The Insurance Institute of Highway Safety did a very interesting crash test, a 1959 Bel Air vs a 2009 Malibu. It is designed to show how much automobile safety has improved in the last 50 years. The results are very interesting. Car Crash
by 53X11 on April 14, 2011
Saw this really cool wedding invitation online and wanted to share it. It is REALLY cool. It is a paper record player. Very very cool. Full story at Mashable.
by 53X11 on March 4, 2011
SirusXM has a short term station called TIGER BLOOD RADIO. It is a limited run 24 hr a day channel devoted to CHARLIE SHEEN and his current meltdown / news…… REALLY!! Not the middle east, not oil exploration, not deficit deduction plans, but CHARLIE SHEEN 24 hrs a day!! This is REALLY STUPID!!!
by 53X11 on February 25, 2011
Very interesting video story up at CBS news with a guy asking random people how far in relatively space (using a basketball as the earth and at tennis ball as the moon) the Moon is from the Earth. The recorded people all fail pretty badly. At the end the host shows the “correct” distance. After [...]
by 53X11 on February 14, 2011
To all the readers of Being Frank Happy Valentine’s day. Hopefully you are with the one you love today, and if not hopefully you have found the greatness that is you within your singleness. Never forget though that you are loved by the Creator of the Universe, God all mighty. He has not left you, [...]
by 53X11 on February 14, 2011
I find it very interesting that a company named CABLES UNLIMITED is making WIRELESS systems.
by 53X11 on February 1, 2011
Heard about this online a few days ago. I gave it a watch and found it really interesting. It is called Undercity and is about exploring the sewers. Two urban archaeologist filmed it over a few years. Very interesting watch.
by 53X11 on January 12, 2011
Found a GREAT VIDEO at RazorKiss and had to share it.
by 53X11 on October 4, 2010
I am NOT a lady gaga fan, but this cover is SO SO SO much better then the original.
by 53X11 on August 22, 2010
Found this on You Drive What? (link here) All I know is that if I had this I would drive around with my mastiff every day.
by 53X11 on July 28, 2010
CNN.com has a nice piece up about some new Ansel Adams prints that may (big MAY) have been discovered. It seems that a guy bought some glass negatives at a yard sale, kept them around for a few years (under his pool table), and then realized they may be pretty valuable. A LA art dealers [...]
by 53X11 on June 27, 2010
Found this online and wanted to share it. A German speaking blog where the world cup games are done in Lego’s. The USA vs Ghana (from earlier today) is here. Very cool record for a very sad event.
Reuters has been busted again for photoshop’n a image. It is becoming harder and harder to believe the news and what we are seen. This time they took a knife and a blood pool out of a picture showing “peaceful” Palestinian’s confronting and holding Israeli Security Forces hostage. Full story at Little Green Footballs here.
Today, I logged into Facebook (FB) to only be offered the following – Understand I don’t play trumpet, I don’t have anything about Trumpet’s on my facebook page, heck I am not even sure I have even said the word trumpet out loud since going to a concert where a friend’s girlfriend played trumpet in [...]
White Trash Repairs has a picture up of an idea I wish I had had for mowing. Post here
Bleach Reports has a little story up with a slide show of the worst sport uniforms of all times. Overall I agree with their picks, though in my view nothing is as bad as the TN Titans (the Oilers in bad uniforms – still are, always will be). Really 5 shades of blue on ONE [...]
by 53X11 on April 6, 2010
Well Gizmodo has a very funny post up with photoshop’d images of Steve Jobs introducing NON Apple products. Full Post here Number 28 is my favorite.
by 53X11 on March 26, 2010
[H/T To Mark O. at The Stones Cry Out of this one] Walmart is offering a Mongoose Fixed Gear – Fixed Gear @ Blogspot here – Wal Mart site link here – for $149, thus marking the end of any coolness and cache in riding a fixie. Oh well I still love my single speed [...]
by 53X11 on March 18, 2010
AP has updated the caption on a 65 year old picture from WWII. The photo has been captioned / associated with the Bataan Death March, yet it turns out the photo is actually of US military burying the dead at a prison camp (Camp O’Donnell) that was at the end of the Bataan Death March. [...]
by 53X11 on January 8, 2010
This guy does this with a nail gun, I could not get CLOSE to this with a paint brush.
by 53X11 on December 16, 2009
Found this video on a Fox affiliate in St Louis (news story here) and was blown away by what valet’s were doing to peoples cars in the basement garage of the Hyatt in St Louis. Full video valet here.
by 53X11 on October 26, 2009
Well this does not help the view of Tennessee, but it is still funny. see more Epic Fails
by 53X11 on October 1, 2009
If you care, you already know that Microsoft’s next OS – Windows 7 – is being released in late October (October 22nd specifically). Below is a video made by Microsoft as a “guide” to hosting your launch party. REALLY WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE A WINDOWS 7 LAUNCH PARTY!! This is Windows 7, i.e. Vista fixed [...]
by 53X11 on September 29, 2009
WOW – That is all I can say…WOW I still will not watch Glee though…just not my kind of show…but this is F U N N Y !
by 53X11 on September 29, 2009
[H/T to Sigmund, Carl and Alfred for this one]