Tech and Amusing Stuff

Children attend class at the Dongzhong (literally meaning “in cave”) primary school at a Miao village in Ziyun county, southwest China’s Guizhou province, November 14, 2007. The school is built in a huge, aircraft hangar-sized natural cave, carved out of a mountain over thousands of years by wind, water and seismic shifts.

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Any true Macfan should have a mailbox like this.

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I don’t know how they come up with some of these!

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One year ago today this magical little console came out, it sucks you still cant find it though, but anyways happy one year Wii!!!

The pumps which power king fahd’s fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are so powerful that the water plume produced is taller than the Eiffel Tower (excluding its antenna).

The maximum height achieved by the water is 1023ft and each of the 3 huge pumps deliver 625 litres of water per second. the water leaves the 126mm nozzles at an incredible 375kmh.

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Now in the “why didn’t anyone think about this before?” section, is this glowing umbrella great for pedestrians in crowded cities.

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This non-digital picture frame can hold megabytes of pictures!!!!! huh?!?!

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…..George Harrison stated that it was “still expecting some shortages in December,” but noted that the Big N wouldn’t be “pulling back on its marketing.” Potentially more interesting is Mr. Harrison’s assertion that the firm is currently producing some 1.8 million Wiis per month, and it’s having to make decisions of where to send shipments to “nearly every week.” ‘Course, the chat couldn’t end without some reference to the rivals, and the exec concluded by proclaiming that Nintendo “doesn’t focus a lot on the competition,” as “its performance seems to be independent of those two.”

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“With its affluent customer base and uncanny knack for drawing crowds, Starbucks has long seemed immune to the slowdowns that plague most retailers when the economy falters.

But the king of the $4 coffee is feeling the pinch now. Dairy prices have skyrocketed, fast-food chains have made it easier to find a good cup of joe, and traffic in U.S. stores has flattened amid high fuel prices and turmoil in the housing and credit markets.

Add it all up, and it’s dragged the company’s stock down nearly 40% since it hit an all-time high one year ago……….”

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“I collect these renders over the internet, and for me this is most realistic cars. Some of these car are so perfect, that you can’t demarcate is that a real, or just a computer graphic work.
Enjoy.”

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just wow… woman is animated in a series of images

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