Sunday, November 30, 2008

Friday, November 28, 2008

Swedish Chef - Roasted Turkey

Science Supersized Your Turkey Dinner

Your corn is sweeter, your potatoes are starchier and your turkey is much, much bigger than the foods that sat on your grandparents' Thanksgiving dinner table.

Monday, November 24, 2008

Base Jumping From The Burj Dubai


Living Wage Calculator

Black Friday Ad Information

The day after Thanksgiving is referred to as "Black Friday" and it marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. On Black Friday, popular products such as HDTVs, toys, electronics, and clothing are available at their lowest price of the year. Sales on laptop computers for under $400, digital cameras for $80, and Plasma HDTVs for $500 are all very common on Black Friday. Retailers also offer shoppers great discounts on holiday-specific items, such as trees and decorations.

Wrapping Cords and Hoses

Great videos at the bottom of the article.

Search millions of historic photos

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.

iSerenity

About iSerenity

iSerenity offers a relaxing web-based experience that delivers soothing sounds and images designed to reduce stress and calm nerves. Use iSerenity while at work or at home. You can even leave it running in the background while you work on your computer.

Some people use it for privacy; many of our sound environments are great to relax to and offer sound-masking capabilities. These help block outside noises as well as keeping your conversations private. We will be working on a white noise environment specifically designed for privacy in the near future.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

A Calming Cruise



This is security footage of a dining room of a cruise ship as it hits rough seas. The video starts off a bit slow but by the end it gets unbelievable!

Monday, November 17, 2008

Sunday, November 16, 2008

1963 LeMans Tempest sells for $226,521

The eBay auction for this 1963 Pontiac LeMans Tempest started out innocently enough. Obtained after owner died. Appears to have original interior but no motor, no transmission. Body has a little rust and some dents. There's stuff in the trunk, but no key to open it. Opening bid nine days ago was a mere $500. After one week, eBay seller 123ecklin will pocket $226,521 before auction fees. What happened between Day 1 and Day 9 is an amazing story.

So Many A Second

Time Warp

ON TV Time Warp airs Wednesdays, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the Discovery Channel. Details >>

Great Pyramid Mystery Solved?


ON TV Unlocking the Great Pyramid airs Sunday, November 16, at 9 p.m. ET on the National Geographic Channel. Details >>

Nylons & Bikinis In The 50's

Testing Toys In The 50's & 60's

Toy Commercials From The 50's & 60's

Johnny Seven O.M.A. Toy Gun

Spirograph & Easy Bake Oven

Grocery Shopping In The Early 60's

America Dunks!

The New Traffic SIgns.. In 1970

1971 Commercial For The 747 Airplane

New York In 1932

Drop: reviled by outsiders, Dutch delicacy stands the test of time

A black and chewy, often salty candy that turns most foreigners' stomachs, drop is savored in near daily handfuls by the Dutch who hardly leave home soil without it.

The average Dutchman eats about two kilograms (4.4 pounds) every year. Despite health warnings about over-indulgence, 32,000 tonnes of drop were bought by 16 million citizens in 2007 to the tune of some 196 million dollars.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Gizmodo's 20 Essential iPhone Apps

It's been four months almost to the day since iPhone 2.0 came, and we've been hitting the App Store hard every week ever since to sift through what's new in iPhone App land. This week, we've decided to hold back for a second, take a breath, and compile a different kind of list: the apps that many of us on staff actually use on a regular basis. If you have a new iPhone or iTouch just waiting to be filled up, or you feel like you may be missing some essentials in your collection, this is the list for you.

Unhappy people watch TV...

A new study by sociologists at the University of Maryland concludes that unhappy people watch more TV, while people who describe themselves as very happy spend more time reading and socializing. The study appears in the December issue of the journal Social Indicators Research.

Analyzing 30-years worth of national data from time-use studies and a continuing series of social attitude surveys, the Maryland researchers report that spending time watching television may contribute to viewers' happiness in the moment, with less positive effects in the long run.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Exploring SIlver City

A few weeks ago Deb and I headed south to Silver City, Idaho. Silver City was founded in 1864 and is really like stepping into a time machine.

