A random collection of things I come across.

Monday, April 30, 2007

Planet Earth

Recently, I saw several episodes of Planet Earth on Discovery. It was originally produced by BBC. The whole filming took 5 years of several photographers and cameramen. The footage, as you expect from such a huge project, is breathtaking. Here's a sample that was voted as the viewers' favorite:

Super cooled water

http://www.influks.com/post1121.html

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Summer of sequels

Summer 2007 seems to be a season for movie sequels ... well make that sequel to a sequel. And in some cases its the n+1'th sequel. Hows this for a list of movies releasing this summer:

  1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
  2. Spider-Man 3
  3. Shrek the Third
  4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
  5. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  6. Live Free or Die Hard
  7. The Bourne Ultimatum
  8. Ocean’s Thirteen
  9. Rush Hour 3

Cycle of life

“The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death. What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy retirement. You drink alcohol, you party, and you get ready for High School. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last 9 months floating… then you finish off as an orgasm! Amen.”

- George Costanza
Seinfeld

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Logistical creativity





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Monday, April 16, 2007

Want to be labelled poor!



"At a time when financial honchos are sweating it out to accelerate Karnataka's growth rate, here comes a shocker: Nearly 16 lakh people in the state want to be labelled 'poor'. Reason: They do not want to miss out on the populist schemes that below-povertyline (BPL) families are being bombarded with."


Read the full story here.

Saturday, April 14, 2007

The belt-flip trick


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Looks very cool! I can imagine several ways this trick can go wrong, so don't try this yourself unless you know what you're doing.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Space saving furniture


For the bookworms: bookshelf/chair

Table/Shelf/ (Step-ladder ?)


Chair/Stove top



Coffee Table/ Bed


Find more of such items at http://www.americaninventorspot.com/_7_furniture

Pics from an era long gone!




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