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Sunday, March 04, 2007

Archive: February 2007





February 28, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 124

Weirdest Music Scores

Play them at your own risk

February 27, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 123
Nuns, Guns and Seminary Girls

Religion can be funny!

February 26, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 122
Rare Look Inside the Largest Crane & Container Ships

A world record weightlifting in its class. 1600 metric tons.

February 24, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 121
What can be done with the VW Beetle

The craziest "bug mods" you'll ever see

February 23, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 120
Turtle's Birthday

How baby turtles are born :)


February 22, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 119
The Glamour of Flight

Vintage Commercial Aviation: Stewardesses

February 21, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 118
Construction of the World's Highest Bridge

Spectacular and Innovative

February 20, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 117
The Best of Portrait Photography

Rediscover the beauty and mystery of a human face

February 19, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 116
The Strangest Plant on Earth

Namibia's plant Welwitschia Mirabilis - there really is nothing like it.

February 17, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 115
Wildly Hilarious Signs, Part 3

If these are the "signs of times"...

February 16, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 114
Oops!!

Weirdest Accidents


February 15, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 113
FlowersValentine's Echo

February 14, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 112
VW Bus Ball - and other "Rolling Art"

Sculpture by Lars-Erik Fisk

February 13, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 111
Controversial Cyberpunk Art

Playing with political correctness

February 12, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 110
Aerodynamic Marvels

First American Streamlined Cars & Vans

February 11, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 109
Mont Saint-Michel (photos)

Spectacular abbey on a tidal island

February 10, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 108
Computer Gadgets Roundup (funny pics)

What every programmer & sysadmin wants, but would never admit it

February 9, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 107
Baby Kangaroo & Baby Squirrel

Can't pass up these "baby animals"... Have... to... post...

February 8, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 106
"Rhombus" - A Wildly Different Concept Car

Concept That Makes You Question Your Own Sanity Just By Looking At It

February 7, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 105
Colorful (& Poisonous) Frogs

The most poisonous animal is not a snake or a spider. It's a beautiful little frog!

February 6, 2007Quantum Shot # 104
Dream of Solo Flight

The Evolution of Personal Flying Vehicle

February 5, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 103
Cool Ads, Part 3
Urban Commuting


Discover cool ads on your way to work

February 4, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 102
Haunted Monastery on a Steep Cliff

Sumela Monastery in Turkey

February 2, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 101
Ford "FAB1" Concept...Car?

Stunning "Car/Jet plane/Hydrofoil" Limousine

February 1, 2007 - Quantum Shot # 100
WWII Nazi' Tank Manuals

Unexpectedly hilarious!


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  • other than the candle motor and the domino balancing, have anyone actually tried any of the stuff in there?
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  • Other then the photo'd stuff, I'd be surprised if many of those actually were accomplished... still, it would be really cool!
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  • I got two forks to balance on on the edge of a glass with a toothpick (I couldn't keep the forks together with a quarter).
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  • I must have tha book at home. Tom Tit, is it ?

    Big Mick
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  • You will find these experiments and woodcut pictures in a book called "Columbus' Egg" by Edi Lanners. I have a copy from a late '70's edition. The book is a compilation / re-publication of late 1800's scientific parlor tricks. Fantastic reading, and the experiments seem to work!

    I looks like the book is now available under the title "Secrets of 123 Classic Science Tricks and Experiments" (still listing Lanners as the editor).

    http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Classic-Science-Tricks-Experiments/dp/0830628215/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/102-0018437-3658563
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  • oh they're very hard to do. you should use frictional force very well to make balanced. if you have videos, please post.
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  • Ahmet, there are some videos in part 2 of this post...
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  • Just when you think you've seen 'em all...
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  • The tank with the glass cab on top is a German driver-training tank for the Leopard series. The instructor sits up there with a very good view, and doesn't have to worry about the weather.
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  • Video about Goliath tank

