Archive for February, 2008

Worlds Largest SnowWoman

Residents of Bethel Maine have constructed the worlds largest SnowWoman. At over 122 feet, it towers over the surrounding area. It over a month to build and has skis for eyelashes and trees for arms. Check out the official blog for more pictures and details. SnowWoman WebLog [ READ MORE ]

Friday Morning Fun: Monkey riding a goat on a tightrope

Starts off a little slow, but chaeck out the end where the goat stands on a little pole and the monkey does handstands. [ READ MORE ]

Frozen Ship Graveyard

English Russia has a great post about a ship graveyard in Kamchatka, Russia. The ships are frozen in place and have been abandoned to rust away. Really spooky looking seeing all those ships just stuck there. Click through to see all the pictures. English Russia: Abandoned Frozen Ships Edit: Here is a link to a google [ READ MORE ]

Playing Soccer with cars

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Peter Rabbit in Hieroglyphs

Talk about a unique gift. I loved the story of Peter Rabbit when I was little. I remember my Mom giving me an illustrated copy that I read in one afternoon. Well, now courtesy of the British museum you can get the entire story published in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. So if you ever wanted to learn [ READ MORE ]

Eye of Sauron found by Hubble Telescope

The above is a picture of Fomalhaut, a star that offers the best evidence of a star system with a complex planetary group orbiting it. The picture was taken using the Hubble telescope. What makes it interesting, is the strong resemblance to the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I’m a huge [ READ MORE ]

Cave Worms in New Zealand

I’ve been reading Fogonazos a lot lately, and this post really caught my eye. The Waitomo Glowworm Cave in New Zealand is home to an amazing population of Glowworms. The glowworms, Arachnocampa luminosa, are found exclusively in New Zealand and Australia. The worms spin nests out of silk on the ceiling of the cave and [ READ MORE ]

Friday Morning Fun: Recliner Sledding

With winter almost over, at least around my house, I thought I would post a final winter themed video for your enjoyment. [ READ MORE ]

Self healing rubber

An inventor working at the Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution (ESPCI) in Paris, France, has come up with a new type of synthetic rubber. The rubber can be cut, torn, or ripped, and then pressed back together to form a bond as strong as if it had never been torn in the first [ READ MORE ]

Crystal Organ

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