Putting the fun back in web surfing
Here’s the latest bullet dodging method to add to your defenses. A tight hair weave.
20-year old Briana Bonds was shot at by her boyfriend, but instead of killing or injuring her, the bullet lodged in her hair weave.
Amazing luck, expert hair skills or just good shampoo? If I had a hair care products business, I’d hire her as the brand ambassador.
Solar cells are starting to pop up everywhere. We’ve already talked about the USB solar charger and Blue Earth. Time for some solar batteries.
These are standard, rechargeable batteries that have been wrapped in special, flexible solar cells.
These cells provide a steady “trickle” charge that is meant to make the batteries last a long time (via BB).
As cool as it may sound, small-scale use of photo-voltaic cells, or PVs, isn’t such a great idea. Such devices as cell phones and batteries, have short life-spans. Precious, and sometimes toxic, materials go into manufacturing them and these end up getting wasted or contaminate the earth when they are thrown out.
Many have also pointed out that without the use of diodes, cells that are in the shade will drain power away from those in the sun, or even from the battery itself. This is made worse by the cylindrical shape of the above cells.
A better use of solar cells would be large-scale solar farms that provide cheap, clean electricity for much longer time periods. About time I started work on building my own farm.
This wallpaper is made out of real headlines taken from the New York Times, dating back several years.
Each headline is placed in chronological order and color-coded according to its category, forming a beautiful pattern.
It would be so much cooler if the wallpaper updated the headlines. Would probably need enough LCDs to cover a whole wall.
This huge rat, weighing six pounds and carrying a foot-long tail, was caught in southern China by Mr.Xian (probably the dude in the picture).
Strangely, the huge rat appeared in a street and became surrounded by a crowd of people. That’s when Mr.Xian realized that this may be an important find and bravely grabbed it.
With inch-long teeth, the rat must be pretty dangerous. Then again, if it could be picked up like this, it must be a gentle giant. Just don’t expect to trap it with a normal mouse trap.
I shudder to think how big the cats in Fujian must be.
(via BIOTV)
Can you guess which scene this is and from which movie?
A few more famous movie scenes done in Lego here. Pretty cool.
At least that’s what would have happened if pot was a combustible liquid. Instead, it clogged up the gas tank of a Utah man’s car.
Someone had stashed their $35,000 worth of pot, in the gas tank of the SUV. No wonder the tank always seemed half full (or half empty).
The Nissan Armada has been passed around a lot so the police will have a hard time tracking down the owner of the pot. Hope they return it to the rightful owner.
Remember the cool ice hotel that was featured in the last Bond movie (and I really mean the one that wasn’t ruined by Daniel Craig)?
The Alpha Resort-Tomamu is an ice village in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.
Prepare to have your extremities frozen at the resort where everything from the bedrooms, dining rooms and bathrooms is made out of ice. Even your dinner is served on ice plates.
Feel like relaxing in those Japanese open air hot baths? Yup, they’re also surrounded by ice and snow.
I wonder if they have any slopes nearby. Would be an awesome place to stay for a snowboarding trip.