Archive for September, 2008
There’s Snow on Mars!!
Yes you heard it right! NASA, you know the big US space agency with far too much free US government money, well they have announced they have found snow on the red planet.
The Pheonix Mars Lander has been rolling around the surface of the planet Mars for a few months now, and in the past few [...]
The Coffee Cup Zoom Lens - The Perfect Shot!
This has to be the coolest design for a coffee cup ever. It’s only a concept at the moment, but I think it would have a real shot (pun intended) at success. I’m a keen photographer, and I would be one of the first in line to buy one of these if they ever hit the market.
While it [...]
Canon finally releases the 5D Mark II DSLR! 21 MP of sheer greatness with HD video!
Canon has today released the widely anticipated and long overdue update to it’s 5D full frame DSLR. The NEW 5D Mark II sports an amazing 21 megapixels, a full frame sensor, live view and FULL HD video!
The 5D Mark II mocks the original 5D which was popular with portrait and landscape photographers due to it’s [...]
TechCrunch hits 1 million subscribers! - Congrats!
Super popular technology blog TechCrunch has announced that they have reached over 1 million RSS subscribers!
Michael Arrington made the announcement on the site.
This is a massive milestone for the blog considering it has only been around for just over 3 years! Such a brilliant achievement in such a short space of time!
The blogs achievements provide [...]
QUT NEWS launches YouTube Channel!
At Queensland University of Technology where I currently am studying Journalism, one of our subjects requires doing some television news production.
Today the first group of students has added their stories. For students work I think that they are reasonably professional. On the whole though they need much more work to bring them to professional quality. [...]
London tries it’s hand at the Bicycle Drag Race.. have nothing on NYC!
Ok so plenty of people have been watching the video I posted the other day on the NYC Bicycle Drag Race. Now comes London’s turn!
After the Olympics the Brittish think they own everything cycling. While I am an Aussie and generally think Australia is the best country. I am more than happy to say that [...]
The Minature Earth Project - Understanding your place in the world
I just stumbled across one of the most thought provoking videos I have seen in a long time. The Miniature Earth project aims to show the differences in the worlds population by showing what the world would be like if there was only 100 people living in it.
When you watch the video, you can’t helped [...]
Jayme Paris wins Bronze for Australia in 500m Time Trial!
If I said to you that Jayme Paris won a bronze medal in Beijing, you most probably don’t know who I am talking about. However you should!
Jayme is an Australian Paralympic cyclist from Maryong, NSW.
She started cycling just a few short years ago, after seeing a call from a 2004 Paralympian for more people to take [...]
Inspiration comes standard as the Beijing Paralympics begin!
Just when you thought all the brilliance of the Olympics had come to an end, the event with the real inspirational stories have just begun.
Last night marked the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic games.
Beijing turned on a show for the many athletes. The ceremony was in every way just as spectacular as the opening [...]
Pilobolus - This is absolutely Amazing!
This is no other way to describe this video but amazing! You have to watch the video and you will see what I am talking about!
Click Here for High Quality Version
