I know we posted this video before but I got the full video here...
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas Lights Synced Up To THX Sound
This is pretty cool, a guy synced up his Christmas lights to the THX sound that plays before a movie starts. I can't imagine how many hours and weeks this must have taken. Well worth the effort!
Ask Yahoo!:
Dear Yahoo!:
Does blowing on hot soup really cool it down?
Gary
Asbury, New Jersey
Dear Gary:
Your question brings to mind Aesop's fable about a cold, hungry man who was lost in the woods. A kind satyr took pity on him and invited him into his home. At one point, the man blew on his hands to warm them, and later, when the satyr served him dinner, the man blew on his soup to cool it.
The satyr kicked the man out, stating "I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath." (Hence the expression about an unpredictable person "blowing hot and cold.") But we digress, so let's get to your question. Did the man give up his nice warm accommodations for "nought," or did he know what he was doing when he blew on his soup to cool it?
It appears blowing on your soup does have a valid scientific effect. According to this light-hearted transcript from a scientific radio show broadcast by Indiana University, it's caused by evaporation.
When you sit down to that steaming bowl of soup, the faster-moving, hotter particles "leap off the surface," evaporating and leaving the slower-moving, cooler particles behind. But these evaporated particles form a little cloud of vapor above your bowl, saturating the air and preventing any more evaporation. When you blow on your soup, you disperse the vapor cloud. This clears the air, so to speak, for more hot particles to evaporate, thus cooling the soup.
Of course, just 'cause it works doesn't mean it's considered proper or polite.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20061220.html
Does blowing on hot soup really cool it down?
Gary
Asbury, New Jersey
Dear Gary:
Your question brings to mind Aesop's fable about a cold, hungry man who was lost in the woods. A kind satyr took pity on him and invited him into his home. At one point, the man blew on his hands to warm them, and later, when the satyr served him dinner, the man blew on his soup to cool it.
The satyr kicked the man out, stating "I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath." (Hence the expression about an unpredictable person "blowing hot and cold.") But we digress, so let's get to your question. Did the man give up his nice warm accommodations for "nought," or did he know what he was doing when he blew on his soup to cool it?
It appears blowing on your soup does have a valid scientific effect. According to this light-hearted transcript from a scientific radio show broadcast by Indiana University, it's caused by evaporation.
When you sit down to that steaming bowl of soup, the faster-moving, hotter particles "leap off the surface," evaporating and leaving the slower-moving, cooler particles behind. But these evaporated particles form a little cloud of vapor above your bowl, saturating the air and preventing any more evaporation. When you blow on your soup, you disperse the vapor cloud. This clears the air, so to speak, for more hot particles to evaporate, thus cooling the soup.
Of course, just 'cause it works doesn't mean it's considered proper or polite.
http://ask.yahoo.com/20061220.html
Treadmill Prank
This guy shows his buddy how to operate his new treadmill. Watch him screw with his friend and turn it up to a high speed then walk away. I love the friggin noises this guy makes when he realizes he is screwed.
Professor Gets Mad At Cell Phone
Nothing was more embarrasing than when your phone rang in the middle of a big lecture. But what I never could understand was the people who actually answered the phone in the middle of class. Apparently this professor doesn't appreciate it either.
Create your own virtual private network with Hamachi
This is a great VPN application if you are looking to access your pc remotely. And its free!!!!!
Check it out at lifehacker.com
Check it out at lifehacker.com
Under Water Hotel
1,200 Square Feet Under the Sea
A few drinks and 3 or 4 girls, and this hotel becomes heaven!!!!!
Space Shuttle Landing at Kennedy Space Center
Source: NASA
Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at 5:32 p.m. EST on Dec. 22, at Kennedy Space Center to bring STS-116's successful mission to the International Space Station to an end. The mission continued the on-orbit construction of the station and delivered a new Expedition 14 crew member.
