Archive for May, 2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
According to the Times, Bob Ballard's search for the Titanic wreck was part of a top secret Navy mission to inspect the wrecks of the USS Thresher and USS Scorpion, two subs sunk in the 1960s.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
When adjusted for inflation, everything from Mr. T's gold to the Griswold family vacation looks quite a bit different when expressed in the real estate, commodity and currency prices of 2008.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Photographer Wang Qiang was taking wedding photos at an old mission church near the town of Bailu when the quake hit. The images he caught are absolutely surreal. News is in Chinese, but the photos speak for themselves.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
HD cameras make the Victorian transatlantic 'scope from New York to London a reality. Sure it's just a great big webcam, but you can pretend it's Jules Verne's webcam.
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
This is what it's like in the cockpit of the 2009 CTS-V as it laps the Nurburgring Nordschleife in 7:59.32, making it the quickest production sedan ever to take the ring.
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
The New York Times has average and not-so-average joes try out Nintendo's upcoming fitness accessory for the Wii game system.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
This firehouse lightbulb in Livermore, California has been burning since 1901, only turned off once for 22 minutes when it was moved to a new fire department headquarters in 1976.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
According to the Chicago Tribune, the interest rates on payday loans, which can be easily obtained online, can rise to as much as 2,000%.
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
You'll soon be able to buy your own version of Pixar's twitterpated trashbot. Here's the WALL*E prototype toy in action. The kids love it. I love it. I would love it even more if it could really clean my apartment.
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Here's a pretty decent story about steampunk, the neo-fancy-pants lifestyle that draws inspiration from both Jules Verne and William Gibson.
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