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Archives tagged ‘sports’

Jetpacks, FriendFeed, and a Fear of Flutes

The Magic Number 30, The Airventure Airshow, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, The Martin Jetpack, Aulophobia on Wikirage, The Celtic Football Club, of Glasgow, Scotland, The Rangers Football Club, also of Glasgow, Scotland, Aulophobia on Wikitionary, The PetPocket Bird Carrier, FriendFeed, Andrew Baron on Friendfeed, 1894 Film of Annie Oakley Shooting at Targets, Professor Kunihiko Takeda on “Hypocritical Ecology”

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∞ permalink | Daily News, Wednesday July 30 2008 | animals, archival footage, human flight, pranks, recycling, soccer, social networking, sports, Technology, web 2.0

Across the Universe

Story links: Leap Year, Improv Everywhere’s Frozen in Grand Central Station, Noisy New York Superbowl roar (fan images), Patriots accused of cheating by US senate (Thanks, Gary V and Bill D!), Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady poses as Tom Brady from the Brady Bunch (via), Internet Traffic Report (Related: Pentagon report on the inetrnet as a weapons system), The Smiling Crator happy face of Mars, STS-122 Space Shuttle Atlantis to begin launch countdown to the International Space Station, NASA Deep Space Nine to beam the Beatles song Across the Universe

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∞ permalink | Daily News, Monday February 04 2008 | improv everywhere, new york, space, sports