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So, you think you’re a “tough guy’?

February 15, 2010 in Running, awesome | 1 comment

Over Christmas my brother told me about a race in the UK called the Tough Guy Challenge, which involves some pretty crazy obstacles such as, live wires, freezing lakes, fields of flaming hay and crawling through abandoned sewer lines. I intend to keep my training focused on getting to an Iron Man but have told my brother this is something I would do, if he does as well, at some point–just hope to not break anything.

Check out the video!

Drop a comment if you know of any races like this in the states.

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Google offers an online tour of the Ocean

February 5, 2010 in Environment, Social Media, Tech, Web, awesome, multimedia, video | No comments

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Ah, the sea. The big blue. From sharks to shipwrecks, from the perfectly formed pipes of Hawaii’s waves to the dark and chilly depths of the deepest sea trenches, it’s one of Earth’s most fascinating habitats – one that people love watching and exploring.

Tonight, Google is bringing Internet-bound ocean lovers a new portal to the amazing biological and topographical diversity that lies beneath the waves. If you’re into underwater environments and you’re down with Google Earth,we highly recommend checking out Ocean Showcase, Google’s latest product release.

via Google Rolls Out Ocean Showcase: It’s a Multimedia, Underwater Street View.

The Tour of Africa, stage one update from Bike Rumor

January 21, 2010 in Cycling, awesome | No comments

Man, I love the Tour D’Afrique group. Bike Rumor has a little write up on stage 1 of the current (actual) Tour of Africa–the picture really makes me envision myself there.

On their journey through ten African countries Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, the riders travel past ancient temples, through game reserves teeming with wildlife, across deserts and the foothills of legendary Mount Kilimanjaro, alongside the rugged and biblical landscape of Ethiopia’s Simian Mountains and through Botswana and Namibia’s most magnificent wilderness areas. The journey takes approximately 120 days of which 96 are cycling days, averaging 125 km each day.

via Bikerumor | All The Best Cycling News, Tech, Rumors and Reviews!.

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Avatar-Induced Depression: Coping With The Intangibility Of Pandora (Are you kidding me!??)

January 13, 2010 in Environment, awesome | No comments

Believe it or not, this is a real article and I suppose the depression being reported is also real.

This article is a gold mine for environmental organizations to begin recruiting new help in the effort to start getting ourselves right and being good stewards of our resources and nature.

Why you may ask, how can I be so flip with others emotions?? Because, the movie is about environmentalism (I believe, haven’t seen it)–BUT we have a situation here Bob, like it or lump it, our planet is in peril of becoming uninhabitable for humans (as well as many other animals and plants). Instead of being depressed and dreaming of alien world paradises why don’t we start getting active about making our home the place we want to live. There is no escape from the situation and as Robert Frost might say, “the best way out is always through”, so let’s start working together and fix what we have so we can end the misery of these poor sufferers of Pandora induced depression….

The beautiful alien planet Pandora depicted in James Cameron’s Avatar is so captivating that some audience members are becoming depressed and even suicidal when they fail to find meaning in real life after the film is over.

Writes Jo Piazza for CNN.com:On the fan forum site “Avatar Forums,” a topic thread entitled “Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible,” has received more than 1,000 posts from people experiencing depression and fans trying to help them cope. The topic became so popular last month that forum administrator Philippe Baghdassarian had to create a second thread so people could continue to post their confused feelings about the movie.

Here are just a few of the ways people are coping on Avatar-Forums.com :”I just watched avatar a few weeks ago and I'm feeling depressed and sad. It's like I want to reach out and be in Pandora. I'd do anything to be in Pandora. I've tried so hard to dream about me being on Pandora but it hasn't worked.”

via Avatar-Induced Depression: Coping With The Intangibility Of Pandora VIDEO – Yahoo! News.

World’s Largest Spherical Panorama

December 18, 2009 in Tech, awesome | No comments

Prague TV Tower – World’s Largest Spherical Panorama.

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