After a legal battle lasting more than two years, the British man convicted for a joking comment on Twitter has had his conviction quashed. We’ve previously covered various events in the case of Paul Chambers, so here’s a quick recap: In January 2010 he heard that ongoing bad weather might delay his flight and tweeted: […]
Did you know: The City of London is NOT the city named London. [CGPGrey]
The “Happiness index” recently released indicates what features in British people’s lives are apparently increasing their life satisfaction. According to the survey of 165,000 people, teenagers and senior citizens are the most happy – apparently after your 20s, your life satisfaction decreases till you get to about 50 and the things start looking up. Am […]
A multimedia expedition to find the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane has failed to achieve immediate results. Investigators failed to spot any wreckage but have collected extensive sonar and video data for further analysis. Earhart was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, making her a celebrity of her day. In 1937 she […]
So this musical pair Daniel Larsson and Tomas Redigh, who call themselves “Rymdreglage” spent an incredible 71 hours sorting out 100 boxes of LEGO, which each contain 650 blocks (that’s 65,000 blocks!) – and they made a time lapse of it: Now there’s some epic LEGO playtime. But for what purpose might you be sorting […]
It would be the conspiracy theorists who believe the moon landing never happened that would be first in line, I would think, for a commercial trip to the moon, to witness the site for themselves and analyze whether it was all set up or not. However, NASA is less concerned with the conspiracy theorists than […]
Some interesting trivia about the universe behind The Legend of Zelda. [DYKG]
HBO’s online store is offering up seven Game of Thrones house sigil shot glasses. This could make for some very epic drinking times come season 3. Grab some friends, pick a house and make some rules. Or just play by my favorite set, take a shot every time Joffrey gets slapped. You’ll be drunk in […]
The British government has announced that all publicly-funded research in the UK will be made available in full to anyone without charge. It’s been welcomed by many but has also raised fears that research could become financially unviable. The move was announced by the government member responsible for universities and science, David Willets (pictured), who […]
Forget about augmented reality, lets see some serious real-world illusionary genius, like this incredible display by Montreal-based Moment Factory, showing Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall crumbling to the ground, only to be replaced by a colorful, fantastical version of the building. Costing millions to produce, the show involves 12 projectors, 12 servers to run them, hundreds […]