Great Space Station Picture

The detail and resolution in this picture is really amazing. If there is ever something that could make you feel like you’re there, this comes pretty close. Fun stuff to look at. Below is some information about the land mass in the background from a Digg user.
“I can see my house from [...]

Ordinary Guys Send Picture-Taking Balloon 22.27 Miles High

Behold the view from 117,597 feet, taken on August 11, 2007 by a camera hanging from a helium balloon launched by a group of guys in Alberta, Canada. Called the SABLE-3 (Southern Alberta Balloon Launch Experiment #3), it was packed with a Byonics MicroTrak 300 APRS tracking device, a Nikon Coolpix P2 digital camera set [...]

iPhone Unlocked – Twice

So there are a couple of stories from late this week about people hacking the iPhone and unlocking it.  In both cases this unlock makes it work in the US with T-Mobile and will make it work more widely overseas.  Since I have an iPhone working on ATT’s network, I don’t see any need to [...]

Tracy Morgan on WGN-TV Morning News

He’s really coming into his own … this Tracy Morgan guy.  SNL was a nice start but 30 Rock (or Dirty Rock as he calls it) is letting him shine.  As is this clip from WGN Morning News in Chicago.  At least these anchors know how to let him shine.

15 Web Addresses for Wasting Time

I haven’t had a chance to play all of these games, but no doubt these are creative ways to waste time, which is always good.
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Green Roofs: Let’s Get Growing!

Why not? Instead of traditional roofing materials, we should plant sod up there. Now how do I water it during dry spells?
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How Can I Make My Computer Efficient?

Check this out. Some interesting points about how saving the planet computes.
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Nice Table

You’ve heard and seen a lot about the Microsoft Surface technology over the past few months. Here is a pretty nice video summary from Popular Mechanics via Brightcove with all the bells and whistles and of course glass on display. Thanks to Steve Ratner for this one.

Stephen Colbert’s portrait, made from of 768 Rubik’s Cubes!

Nice waste of time! David Litwin, the Picasso of cubes: “What does one do with 768 cubes once you’ve made your company logo? You move on to doing other pictures. I had considered great works of art (Mona Lisa, etc.), but thought a tribute to Stephen Colbert would be more fun.”
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Trailer for Jack Black’ “Be Kind Rewind”

Jack Black and Mos Def and video store clerks who erase a bunch of movies and have to remake them. In remaking films like GHOSTBUSTERS and ROBOCOP, they start something of a movement. Michel Gondry’s (“Eternal Sunshine”) latest movie looks great and at its core seems to be about small moments of real creativity.
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