Toilet Popper Bombing
Just when you think you have finally gotten some peace and quiet your friends have to come in and ruin everything. The worst part about pranks like these is that you cant really do anything to prevent it. You just have to sit there and take it.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
How To Hack A Webcam
Here's a quick video that shows how easy it is to hack unprotected webcams on the net. The URL they google is inurl:view/index.shtml (it's a little hard to make out in the video)
Fat Girls Gone Wild
Warning! Lock your refrigerator doors you're about to be eatin out of house and home because it's Fat Girls Gone Wild!
Weird Al Interviews KFed
12/20/2006 - Weird Al sits down with everyone's favorite douchebag Kevin Federline for a no holds barred one on one interview.
BROOOOKLYN! Jay-Z Moves Nets In Time For '09 Season (Sohh.com)
Jay-Z's New Jersey Nets will be soon be calling the rapper's hometown of Brooklyn, NY their new home, all thanks in part to the approval of a $4 billion development project which will include the building of an arena for the NBA franchise.
As SOHH previously reported, Jay (born Sean Carter) joined forces with real estate developer Bruce Ratner and several other partners to purchase the Nets franchise in 2004 for $300 million.
According to New York's Daily News, the state's Public Authorities Control Board yesterday (December 21) voted unanimously to authorize the Atlantic Yards development, a sprawling reuse of an area near the downtown Brooklyn rail yard that would include a new home for the Nets, office towers and thousands of apartments.
If the project proceeds as planned, the Nets would play their first season in Brooklyn in 2009-10.
"I look forward to seeing [developer] Bruce Ratner and [architect] Frank Gehry's grand vision turned into reality and to eating a hot dog as I watch the Brooklyn Nets play in Brooklyn's new arena in the 2009-2010 season," Governor Pataki told the Daily News.
The Nets move to Brooklyn would make them the first major professional sports team to play their games in Brooklyn since the departure of the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958.
Full Story from SOHH.Com
As SOHH previously reported, Jay (born Sean Carter) joined forces with real estate developer Bruce Ratner and several other partners to purchase the Nets franchise in 2004 for $300 million.
According to New York's Daily News, the state's Public Authorities Control Board yesterday (December 21) voted unanimously to authorize the Atlantic Yards development, a sprawling reuse of an area near the downtown Brooklyn rail yard that would include a new home for the Nets, office towers and thousands of apartments.
If the project proceeds as planned, the Nets would play their first season in Brooklyn in 2009-10.
"I look forward to seeing [developer] Bruce Ratner and [architect] Frank Gehry's grand vision turned into reality and to eating a hot dog as I watch the Brooklyn Nets play in Brooklyn's new arena in the 2009-2010 season," Governor Pataki told the Daily News.
The Nets move to Brooklyn would make them the first major professional sports team to play their games in Brooklyn since the departure of the Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1958.
Full Story from SOHH.Com
Say Hello to the Goodbye Weapon
By David Hambling| Also by this reporter
02:00 AM Dec, 05, 2006
The crowd is getting ugly. Soldiers roll up in a Hummer. Suddenly, the whole right half of your body is screaming in agony. You feel like you've been dipped in molten lava. You almost faint from shock and pain, but instead you stumble backwards -- and then start running. To your surprise, everyone else is running too. In a few seconds, the street is completely empty.
You've just been hit with a new nonlethal weapon that has been certified for use in Iraq -- even though critics argue there may be unforeseen effects.
According to documents obtained for Wired News under federal sunshine laws, the Air Force's Active Denial System, or ADS, has been certified safe after lengthy tests by military scientists in the lab and in war games.
The ADS shoots a beam of millimeters waves, which are longer in wavelength than x-rays but shorter than microwaves -- 94 GHz (= 3 mm wavelength) compared to 2.45 GHz (= 12 cm wavelength) in a standard microwave oven.
The longer waves are thought to limit the effects of the radiation. If used properly, ADS will produce no lasting adverse affects, the military argues.
Documents acquired for Wired News using the Freedom of Information Act claim that most of the radiation (83 percent) is instantly absorbed by the top layer of the skin, heating it rapidly.
