December 2010
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The Worlds Largest Privately Owned Yacht “Octopus”... →
It is no longer the worlds largest, but it’s certainly impressive. Owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. This PDF has a great set of photos of all the features of the yacht, including two helicopter pads, multiple boats (tenders), basketball court, and pool.
SEATTLE, Dec 27, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) —(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com...
– Amazon Media Room: News Release
I got one!
That Christmas Spirit - A Both Kinds of Music... →
khump:
countryandwestern:
As promised, here are all the tunes I posted over the past couple weeks. A manic-depressive mix that’ll go swell with your Christmas Eve. Share and enjoy!
1. Marty Robbins - One of You (In Every Size)
2. Buck Owens - Blue Christmas Lights
3. Loretta Lynn - To Heck With Ole Santa Claus
4. Jack Scott - There’s Trouble Brewin’
5. Bob Wills & His...
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
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ritchie:
It “snowed” in Atlanta, and I got to experience it. Having lived in a place where it actually snows (Halifax, not Vancouver), I’m not sure I would have called what I experienced in Atlanta snow. However, the native Atlantans response was so cute! So my never-gets-cold-in-the-South preconception…
not totally sure… I don’t have anything queued up. You’ll have to...
Oink Oink
We found this toy while shopping the other day and it made me laugh.
Somebody said it would be a cold day in hell before Auburn played for a national...
– Unknown
WDE!
UFO sighting in Atlanta, Georgia of fire glowing...
uforeports:
Date of UFO sighting: Nov 28, 2010. Location of sighting: Dekalb County, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A DeKalb County man happened to have a camera rolling when what looks like a fireball floated in the sky overhead last week. Below photo, unknown craft plane or UFO below the glowing UFO? Charsign Raymond, of Clarkston, was visiting a friend’s apartment just west of downtown Stone...
API
codeit:
Anyone ever embed tumblr in website, using the API? Howa’ come the slide show doesn’t show up? IS there a work around?
Do you have any good examples of an embedded tumblr?
Have you made a custom CSS for the API?
I’m guessing the slideshow doesn’t show up, because they are using a third party piece of software called Monoslideshow. What I’ve done is just output all...
December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September,...
– Mark Twain (via khump)
laughingsquid:
Georgia Aquarium, The World’s Largest Aquarium
Un-Beliziable Boat Ride
When we went to tour the Mayan ruins we had to take a speed boat up this river. As you can see the guy driving was flying and cutting some pretty sharp turns!
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Spacelog →
cameronmoll:
This is fascinating. Original NASA transcripts from early space exploration. The transcript formatting reads like blog comments or a Twitter conversation. Every comment has a permanent URI — here’s the original “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Additional controls at the bottom of each page reveal the original transcript and a map showing where the crew was during the conversation.
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