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Daily Archives: 22 May 22, 2008
Giant ‘telescope’ links London, New York
LONDON, England (CNN) — As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth upon the South Bank of the River Thames this morning, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St … Continue reading
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Wrong Roof
I can’t find the article online, but last night WFAA had a report about a roofing mixup in Lewisville. Basically, a roofing company removed the roof of the wrong house all because they were off by one digit of the … Continue reading
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Stunt Man
Need to take your anger out on something? Open this package and throw this guy around for a while. Link
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What it’s like to play Captain Jack Sparrow at Disneyland
It’s not the cleanest of articles, but offers some interesting insight, perhaps PG13-ish. A few hightlights: Disney wanted us to tone Jack down, so they put us through an acting class to discover reasons why Jack walks and talks the … Continue reading
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YouTomb
YouTomb is a research project by MIT Free Culture that tracks videos taken down from YouTube for alleged copyright violation. Link
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The Ten Most Important Satellites Orbiting Earth
Today, a satellite was involved in your life. Whether you checked a weather report, watched SportsCenter or looked for your mom’s house on Google Maps, you did something that would have been impossible without an automated spacecraft orbiting hundreds of … Continue reading
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Orthodox Jewish youths burn New Testaments in Israel
Orthodox Jews set fire to hundreds of copies of the New Testament in the latest act of violence against Christian missionaries in the Holy Land. Or Yehuda Deputy Mayor Uzi Aharon said missionaries recently entered a neighborhood in the predominantly … Continue reading
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Fun with brands – Jane’s Brand-timeline Portrait
All that talk about brand perception got me thinking about how affect our daily lives. Have you ever thought about how many brands you use in a typical day? Well I did and created a visual representation of my Typical … Continue reading
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10 Deepest Caves in the World
I thought that the U.S. would have at least one cave on the list, but no. Link
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