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6 Mind-Blowing Discoveries Made Using Google Earth. Profberger We're not experts in archeology, but when it comes to digging up bones, apparently caves are where it's at. Over the Christmas holiday of 2007, Professor Lee Berger was at his computer, looking around for caves with, you guessed it, Google Earth. Having noticed a pattern of cave and fossil sites in the region around the Cradle of Humankind near Johannesburg, he went on to identify 500 new possible places old bones could be buried. news.softpedia.com Fast forward to August of 2008, where he was subsequently exploring one of his Google Earth finds in person with his 9-year-old son, the family dog and a post-doctoral student (take a guess on who was most likely wearing a red shirt on this away mission), when the dog ripped off into the high grass.

Wits University Chasing after his dog, the boy tripped over a log and fell smack dab into what some call "the Rosetta stone of human evolution. " ProfbergerAbove: A small child, seen here outdoing Indiana Jones. Getty Norbert Brugge. 8 Times of Day You're Naturally Brilliant - MSN Health & Fitness - Neurological-Cognitive Health. Fridtjof Nansen. Fridtjof Nansen If you can look at this picture and tell me that this isn't one of the sweetest photos of a dude with a 'stache that you've ever seen, then you obviously need to learn a little something about facial hair and being awesome. This picture alone makes the guy badass, even if you didn't know the story behind it. You will be pleased to learn, no doubt, that the man behind this vicious strip of solidified testosterone is sufficiently badass to pull off a soup strainer that epically righteous.

It can be no other way. Fridtjof Nansen was a tough-as-nails Norwegian psychopath with an impossible-to-spell first name and an unstoppable desire to constantly freeze his balls off and risk his life in the name of science and kickassery. In 1882, the 21 year-old Nansen went on a naval expedition to Greenland and instantly fell in love with the harsh, unyielding hellhole he discovered there. Ah, good times. After the war, Nansen continued being awesome to the world. Links: Fram Museum Main. Cannibalistic Pumpkin Carving Tutorial. I thought I would try my hand at carving the popular cannibalistic pumpkin that I've seen so many times before. Just as I was starting out, I realized that this was a good opportunity to document it with my camera. So below is a little tutorial I put together for anyone who might want to try this out. It's not too difficult if you are just patient and take it slow.

STEP 1: The first thing you want to do before setting out on this is to get the proper tools and items. This includes the following: 1. Large Pumpkin 2. STEP 2: Take your washable marker and draw out the face on the big pumpkin. STEP 3: Grab your large knife and cut a hole in the top of the large pumpkin for the cap. STEP 4: Take the cap off and set it to the side.

STEP 5: Get your children involved by having them scoop out the insides. STEP 6: Once you get all the seeds and innards out, then get your spoon and scrape out the extra stuff that clings to the side. STEP 10: The next part takes patience as well. How to catch a mouse without a mousetrap. September 20, 2005 How to catch a mouse without a mousetrap Humanely I had a little friend visit my apartment the other week, and for a while there I was ready to make peace with him and co-exist. But after I cleaned up the place and ordered pizza one night, and it crawled up the side of my chair onto the sleeve of my shirt, I knew it was time to bid farewell. Here's how I caught the critter: Get a toilet paper tube and crease two lines to form a flat sided tunnel. Set the fella loose at least a mile away from your abode. Postnote: It worked within the hour. Also, folks have asked how this could work if you don't have a counter or table.

Filed in: Miscellaneous | « The day before | The Last 10 | The day after » Comments This actually works! Posted by: izzy | Mar 2, 2014 3:30:15 PM Wonder if inverting a CONE into the bucket---like a dog "Collar of Shame" would KEEP the mouse in there???? And---I get the whole "Life is sacred" thing---I do. Posted by: Comet | Feb 3, 2014 8:03:17 PM Needed: HowTo: Pirate Vinyl Records « Wonderment Blog. Infographic of the Day: Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes. Meet the family who beat Big Brother: But after stopping council spying their children still ask, are those nasty men following us?

By Sarah Chalmers Updated: 07:46 GMT, 7 August 2010 Kneeling on the living-room floor, piecing together a jigsaw puzzle with her three young daughters, Jenny Paton glanced up and saw a man walk by her house and look directly in through the window. 'He was carrying a briefcase and I didn't recognise him,' says Jenny, 'which struck me as unusual, because the only people who normally walked by our front door were the neighbours.' Living in one of just six houses on a narrow stretch of pavement, with an awkward road crossing nearby, Jenny rarely saw other passers-by.

Under surveillance: Jenny Paton with husband Tim Joyce and daughters (from top) Thea, Nina and Esme were subject to 21 days of being followed by council staff A few days later, the mother-of-three was again struck by something unusual. With one daughter at the school, Jenny, an environmentalist, liked to think she knew all of the parents at the primary by sight, yet she had never seen this man before. Enlarge. The Swiss Army and the Porcupine Principle.

WARNING! Be very aware of WHERE you are shooting in the United States! - Photo.net photo.net Forum. I'm writing this to alert all of you to be very aware WHERE you are shooting while in the United States! Yesterday I was out doing some street shooting and apparently I wandered a little too close to our Federal Building downtown with my camera and I was immediately ran down by four officers, detained and questioned for over an hour. I currently live in Akron Ohio. A city of about 200,000 people in the northeast United States. During my lunch hour I went out on a beautiful sunny day excited to do some photography. I wandered down main street shooting various subjects for about a half hour and without finding much I wandered a little further down than I normally go which brought by our federal building. I wandered up in front of the building in the courtyard where they have a sculpture.

The officer at this point proceeded to quickly go through my bag and he arrogantly asked me "why I was talking pictures of the Federal building and the businesses across the street? " Chris. WATERLIFE - NFB.