Plane crash recorded on Russian dash cam
As we’ve previously discussed, many Russian vehicles are equipped with dashboard video cameras. The other day, one such dashcam caught a plane crash on video:
See also driving in Russia.
From Here You Can See Everything - The Morning News
In Wallace’s book, a Canadian terrorist informant of foggy allegiance asks an American undercover agent a form of the question: “If Americans would choose to press play on the film Infinite Jest, knowing it will kill them, doesn’t that mean they are already dead inside, that they have chosen entertainment over life?” Of course vanishingly few Americans would press play on a film that was sure to end their lives. But there’s a truth in this absurdity. Almost every American I know does trade large portions of his life for entertainment, hour by weeknight hour, binge by Saturday binge, Facebook check by Facebook check. I’m one of them. In the course of writing this I’ve watched all 13 episodes of House of Cards and who knows how many more West Wing episodes, and I’ve spent any number of blurred hours falling down internet rabbit holes. All instead of reading, or writing, or working, or spending real time with people I love.
via DF
From 0 to 75mph in just three seconds — in just three strides, it’s faster than most of the world’s fastest super cars — the Smithsonian Channel describes the biomechanics behind why the cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal.
Follow this video up with this singular slow motion video of a cheetah running.
via Viral Viral Videos.
Fuck, cheetahs are awesome.
10,000 iPhones Domino
I almost have enough iPhones to do this.
“In order to be able to make it, you have to put aside the fear of failing and the desire of succeeding. You have to do these things completely and purely without fear, without desire. Because things that we do without lust of result are the purest actions we shall ever take.” ― Alan Moore”
(via cpetroff)
Truer words were never spoken.
Caring for Your Introvert
A fantastic and extremely relatable article on introversion. Must read!
Using Google’s latest design language, this ‘Google Time’ concept by Adrian Maciburko is a nice idea for a super-simple take on the kinds of features such a device might have, including voice and touch interfaces. (via Look at how great a Google smartwatch could be - The Next Web)
How awesome would this be? A watch used to search for anything. A device where voice search truly makes sense.
Burglars break into Microsoft campus, steal iPads, but ‘no Microsoft products were reported stolen’ (via 9to5 Mac)
Story of our time.
NWI treasure (at Three Floyds Brewery & Pub)
Tumblita 2.2 for iOS Now Available!
There has been quite a bit of work put into improving performance on the iPad in this version along with tons of other great features that everyone will be able to enjoy! Below is the full list of updates along with some promo codes to give away to your friends! Happy holidays!
Freebies:
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4LA79MPKNMY3List of improvements:
- View list of people you are following
- Editing is now done in the same format as you posted it (e.g. markdown or HTML)
- Searching by user now accepts username, URL, or URL of post
- Added support for Google Chrome (if you have it installed, the option will be in the settings menu)
- Infinite scrolling, no more having to manually load more posts
- Tapping on user links in notes now shows users posts rather than webview
- Tap on a tag to view similarly tagged posts
- Drill into user’s posts from tagged table view and liked table view
- Added audio and video thumbnails
- Improved formatting
- Many many more fantastic improvements and bug fixes
iPad:
- Scrolling between posts now enabled in landscape (iPad)
- Swiping between posts is much faster (especially 3rd generation iPad)
- Fixed issue with content being offset when starting in portrait on iOS 6
- No longer lose your spot when loading notes
iPhone:
- Gestures added to iPhone/iPod touch, swipe left/right/up/down to see whats new!
- Improved image loading for when you’re stuck with a slow connection
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