We are taking a break from serious stuff to bring you an essay about a real life diamond heist.
Category Archives: Fun
Dolphin stampede
I never heard of such a thing. Nevertheless I like it.
H/T Hip And Thigh.
I love it when Yuppies get an education
Just watch this video for long enough to get to the end of the sheep story if you want a good laugh. Anyone who knows anything about sheep knows those stupid rubber bands are inhumane. But there are other ways of castrating sheep besides the way that he was taught to do it. After you get past the sheep story, the rest is just blather.
I already know that white collar people don’t know much and yet think they can tell us how to do our jobs. I already know that most safety regulations can’t be followed in the real world. And as far as a PR campaign for work goes, give me break.
Only the Japanese
Cute fury bunny rabbits using semi realistic tactics. (Hard to tell from the trailer, but the switch to the backup weapon looks right. But rarely will you see people working alone like they do).
Always wanted to know
Someday I want to learn all about lock-picking. I think it would be terribly fun.
Actually, I will try to be sure never to learn more about lock-picking because I am not sure I could stop from picking locks once I knew how. Just for fun.
H/T Hip And Thigh.
A test of inductive reasoning
Here is a cool little game that makes an important philosophical point. Sadly the game can only be played once. That is because they never change the underlying rules so each time you play the game will get easier even if you do not read the explanation at the end. Still, I only got 3 errors so all you competitive people can see if you can do better on your first try.
Flight 1549 Goes in the Hudson
Somebody took the audio recorded from the Flight 1549 crash in the Hudson and put it over a re-creation of the events in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The guy wasn’t able to get all the details right, but the audio itself is funny enough to listen to. That flight controller just didn’t seem to get it.
I am amazed the pilot was so cool over the radio. If you check the related videos you can find slightly more extended audio.
Young Talent
Mozart’s sister as quoted in Wikipedia…..
He often spent much time at the clavier, picking out thirds, which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good. […] In the fourth year of his age his father, for a game as it were, began to teach him a few minuets and pieces at the clavier. […] He could play it faultlessly and with the greatest delicacy, and keeping exactly in time. […] At the age of five he was already composing little pieces, which he played to his father who wrote them down.
The kid in the clip below does not quite top that. Still, it is a little unnerving to watch him play (they make him do to much talking at the start of the show to demonstrate how cute he is or something. But if you endure it, you will get to see him play.)
The Things They Study
In what must be the ultimate exercise in navel-gazing, an Austrian scientist has solved the mystery of belly button fluff.
I don’t think the resolution to this “mystery” will shock anyone.
Golden Eagles
I found a neat video on Dark Roasted Blend of a Golden Eagle preying on goats. The video tends to start half way, so rewind it to the beginning. Look at the legs on that sucker!
Even more impressive to me was a related video of mongolians hunting “wolves”. Not such a cakewalk: