Archive for August 9th, 2005
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Everything Else on August 9, 2005 at 11:47 pm
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In a daring, real-life The Ladykiller-esque bank robbery, a gang of thieves dug 260 ft tunnel underneath a bank in Brazil & got away with $68 million.
To disguise tons of dirt hauled from the tunnel, the thieves created a fake company that makes synthetic lawn. Link |
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Alex in
Everything Else,
Video Clips on August 9, 2005 at 11:28 pm
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Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a robotic claw with three fingers and an array of photodetectors that can catch a 186 mph fast ball!
Blog Link (via Engadget) | Movie (3 MB) |
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Alex in
Pictures on August 9, 2005 at 10:58 pm
Oookaay – if you know who (or what) this is, email me!!
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Alex in
Arts & Crafts,
Pictures on August 9, 2005 at 10:39 pm
The absolute coolest sidewalk chalk (yes, chalk) drawing you’ll ever see! Link
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Pictures on August 9, 2005 at 10:30 pm
Posted by
Alex in
Arts & Crafts,
Pictures on August 9, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Cool, huh? My shaddow puppet creations now have an inferiority complex. Link
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Alex in
Pictures on August 9, 2005 at 6:23 pm
If you must know, the first is a .223 Remington and the last two are .444 Marlin. Probably didn’t make much difference to the orange. Link
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Alex in
Everything Else on August 9, 2005 at 5:21 pm
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Build a machine to crush aluminum can using four
times the world’s electricity: $48 million.
Crush a can: $1 million.
Newfound ability of geeky scientists to crush aluminum cans: Priceless. Link
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Posted by
Alex in
Everything Else on August 9, 2005 at 4:51 pm
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A very, very cool collections of optical illusions – wait, it may just be you going crazy…
Be sure to check out the rotating face mask, the Thatcher Illusion, and the Face in the Bean. Link |
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