The oceans of planet earth harbor almost 300 different species of octopus...

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

A Very Green Cook-Off (video) #green

Chefs Go Green: Solar Cook-Off (video)

Monday, April 19, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Time lapse Video of Eyjafjallajökull Eruption

Eyjafjallajökull eruption time lapse

Could a Virtual Life Make You Happier?

Some people think so.



From ABC News:
Last year, a man who goes by the moniker "Sal9000" married the love of his life in a ceremony that was streamed live online. The 27-year-old lives in Tokyo. His bride "Nene" lives inside a Nintendo DS handheld video game.

Sal9000 paid real money to marry a virtual woman, and he is not alone. Well, technically he's not.

Worldwide, millions are offering up their credit cards...

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Twitter to Start Using Ads (video)

Twitter Unveils Ad Plan, Paid Tweets to Surface in Searches


From ABC News:
Is Twitter the next Google, the next Pets.com, or something in between? It may have begun answering that question Tuesday, with its long-awaited first step into advertising.

The startup is trying...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Flashback to April 13, 1970: Apollo 13 in Trouble (video)

Flashback to April 13, 1970: Apollo 13 in Trouble (video)

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Video: Shark vs. Octopus

You may be surprised at who wins.

From National Geographic:

Video: The implosion of Texas Stadium

I am no expert, but this looks like a perfect job.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

New iPhone operating system will support multitasking of apps… (video)



From CNN:
Apple unveiled details of its next-generation iPhone operating system Thursday in a press event at the company’s headquarters here.

The new operating system, iPhone OS 4, will be released to developers this week and to consumers this summer. It will give developers access to calendar, photo library, still image and video data, and includes features aimed at helping apps run faster.

As expected, the new OS will support multitasking of apps…
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