This is pretty crazy:
Open the post for more of the eagle with cats.
Category: Odd & Random
Today’s Google doodle: Mies van der Rohe
Just a quick note about the nice Google doodle today, an homage to architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. From today’s The Times of India: Google’s doodle today pays tribute to legendary German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on…
To keep us all together this St. Patrick’s Day: a border collie and a Guinness
Why has this video been watched 417 million times?
Today’s probing piece in the NYT — 417.6 Million Bites Later … by Sarah Lyall — raises some fascinating questions about the viral video Charlie bit my finger — again!
According to the piece, it’s the most-viewed noncommercial video in YouTube history. The British family that uploaded it has made over [. . .]
Big blob of plasma from sun will come near Earth tomorrow, could disrupt magnetic field (video embedded)
“A huge sunspot unleashed a blob of charged plasma Thursday that space weather watchers predict will blast past the Earth on Sunday. Satellite operators and power companies are keeping a close eye on the incoming cloud, which could distort the Earth’s magnetic field and disrupt radio communications, especially at higher latitudes.”
Dramatic video from plane crash into the Potomac 30 years ago today
Today is the 30th anniversary of a horrific and dramatic Air Florida crash into the Potomac. Here’s a 4-minute video that The Washington Post has put up today with lots of other coverage. Just 5 people survived. One of those would surely have died if a bystander had not leaped into the water to save her.
How we die: CDC on the 15 leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2010
I hope this doesn’t seem overly morbid, but I saw several press reports about this today and thought I’d link directly to the Center for Disease Control’s Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2010. It’s a surprisingly readable document and it lists,…
Don’t click on messages saying that Fidel Castro is dead — it looks like a computer virus
If you get a message with the photo below, don’t click. Twitter is afire right now with rumors of Fidel Castro’s death, but it looks like a computer virus. From Cuidad Tu Salad con Diane Perez: Es realmente un virus…
Happy New Year
Happy Festivus!
Intellectual laziness: The “I Want to Believe” edition
I suspect that there might have been an advanced civilization on Mars in the distant past. Despite a few tantalizing photos from the Cydonia Zone, there’s obviously no evidence of that. (Photos taken from other angles and with different shadows…
Is there an 1100 year old Maya site in north Georgia?
No. But that’s the story that’s making the rounds today. As of right now, the story Massive 1,100+ year old Maya site discovered in Georgia’s mountains, has already been shared over 16,000 times on Facebook. But keep in mind that…
The world’s largest zombie walk? (video)
A change of pace. (ht to the WonkBlog at the Washington Post) Nearly 10,000 people participated in this zombie walk in Mexico City, according to the BBC: From the BBC: Zombie walks have grown in popularity worldwide in recent years.…
On anniversary of JFK assassination, filmmaker Errol Morris considers the “umbrella man”
Why would anyone have an umbrella on a beautiful, cloudless day?
Why were frequent public appeals and media mentions unable to determine the man’s identity for more than a decade?