July 7, 2014

F-16 Lands Uncomfortably Low, Close To Air Show Spectators

http://digg.com/video/turkish-f16-extremely-low-landing-raf-waddington-airshow


You will duck while watching this video.

Via TheAviationist

July 6, 2014

3 Things Everyone Should Know Before Growing Up

(yes original headline)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/06/30/326935808/three-psychological-findings-i-wish-i-d-known-in-high-school

*heavily edited*

1. People don't judge you as harshly as you think they do

2. You should think of intelligence as something you develop.

3. Playing isn't a waste of time.

July 6, 2014

Typhoon Neoguri churns towards Japan

Last Updated 7/6/2014, 2:00:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Location 19.7N 230.9E Movement NW at 16 mph
Wind 150 MPH

July 5, 2014

"Actors and Actresses: What Hollywood stars have a reputation for being difficult to work with?"

http://www.quora.com/Actors-and-Actresses/What-Hollywood-stars-have-a-reputation-for-being-difficult-to-work-with

I think you may have to register to view it. Lindsey Lohan (no surprise) and Bill Murray get mentioned, amongst others.

July 5, 2014

Japan DU'ers, Typhoon Neoguri may be headed your way very soon

July 5, 2014

Atlantic: P-TC Arthur rains on Canada; Pacific: Typhoon Neoguri moves WNW, P-TC Douglas moves NW

Last Updated 7/5/2014, 11:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 45.0N 65.5W Movement NE at 24 mph
Wind 60 MPH Pressure: 983 MB





Last Updated 7/5/2014, 8:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 16.7N 224.2E Movement WNW at 14 mph
Wind 135 MPH



Last Updated 7/5/2014, 11:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 23.7N 120.1W Movement NW at 9 mph
Wind 35 MPH Pressure: 1008 MB

July 4, 2014

Happy 4th East Coast DU'ers and stay safe and dry !

I see Arthur is soaking the coast from Delaware northwards.

July 4, 2014

Atlantic: Hurricane Arthur moves NE; Pacific: TS Neoguri moves WNW, TS Douglas moves NW

Last Updated 7/4/2014, 11:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 37.7N 73.4W Movement NE at 24 mph
Wind 150KPH Pressure: 976 MB




Last Updated 7/4/2014, 8:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 13.7N 219.6E Movement WNW at 16 mph
Wind 110KPH



Last Updated 7/4/2014, 11:00:00 AM (Eastern Daylight Time)
Location 21.6N 118.1W Movement NW at 6 mph
Wind 65KPH Pressure: 1006 MB

July 4, 2014

Forget selfies -- make way for 'dronies'

(CNN) -- Forget selfies. Those are so 2013.

Make way, instead, for a new way so show your handsome, or lovely, mug to the Internet -- a budding Web movement that combines high-tech geekery with the human desire to be seen.

Call them "dronies."

As personal drones find their way into more and more hands, folks have begun using the personal, unmanned aircraft, kitted out with video cameras, to add a little flare to the Internet's ubiquitous "look at me" self-shots.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/03/tech/innovation/dronies/

July 3, 2014

Rare Amazon Jungle Dog Caught on Video (video at link of course)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/06/140626-short-eared-dog-camera-tambopata-amazon-jungle/

One of the Amazon rain forest's most elusive inhabitants, the short-eared dog, has been caught on video.

About the size of a fox, these jungle canines are incredibly difficult to spot. In fact, a journey to the Amazon is far more likely to yield a jaguar sighting than a glimpse of a wild short-eared dog.

"They are rare and hard to see," says veterinarian and ecologist Renata Leite Pitman, a researcher at Duke University and National Geographic grantee. She's been studying short-eared dogs, which only live in the Amazon basin, for 14 years. In that time, she's managed to capture and affix tracking collars to only five of the animals.

"They are very timid, totally different from pets," Leite Pitman says. And their dark coloring helps them blend in with the rain forest underbrush and avoid predators.