Saturday, May 25, 2013
The New York City Port Authority has released a stunning photograph of workers placing the spire on top of One World Trade Center.. They are 1,700+ feet above the ground in the photo. Just contemplate that.. The image is amazing, and surely enough to cause persons acrophobia to look away with fear..
The picture was taken on May 10, 2013. The building is set to open in 2014—when it will become the tallest building in the Western world and third tallest on the planet..
Friday, May 24, 2013
Two more funerals for Oklahoma schoolchildren to be held Friday
This Oklahoma tornado story has been making me feel quite down this week. The horror and heartache that occurred is overwhelming. And now these sad funerals taking place only add insult to the injury… Any time a child loses a life is beyond distressing to me since I had my own …
And I’ve been doing a lot of deep contemplation lately about life.. Lots of prayer, perhaps you can say. But I just don’t know what I’m praying to anymore…
Two more funerals for Oklahoma schoolchildren to be held Friday
'Winter' - maybe even snow - to return for Memorial Day weekend
The weather is always weird.
But this is weird
'Winter' - maybe even snow - to return for Memorial Day weekend
5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California
Must have been shallow as it was felt to San Francisco and two other states
5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Northern California
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
It’s a story about how evolution protects a species… So what will pest control experts do now?!
Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
I debated going there, but I'm going to go there
If anyone saw the news yesterday you most likely witnessed at least snippets of the video of the machete/hatchet attack in London.. It was considered to be a terrorist attack, two men hit a young British soldier with the car and began to hack and attack him, almost behead him and let him die in the street..
The entire affair was bizarre including the fact that it’s a police 30 minutes to get to the scene, the gun of the attacker supposedly blowing up in his hand, and throngs of people simply standing around aimlessly watching the entire thing happen.. It even appeared that some of the people in the background were doing nothing to stop an attacker stop the perpetrator but instead simply filming the entire event and watching as the body lay bleeding in the street..
I don’t know what to make of the crowd’s reaction to this event.. Obviously the video did not show the actual attack and we only see the aftermath, but there appeared to be no one ready to challenge the two attackers.. I just don’t know what to make of this..
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
An Honor for the Creator of the GIF
Steve Wilhite, who invented the enduring GIF file format in 1987, will receive a lifetime achievement Webby Award.He is proud of the GIF, but remains annoyed that there is still any debate over the pronunciation of the format.
“The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations,” Mr. Wilhite said. “They are wrong. It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.”
Gif guff? Or respect to the ‘jif’?
So this is the guy that did it?
Thanks for all those cats, spinning sirens, and exploding bombs. Thank you.
An Honor for the Creator of the GIF
German based company SAP promises to hire people with autism
This is actually some pretty cool stuff.. Good work SAP
German based company SAP promises to hire people with autism
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Video: Elderly lady reunited with her dog after Oklahoma tornado
Among so much devastation from the horrendous mile-wide tornado that has ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, there is, at least, some good news as an elderly lady and her dog have survived the storm.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/350539
Finally good news
The Moore OK update
So much heartache.. so much disaster. The latest is in Oklahoma, as you may have been seeing if you followed Earth Informer yesterday and other sources as well. Thelatest reports lament 91 dead so far—so many were children from elementary schools that were flattened by this tornado. Winds were 200 miles or more. The spread was over a mile.. And it was one of the biggest tornadoes in history.. The massive path of destruction is now evident..
KFOR is reporting the latest from the ground..
At least 91 counted dead at this point..
A desperate search for survivors ongoing.. But time is running out fast.
Rubble..
A school destroyed..
Chaos..
Life in tornado alley..
When comedy is too quick. Ever hear the comment ‘too soon’ after someone tells a joke? Comedian Lizz Winstead tweeted something yesterday after the tornado saying'This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives'.. this was before the bodies of dead children were taken from the elementary school.. this was before the death toll rose to at least 91.. She was forced to Tweet an apology three hours later..
Monday, May 20, 2013
This is horrendous
The AP is now broadcasting this to the world: KFOR-TV reports that up to 24 children are believed dead at the Plaza Towers Elementary School and that it has turned into a search and recovery effort
This is a worst case scenario ..
This brutal tornado has now etched itself into the annals of weather history… And with its short presence in Moore Oklahoma it also stole the lives of so many..
Block after block is only debris. Winds cracked and demolished all in its path.. So many lives tonight now undone. So many people hurt. So many killed.
This is terrible and heartbreaking news… May God ease their suffering immediately and keep them.. If he’s there..
A Conversation about poop with my two-year-old son
Me: I smell poop!
Ayden: I didn't poop
Me: But I smell poop!
Ayden: I smell poop too Daddy
Ayden: I didn't poop
Me: But I smell poop!
Ayden: I smell poop too Daddy
Today's main event: The Rumblr on Tumblr
There’s a rumblr on Tumblr..the new billion dollar man is coming to us from the tech world. Yahoo! is shelling out over $1 bil for the blogging service Tumblr.
Some users are concerned.. After all, it seems anything corporate Yahoo! gets its hands on fails or gets forgotten..
Also interesting, David Karp, the founder of Tumblr who dropped out of high school and made the blog service in his mom’s New York City apartment, said he wouldn’t sell as recent as a month ago. But money talked. Apparently talked very loud..
Get out while the gettin’s good, perhaps?
Either way, Karp is about to become the tycoon of the age.
The first of only a few since last century. Oh, and by the way, it was last century that Yahoo! bought another blogging service: Geocities. That failed too. And about two years ago, Yahoo! completely deleted all Geocities sites from its archives and database… leaving users to frantically try to save years of infancy of the internet.
So if Tumblr users think Yahoo! will care about providing a platform for independent thought to flourish and creative activity to occur, doubt that one..Big time.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Magic eye Sunday made me eyes hurt
And I discovered that Magic Eyes does always translate well onto a computer screen.
Ok everyone!! It's Magic Eye day
Get ready to take a blast into the past, unfocused your eyes, and find the hidden photo in the blurry picture.
Caution: Don’t adjust your screen, this is NOT 1997.
22, 10,13,14, 52 and the Powerball number is 11
One winning ticket was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, according to David Bishop, deputy secretary of Florida lottery.
You bastard.
Unless my Uncle Mike won, in which case congratulations and can I have a cool mil?
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