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Football Jokes

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Football

A friend forwarded a list of Oakland Raider football jokes. Here are the ones I like the best (feel free to substitute your own most-hated team for the Raiders):

Oakland Raiders practice was delayed on Wednesday for nearly two hours. While on his way to the locker room, one of the players happened to look down and noticed a suspicious-looking, unknown white powdery substance on the practice field. The head coach immediately suspended practice while the FBI was called in to investigate. After a complete field analysis, the FBI determined that the white substance, heretofore unrecognizable to the players, was the goal line.

Q: How do you keep an Oakland Raider out of your yard?
 
A: Put up goal posts.

Q: What do the Oakland Raiders and possums have in common?
 
A: Both get killed on the road.

Q: What do you call 47 people sitting around a TV watching the playoffs?
 
A: The Oakland Raiders.

Water Waves In Outer Space

Friday, November 24th, 2006

ScientistThis video shows astronauts experimenting with a sphere of freestanding water.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/…
(via digg)

Motion-Sensing Game Controllers

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Game ControllerThis article explains how the new Wii and PS3 motion-sensing game controllers work. The hardware can pick up spring deflections measured in tens of hydrogen atoms.

Link: http://www.cnn.com/…
(via Slashdot)

Cheerleader Toss

Monday, November 20th, 2006

CheerleaderCheck out this picture of a cheerleader toss. Just amazing.

Link: http://arbroath.blogspot.com/…

Husbands Of The Year

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Knight

These men have put a wooden stake through the heart of chivalry.

http://margotbworldnews.com/…
(via Neatorama)

Rare Stamp Used To Mail Ballot

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Mail

Someone in Florida used a very rare “Inverted Jenny” stamp to mail an absentee ballot. There are only a hundred of the stamps in existence, and they’re worth an estimated $500,000 apiece in mint condition. What’s worse is that the ballot had no identifying information, so the vote wasn’t even counted.

http://today.reuters.com/…

UPDATE: Just heard a piece on the radio today. This stamp is a fake.

Rubber Band Gatling Gun

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Rubber Band Gun

This is a wooden machine gun that shoots 144 rubber bands from 12 rotating barrels. A finely-crafted work of engineering, and a definite must-have for the true geek. Apparently they’re quite popular, as they’ve sold out despite the $395 price tag.

http://www.backyardartillery.com/…
(via Neatorama)

Dog Attacked By His Own Foot

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Dog

The dog in this video thinks he’s being attacked by his own foot—and he fights back to the point of biting himself.

http://youtube.com/…
(via neatorama)

Elephant Able To Recognize Self In Mirror

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Elephant

Elephants have been added to the very small list of animals that can see a reflection in a mirror and realize they’re seeing themselves.

http://news.bbc.co.uk…

Create Your Own “Motivational” Posters

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

“Justice” PosterRegular Chad’s News readers may recall this post, where I touted the fake motivational posters of Despair, Inc. Well now you can make your own. Just supply a picture, title, and text. Here’s one that I made.

Link: http://bighugelabs.com/…
(via lifehacker)

US Population Reaches 300 Million

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

America

The US population reached 300 millon on Tuesday at 7:46am (EDT). The official counter is here.

http://today.reuters.com/…

Teen Crashes Car To Escape Carjacker

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Car

I’ve often thought about doing something like this, if I were to ever be carjacked. Especially since my pickup doesn’t have a passenger airbag.

http://www.ktvz.com/…
(via digg)