It is a long and twisty road up to the 6200 foot elevation where the ghost town is located.

The vistas on the way up are fantastic.

Welcome to Silver City. The white building in the center was the Idaho Standard School for Silver City.

The Idaho Hotel built in 1866.

Oven, stove and heater.

Still open and serving lunch today!

Pioneer Cemetery.



Time for lunch in the Idaho Hotel.

Some interesting facts.

Silver City, Idaho 1892

Silver City, Idaho 2008

It's Almost Snowmobile TIme!

Sunday, November 09, 2008

In Case You Missed It

Five Best Remote Desktop Tools

Whether you want quick access to your home computer from anywhere in the world or you're the go-to IT person for your friends and family, remote desktop applications are a godsend. Even better: They're easier than ever to set up. With the right remote desktop tool, you can access your home computer as though you're sitting right in front of it— no matter where you are, no matter what you're doing.

7500 Unique Visits In The Last 12 Months

The ClustrMap (visits to the blog) is just about ready to reset and start a fresh new year come mid November. I think the blog will finish off at about 7500 visits for 2008.

That's Gotta Hurt!

Full Court Montage

Why do women always feel colder than men?

Let the battle of the thermostat begin. Now that the evenings have grown dark and chilly, most people have switched on their central heating. But many are keeping the temperature low to save on fuel bills, which are expected to rise by 42 per cent this year. Home heating can spark fierce disagreement in couples. Some people sneakily crank up the thermostat when their partners aren't looking; others wear woolly hats and gloves indoors as an ostentatious protest at the temperature of the room.

Some people, it seems, feel the cold more than others. But why is this and is there anything we can do about it?

Research is emerging to suggest that our biological thermostats are set to slightly different levels. We all feel the cold to different degrees, depending on our gender, fitness, age, diet, how much sleep we have, and even the company we keep.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

Iron Mountain

Ahhh, The Cross Wind Landing

Revenge Of The Hail!



Some Strong Language In This One.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Expect less junk mail as marketers cut back

Marketers are generally a persistent lot, but they're beginning to think that bombarding your mailbox might not be worth it.

At the rate things are going, credit card companies will send a billion fewer unsolicited offers to consumers by the end of the year, dropping from 5.2 billion offers last year, according to data released yesterday by Synovate Mail Monitor, a market research firm. Home-equity credit mailings dropped 66 percent in the third quarter this year to 72.9 million, compared with 215 million in the same period last year, according to market research firm Mintel Comperemedia. Mortgage mailings dropped 44 percent to 182.4 million from 324.1 million in same period last year.

50 Strange Buildings of the World

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Following The Trail Of Toxic E-Waste



When 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley and his crew went to China to record the black market dismantling of electronic waste, or "e-waste," the experience was almost as hazardous for the 60 Minutes team as working with the toxic material is for poor Chinese workers.

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Try something besides Airborne for cold prevention

Now that the cold and flu season is upon us, many people will be reaching for Airborne, the over-the-counter supplement that has claimed to prevent and cure viral infections.

Before you spend your hard-earned cash on Airborne, consider the following. In March, the manufacturers of Airborne agreed, as part of a class-action lawsuit, to refund more than $23 million to consumers who had purchased the product in the past.

Why is this?

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Sunday, November 02, 2008

Five Best Travel Sites for Cheap Tickets

If you've got travel plans for the upcoming holiday season, the time to book your tickets is now. The question is, where can you find tickets cheap enough to offset the extra $40 you'll have to spend to check your bags and enjoy a snack on your six-hour flight.

Crazy

Three Words: Chocolate Covered Bacon!

One Man, Sixty-Four Parts, "Thriller" A'capella



From The Creator:

Here is a remake of the "Thriller" song that I've entirely recorded with my own voice, using 64 A'cappella tracks. There is therefore no instrument, synthetizer, beatbox, or even to sampler, but only the sound of my voice livened up with Reverb and slight Chorus on certain tracks.