November 2009
39 posts
October 2009
25 posts
Oh themes why can’t I find one I love.
WatchCartmam covers Poker Face
Every now and then South Park just nails it.
Photographs from Chris Jordan →
Chris Jordan travelled to Midway in the Pacific taking pictures of the corpses of albatross chicks. The chicks remains are often stuffed with plastic odds and ends, ingested as their parents feed them plastic flotsam they find adrift at sea. Believing it to be food the parents ferry the human waste back and unknowingly kill their young. Albatross lay a single egg during the breading season. This...
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Absolutely gorgeous video of the world record freedive (without fins) at 88 meters/288 feet.
It’s easy to forget how dangerous freediving is while watching William Trubridge descend into the ocean so gracefully. He makes it look almost effortless, but if you’ve ever had the urge to swim deep you know it’s certainly not. I can’t even imagine the amount of training it takes to...
WatchWhen you reach this point you no longer need beer.
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Going to be attempting to overpower day light with a 580ex II, swearing may ensue.
What's Inside a Cup of Coffee? →
zehnuhr:
Caffeine This is why the world produces more than 16 billion pounds of coffee beans per year. It’s actually an alkaloid plant toxin (like nicotine and cocaine), a bug killer that stimulates us by blocking neuroreceptors for the sleep chemical adenosine. The result: you, awake.
Water Hot H2O is a super solvent, leaching flavors and oils out of the coffee bean. A good cup of joe is 98.75...
Belatedly, Egypt Spots Flaws in Wiping Out Pigs -... →
Pretty funny read about Egypt.