Burj Dubai BASE Jump (7)
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(Current TV link) An unidentified Englishman and Frenchman jumped from 650 meters up in the Burj Dubai tower -the tallest building on earth- in May of 2008. Both were arrested shortly afterward. -Thanks, Adam Fuhrer!
The Most Important Book of 2008 (2)
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Currently half-way through The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism by my old CO Andrew Bacevich, and I have to say it is quite the eye opener. It is a short read, so I will finish it tomorrow on the flight and give a fuller review later, but one thing is worth a quick comment right now. Bacevich revisits the Carter “Crisis in Confidence” speech (aka the “Malaise” speech), and that prompted me ...
Three Gorges Dam - The Biggest Dam in the World (2)
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Three Gorges Dam, in Hubei Province, China, will be the world's largest dam and largest concrete structure and create the largest lake. The dam will be built across the 3 Gorges section of the Yangtze River. It will be a 610-foot high wall running about 1.3 miles from bank to bank. Requiring 12 years and tens of thousands of workers to complete, the dam will cost $29 billion, and will create a 370 mile long ...
Domino Day 2008: New World Record for Toppled Dominoes (2)
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If you didn’t know, yesterday was Domino Day 2008 ("Celebrating 10 Years of Domino Day"). The goal of Domino Day is simple: to set a new world record of highest number of falling dominoes. Robin Paul Weijers (AKA Mr. Domino) and his team set up 4.5 million dominoes in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, and ended up setting a new world record by toppling more than 4.3 million dominoes. From Wikipedia: … the record was broken with ...
Matchbook-Sized Motor Sets 1 Million RPM Record (1)
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Researchers from ETH Zurich's Department of Power Electronics have developed a matchbook-sized motor that can spin faster than any other machine in the world—over 1,000,000 rpm. In order to keep it from falling apart at such high speeds, the researchers employed a titanium shell, ultra-thin copper wire for the windings and a mysterious top-secret iron that is "previously unused for machines." So does this mean we will all be seeing million rpm engines and hard ...
T-Mobile's Customer Delight Day is Tomorrow (Free Minutes!) [T-Mobile] (2)
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T-Mobile is holding their Customer Delight Day tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, so that means if you love the magenta be sure to swing by the nearest T-Mobile store to score a few freebies. Drop in for a free 100 bonus minutes or bring a (T-Mobile) friend to receive 200 bonus minutes. If you refer a customer to T-Mobile tomorrow, you'll also be eligible to get a $25 credit on your next bill. People who subscribe ...
'Twilight' film franchise looks ahead (1)
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With Summit Entertainment preparing to release its big bet "Twilight," the studio is moving potential future installments in the franchise into the development pipeline.
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Derek Coward said:
Didn't the studios start planning for sequels before the first Narnia and the Golden Compass movies? Carts and horses and all that.
The view from Detroit (1)
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Mixed feelings about a government bail-out ALL right, we're in danger of overloading on the automaker stuff. Still, it's fascinating to see some of the thngs being written on the issue from Detroiters (correct me, Detroiters, if this isn't the correct word). Take this, for instance, from the Detroit Free Press:It's over, folks. No matter what comes of the increasingly frantic Detroit bailout talks in Washington, or General Motors Corp.'s desperate bid to keep its ...
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Patrick said:
Same with Cleveland. It's just a bunch of people and politicians desperately hanging on to the past. The Democratic party and unions have killed the great State of Ohio. It's time for a new dawn in Cleveland and Detroit. That new dawn starts with education and service sector jobs. Manufacturing will continue to wane. Why can't our so-called "leaders" so the writing on the wall? Are they really that blind?
Meet the World's Largest Irish Coffee | buena vista, coffee, drinks | yumsugar - Food, Drink, & Entertaining. (2)
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Earlier today, at 1:00 Pacific Standard Time to be exact, history was made at the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco. Irish coffee making champion, Frank Silletti, in conjecture with the staff of the Buena Vista, made the world's largest Irish coffee. I was there to witness them break the Guinness World Record. To checkout my first hand account and a bunch of pictures from the event, read more
The World's Fastest Rolls Royce (1)
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In tuning-studio Joe's Street Rod Shop they assemble the fastest in the world Rolls Royce. Previously, it was the usual Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow models in 1970, and now his power is 1350 horsepower. Inside the fastest Rolls Royce you'll find a leather shop, 4-screen TV , 9.3 liter engine V8. Experts argue that in order to assemble such a vehicle requires approximately $ 318,000.
Webinar on "Telco adoption of Web 2.0 principles and open innovation for rapid application development" (1)
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On the 30th October I'll be giving a free Telestrategies webinar entitled "Telco adoption of Web 2.0 principles and open innovation for rapid application development." The pitch for the webinar is:"The battle is intensifying between telcos, consumer device manufacturers (e.g. iPhone and Sony PS3) and web-based services (e.g. Google) in the delivery of services to customers. The Apple iPhone App Store has demonstrated the power of harnessing open innovation / web 2.0 ideas to increase ...
