Greenscreen

Se pare ca este mai usor sa faci greenscreening decat sa pui oamenii sa mearga pe afara.

Detroit in secolul 21

Orasul care a fost supranumit Parisul Americii.

Galerie completa: http://io9.com/5435724/the-grandiose-decay-of-abandoned-detroit/gallery/

A tiny home

96 sq feet= 8.92 mp

Model boat

Inspired by playing with model kits as a child, Michael Johansson decided to transform the real boat into a model of itself.

Sursa: http://www.toxel.com/tech/2009/12/22/life-size-model-kit-boat/

Diamante

Articolul arata cum cartelul diamantelor controleaza pretul lor desi diamantele nu mai sunt rare in zilele noastre. "Nebunia" diamantelor este rezultatul unor campanii publicitare de peste 50 de ani care au urmarit stabilirea traditiei diamantelor in folclor. Chiar daca articolul e lung merita citite primele 4 pagini cel putin.


Tot articolul: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond/ NB: Articolul e scris prin '87

Cifrele terorismului

Bagaje vs Elefant

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Acum 40 de ani

(click pt mai mare)

Asa arata Kabul (Afganistan) acum 40 de ani. Intre timp razboiul prelungit si furtul au distrus toata vegetatia si terenul tarii. Mai exista doar 2% din copacii care existau acum 40 de ani din cauza traficului ilegal cu cherestea catre Pakistan.

Glass House

Galerie completa: http://www.moolf.com/amazing/transparent-house.html

Zero punctuation

The Honest $10000 SPAM

Inception - french trailer

Nu stiu de ce e in franceza. E un film american.

Praga iarna

Prague: Canon 1DMKIV from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Acelasi care a filmat Skywalker ranch.

Mano a Emu

Most Daring - Mano a Emu - Watch more Funny Videos

Alma

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Ce taxi e bun?

http://www.ataxi.ro/taxi/bucuresti
Am descoperit acest site care arata preturile, numerele de telefon si reviewurile multor companii de taxi din Romania. Sunt organizate pe orase deci este util si in afara Bucurestiului.

In fata guvernului

Japanese Bees

Gorilla Portraits

Yesterday we went to the North Carolina Zoo, the third largest zoo in the U.S.A. We got there early in the day when the gorillas were just waking up.

I remembered something I learned in my primate social behavior class. I approached the glass with a submissive posture, looking down at the ground and backing up with my hand out.
The gorilla loved it. He had never seen a human act like a polite ape before. He came right up to the glass and posed for me while I did this half-hour portrait from just two feet away. It was like sketching someone on a subway. I tried to just glance at him discreetly out of the corner of my eye.

Tot articolul: http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2008/03/gorilla-portraits.html

Panorame video

Alte ciudatenii deasupra Rusiei

The identity of the shape has not been confirmed. Russian reports ruled out a UFO but police refused to comment

Articol: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/6837200/UFO-pyramid-reported-over-Kremlin.html

Dupa evenimentele dubioase de acum cateva saptamani in care era implicata Rusia acum au loc alte evenimente ciudate. Rusii fac ceva... important.

autocompletely.com - wisdom of the hivemind

In caz ca nu stiati google sugereaza searchuri in functie de ce cauta alti oameni cel mai des. This is how I lose faith in humanity.

Recomand sa incercati la google.com:
romania is
why are romanian
why is romania
de ce


Mai multe: http://autocompletely.com/

Universul cunoscut

Fullscreen si HD obligatoriu

La soare te poti uita

No, these photographs weren't taken by an astrophysicist or whipped up in a special-effects lab. Photographer Larry Alvarez takes these pictures of the sun in his backyard using a camera, a telescope, and some homemade gear. With some tips from Alvarez, you can build your own solar telescope camera, too.

Galerie: http://io9.com/325082/solar-eruptions-captured-by-diy-astronomer

Biroul Zen

This is my workspace. I built the Shelf myself with a tray inset and planted some wheat grass for a nice color. The shelf is also light from beneath for a nice ambient glow at night. I love the dual monitor setup and mounted the 23" HD Cinema display with a VESA wall mount. I also built the desk from a door, attached it to the wall with a cleat and and attached two legs from EQ3. I'm still in school and have lots of group projects, so the large desk is perfect for two people. All in all I love having this workspace in my bedroom. Suggestions welcome. Let me know what you think!

Sursa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43939148@N02/

Fotograf dedicat

This is the terrifying moment a British photographer cheated death as an out-of-control drag racing car careered towards him out of control.

