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Entries from October 2006

How Stonehenge was created

October 17th, 2006 · 2 Comments

This guy thinks he knows. A retired construction worker, he’s been playing with blocks about the size of a minivan, and moving them himself. Simple physics tricks can go pretty far, if you take the time to think them through: [youtube]lRRDzFROMx0[/youtube]

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Tags: science

Oprah and Bono share an iPod

October 16th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Apple just released a new red version of it’s iPod nano. $10 from every sale goes to some charity thing. Probably Africa or something. Bono was on Oprah recently, and the two of them went on a shopping spree to an Apple store to buy 10 of them. I guess Bono has a lifetime supply [...]

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Tags: popular culture

Wheel Standers

October 14th, 2006 · Comments Off

Wheel standing is a highly specialized, intense, and extremely dangerous form of drag racing. While it’s natural for a high horsepower car to surge in the air a bit, most drag racers try very hard to keep all 4 wheels on the ground so they can actually steer. Not these guys — their vehicles are [...]

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Tags: cars

Chasing Beavers

October 14th, 2006 · Comments Off

Even the big dogs don’t get the beavers: [youtube]uEzUdf_1RTc[/youtube]

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Tags: dogs