The beam produces what experimenters call the "Goodbye effect," or "prompt and highly motivated escape behavior." In human tests, most subjects reached their pain threshold within 3 seconds, and none of the subjects could endure more than 5 seconds.
"It will repel you," one test subject said. "If hit by the beam, you will move out of it -- reflexively and quickly. You for sure will not be eager to experience it again."
But while subjects may feel like they have sustained serious burns, the documents claim effects are not long-lasting. At most, "some volunteers who tolerate the heat may experience prolonged redness or even small blisters," the Air Force experiments concluded.
The reports describe an elaborate series of investigations involving human subjects.
The volunteers were military personnel: active, reserve or retired, who volunteered for the tests. They were unpaid, but the subjects would "benefit from direct knowledge that an effective nonlethal weapon system could soon be in the inventory," said one report. The tests ranged from simple exposure in the laboratory to elaborate war games involving hundreds of participants.
The military simulated crowd control situations, rescuing helicopter crews in a Black Hawk Down setting and urban assaults. More unusual tests involved alcohol, attack dogs and maze-like obstacle courses.
In more than 10,000 exposures, there were six cases of blistering and one instance of second-degree burns in a laboratory accident, the documents claim.
The ADS was developed in complete secrecy for 10 years at a cost of $40 million. Its existence was revealed in 2001 by news reports, but most details of ADS human testing remain classified. There has been no independent checking of the military's claims.
Read the full story @ www.wired.com
02:00 AM Dec, 05, 2006
The crowd is getting ugly. Soldiers roll up in a Hummer. Suddenly, the whole right half of your body is screaming in agony. You feel like you've been dipped in molten lava. You almost faint from shock and pain, but instead you stumble backwards -- and then start running. To your surprise, everyone else is running too. In a few seconds, the street is completely empty.
You've just been hit with a new nonlethal weapon that has been certified for use in Iraq -- even though critics argue there may be unforeseen effects.
According to documents obtained for Wired News under federal sunshine laws, the Air Force's Active Denial System, or ADS, has been certified safe after lengthy tests by military scientists in the lab and in war games.
The ADS shoots a beam of millimeters waves, which are longer in wavelength than x-rays but shorter than microwaves -- 94 GHz (= 3 mm wavelength) compared to 2.45 GHz (= 12 cm wavelength) in a standard microwave oven.
The longer waves are thought to limit the effects of the radiation. If used properly, ADS will produce no lasting adverse affects, the military argues.
Documents acquired for Wired News using the Freedom of Information Act claim that most of the radiation (83 percent) is instantly absorbed by the top layer of the skin, heating it rapidly.
The beam produces what experimenters call the "Goodbye effect," or "prompt and highly motivated escape behavior." In human tests, most subjects reached their pain threshold within 3 seconds, and none of the subjects could endure more than 5 seconds.
"It will repel you," one test subject said. "If hit by the beam, you will move out of it -- reflexively and quickly. You for sure will not be eager to experience it again."
But while subjects may feel like they have sustained serious burns, the documents claim effects are not long-lasting. At most, "some volunteers who tolerate the heat may experience prolonged redness or even small blisters," the Air Force experiments concluded.
The reports describe an elaborate series of investigations involving human subjects.
The volunteers were military personnel: active, reserve or retired, who volunteered for the tests. They were unpaid, but the subjects would "benefit from direct knowledge that an effective nonlethal weapon system could soon be in the inventory," said one report. The tests ranged from simple exposure in the laboratory to elaborate war games involving hundreds of participants.
The military simulated crowd control situations, rescuing helicopter crews in a Black Hawk Down setting and urban assaults. More unusual tests involved alcohol, attack dogs and maze-like obstacle courses.
In more than 10,000 exposures, there were six cases of blistering and one instance of second-degree burns in a laboratory accident, the documents claim.
The ADS was developed in complete secrecy for 10 years at a cost of $40 million. Its existence was revealed in 2001 by news reports, but most details of ADS human testing remain classified. There has been no independent checking of the military's claims.
