Archive for the 'Asides' Category

Fix for StatTraq Calendar bugs

The StatTraq plugin for WordPress has a bug where the Year and Month time periods are not displayed correctly. Here is a fix for the problem. Download this StatTraq Calendar Patch. Extract calendar.php from the file and copy it into your \wp-stattraq folder, replacing the file that already exists there. Now when you check your [...]

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Martial Arts Moves Revealed in Fight Science Lab

Solomani did a great summary of this Martial Arts documentary I watched last year. Basically it goes through a bunch of martial arts myths and abilities and uses science to figure out if it’s true and how they do it. Essentially they used a modified $150,000 crash-test dummy for the testing. Here are some of [...]

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The ISS and the Shuttle

This is a fantastic photo of the space shuttle and the International Space Station silhouetted against the Sun. Ciclops.org also has beautiful photos of Saturn and its rings. What is amazing about this photo is that just to the left of the main ring you can see Earth. The photo was taken by the Cassini [...]

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The Living Camera

Stephen Wiltshire draws an incredibly accurate picture of Rome after a 45 minute helicopter ride. He says that St. Peters, the Forum and the Colleseum were easier than the detail of the cities neighbourhoods and villages. Amazing.

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Read Books by Email

If, like me, you spend more time reading emails than reading books, how about reading books by email? Daily Lit has a growing collection of classics that you can have sent to your email in daily chunks. It’s very simple, just select a book you want to read then enter your email address. Make sure [...]

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11 Tips To Avoid Hangovers

Alcohol, the bane of the drinking classes. Here are 11 useful tips on how to avoid hangovers.

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Cool Links of the Day

An excellent video showing the Universe to scale. Makes you feel very very insignificant! An astronaut loses his camera in space while working on the International Space Station. The most powerful automatic weapon in the world Building instructions for every Lego set EVER Dragonfly: The World’s First Winged Robot Video Demonstration

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Cool Links of the Day

Full 3D video projection. A prototype of a 3D projector using 256 bits of string, very cool. Asimov, the Honda robot, trips going up some steps, the poor guy How to get out of quicksand, for your hiking trips around home I guess. Final Fortress is a great flash game. defend your city from the [...]

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Awesome Flash Sniper Game

Tactical Assassin is a fun game. The soundtrack and little tricks required to complete missions really make it cool. Unfortunately it finishes too soon and you wish there was more missions. Can you beat 76% accuracy on your first attempt?

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Ski-Gliding the Eiger

Man, this looks very cool. They fly more than they ski. Theres some stomach churning cliffs on the way down.

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