Tag: Interesting

  • Crossroads!

    Crossroads-2009 International Quartet Champions Just thought I’d share some great accapella music with you. Real Barbershop talent.

  • Good Grief! UK being PC…

    Ex-soldier faces jail for handing in gun Ex-soldier faces jail for handing in gunTuesday, November 17, 2009, 12:15 A former soldier who handed a discarded shotgun in to police faces at least five years imprisonment for “doing his duty”. Paul Clarke, 27, was found guilty of possessing a firearm at Guildford Crown Court on Tuesday…

  • To my friends who believe the ‘Liberal Media’ never reports good news…

    Armed Robbers Apologize to Army Reserve Victim – ABC News The 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sophomore, who joined the Army Reserve a year ago, said he was walking home from work early Tuesday morning when four masked men forced him into an alley at gunpoint. After ordering him to the ground, the reservist said the…

  • Wingsuit flying

    Parachuting has come a long way in my lifetime. Have a look at this video on jumping from a helicopter I believe from the Alps:

  • Google Free 411

    Google Launches Free 411 Service When I was young directory assistance was free, a human, and very good. I used it a lot and maybe folks like me are why Ma Bell dumped it. But there is a good reason to keep information flow free and apparently Google agrees with me. What they have done…

  • Google Captioning!

    Closed Captioning Hits Google Video This is great news for the hearing impaired. Now Google is captioning the videos on it’s site. I wonder if it uses software or skilled people to do it…

  • Great humor video from Japan

    You need to see this… It’s a five minute video I only recommend for high speed connected folks, but it’s good. 🙂

  • How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly

    How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily One wonderful thing about the Internet is the educational opportunities in it. This page is from a University of Georgia Prof. who wants to help his students write papers well. It’s not exactly new to me, but it is concise, much…

  • What Is Web 2.0

    O’Reilly: What Is Web 2.0 Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software by Tim O’Reilly 09/30/2005 This has been a question of mine and that I hear from folks just getting started in computers nowadays. If you are new to the net, or if you are not new but still don’t…

  • WhiteTrashXmas

    WhiteTrashXmas I don’t know if I should really recommend this, but it is funny. 🙂

  • National Geographic Magazine – WildCam AFRICA

    National Geographic Magazine – WildCam AFRICA This, to be sure is amazing! See an African Lake in realtime with all sorts of wildlife coming to drink. Uses RealAudio and so has all the sounds as well as views as they happen. :UPDATE Nothing lasts forever and this site went off the net Dec. 18, 2005…

  • LearnOutLoud.com

    LearnOutLoud.com Free Audio & Video – Free Audio Books, Lectures, & Speeches on MP3 Download and Streaming Video HTML This is a good idea! I am only getting started looking at these listings but my first glance is to be very impressed. Browse around the listings and see if you can find something to listen…