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Unless you’ve been making like an extremophile and hiding at the bottom of a volcano lately, you would have been hard-pressed not to learn a little bit about the Eyjafjallajökull eruption this month. It’s continuing to raise a ruckus, according to the Iceland Meteorological Office. The agency reports that booming sounds were heard in Hvolsvöllur, which is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) west of the eruption site, this week.
Surprisingly though, the impressive geological phenomena had very little impact on public health, aside from keeping Europeans with respiratory conditions on higher alert than usual.
1) Top 20 most creatively designed PC case mods 2) R2D2 – the Eternal Source of Design Inspiration 3) CR&S DUU Concept 4) Guild Wars 2 Design Manifesto 5) Chaos Rings is the most technically advanced, visually captivating and extensively designed and written game yet made for the iPhone 6) University ‘Overwhelmed’ by Interest in [...]
Video Game Testers and Air Traffic Control on TechStuff
by Jonathan Strickland | April 30, 2010
This week, Chris and I talked about two very different kinds of careers in technology. On one end, you’ve got the video game tester. This job has mythical status in the tech world — could it be the Holy Grail of industry jobs? On the other end of the spectrum, there’s the air traffic controller. The men and women who work in air traffic control have the burden of keeping thousands of travelers safe every day.
If you’ve ever seen a sad Venus flytrap at the checkout line of a nursery or home goods store, you might be a little unimpressed by carnivorous plants. I urge you to watch “Little Shop of Horrors” or, of course, visit a botanical garden or greenhouse where the specimens are equally robust (though not as musical). I did just that in college, stopping by the University of Georgia’s greenhouses with a few friends to check out the pitcher plants. That may seem like a strange outing, but if you’ve seen a several-foot-long pitcher plant, you know that it rivals even Audrey II.
High Speed Stuff Wrap-up: The Indianapolis 500 and Dream Cars
by Scott C. Benjamin | April 30, 2010
I’m excited about this one — really excited. Why? Well, the topics this week were a lot of fun, and I think that enthusiasm is evident when you listen to our show this week. Ben and I really did have a good time talking about these subjects over the last few days. So without further delay, here’s what’s happening on the High Speed Stuff podcast.
On Tuesday, we finally got around to talking about my all-time favorite racing event — the Indianapolis 500. I really can’t even begin to tell you what this race means to me on a personal level. I’m a Hoosier, and I spent most of my early years…
First off, how wonderful was yesterday’s blog post by Cristen about why we call breasts “boobs”? If you haven’t read it yet, go check it out. The topic came up because Cristen and I just recorded a podcast about the history of cleavage, and believe me, that was no easy answer to track down.
But you’ll hear more about that podcast when it’s released in a few weeks. The topic at hand is this week’s podcasts.
Worms are amazing creatures who can help improve the fertility of soil, aid in the composting of vegetable matter, and also help you to catch fish. But have you ever thought of raising worms yourself? It turns out to be remarkably easy. This video shows you worm farming at an industrial level: But it is [...]
What if you wanted to be invisible in your office? The idea of office camouflage is not new, but it is funny: These videos also demonstrate how similar life can be around the world. Even though the United States and Russia are on opposite sides of the planet, their office environments look surprisingly similar. For [...]
For many years there has been an underground movement that teaches the idea that eye exercises can improve your vision. This article explains the philosophy in a nutshell: Improve Your Vision Naturally with Eye Exercises at least half of the population in the United States currently wears prescription glasses or contact lenses. Furthermore, possibly as [...]
Oy vey. I got up early this morning and wrote what I thought was a pretty stellar podcast recap for you fine folks. We have a booger of a show to record later today so I made sure I got up EXTRA early to get the recap done so I could spend my day prepping. Thank you, Wordpress for deleting the entire post before I could get it published. Ugh. In protest, I’m not going to try to recreate the genius that was that post. Let’s just get down and dirty and leave it to the excellent comments to save my bacon.
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