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Friday, April 06, 2007

This just writes itself.

Man, 102, takes out 25-year mortgage.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/mortgages/article1564480.ece

When we find him, we'll send him a shirt.

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Foolin’.

Wikipedia has a list of April Fools' jokes from today. Did you pull off anything? Or were you a victim?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1%2C_2007

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Via Everyoneforever.com -- The Animaris Rhinoceros was built by 59-year-old kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen. It could be best described as a....hmm. Well, it's kind of like the, um...

You're just going to have to see it yourself. Check out the movie clip at the bottom of the site's page.

http://www.everyoneforever.com/content/2007-03-12/animaris_rhinoceros/

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Castle for sale. Looks great in daylight.

Dracula's castle, known as Castle Bran, is for sale in Romania. It's just $100 million.

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/International/story?id=2942213&page=1

Friday, March 02, 2007

Cleared for takeoff.

Can the Bugatti Veyron really go 407km/h? (That's about 250 miles per hour.)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x157l2_bugatti-veyron-at-top-speed

Monday, February 26, 2007

Drawing room.

Julian Beever is an English artist who has been making sidewalk drawings since the mid-1990's. He has worked around the world, creating amazing art that defies perspective.

See more at http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Behind the 8-ball.

Via the Boomer Chronicles -- remember the magic 8-ball you had when you were a kid? Ever wonder how it worked?

Well, friend, wonder no more.

http://8ball.ofb.net/procedure.html

Friday, February 09, 2007

That’s so-so ‘70s.

Adflip.com is a fun site that lets you browse classic print ads from past decades. Take a stroll down your own "consumer" memory lane. Careful, it's a little frightening. (Limited access for non-members.)

http://www.adflip.com/

Thursday, February 01, 2007

A climb for the brave.

Climbing Huashan in China is not a walk in the park. Before the dangerous part of the "hike," visitors come across a message warning those who are not prepared mentally and physically to retreat.

Amazing photos on two sites, below:

http://english.cri.cn/2245/2005-4-12/153@226848.htm

http://www.bond-diamonds.com/fark/chinese.htm

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Swimming freestyle.

Fifty-two year-old Martin Strel plans on swimming the Amazon. All 3,375 miles of it. The event will take 70 days and will be 930 miles longer than his own world length for a swim. The particular record he's breaking? When he swam China's Yangtze river in 2004, pictured above (from Reuters).

Read more at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16722240/

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