Nasa Television releases video of Atlantis Solid Rocket Boosters

From liftoff to splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean, take a ride on Space Shuttle Atlantis solid rocket boosters with video from a camera located on the SRB's. If you're impatient, jump to about 22:45.

Apple Moving Closer to Snow Leopard Release

Internet rumors are predicting that Apple will release the next major version of Mac OS X this summer.

From arstechnica.com:

Apple still has a (perhaps unenviable) goal of getting the next major version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, out the door this summer. Work continues on that front with a new beta build of Snow Leopard released to developers last night. Meanwhile, the 10.5.7 update to Leopard also got a new beta release with some additional improvements. Both OSes are getting more frequent updates as the product cycles inch closer to release.

The Onion: Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

Phoenix Fast Food Restaurants Second Worst in Nation

HealthInspections.com has a list of the worst fast-food cities in the U.S. for food safety. Guess what? Phoenix ranks second in the nation.

America's big names in fast food have big problems with food safety. A review of nearly 7,000 health inspection reports revealed thousands of violations and plenty of horror stories.

The Cities -- Here's how the cities rank for dirty fast food. Orlando topped the list.

          1. Orlando          7. Manhattan
          2. Phoenix          8. Virginia Beach     
          3. Denver           9. Kansas City
          4. Miami           10. Sacramento
          5. Houston         11. Philadelphia
          6. Raleigh         12. Columbus

Maybe I'll stick to the Microchip cafeteria a little more often... Get all the juicy (yuck) details at HealthInspections.com

Imax to install 100 digital projection screens in AMC Entertainment Theaters

Imax's upcoming digital projection systems will start popping up in 33 major U.S. markets, doubling the company's presence in the commercial theater industry. I personally can't wait to see the upcoming Batman movie, The Dark Knight, on a giant Imax screen. Maybe we'll get one of the new digital Imax theaters in Phoenix before the movie premieres!

[Source: forbes.com]

Micro Camera shows Internal Workings of Combustion Engine

doorman77 posted a video on LiveLeak showing the internal workings of a fourstroke combustion engine. The 1000 fps video from the high-pressure, heat-resistant camera shows the simple action of the engine in motion.


[Via Gizmodo.com, hosted on LiveLeak]

Human Brain Cloud shows how we think

Kyle Gabler, founder of the Experimental Gameplay Project and indie game studio 2D Boy, recently posted a few stats from his side project, Human Brain Cloud. The online "game" shows you a word or phrase and all you have to do is type in the first thing that comes to mind. The answers players give are amassed into a huge network of connected blobs viewable from the website. Nearly 800,000 associations have been submitted so far, connecting over 100,000 unique words and phrases.

[via Joystiq]

[Off Topic] Japanese Human Tetris Gameshow

This made me laugh.

[Off Topic] Battle at Kruger: Lions, Water Buffalos, & Crocs, Oh My!

A battle between a pride of lions, a herd of buffalo, and 2 crocodiles at a watering hole in South Africa's Kruger National Park.