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Archive for August, 2008
Fallout 3 out this October!!!
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 0
Tags: Bethesda Software, Console gaming, Fallout 3, PC game, PS3, release, Xbox 360
Posted in Computers, Entertainment, Video games |
Posted in Computers, Entertainment, Video games |
Olympic Legoland!
Thursday, August 21st, 2008
I never thought that I would see a more complex lego city than Lego Venice but a Hong Kong Lego users group has painstakingly reproduced the 2008 Beijing Olympic summer games complex.
The group used over 300,000 Lego bricks and 4,500 Lego people to create the gigantic display. The stunningly crafted miniature panorama measures 10ft by 26ft and features famous venues including the “Birds’ Nest” Stadium and the “Water Cube” swimming centre. The one thing I could never locate in the lego masterpiece though were the police detaining and arresting protesters…
Tags: 2008, Beijing, Hong Kong, Legos, Olympics, Summer games, users group
Posted in Art, Sports, World |
Posted in Art, Sports, World |
an image speaks a thousand words
Thursday, August 21st, 2008One succinct image to summarize the Georgian vs. Russian conflict…
The ‘Anti’ Michael Phelps shows his skills
Thursday, August 21st, 2008In honor of the record breaking 8 gold medals Michael Phelps brought home for the USA in the 2008 Beijing olympics, I wanted to showcase the blazing skills of another lesser known aquatic powerhouse…
Eric “The Eel” Moussambani, a “swimmer” from Equatorial Guinea clocked what is probably the slowest time for an Olympic swimming event ever recorded, but he managed to WIN the event and advanced to the 2004 Sydney Olympics.
How you ask?
Watch this hilarious video below to see how it all unfolded…
Tags: 100 meter race, 2004, 2008 Beijing Olympics, 8 gold medals, Equatorial Guinea, Eric Moussambani, false start, Michael Phelps, Swimming, Sydney Olympics
Posted in comedy, Sports, World |
Posted in comedy, Sports, World |
Nifty gas price chart
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Im a sucker for charts, especially dynamic charts! This is a cool little informative tool called gasbuddy.com showing gas prices nationwide on a county by county basis. It displays a “heat map” to denote price levels.
Georgia on my mind…
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008The conflict between Georgia and Russia goes back a long way and many atrocities were commited on both sides. If you were to completely balance out the actions of both the Georgians and the Russians in the protracted history between these two nations, Russia would probably be coined the “bad guy”.
But lets focus on the latest events. The truth is that the Georgian forces attacked the break away region of South Ossetia, who were content with being a russian protectorate. The initial reports by American media stated that Russia was invading Georgia (Fox news even equated the russian retaliation to Hitler’s expansion in europe) and was portrayed as the “aggressors” in the conflict.
According to this 12 year old american girl’s account on Fox news of all places, the truth is evident and probably made the network squirm a bit.
It seems as though the mass media cannot contain the truth. For all of the rehersals, scripting, camera cuts and editing, the truth somehow manages to squirm its way from out of the white knuckle grasp of corporate run media.
This conflict is a classic example of the old addage “you mess with the bull… you get the horns”.
Introducing ‘The human camera’!
Friday, August 15th, 2008
new york skyline
This has got to be the most incredible thing I have seen in recent memory. A man out of the UK named Stephen Wiltshire is an autistic artist that can draw gigantic a city scape from memory after a 45 minute helicopter ride. He is so amazingly precise that he draws each building with the correct number of windows.
Autism is still not fully understood but there is obviously some portion of the brain thats being accessed that allows for this inconceivable functionality.
The artwork itself is not the most beautiful or technically sound execution on its own merits but the fact that he can walk down a street and store it in his head and reproduce it on canvas WITH NO REFERENCE MATERIAL is absolutely astounding!
Here are some of his gallery paintings which you can order on his website.
Geekaustin will start hosting free classes!
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Starting in September, LinearB and Daniel are co hosting a monthly tech class for FREE! Any of you that want to obtain some great ground level knowledge or if you just want to brush up on some fundamental tech skills, this is something you should NOT miss.
This will be a series of classes and the first installment is a basic introduction on SQL. Future subjects will cover topics such as Java certification and basic object-oriented design as well.
Go to Geekaustin for more details.
Iraq demands a U.S. withdrawal timeline
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The Iraqi foreign minister has requested a timeline for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq.
From Al-Jazeera:
The US must provide a “clear timeline” to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to operate in Iraq beyond this year, Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, has said.
His comments on Sunday are the strongest public assertion yet that Iraq is demanding a timeline for US withdrawal.
The Reuters news agency quoted Zebari saying an agreement, including the timeline, was “very close” and would probably be presented to the Iraqi parliament in early September.
Lets hope the Bush administration ends the “oil grab” and actually listens to the desires of the Iraqi government as well as the American public.
Full story here.
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Bush administration, Hoshiyar Zebari, Imperialism, Iraq
Posted in Politics, War, World |
Posted in Politics, War, World |
Montana governer defies homeland security and Real ID
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
According to NukeSylo13, the governer of Montana is actually doing his job by upholding the constitution. Even is if means defying the department of Homeland security and the controversial Read ID act. An excerpt from the article:
Brian Schweitzer, the governor of Montana, wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. The letter informed Chertoff that Montana would not be complying with the REAL ID Act. Our quote of the day supplies one of the reasons for Governor Schweitzer’s rebellion. In response to the letter . . .
Secretary Chertoff called Governor Schweitzer and threatened him. Chertoff told Schweitzer that Montana residents would be banned from airplanes, or subjected to severe, time-consuming inspections at airports.
The Governor countered with his own threat, “How about we both go on 60 Minutes a few days after the DHS starts patting down Montana driver’s license-holders who are trying to get on the planes and both of us can tell our side of the story.”
Here is the full article.
Tags: Brian Schweitzer, homeland security, Liberty, Michael Chertoff, Montanta, Nukesylo13, Real ID act, the constitution, Tyranny
Posted in Conspiracy, Law, Liberty, Politics, Tyranny |
Posted in Conspiracy, Law, Liberty, Politics, Tyranny |
