I really like architecture that uses it’s natural surroundings, like Fallingwater and this place.
Stadium designed to look like a volcano
NYC subway map made with headphones
Sony’s ad depicts the NYC subway map made entirely out of their headphones. Nice, but needs color.
That is a crazy place to put a beach
St. Maarten. Caribbean for ‘crazy’.
Bolt breaks 200-meter world record
His average speed for the race was about 23 MPH. At one point, his top speed was near 32 MPH. To put that in perspective, NYC’s residential street speed limit is 30 MPH, as is most state’s school zones.
Natalie du Toit, Olympic swimmer, comes in 16th
She lost half of one leg in a motorbike accident. That means that in the field of 25 for the women’s 10km marathon, 9 finished after her. Official results.
River surfing
Looks fun.
DNA portraits for your walls
You send them a swab from inside your mouth (and about $400), and in 4-6 weeks they send you a portrait made from your DNA. They also do fingerprints and kisses.
How You Can Tell That The Movie You’re About To Watch Has Too Many Commercials
When a 1 hour 36 minute movie takes 4 hours to show.
And before you start thinking too much, I already did the math for you:
- Movie length = 96 minutes
- Total length of showing = 240 minutes
- Total commercial time = 144 minutes (Total length - Movie length)
- Amount of commercial time for each minute of movie time = 1.5 minutes (total commercial time / movie length)
That means that if they display 10 minutes of movie, you have to sit through 15 minutes of commercials.
And you just know the commercials on the Hallmark Movie Channel will make you want to scratch your eyes out.
Underwater photo of Phelps’ 0.01 second win
Great photo, but it only captures the winning moment and can’t convey just how amazing the win was. He was seventh out of eight at the halfway point.
Guy films space shuttle launch from passing plane
I can’t tell, does the guy filming it think it’s cool?
Why I Like Blonds
I was on the phone with a friend of mine, who happens to be blond, and she started to tell me about a boat party. Since she was on a cell phone, and there was some background noise, I wasn’t sure if she said “boat” or “goat”, so I asked her…
Me: Wait, ‘boat party’ or ‘goat party’?
Her: Boat as in baa.
Me: Uh...um...uh...you, uh...you do realize that didn’t exactly clear it up for me, right?
The 100 most common english words quiz
I got 62. Not bragging; more surprised than anything else.
Verizon FiOS Commercial Leaks Updated Kindle
I was watching TV when a commercial for Verizon FiOS in NYC came on. I noticed that the Verizon installer was using an electronic gadget to keep track of his installation appointments. The gadget looked surprisingly like an Amazon Kindle. That’s when I realized that they must be testing an updated version.
Based on the commercial, we can see the following:
- Same basic size and shape.
- It will have a touch screen with cute little beeps when you touch it.
- It will have either a backlit screen or a much brighter screen.
- It will support custom applications like the Verizon FiOS installation application.
I assume it will be released in time for Christmas.
I’ve included the commercial and some large screen caps below.
Fashion bandages are hotter than lap dogs
I’ve been ahead of this trend, sort of. I’ve been using these bandages any time I’ve had a boo-boo.
The Police @ MSG: The Final Show
Best. Show. Ever.
They opened with Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love” and ended with “Next To You”, and in between played most of their standard hits and a few lesser known hits like “Demolition Man” (which I consider an A-level). “Purple Haze” was even thrown in for good measure. The highlight of the evening (which means just tad above the normal excitement) probably came during the second song, “Message In A Bottle”, when the NY Police Department Band backed them up onstage (above); Sting donned an NYPD cap and looked like one of the Village People. During “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic”, Sting’s daughters and Andy’s sons and daughter came up on stage and danced and took pictures.
The Police was the first band that I really got into, back in fourth or fifth grade, but they broke up before I had a chance to see them live. I never thought I’d be able to see them live so I was psyched to see them last year at Giants Stadium, but I was beyond thrilled to be able to go to their final show at Madison Square Garden, still my favorite large concert venue. The crowd, unsurprisingly, was completely into the show. People were singing, jumping up and down, dancing in the isles and walkways, and just generally having a great time with a great band and great music.
At one point, Sting said, “The real triumph of this tour is that we haven’t strangled each other. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t crossed my mind. Or Andy’s. Or Stewart’s.”
Favre traded to Jets
The month-long soap opera is over. New York football just got more interesting.
Last week, President Bush delivered a speech about energy and economy
President Bush:
You’re making the choices about whether you want to drive a little extra more or not drive extra more.
Oh boy.
I think Julie Masion of the Houston Chronicle said it best:
It seemed his mind was elsewhere for most of it[...]
That quote could be used to sum up his whole time in the White House.
NYC subway to experiment with “seatless” cars
I never get a seat during rush hour so this should make no difference to me. The commenters seem concerned about pregnant or older women who could use the seats, but hardly anyone gets up for them anyway (unlike yours truly).
A man in Jacksonville, Florida called 911 because Subway left the sauce off his sandwich
He then called again when police took too long to arrive. He was arrested for making false 911 calls.
Then there’s the Wales man who called 999 (their version of 911) about a UFO in the sky:
Control: “Alpha Zulu 20, this object in the sky, did anyone have a look at it?”
Officer: “Yes, it’s the moon. Over.”
