Watch closely
March 18th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Video, YouTube
The FAIL blog
March 5th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Fail, Meme
Who would have thought that you could have an entire blog devoted to the FAIL meme? But there is, and I find myself checking it regularly. Makes me wish I had thought of it first.
Check out all the FAIL pics and even submit your own at Failblog.wordpress.com
A scary almost crash for a Jet liner
March 5th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Airplane, Crash, Video
I can’t imagine being one of the passengers on this plane. I’m not sure I would ever fly again if I were one of them. that was just too close a call.
Slow Updates
March 5th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Status
Sorry about the slow updates this week. I’ve been very busy transitioning out of my current job and haven’t had a lot of free time.
I’ll try to get more posts out the rest of this week to make up for it.
Worlds Largest SnowWoman
February 29th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Maine, Snow, Snow Men
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
Friday Morning Fun: Monkey riding a goat on a tightrope
February 29th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Circus, Humor, Video, YouTube
Starts off a little slow, but chaeck out the end where the goat stands on a little pole and the monkey does handstands.
Frozen Ship Graveyard
February 28th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Russia, Ships
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 maps satellite view of the ship graveyard.
Playing Soccer with cars
February 27th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Humor, Video, YouTube
Peter Rabbit in Hieroglyphs
February 27th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Books, Egypt, Hieroglyph
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 how to read hieroglyphs, this may be the book for you. You can buy it for just £7 here.
Via Cool Hunting: The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Hieroglyph Edition
Eye of Sauron found by Hubble Telescope
February 25th, 2008 by Jamie Barrows — Hubble, Lord Of the Rings, Sauron, Science, Space
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 Lord of the Rings fan, so this is pretty cool.
Via New Scientist: Hubble spies lord of the stellar rings