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIL34mpLi4o

    Fantastic blog ¡
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  • Some other cool nazi tanks:
    Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte Landkreuzer P. 1500 Monster
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  • wow- the mountains are so surreal. Beautiful post.
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  • Unreal Landscapes... any one of them seems more at home in some imagined sf/f world than the other side of the planet from where I'm sitting.
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  • The post very much on time for me so I am glad I checked the net. I just finished watching The Last Emperor. Photography in the movie is ok but very limited - to the Forbidden City, the prison and some other grey stuff. Very nice pictures and show a different face of China.
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  • Wonderful images. I'd be inclined to visit your site again or on a more regular basis if you would please cite your sources. Some, you have. Great! Clicking on a link that takes me to a static flickr page does not allow me to investigate. Informational-wise, it's like clicking on a thumbnail of a picture and not getting a larger picture. Frustrating experience. Finding more citation information, like a good newspaper, would make for a more rewarding experience and something that I turn to places like reddit and flickr for.
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  • thank you for this comment. Most of the sources are listed in the body of the post, or at the end of it. I also duplicate the source info on the flickr pages. Some photos lead to the larger versions, if such are available. I would like to find out more about the locations photographed here; if you have such info, please send it in.
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  • first photo:
    A place for the eye and mind. Stunning. Please track down the exact location. It's a must visit. Thanks for finding.
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  • I wonder how much of the area shown in the pics, especially the river scenes with the old volcanic cones, will be under water after the DAM is complete.
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  • To say thats China is a bit too generalized. All of the photos are just from one area!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin
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  • I really liked the picture you found. It looks so relaxing. I couldn’t figure out what it was in the water but when I looked closer I made it out to be a person floating in the water looking up at the sky. I wish I could trade places with that person. Instead I’m stuck here with all this snow. I loved your descriptions about the picture too.
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  • Great photos to say the least. They give a very false reality of where the majority of the population lies today. Over 40% of its 1.3+ billion people live in urban settings. Those in rural locales are facing soil erosion, desertification, and lack of potable water in significant numbers.
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  • Wow. Those are amazing.
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  • I want go to travel china and see this place with my eyes it's wonderful land
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  • These score are wonderfully strange. I've linked to this blog from mine, which is called http://smpl.se
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  • Odd ... trackback.
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  • Does anyone know where that sheet music nonsense comes from? I'd love to get hold of a full version.
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  • yeah that is some crazy music.. i want a full version as well
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  • For the full versions (and more) -
    see this post
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  • Nuns with guns? You have to protect your old, atrophied virginity somehow I guess.
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  • this reminds me of that movie Knock Off with Jean Claude
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  • Great post!
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  • I have been up close to some of those container ships having picked up many times at various docks in N.O., Houston area and in the NJ ports.
    They make you feel really small when you have to really look up to see the top of one even from 50-100 yards away let alone standing or driving next to one.
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  • hey this site has been digged cute !
    cool collection buddy ! thanks to that flickr guy busyman

    a cool collection for you !
    hhtp://thundafunda.com
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  • http://flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=295981167&size=m
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  • Here is another for your collection. This is the University of Arkansas Razorbacks "Razorbug".
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  • Thank you, Johnathan!
    Pic is posted
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  • There's a black & white one done up to look like a killer whale with a big dorsal fin and a huge tail in Anchorage, Alaska.
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  • Let's try that again. What collection of VW mods would complete without the flying saucer.
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  • http://flickr.com/photos/jahfish/190281287/

    shortest one i've ever seen!!!!
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  • Amazing photos, and note the one from 1945 with the Nazi banners and everyone giving the Hitler salute. Yup, the VW came right out of Nazi Germany and onto our roads. Few Americans bought them in the 1940's, but by the time I came of age in the 1960's, everyone had one and they were a blast to drive. Ironic that the preferred mode of transportation for the peace and love generation came from wartime Germany, but our response to this conundrum was to turn the AM radio up louder and light up another joint. Peace, brother.
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