"More Interesting Stuff"

(Written 8/9/12 by ChristopherK2 for the Uglier MDers blog)

 

Favorite Olympic Moment

 

I haven't watched as much of the Olympics as I normally do because of NBC's greedy decision to tape delay everything worthwhile into prime time.  After reading about it hours earlier (even TMZ has had some coverage), I've seldom been willing to sit thru hours of dressage and other crap just to see a tape of something.

 

Nonetheless, there have been some terrific moments, especially in swimming (the incredible Michael Phelps) and track (the equally amazing Usain Bolt).  But my personal fav is still the seemingly ageless Allyson Felix *finally* getting gold in track's 200 meter sprint.  She's been around for about a decade, always coming close at the Olympics (silver medals in the last two for the 200). You can see the race at NBC's site (http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/track-and-field/highlights-allyson-felix-strikes-gold-in-200m.html).

 

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Curiosity Lands on Mars!

 

NASA gained world-wide attention earlier this week for its flawless landing of the SUV-size Curiosity lander.  I happened to be awake when it landed, and was utterly amazed.  A super-sonic parachute deployed at 1,000 mph?!?!?  76 pyrotechnic devices?!?!?  A sky crane?!?!!?  From 13,000 mph to ZERO in 7 minutes?!?!?

 

A video of the so-called "7 Minutes of Terror" can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=18895

 

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Favorite Olympic Moment EVER!

 

I've never gotten out of my head what happened in the men's 400 meter run at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.  I've never seen anything that even approaches it for personifying perseverance and the Olympic spirit.  Still brings a tear to my eyes...

 

An article is at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/07/13/derek-redmond-2012-london-olympics/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_bf3_a3.  But the video is what will get to you...

 

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We're Sadists???

 

For comic relief, check out "NASA Scientist Finds 6% Of Drivers Are Sadists" at http://autos.aol.com/article/nasa-roadkill-experiment/?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl16%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D182138.

 

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Further Proof that Texans are Nuts!

 

$60 million for a football stadium for a *high school* ?!?!?!  Seriously??? 

 

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/07/everythings-bigger-in-texas-especially-this-60-million-high-school-football-stadium/?hpt=hp_t3

 

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What Was the FIRST Computer-Generated Animation?

 

Was it something of great scientific importance?  Ya'right... just an early geek doodling is more like it.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/19/worlds-first-computer-generated-animation-traced-1963_n_1687475.html?utm_hp_ref=technology&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl11%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D182144

 

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Do YOU Have $4,000 to Piss Away???

 

The most recent sign that the world is going to hell in a handbasket is a pair of Roger Federer's (tennis weenie) shoes selling on Ebay for $4,000.  Yep, $4 grand for a pair of smelly sneakers, folks.

 

http://tennis.si.com/2012/07/20/roger-federer-shoes-287-nike/?xid=cnnbin

 

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For the Cat Nuts Among Y'all

 

First, I hate cats!  Second, here are 13 videos of cats doing stupid crap for those of you who actually like them.  I only watched part of one, and felt like puking my guts up. 

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/cats-playing-in-boxes-videos_n_1690080.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl17%7Csec3_lnk2%26pLid%3D182171

 

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Hacking Stuff I Don't Pretend to Understand

 

If you have both an Amazon account and a Apple ID, then you should check out what happened to some poor tech writer. Scary stuff...

 

http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/07/technology/mat-honan-hacked/index.htm?hpt=hp_t3