Mid-Week Linkage ~ Blogorific
Just a heap o' links while I'm taking a break from watching the Olympics.
And speaking of the Olympics: Have you noticed all the glitches and strange problems they are having? Not just the extremely sad death on the Luge, but just the strange way things are going?
Tonight on the NBC news they had a story about how people want their picture taken beside the Olympic Torch (known as the Cauldron), but there is a giant metal fence around it!
Washington Post: Fiery Debate Over the Cauldron
More on the glitches from WaPo: From the Hidden Cauldron to the Wicked Weather: Flame Out in Vancouver
My favorite story was the inability to smooth down the ice for the speed skaters the other day. Hello . . . Zamboni? I mean, we don't even have ice rinks much here in the Southeast (although Nashville has a hockey team), but I know when they need to call in a Zamboni! Their state-of-the-art electric machines turned the ice into an Olympic-sized slushie. This and other problems are detailed in an excellent report by an Canadian engineer:
Kevin P. Siu ~ Vancouver 2010: Three Days, Three Engineering Failures
Here's a great story with a happy ending! With Video (watch the ending)!
Turkey Vulture Collides with Helicopter Over the Superbowl
Loren Coleman from Cryptomundo is trying to get some respect for his International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, by urging people to Vote Often in the local Phoenix Best Of poll which runs until sometime in March.
Vote for Best Museum
Write in Loren Coleman for Best Author
Write in Cryptomundo as the Best Blog
Good Luck, Loren!!
The following video is just amazing and hypnotic ~ magical projections on real buildings.
Found Via Hanttula.com
And just for a laugh ~ A Star Wars Take-Off Via This Post on Cake Wrecks Blog
And speaking of the Olympics: Have you noticed all the glitches and strange problems they are having? Not just the extremely sad death on the Luge, but just the strange way things are going?
Tonight on the NBC news they had a story about how people want their picture taken beside the Olympic Torch (known as the Cauldron), but there is a giant metal fence around it!
Washington Post: Fiery Debate Over the Cauldron
More on the glitches from WaPo: From the Hidden Cauldron to the Wicked Weather: Flame Out in Vancouver
My favorite story was the inability to smooth down the ice for the speed skaters the other day. Hello . . . Zamboni? I mean, we don't even have ice rinks much here in the Southeast (although Nashville has a hockey team), but I know when they need to call in a Zamboni! Their state-of-the-art electric machines turned the ice into an Olympic-sized slushie. This and other problems are detailed in an excellent report by an Canadian engineer:
Kevin P. Siu ~ Vancouver 2010: Three Days, Three Engineering Failures
Here's a great story with a happy ending! With Video (watch the ending)!
Turkey Vulture Collides with Helicopter Over the Superbowl
Loren Coleman from Cryptomundo is trying to get some respect for his International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine, by urging people to Vote Often in the local Phoenix Best Of poll which runs until sometime in March.
Vote for Best Museum
Write in Loren Coleman for Best Author
Write in Cryptomundo as the Best Blog
Good Luck, Loren!!
The following video is just amazing and hypnotic ~ magical projections on real buildings.
Found Via Hanttula.com
Click to viewAnd just for a laugh ~ A Star Wars Take-Off Via This Post on Cake Wrecks Blog