Andy Willsheer kept snapping even as the 250mph car spun towards the crash barrier at Pomona Raceway in California.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234929/Cheating-death-The-moment-British-photographer-narrowly-escapes-crushed-runaway-drag-race-car.html

O cafea pe frig

A stroke of insight

Cumpara carti mai ieftine de pe Amazon

Above you see a (partial) screenshot for the first result if you search for harry potter and have selected the Netherlands as your country. For every result CheapRiver.com shows a table with the prices of the book in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Canada.

The lowest prices are indicated with a green background. Here you see that the cheapest is to buy the Harry Potter Box set in the US to have it delivered to the Netherlands it only cost (on Dec 13 2009) 37.26€ while in the UK it'll cost you 51.03€, Germany 58.99€, France 63.77€ and in Canada this version of the Harry Potter Box is not available. So you see that the cheapest option is more than 40% cheaper than the most expensive one.

Adresa: http://www.cheapriver.com/

Ai mai slabit un pic

(click pt mai mare - Usor scarbos)


Si credeam ca eu am slabit mult


Update! Am gasit sursa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDGHuuEn_FI
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31845266/ns/today-today_relationships/
. Il cheama David Elmore Smith

Blur studios - acei oameni minunati si trailerele lor

Aici avem cel mai nou trailer cinematic Mass Effect 2.
V-ati intrebat cine face aceste trailere si secvente CGI din jocuri? Se pare ca e vorba de un singur studio: http://www.blur.com/

Old fashion advertising

Spiralele de pe cer

In ultimele zile au aparut pe cerul tarilor nordice niste spirale ciudate.

Varianta oficiala este ca prima a fost cauzata de un test esuat al unei rachete rusesti.
A mai fost una:

Sunt convins ca sunt niste teste dar chiar sa esueze doua rachete exact la fel? Ce motoare testeaza rusii?

Un moment de liniste

Skywalker Ranch from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Filmat cu un Canon 5D si un Canon 7D.

Cauzele mortalitatii

(click pt mai mare)

Sursa: http://awesome.good.is/transparency/web/0911/causes-of-death/flash.html

Cat e ora? (acum 1000 de ani)

Mininova a murit, traiasca torentele

Pentru cei care nu au aflat inca Mininova a fost golit de toate torentele "suspecte" din cauza unei hotarari judecatoresti.


Ce facem acum? Demonoid inca nu a repornit. PirateBay si el se goleste de torente. What now? http://torrentfreak.com/10-alternatives-to-mininova-091126/

61 Aplicatii gratis

61 Free Desktop Applications, Webapps, and Tools We're Most Thankful For
Sursa: http://lifehacker.com/5412886/61-free-apps-were-most-thankful-for

Pamantul cu inele

Being broke

Problema cu bancile


Bonus:

The Muppets in Bohemian Rhapsody

Peisaje martiene

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/11/martian_landscapes.html

Cracked ii numeste pe romani campioni la injuraturi

Cine e pe locul 1?: http://www.cracked.com/article_16275_p2.html

Living in Hong Kong

This is a project of Michael Wolf, called “A room of everyone’s own."
Hong Kong is ranked 4th in the list of the countries with the highest density.

Galerie completa: http://acidcow.com/pics/5638-living-in-hong-kong-100-pics.html

Otel ruginit

Materialul acela la care ne zgaiam noi cu atata interes si ziceam "Oare cum fac?" se numeste COR-TEN.


Mai multe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_steel

23 de ani in "coma"

A car crash victim diagnosed as being in a coma for the past 23 years has been conscious the whole time.
Rom Houben was paralysed but had no way of letting doctors know that he could hear every word they were saying.
'I dreamed myself away,' said Mr Houben, now 46, who doctors thought was in a persistent vegatative state.
'I screamed, but there was nothing to hear,' added Mr Houben.
Doctors used a range of coma tests before reluctantly concluding that his consciousness was 'extinct'.
But three years ago, new hi-tech scans showed his brain was still functioning almost completely normally.

Articol: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1230092/Patient-trapped-23-year-coma-conscious-along.html

Bear Hockey

Asa pentru ziua alegerilor.

Masinaria Terra

Priviti cum respira amazonul

Ce nu stiai ca poti sa faci in Photoshop

Am doua articole care se incadreaza in categoria asta:
Folosirea avansata "Crop" : http://www.projectwoman.com/2009/11/five-secrets-of-photoshop-crop-tool.html
Folosirea "Liquify" pentru a corecta structura: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REll3OCahcI
EDIT: Au mai aparut si in comentarii linkuri. Do see them.

