October 15, 2014 at 4:14 pm

FPV Racing with Mini Quadcopters

FPV Racing with Mini Quadcopters

Three FPV racing enthusiasts got together for a day of racing on a challenging course with plenty of obstacles. Pilots wear goggles that give them a first-person view from their mini quadcopters (which are outfitted with tiny cameras). The speed and maneuverability of these tiny drones is quite impressive. Cheers to the team for…

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October 15, 2014 at 2:26 pm

1-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks

1-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks

Mashable’s Max Knoblauch compiled a funny series of 1-star Yelp reviews of famous US National Parks, turning the best snippets into image macros. If you’ve used online reviews to help make travel decisions you already know people’s experience of the same place can be wildly different. The lesson? Take individual reviews (especially those on…

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October 15, 2014 at 11:55 am

Gunther Holtorf has Been on a Road Trip Since 1989

Gunther Holtorf has Been on a Road Trip Since 1989

In 1989, Gunther Holtorf and his wife Christine set out on what was meant to be an 18-month tour of Africa. 25 years later, with more than 885,000 km (550,000 miles) on the clock and 177 countries visited, Gunther is still going. The former airline executive has travelled the equivalent of 20 times around…

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October 15, 2014 at 10:59 am

Solar Drawings Made with a Magnifying Glass

Solar Drawings Made with a Magnifying Glass

Artist Jordan Mang-Osan harnesses the power of the sun with a magnifying glass to create his wood-burned works of art. The award-winning artist from the Philippines also paints and you can see much more of his work on Facebook and Fine Art America where original paintings can be purchased. 1. Artwork by JORDAN…

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October 14, 2014 at 11:24 pm

Tour of Boston Shows Fresh Take on Traditional Timelapse

Tour of Boston Shows Fresh Take on Traditional Timelapse

Julian Tryba gives a tour of Boston using a new technique called a ‘layer-lapse’. In the video description Tryba states: “Traditional time-lapses are constrained by the idea that there is a single universal clock. In the spirit of Einstein’s relativity theory, layer-lapses assign distinct clocks to any number of objects or regions in a…

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October 14, 2014 at 5:51 pm

Picture of the Day: Rub My Belly

Picture of the Day: Rub My Belly

Photograph by WilleeCole An English bulldog lies on his back in full ‘rub my belly’ request mode. How can you say no to a face like that? To see what 17 different breeds of dogs look like at six weeks old, check out this post. via WilleeCole @ iStock

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October 14, 2014 at 4:23 pm

This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda Shows How Ridiculous the Lyrics Are

This Dramatic Reading of Nicki Minaj's Anaconda Shows How Ridiculous the Lyrics Are

Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics Ian Martin decided to do a dramatic reading of Nicki Minaj’s song Anaconda, after he heard that his 12-year old niece and all of her friends were listening to the song. He said he made it for his Mom so she could hear how inappropriate the lyrics were for young…

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October 14, 2014 at 2:16 pm

The New York Times Treats 2nd Graders to a $220 Seven-Course Tasting Menu

The New York Times Treats 2nd Graders to a $220 Seven-Course Tasting Menu

For the magazine’s fall Food issue, the New York Times treated six second graders from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn to dinner at Daniel, where the seven-course tasting menu goes for $220 a person.

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October 14, 2014 at 11:29 am

Highline Hammock Session in the Dolomites

Highline Hammock Session in the Dolomites

On September 9, 2014, 22 people nestled into 16 hammocks for one epic chillout session. Photographer Sebastian Wahlhütter was on hand to capture the day’s events which took place on Monte Piana, in the famous Dolomites mountain range of northeastern Italy. In a recent blog post, Wahlhütter explains: This special set up was rigged…

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October 13, 2014 at 11:36 pm

This Year’s Winner of the One Minute Film Festival Will Give You Goosebumps

This Year's Winner of the One Minute Film Festival Will Give You Goosebumps

Ignacio F. Rodó’s ‘Tuck Me In’ has been selected by this year’s jury as the Winner of the International One-Minute Film Festival, Filminute. The festival challenges filmmakers to “make every moment count” and this year’s winner was no exception, creating suspense and giving viewers goosebumps. You can see the rest of this year’s shortlisted…

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