True story.
Source: http://xkcd.com/773/
Image Category Archive
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27-inch iMac + Cinema Display would be (more) awesome if…
…more awesome if the displays sat at the same height when the two were sat side-by-side.
Sure, if you’ve got the dollars to throw towards a setup like this, the slight misalignment probably isn’t going to be a deal breaker, but I can’t work out why the misalignment is there to begin with. I would have thought that with both the iMac and Cinema Display getting a refresh last night it would have been the perfect opportunity to make the relevant change required to get the two displays to sit at the same height. And yes, perhaps the image I’ve pulled from Apple’s site isn’t 100% accurate, but hopefully you can see my point. In any case, my 24-inch Cinema Display now feels undersized and inferior.
Source: http://www.apple.com/au/imac/
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Bad News Kev.
So Australia’s gone an gotten itself a new Prime Minister on the eve of the Federal Election, and its a Female PM with Julia Gillard (and the rest of Labor) changing their minds about not challenging Kev for the top job prior to the election. “Kevin Rudd will lead Labor to the next election” they’ve been saying for weeks, only for him to be thrown from the roof in the final day of Parliament before the election.
So, yes we have a Female PM, but for how long? I can’t help feeling that Labor’s little stunt has hurt their re-election chances more than helping it, even if Julia is more popular that KRudd. Only time will tell.
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Sinkholes in Guatemala City
My first thought was “holy shit”, second thought was “it must be fake or from a movie”, but the image comes from the Guatemalan Government’s flickr stream. According to an article on io9 there are three of these sinkholes that have a appeared following tropical storm Agatha. It doesn’t mention how deep the sinkhole is but based on the scale it looks pretty friggin’ deep. How do you fix something like that? My guess is that you don’t, but then what?
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gobiernodeguatemala/4657053554/
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Lightning vs. Volcano
So many cool photos of Eyjafjallajökull floating around, but this one is awesome in an “end of the world” kind of way.
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Volcanic Northern Lights
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DC Comics’ Heroes and Villains Drawn as Minifigs
Is it just me, or is everything even more awesome when drawn as Lego minifigs?
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5422093/dc-comics-heroes-and-villains-drawn-as-minifigs
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iPod Shuffle Touch
As cool as the iPod shuffle is I still think it needs a screen of some sort, my not make things interesting and give it a touch screen. Sure it’d be fiddly as hell to use, but who cares.
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/deanjrobinson/3976636819/
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Holy crap, 9.58 seconds!
Remember when Usain Bolt blitzed his competitors and smashed the world record for the 100m at the Beijing Olympics last year? Then you’d also remember that he slowed down with about 20m to go. I think everyone wondered how fast he could have gone. Well on Sunday night he did just that in Berlin, he ran the 100m in just 9.58s, 0.11s quicker than his Beijing time. Somehow I don’t think he is done just yet.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/sports/global/17track.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
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Space station passed the Sun
I love space photography. Maybe I should buy a telescope once I’ve learned how to use my new digital camera (which I haven’t bought yet…)
Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/suntransit/
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