Google. When I was growing up, my dad had the best job I could possibly imagine: he was an arcade game and pinball technician. For me, that meant summer trips through Poland’s coastal cities with their seasonal arcade parlors; peeking inside cabinets to learn programming and engineering secrets; and—of course—free games! One of my favorites was PAC-MAN, whose popularity transcended the geopolitical barriers of that time. During the heyday of space shooters, Tōru Iwatani’s creation stood out as one of the first video games aimed at a broader audience, with a cute story of pizza-shaped character gobbling dots in a maze, colorful (literally!) Characters, friendly design, very little violence and everlasting fun. Today, on PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday, you can rediscover some of your 8-bit memories—or meet PAC-MAN for the first time—through our first-ever playable Google doodle. PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
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Here's a map of the course, or, as it was most likely captioned in the pamphlets handed out before the race, WELCOME TO HELL: View Larger Map And there, standing amid the greatest runners the world had to offer in 1983, was this guy: Links/Sources: Brotips™ Hydrofloors Pools with Movable Floors. Hydrofloors are only like the coolest thing ever invented. They are specially designed pools with movable floors. When you’re using your pool it’s just like a normal pool. But when you are done swimming or aquacising, you press a button and the pool’s floor slowly raises up while the water slips underneath the floor.
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Posted on February 24, 2012 in Humor If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Facebook or Twitter . Thanks for visiting! Rate this Post (16 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading... So... Top 100 April Fools Day Hoaxes Of All Time. Absolutely Genius Ideas. Data-original="images/genius/29.jpg" class="lazy image"/> data-original="images/genius/75.jpg" class="lazy image"/> Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Crafty (35 Pics) Click Here For More Amazing Ideas. Wire Management Level: Circuitry Art. The Desktop Laptop. TIFI WIN: Who Says Gamers Are Messy? TIFI WIN: No More Propping the Last Book Up Against the Stack. Amazing Fact Generator. The Ultimate Movie Drinking Game List! | MovieBoozer - StumbleUpon. 5 Real Life Soldiers Who Make Rambo Look Like a Pussy.
We all understand that action movies are cheesy escapism. After all, could one commando really take out a whole compound full of bad guys? Actually, yes. It turns out the history books are full of stories of soldiers doing things so badass they'd hesitate to put them into a film for fear of killing the realism. Like these five, for example. #5. Simo Hayha Who Was He? Simo Hayha had a fairly boring life in Finland. Since the majority of fighting took place in the forest, he figured the best way to stop the invasion was to grab his trusty rifle, a couple of cans of food and hide in a tree all day shooting Russians. Can you spot Hayha? Of course when the Russians heard that dozens of their men were going down and that it was all one dude with a rifle, they got fucking scared.
They started by sending out a task force to find Hayha and take him out. Then they tried getting together a team of counter-snipers (which are basically snipers that kill snipers) and sent them in to eliminate Hayha. Ueli Gegenschatz soars in a wingsuit. Länder der Welt. Cracked.com - America's Only Humor Site | Cracked.com. Some Bizzare and Odd things around us... Beauty of the nature lies in viewer’s eyes. A photograph is just a way to show or represent that beauty. Here is a bunch of some wonderful pictures which are not only the example of beautiful photography but are also a photograph of some miracles happening in the world. You can also call it the creativity and innovation of photographer’s mind.
I think it was at the peak while taking these pictures. Some photographs are just the example of wonder created by God. Some are really very cute and heart touching. I am simply in love with these photographs and I am sure you will too. Gibraltar Airport is one of the most extraordinary airports around the world. Morning Glory – kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.
The river above the river: Magdeburg Water Bridge, Germany. Heavy fog in Sydney, which enveloped the whole city. Skyscraper-Crescent Crescent Moon Tower (Dubai). Photo of storm in Montana, USA, 2010. In northwestern Montana, USA. Favelas of Brazil. Dubai. Ultimate Protection Home. Lord Of The Rings: The Alternate Story. StumbleUpon. Draw a Stickman.
The Avengers Get Medieval | (click to enlarge) Well damn. That’s all I can say about these truly fantastic Avenger reinterpretations from The Durrrrian. He’s taken Earth’s mightiest heroes and sent them back in time a few thousand years. A few hundred? I’m not good at history apparently. The results are…impressive. Each hero looks like a cross between something that was swinging a weapon at Helms Deep and a Dark Souls enemy class. 10 Incredibly Cool Shelves. Jaguar Shelf This is a real Jaguar that's been gutted of its heavier parts and hung on a wall to serve as a shelf. Why? No clue. I guess that's what rich people do. (Source | Via) Fold-out Shelf Can't decide whether to put up a mural or a shelf on a wall?
Created by Chicago-based designer Mark Kinsley, Fold Out consists of a mural painting sectioned off into multiple panels. Bakery Shelf The lovely wood and shifting forms of this bakery effectively imitate the color and shape of bread. Branch Shelf This branch shelf is made of solid wood. Imeüble Imeüble is a beautiful wall storage shelf-thingy by Bjørn Jørund Blikstad, a newly-educated furniture designer with a Master's degree in 2009 from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Pipe Shelf Germans have always been known for their love of functionality, efficiency and quality. Brace Shelf The Brace Case is designed by Ward Huting, and is a shelving unit that uses taut cables to house books, magazines and other flat objects at various angles. HafrsfjordSwords.jpg (JPEG-Grafik, 427 × 600 Pixel)