Conan O'Brien Pale Whale by Yiying Lu
In honor of premiere of Conan tonight, “Fail Whale” artist Yiying Lu created a special “Pale Whale” illustration.
The Abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans
Creepy video by Teddy Smith, touring the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans, destroyed by Hurricane Katrina five years ago.
Here is an aerial photo of the theme park taken on 14 September 2005.
I Remember
You're damn right I remember.
My Photos & Video from The Rally For Sanity
Below are a bunch of selected photos that I took today during The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear which took place on the National Mall from 12:00 - 3:00. At the bottom is a slideshow of all the images I took.
You may also want to check out a few photos my wife took from a different vantage point during the rally.
Before I get to the photos though, here are two short videos I shot during the event:
During the pre-show portion of The Rally For Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington DC on October 30, 2010. The Mythbusters appeared on stage and conducted several experiments using the crowd to help. I recorded the first and third experiment, The Wave and The Jump.
Update: Comedy Central now has the entire video of the Mythbusters posted if you care to see it from the vantage point of the stage:
This movie is comprised of three short clips. The first is a 360 degree pan of the crowd before the rally got started, just to show the size of the crowd. The second is a bit of Jon Stewart at the beginning of the show (didn't think to start filming until after he came out - sorry about that) and the 3rd clip is just after Stephen Colbert started coming out of the stage in his faux Chilean miner rescue capsule.
Update: Comedy Central now has video posted of the hilarious duet Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert sang, entitled "I'm More American Than You":
And finally, Jon Stewarts moving speach at the end of the rally:
10 Barrel Gatling T-Shirt Cannon Can Shoot 200 T-Shirts 150 Yards
Team 254 Robotics of Bellarmine College Prepatory in San Jose, CA, with the help from NASA Ames Robotics, built an amazing 10 Barrel Gatling T-Shirt Cannon that can shoot 200 t-shirts up to 150 yards at a rate of 3 t-shirts per second.
In Summer 2010, Team 254 decided to build a T-Shirt Shooting Robot to be used for promotional events. After two months of hard work, our robot debuted at a spirit rally at our school, Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. The robot was received very well and was loved by the students at the rally.
Team 254 plans to use its T-Shirt Cannon Robot to promote the team and its sponsors. We will be bringing the cannon to team and school events as well as sponsor events.
