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With the NFL draft on tonight, this video of two announcers calling a European “football” match will make you laugh. The first 2.5 minutes are classic. You may not understand what they’re saying but you’ll understand them.
These guys know how to express themselves!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-lUDundoIo
Robonaut2 is the next generation of dexterous robot, developed by NASA and General Motors. Photo Credit: NASA.
Coming soon to the space station (or as your next co-worker): Robonaut 2.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g3qzOZLs6s&feature=related
To learn more about Robonaut2, check out NASA.
Adirondack Life’s Photography Winners
Every year the magazine, Adirondack Life, holds a photography contest. See this year’s winners here.
NY Has Room to Cut
The NY Post had an article and graphic which shows that there’s plenty of fat to cut from the NY state budget. There just doesn’t seem to be the will in Albany.
One Big Shredder
This reminded me of the the compactor at the recycling center. Instead it’s a shredder.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aja7gcgRMJU
Some days you just need a really funny email story.
A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel plans. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday, with his wife flying down the following day.
The husband checked into the hotel. There was a computer in his room, so he decided to send an email to his wife. However, he accidentally left out one letter in her email address, and without realizing his error, sent the email.
Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston, a widow had just returned home from her husband’s funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory following a heart attack. The widow decided to check her email expecting messages from relatives and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and fainted. The widow’s son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor, and saw the computer screen which read:
To: My loving wife
Subject: I’ve arrived
I know you’re surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now and you are allowed to send emails to your loved ones. I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.
P.S. sure is really hot down here!!!!
OK Go – This Too Shall Pass –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KczCp0OQ4
It looks dangerous and is, reportedly, incredibly expensive, but there is no denying the near-maximal awesome factor of the Jetlev Flyer. Power comes from a four-stroke engine in a small “boat” which drags in the water behind/below the flying harness, and to which it is tethered by a big yellow hose that supplies high-pressure water and prevents the operator from exceeding a safe altitude.
To see more videos go to: JetLev.com
The Education of Cupid – (Click on the Image to See Full Resolution)
François Boucher
1742
Oil on canvas,
Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
Update: 6:20 P.M. The Super Bowl is now starting so registration is now closed.
…. so I’m opening up registrations today.
If you would like to register for the site;
A.) Read our rules
B.) Register here
It was announced on Fort Ticonderoga’s Facebook page that the episode of Ghost Hunters that was filmed at Fort Ticonderoga will air on March 10th.
“YEEHA! Ghost Hunters is MARCH 10TH!!! Check local listings – as they say. One of the producers said it was one of his favorite episodes ever”
Mark your calendar’s now. (We are.)
Hat tip to Joanne Farley for the info.
Here’s a bar trick worth watching.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLRsFDbIIuQ
For anyone who missed this excerpt from American Idol, its been all over the radio and Internet today. It’s a parody of those young people who wear their pants too low to the ground. Any 62 year-old who can do a split like that is OK in my book.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFx4-gyo1_0
Here are some bartenders!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLr99tlGiA
A fun little video from Vimeo which is the product of roughly 7 months of work from 13 students in the 3rd year of the BAA Animation program at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Electropolis from Kevin McCullough on Vimeo.
Things have be quiet lately, which made me think of this clip from the 1966 Batman movie.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoUpF7rvfnk
The funny thing is when I was young, I took this show so seriously but when you watch it as an adult you get such a different perspective.
At least Batman was looking out for the people in the bar!