Read the full story @ www.wired.com
Zune Comes With Porn Value-Add
As quoted from Wired.com
"Umm, this isn't exactly what we were suggesting, Microsoft, when we advised improving the Zune user experience.Brown_landscape_video_porn
A Chicago-area mother reports that the supposedly new Zune she bought her 12-year-old daughter for Christmas was stuffed with pornography, specifically "a homosexual orgy they had videotaped for an hour and 44 minutes."
The mom is pretty certain the player, which she purchased from a nearby Wal-Mart, was an unmarked returned unit. Besides the porn, she notes there was no charging cord in the box. The store manager , however, "blamed it on Microsoft."
The mom got her money back, a $25 Wal-Mart gift card and very uncomfortable discussion with her daughter ...... Check out the Full Story
"Umm, this isn't exactly what we were suggesting, Microsoft, when we advised improving the Zune user experience.Brown_landscape_video_porn
A Chicago-area mother reports that the supposedly new Zune she bought her 12-year-old daughter for Christmas was stuffed with pornography, specifically "a homosexual orgy they had videotaped for an hour and 44 minutes."
The mom is pretty certain the player, which she purchased from a nearby Wal-Mart, was an unmarked returned unit. Besides the porn, she notes there was no charging cord in the box. The store manager , however, "blamed it on Microsoft."
The mom got her money back, a $25 Wal-Mart gift card and very uncomfortable discussion with her daughter ...... Check out the Full Story
Some More Reggaeton Videoz
Calle 13 - Suave (Remix)
Voltio y Calle 13 - Chulin-Culin-Cunflai
Calle 13 - Atrevete-te
Calle 13 - La Jirafa
Flow Natural - Tito "El Bambino" Feat. Beenie Man
Tito "El Bambino" - Caile
Hector "El Father" Featuring Wisin & Yandel - El Telefono
Voltio y Calle 13 - Chulin-Culin-Cunflai
Calle 13 - Atrevete-te
Calle 13 - La Jirafa
Flow Natural - Tito "El Bambino" Feat. Beenie Man
Tito "El Bambino" - Caile
Hector "El Father" Featuring Wisin & Yandel - El Telefono
Wisin y Yandel Reggaeton Muzik Videoz .. Shout Out to all my Latin People !!!! Boriqua, Dominicanos, Cubanos, etc
Pam Pam !!!
Rakata !!!
Burn it Up (with R. Kelly) !!!
Aventura !!!
Los Vaqueros !!!
Rakata !!!
Burn it Up (with R. Kelly) !!!
Aventura !!!
Los Vaqueros !!!
Fat Joe's Night Out @ the Strip Club
Quoted from NY Post ::: December 20, 2006 -- Fat Joe bought himself an early Christmas present that would make Santa blush - dozens of gyrating strippers. The rotund rapper and his Terror Squad posse barreled into Sin City, the famed mammary mecca near Yankee Stadium, on three consecutive nights last week, dropping $20,000 on booze and lap dances, reports complex.com. In addition to hand-picking his favorite girls, the rapper tossed wads of $1 bills into the air to literally shower the dancers with money.
Full Story
Full Story
Field Mob Agrees That Hip Hop Is Dead And Blames D4L & Dem Frachize Boyz
A quote from a Sohh interview with Field Mob states:
Hell yeah, hip-hop is dead," he said. "I'mma tell you who killed hip-hop... D4L and Dem Franchize Boyz. Those are the murderers of Hip-Hop, in my opinion. It was already dying. They just came over and killed it. Hip-Hop is not what it used to be.
"I love D4L and Franchize Boyz," added Smoke. "I love 'Laffy Taffy' and all that shit, so don't get it f***ed up. I ain't dissing them niggas at all. They from GA, [and] I'm a Georgia nigga. Me and Shawn [J] we still make Hip-Hop music, but people don't wanna accept it because it got a southern twang. Hip-hop is wordplay, saying something, metaphors. I love Hip-Hop. I fell in love with Mobb Deep [and] Nas -- these are the people that influenced me. People like Bun B. He's a Hip-Hop artist. MJG, Eightball -- those are hip-hop southern artists. The old south is Hip-Hop. The new south...naaahh!"
