Archive for January 2nd, 2008
Website Compiles Carnival and Theme Park Rides Accidents
Don’t visit RideAccidents if you love going on carnival and theme park rides! The website compiled a record of all types of injuries and fatalities from amusement rides around the world.
For example:
Woman, 60, in critical condition after fall from Ferris wheel
(Friday, September 28, 2007) – At the Middle Tennessee District Fair in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, a 60-year-old woman was seriously injured when she fell from the top of a Ferris wheel. The woman fell 30 feet from the top of the ride and landed onto spokes near the center axle of the wheel. Rescue workers removed her from the ride and rushed her to a hospital. Initially, she was listed in critical condition, however she is expected to recover from her injuries, which include a broken collar bone, ribs and leg.Witnesses told investigators that the woman was standing up and waving inside the gondola when she fell.
The ride was shut down as a precaution, and inspectors were expected to investigate. (Photo: Mathew Star)
Who knew that having fun is dangerous to your health? Link – Thanks Brad!
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Clever Ad Eliminates Hunger and Sells Soup All at the Same Time
Those smart advertising people at Canadian ad agency Leo Burnett [Flash] came up with this clever art/public service/marketing of Campbell’s Soup installation that tugged on your heart string:
In a grocery store 4,820 cans of Campbell’s Soup were used to build an installation piece that spelled HUNGER. Signage beside the piece encouraged shoppers to buy one and donate it to their local food bank. As shoppers bought cans from the display the word HUNGER slowly disappeared. This allowed people to see how their individual effort coule help bring an end to the problem of hunger.
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You CAN Buy Happiness ... at Woolworths!
Neatorama reader Jonathan wrote:
Sure, Amazon may recommend killing yourself (Neatorama today), but I was able to buy happiness from Woolworths!
And who says you can’t buy happiness! Link (I’ve enlarged and sharpen the pic for y’all) – Thanks Jonathan!
Update 1/3/07: Hello, Diggers! Don’t forget to check out the rest of Neatorama for more neat stuff (You won’t be disappointed, I promise.)
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Mashup of the Billboard Top 25 of 2007
DJ Earworm has taken the Billboard Top 25 songs of 2007 in the United States and mashed them all up into a 5 minute long song The United State of Pop.
I don’t know what is sadder, that I only know like one or two of the Top 25 songs or that the mashup is probably better than the individual tracks!
Link (yes, you can listen to it) – Thanks Widgett Walls!
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Python Mistook Golf Balls for Chicken Eggs
An Australian couple put some golf balls in their chicken coop to encourage their hen to lay eggs (who knew this would work!?) but discovered that a python had eaten them by mistake!
The magnanimous couple took the snake to a nearby animal sanctuary, where a vet performed surgery to remove the balls and saved the python. Link
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FBI Still Looking For D.B. Cooper
Some 36 years after a man who called himself D.B. Cooper parachuted out of an airliner with a bag of $200,000 in stolen cash.
Now, the FBI has re-opened the case and issued a new picture of what he looked like, in hope that someone would come forward with new information.
“Diving into the wilderness without a plan, without the right equipment, in such terrible conditions, he probably never even got his chute open,” Carr said.
Still, the FBI would like to know for sure, and Carr thinks the public might be able to help.
“Maybe a hydrologist can use the latest technology to trace the $5,800 in ransom money found in 1980 to where Cooper landed upstream. Or maybe someone just remembers that odd uncle,” he said.
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Rattle-n-Roll
Ryan and Andrea of Rattle-n-Roll create baby announcements styled after rock-n-roll gig posters! They’ll make announcements to send out, and posters for your nursery or as keepsakes. Pick your template and colors, or they can custom-design yours. Link -via Grow-A-Brain
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Pole Dancer
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Jeremiah suffers from polio, but he developed a dance routine that will impress you! He makes his living performing in Uganda. -via Cynical-C
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Glove Map
Much better than drawing on your palm, this map of London was printed on a lady’s leather glove. George Shove created these to help visitors find their way around during the Great Exhibition of 1851. Link -via Ectoplasmosis
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Baby Born At McDonald's
A baby was born in a McDonald’s restroom in Vancouver, Wash, and the mother didn’t even know she was pregnant.
It was the evening shift last Friday at the fast-food restaurant when employee Danille Miller suddenly felt ill and ran for the bathroom. Her 16-year-old co-worker, Jaynae Herrera, followed “I was like are you pregnant?” Herrera asked. “Because she was in the bathroom, and I’m like, are you pregnant? She says, I don’t think so. A couple minutes later, she says the baby is coming out, and that’s when I started freaking out.”
Herrera, with the assistance of a 911 dispatcher, helped her deliver baby Austin Laddusaw, and both mother and baby are fine. Miller said, “I was so shocked I couldn’t talk. I was shaking the whole time. I didn’t stop shaking until three the next morning. My sister stayed the night with me.”
Story: Koin
Video: ClipSyndicate
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Cartoons From 1940s Grammar Books
Billy Mavreas of yesway blog has a neat collection of some wonderful illustrations by Lloyd Scott for Using Our Language, a 1942 grammar book for fifth and eight graders.
This one below is my favorite, just because it has chimps:
Who knew grammar could be this much fun? Lots more here: Link 1 | 2
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Amazon Recommends ... Killing Yourself!
Blogger sickbastard, poor guy, is apparently hated by the giant e-tailer Amazon! Link
I’m guessing the book is Killing Yourself to Live by Chuck Klosterman
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Trivia: ZIP Code
The ZIP in ZIP code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."
In addition to the publicly known one, the White House has a secret ZIP code for the President and the First Family to receive private mail.
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Light Drop: Lamp Shaped Like a Dripping Faucet
Brazilian designer Rafael Morgan’s Light Drop is a lamp that you (literally) turn on by turning the tap – the more you twist, the brighter the light gets. Rafael’s design is supposed to make people think about saving water.
This award-winning design is supposed to go into production this year.
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Ladybuds Ear Plug Earrings
Laura Victore created this fun and functional earplug earrings called Ladybuds, so you’ll always have a handy (ear-y?) hearing protector with you at all times!
Designed by a woman who loves NASCAR and rock n’ roll, Ladybuds provide women the opportunity to combat noise and hearing loss in an entirely new way. Through their fun and fearless combination of high-fashion earrings and reusable noise-cancelling earplugs, Ladybuds do what conventional ear protection fails to do; they make it cool to take care of your ears!
Link – via Victore NYC
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Space Invader Scarf
Lendorff Kaywa, a collaboration between London’s knitware designer Office Lendorff and a mobile phone service company Kaywa, is offering a Space Invader QR-code scarf.
The scarf has a secret message encoded in a 2 dimensional barcode that can be decoded with a cell phone with a QR-code scanner.
Link [Flash]
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Quote: Robin Williams on Time as a Teacher
"Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all of its students."
– Robin Williams, actor and comedian (b. 1951)
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Cactus Chair
As part of the China Chair Project art exhibit, artist Xiang Yun created this chair and footstool shaped like a prickly cactus from a hand-molded silicone!
Why, it’s the perfect chair for a house guest who has overstayed his welcome … Link
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