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Can you sightsee if you’re blind?
by Amanda Arnold | January 28, 2011
I was just reading a really cool Q&A with Peter White, the host of the BBC World Service’s “Blind Man Roams the Globe,” a broadcast in which White gives listeners a taste of what it’s like to “sightsee” when you can’t see.
In The Independent article, White describes the marble at the Taj Mahal as “incredible to the touch” and “a wonderful smooth sensation,” but indicates that the spirituality of the place was more difficult to grasp when it couldn’t be heard — at least not in the voices of tourists who were discussing the latest TV shows (as was the case when he visited).
On the other hand, a soccer match in Istanbul was a feast for the ears …
A few weeks ago, a measly few inches of snow brought Atlanta and the surrounding areas to their knees. One of the snowstorm’s wintry “gifts” didn’t melt away though — the rat that had moved into my cute little hybrid in the week or so that my car hadn’t been moved. I’d like to call it a chipmunk or a mouse, but let’s call it what it is: a rat.
As you might expect, our relationship is an uneasy one.
How to Understand Little Girls’ Love of Everything Pink
by Katherine Neer | January 28, 2011
Try to go shopping for any girl between the ages of say 2 years old and 10 and you’ll find a very common theme: pink. Who knew there were so many shades (other than the folks at Crayola)? OK, you’ll also find variations on the color purple and maybe some hints of aqua (the GIRLIEST blue) thrown in for good measure, but pink definitely reigns supreme. Why is that?
A couple of years ago, I received an aftermarket in-car navigation system as a gift. It’s a portable device — one that I can easily move from vehicle to vehicle, keep hidden away when it’s not in use or even take it along with me when I fly someplace new and need to rent a car. I’ve used it on local road trips, long cross-country road trips and everything in between. I think it proved itself most-valuable, however, when I…
The following video shows a tractor at a “tractor pull” event. It is running a large inline-6 diesel engine with a large supercharger and burning methanol. Unfortunately, it has run afoul of the laws of physics for some reason and pays the price: The driver is very lucky that the block flew forwards rather than [...]
A scene from a movie in which robots show their power. The thing is, you have never seen powers like these. In fact, you have probably never imagined powers like these…. The creativity is impressive. The scene comes from the movie Endhiran. This is the trailer: [[[Jump to previous Funny...]]] If you would like to [...]
Today’s Uproar – Egypt cuts off the Internet and Cell Phones
by Marshall Brain | January 28, 2011
This week, there have been demonstrations and riots against the government in Egypt. Protesters have been shot, as shown here: A quick time line of events: Timeline: Egypt unrest Yesterday, Egypt’s government unplugged the Internet and cell phones: January 28: Internet and mobile phone text message users in Egypt report major disruption to services as [...]
Stuff Mom Never Told You about Lying and Objectum Sexuality
by Molly Edmonds | January 28, 2011
I’m going to start this blog post by promising you that I won’t lie anywhere in the following text. Not that that’s unusual — I tend to tell the truth when I write these summaries of what was discussed on Stuff Mom Never Told You, but this week, in particular, it feels necessary to affirm my vow of honesty. That’s because on Monday, Cristen and I discussed lying.
Leaked: Motorola DROID X 2 (Daytona) Features 1GHz Tegra 2, Higher-Res Screen – “2011 may be heralded as the Year of the Tablet, but we’re thinking it will really shake out to be the year that mobility finally hit it big. Smartphones as a whole are becoming insanely popular, and more people are gravitating towards [...]
Let’s say you want to make a toaster. And you want to do it staring from scratch. If you need metal, you start with ore. If you want plastic, start with oil. And so on. If you actually try it, you end up with this fascinating video: As you can see, it’s not nearly as [...]
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