Full Story
Hell yeah, hip-hop is dead," he said. "I'mma tell you who killed hip-hop... D4L and Dem Franchize Boyz. Those are the murderers of Hip-Hop, in my opinion. It was already dying. They just came over and killed it. Hip-Hop is not what it used to be.
"I love D4L and Franchize Boyz," added Smoke. "I love 'Laffy Taffy' and all that shit, so don't get it f***ed up. I ain't dissing them niggas at all. They from GA, [and] I'm a Georgia nigga. Me and Shawn [J] we still make Hip-Hop music, but people don't wanna accept it because it got a southern twang. Hip-hop is wordplay, saying something, metaphors. I love Hip-Hop. I fell in love with Mobb Deep [and] Nas -- these are the people that influenced me. People like Bun B. He's a Hip-Hop artist. MJG, Eightball -- those are hip-hop southern artists. The old south is Hip-Hop. The new south...naaahh!"
Full Story
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Teen returns $24,000 in untraceable bills
NEW YORK (UPI) -- A Long Island, N.Y., college student has returned $24,000 in untraceable $100 bills he found while at his job cleaning a movie theater.
"It's no big deal," Christopher Montgomery, 19, said -- through his mother, because he was embarrassed at the attention.
But it was indeed a big deal to RoseMarie Limoncelli, 39.
She runs a business and did not make it to the bank before going with her 8-year-old daughter to see "Happy Feet" at a local movie theater.
Halfway through the film, daughter Sabrina climbed onto Limoncelli's lap. To make room for her daughter, Limoncelli slid her purse under her seat, where it tipped over.
The bank pouch must have fallen out in the dark, she told Newsday.
On the way home, stopping for ice cream, Limoncelli made the blood-chilling discovery.
"My heart stopped," she said. "My whole body was shaking."
She frantically called the theater and -- miracle of miracles -- the money was there. Montgomery had handed the pouch to his manager.
Montgomery refused a cash reward, but Limoncelli says she hopes he'll at least accept a gift certificate to a local consumer electronics store.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
"It's no big deal," Christopher Montgomery, 19, said -- through his mother, because he was embarrassed at the attention.
But it was indeed a big deal to RoseMarie Limoncelli, 39.
She runs a business and did not make it to the bank before going with her 8-year-old daughter to see "Happy Feet" at a local movie theater.
Halfway through the film, daughter Sabrina climbed onto Limoncelli's lap. To make room for her daughter, Limoncelli slid her purse under her seat, where it tipped over.
The bank pouch must have fallen out in the dark, she told Newsday.
On the way home, stopping for ice cream, Limoncelli made the blood-chilling discovery.
"My heart stopped," she said. "My whole body was shaking."
She frantically called the theater and -- miracle of miracles -- the money was there. Montgomery had handed the pouch to his manager.
Montgomery refused a cash reward, but Limoncelli says she hopes he'll at least accept a gift certificate to a local consumer electronics store.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
Drug dealers offer cash to home growers
LONDON (UPI) -- After a police crackdown in Britain, drug dealers reportedly are paying customers to grow marijuana in their homes.
Britain's Sky News said Druglink, the magazine of the drug education charity DrugScope, reported drug dealers are offering cash to customers who are willing to grow cannabis in a spare room.
The report comes after a massive police raid of hundreds of cannabis farms across England and Wales. The resulting shortage has led to a doubling of the street price of cannabis in some areas, Sky News reported.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
Britain's Sky News said Druglink, the magazine of the drug education charity DrugScope, reported drug dealers are offering cash to customers who are willing to grow cannabis in a spare room.
The report comes after a massive police raid of hundreds of cannabis farms across England and Wales. The resulting shortage has led to a doubling of the street price of cannabis in some areas, Sky News reported.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Fireworks Cause Stadium To Ignite
I am not sure what country this is from but they sure love their soccer. A stadium ignites into flames from a malfunctioned firework display and neither the crowd nor the players seem to pay any attention to the fire.
