John Oliver Covers Student Loan Debt
John Oliver is on fire.
In The Ray Rice Situation, Everyone Must Go
Keith Olbermann at his best. He is one hundred percent correct.
Photo Credit: Einar Gudmann
Volcano 'Tornado' Spotted During Iceland Eruption
Yeah. Apparently this is a thing.
The video above:
A infrared camera from the Nicarnica Aviation's NicAIR II was used to spot the toxic tornado on Sept. 3, 2014. It whirled volcanic gases and ash particles during an ongoing Holuhraun fissure eruption.
Becky Oskin, Senior Writer for LiveScience writes:
The toxic tornadoes were spotted in a poisonous cloud of sulfur dioxide gas spewing from Iceland's Holuhraun lava flow on Sept. 3. One narrow, swirling column stretched 3,300 feet (about 1 kilometer) into the air. A remotely monitored infrared camera caught the dramatic whirlwinds on video.
"We haven't seen anything like this before," said Fred Prata, chief technology officer at Nicarnica Aviation in Kjeller, Norway, the inventor of the infrared camera used for the images. "I was quite surprised to see it."
Nicarnica's infrared camera can track ash clouds from planes, but is now undergoing a ground-based test run in Iceland through the FutureVolc project, an international collaboration to monitor Europe's natural hazards.
Initial Blast Video of Mount Tavurvur Eruption in Papua New Guinea
Update: Phil Plait has an awesome analysis of the blast from the video below that you should read.
The below video happened on August 29th. This was captured at the initial instant the volcano began errupting. I've never seen the initial blast of this type of volcano erupting before.
Pay close attention to:
- The shockwave of the blast
- The massive rocks and soil that were thrown into the air and splashed into the ocean around the volcano
- The fact that these rocks were still airborne and flying before the sound of the blast
The Overcast Song by Jonathan Mann
I had the immense pleasure of seeing Jonathan Mann perform this live for Marco at the (belated) Overcast launch party.
Jonathan made this is song of the day yesterday and wrote the song for Marco to commemorate the launch of Overcast. Here it is from another perspective as well:
1Password's iOS 8 extension already supported by over 100 apps
Joseph Keller, at iMore writes:
AgileBits has announced that they're upcoming iOS 8 extension for 1Password is now supported by over 100 apps. The updates for the apps supporting the extension, as well as 1Password itself, will be available when iOS 8 ships later this year. In the meantime, AgileBits has previewed twenty of the apps that will ship with support for the extension.
From AgileBits:
We can't share the full list of developers yet (we just cracked 100!). But we can show you nearly 20 apps that are already working on integrating 1Password's iOS 8 App Extension for fast, one-tap logging in and even updating your passwords!
Extensions are going to be huge.
Apple Keynote Simulator
For those of you who cannot wait for next week, behold the Keynote Simulator.