Shiny suds

Fruntasii europei

hiroki tanabe: O project

this is a small commercial building situated on a busy corner in tokyo. hiroki tanabe
chamfered the building, to encourage people to be drawn close to it and explore inside.
the shapes of chamfered corners differ from the odd-numbered floors to the even-numbered
floors.

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/8229/hiroki-tanabe-o-project.html

The science room

Ati avut vreodata nevoie sa organizati un laborator si nu stiati cum? Aveti chef de vreun experiment? N-ati facut ore de la laborator la liceu desi vroiati?

http://blog.makezine.com/science_room/ (se vor mai adauga articole - nu e complet ghidul)

The Machine Stops

Acum exact 100 de ani a fost publicata prima poveste care pune problema defectarii internetului intr-o lume dependenta de el. O puteti citi aici: http://www.plexus.org/forster/index.html

Scroll Clock

Acesta este cel mai tare website clock pe care l-ai vazut.


LINK:http://toki-woki.net/p/scroll-clock/

Politistul si Pisica

Top Gear - episodul cu Romania

Va dati seama ca o sa se umple Transfagaraseanul dupa asta.

Amusement Park Maps

Stiti hartile alea ale parcurilor care ne placeau cand eram mici? Cineva a adunat o multime si le-a pus online.

Galerie: http://www.themeparkbrochures.net/mainmaps.html

The cost of being Batman

After bringing up in this thread the fact that the tech Batman uses is not in the realm of science fiction anymore I started thinking: just how expensive would all these toys be?

The calculation below is a result of this train of thought. It covers only the Batsuit and the usual gadgets not the Batmobile, Batwing or the Batcave.

Update: A few people have asked so I'll make this clear. All these are things you can buy right now or develop rather simply given a little financial backing. Most are off the shelf but some of them can't be bought by civilians without authorization.
The second thing I'd like to clear up is that I made these calculations myself. I'm not an economist I'm an engineer. I did it by searching through google for sources.

		$
	*Suit*
Kevlar Nomex Body armor		3000
K-N gloves		150
K-N kneepads		150
K-N elbowpads		150
head armor		500
K-N pants		1000
K-N extra pads		550
Carbon fibre reinforcements		1500
Total armor		7000
Miniature multiband radio comunicator		2000
Retinal projection system		10000
Shape memory polymer cape		40000
Carbon fibre helmet		300
Other blades and misc		3000
Gas mask (advanced)		1000
Total suit		63300
	*Gadgets*
				# pcs	Total
Atlas rope ascender		15000		1	15000
TPLS Grappling hook launcher (special forces silenced)		50000		1	50000	(exagerated price because batman needs a small version)
Portable spectrometer		30000		1	30000
GPS Tracking device		100		3	300
Ultrasonic bat attractor		200		1	200
Batarang (normal)		1		20	20
Batarang (exploding)		10		3	30
Batarang (electronic)		5		5	25
Batarang (remote control)		25		2	50
Smoke/Flash bomb		2		10	20
Knockout gas		5		5	25
Tear gas		5		5	25
USB memory stick		300		1	300	(you didn't think in this day and age batman doesn't have a hardware encrypted memory stick do you?)
Fingerprint scanner kit		200		1	200
Blacklight kit		200		1	200
Long range microphone		300		1	300
Laser microphone		200		1	200
Lockpick (automatic)		500		1	500
Hearbeat detector		5000		1	5000
Motion detector		30		3	90
Periscope		40		1	40
Nightvision camera		1000		1	1000	(not included in suit because of the big size this way he can use it to without risking his head and have it on his HUD)
Thermal camera		15000		1	15000	(same as above - high price includes an IR tele lens)
Total gadgets		118123			118525
Total Batman equipment					181825	USD

I'm sure I missed something so I can round it to 200000USD. Before you go to empty your bank account and become a superhero keep in mind that some of this stuff gets used every time he goes out. Armor probably needs to be replaced every week. That's 7000USD/week operating cost from the start. Batarangs, trackers, gas... all those are disposable and cost money. I estimate the operating costs must be around 10000USD/week not counting any Batmobile. Shredded that memory polymer cape? New one costs 40k!

On top of that some of this equipment must be bought by the thousand (like Alfred says in Batman Begins). Some of this equipment is restricted to military and law enforcement. If Waynetech wasn't a military contractor Batman wouldn't have access to some of this stuff.

In other words it's possible but even a milionare would have trouble supporting these costs on a regular basis. Strictly the realm of multi-bilionares.