Sucks To Be A Bomb Technician
A bomb technician cuts the wrong wire and causes an explosive device to blow up. Thankfully his protective gear saved his life.
Now Thats A Paintball Gun
This thing is friggin awesome. This guy custom built a paintball gatling gun that shoots balls out at 1200 psi.
Halo Theme Performed Live
The Halo Theme performed by a group of friends in a living room. Their band is called Corporeal and that is Dave Verlee on guitar, Hanah Stuart on violin, Dave Bedell on drum kit and Rob Leu on Bass. Very talented and I like the multiple camera angles!
Incredibly Fast Biker
This dude is friggin insane. Watch his spedometer as he cruises through traffic on a busy highway.
Guy Faints While Weight Lifting
This guy faints while trying to power clean 400 pounds. I knew this had to happen sometimes, I wonder if he's ok. It looks like it slams down on his neck.
It's a boy
Stationed in Okinawa, Japan, my son and his wife were expecting their first baby. I was elated when he called me at work with the news of my grandchild's birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers.
"I'm a grandmother!" I declared. "It's a baby boy, and he weighs five pounds, eight onces."
"When was he born?" someone asked.
Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar, and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"
"I'm a grandmother!" I declared. "It's a baby boy, and he weighs five pounds, eight onces."
"When was he born?" someone asked.
Recalling the date my son told me, I stopped, looked at the calendar, and said in amazement, "Tomorrow!"
Wierd Al--- "White and Nerdy"
I know video is a little old (about a month) however, its a funny video and I found the "behind the scenes" video to it so I am posting it for your enjoyment.... Peace.
Monday, December 18, 2006
Speeding
One Sunday, sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH.
He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
Approaching the car, he notices that there are five little old Indian ladies - two in the front seat and three in the back - wide eyed and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don't understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! I always go exactly the speed limit. What seems to be the problem?"
"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."
"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly! Twenty-two miles an hour!" the old Indian woman says a bit proudly.
The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that "22" was the route number, not the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.
"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask . . . Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep this whole time," the officer asks with concern.
"Oh, they'll be all right, officer. We just got off Route 119."
He thinks to himself, "This driver is just as dangerous as a speeder!" So he turns on his lights and pulls the driver over.
Approaching the car, he notices that there are five little old Indian ladies - two in the front seat and three in the back - wide eyed and white as ghosts. The driver, obviously confused, says to him, "Officer, I don't understand, I was doing exactly the speed limit! I always go exactly the speed limit. What seems to be the problem?"
"Ma'am," the officer replies, "you weren't speeding, but you should know that driving slower than the speed limit can also be a danger to other drivers."
"Slower than the speed limit? No sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly! Twenty-two miles an hour!" the old Indian woman says a bit proudly.
The State Police officer, trying to contain a chuckle explains to her that "22" was the route number, not the speed limit.
A bit embarrassed, the woman grinned and thanked the officer for pointing out her error.
"But before I let you go, Ma'am, I have to ask . . . Is everyone in this car OK? These women seem awfully shaken and they haven't muttered a single peep this whole time," the officer asks with concern.
"Oh, they'll be all right, officer. We just got off Route 119."
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Compare 8 different online mapping services with Flash Earth.
Compare 8 different online mapping services with Flash Earth.
Included here are maps from Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, NASA, and OpenLayers. The well-designed interface allows you to easily switch between services; you can sample each one's particular representation of satellite and aerial imagery and see if it works for you. This is a great way to compare maps quickly. — Wendy Boswell :: LifeHacker.com
http://www.flashearth.com/
Included here are maps from Google, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, NASA, and OpenLayers. The well-designed interface allows you to easily switch between services; you can sample each one's particular representation of satellite and aerial imagery and see if it works for you. This is a great way to compare maps quickly. — Wendy Boswell :: LifeHacker.com
http://www.flashearth.com/
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