Category Archives: Random Stuff

Random thoughts, topics, and factoids you’ll be happy you read.

Making a difference with Facebook Likes

Posted on May 1, 2012 | Comments Off on Making a difference with Facebook Likes

This is why I think a Facebook “Like” should cost a quarter if it involves a cause or charity.

Making a difference with Facebook Likes
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World’s Fastest Everything

Posted on April 28, 2012 | Comments Off on World’s Fastest Everything

A compilation of the world’s fastest people doing things at world record breaking speeds.


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The AquaDom

Posted on April 25, 2012 | Comments Off on The AquaDom
The Aquadom

Source: Gizmodo

The AquaDom is part of Sea Life Berlin. In Sea Life Berlin, visitors discover 30 tanks containing local species from the River Spree to the Atlantic Ocean. The highlight of the tour is a ride through the AquaDom, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium, where a multitude of tropical fish reside in one million litres of saltwater.

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AquaDom facts:

  • The aquarium is habitat to more than 1,500 tropical fish and over 50 different species, including trigger fish, hogfish, humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus), blowfish (Tetraodontidae), surgeonfish (Myripristinae), soldierfish (Tetraodontidae) and swarm fish, like Cero mackerel (Scomberomorus regalis) and Silver moonfish (Monodactylus argenteus).
  • The height of the AquaDom is 25 metres.
  • The aquarium is made of acrylic, with a thickness of 16 cm on the top and 22 cm at the bottom.
  • The acrylic cylinder has a height of 16 metres and a diameter of 11,50 metres.
  • The water level is 14 metres.
  • One million litres of Berlin water enhanced with 33 tons of sea salt (salt content of 3,3 %) is circulated every hour (7 filter/ 2 pumps are circulating 600 m³/ hour – nearly the whole volume of the aquarium).
  • Water pressure is 2,4 bar.
  • The two-story glass elevator inside the AquaDom (5 metres high/ weight of 25 tons) has a capacity of 48 people, including one guide.

Does anyone know if you can pay to scuba dive in this thing?

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Most hated baby names

Posted on April 24, 2012 | 4 comments

funny baby face

Most hated baby names: Is your kid’s on the list? The list comes from Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard: A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby. Yell at her, not me.

The Baby Name Wizard A Magical Method for Finding the Perfect Name for Your Baby

Most Hated Girl Names
Nevaeh (“heaven” spelled backward and one of the most divisive names around, according to Wattenberg)
Destiny (people dislike names that confer a virtue onto a child, Wattenberg said — and many associated this name with exotic dancers)
Madison
Mackenzie
McKenna
Addison (an example of a masculine named turned feminine, which many people dislike, Wattenberg said)
Gertrude (people said this name is “ugly”)
Kaitlyn (for its “made-up” spelling)
Makayla
Bertha (author’s note: duh!)

Most Hated Boy Names
Jayden
Brayden
Aiden
Kaden (these rhyming names struck many as overdone, Wattenberg reported)
Hunter (too much like a last name or “too violent”)
Hayden
Bentley (people dislike brand-name names, Wattenberg found, calling them “trashy”)
Tristan
Michael (too boring, according to some)
Jackson

What do you think? What would you add?

Related:
Baby advice and must-have items for new parents.

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172 Hours on the Moon

Posted on April 24, 2012 | Comments Off on 172 Hours on the Moon

172 Hours on the Moon is a young adult novel by Johan Harstad about three teenagers who go to the moon as winners of a global lottery, only to discover a terrible secret about why they were sent. Buy a copy here.

172 Hours on the Moon

Seems interesting. A review of it has been posted here.

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Sunset in Hawaii

Posted on April 24, 2012 | Comments Off on Sunset in Hawaii

It’s true, they do look like this.

Sunset in Hawaii
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BBC’s ‘Planet Earth’ Narrated By Kids

Posted on April 21, 2012 | Comments Off on BBC’s ‘Planet Earth’ Narrated By Kids

A hilarious video of kids reading narration for nature videos. LOVE IT.

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The top 10 dying industries in the United States

Posted on April 20, 2012 | Comments Off on The top 10 dying industries in the United States

1. Photofinishing
2. Newspaper publishing
3. Appliance repair
4. DVD, game, and video rental
5. Money market and other banking
6. Recordable media manufacturing
7. Hardware manufacturing
8. Shoe and footwear manufacturing
9. Costume and team uniform manufacturing
10. Women’s and girls’ apparel manufacturing

If your job involves one of the above, you are an endangered species. What are you doing about it?

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Teens play chicken with subway train

Posted on April 20, 2012 | Comments Off on Teens play chicken with subway train

Here is a scary YouTube video, a group of reckless teens play chicken with an oncoming subway train. Five kids jumped onto the tracks at the No. 3 line’s Kingston Avenue station, risking their lives with each passing moment. Most of them quickly climbed back onto the platform, but two stayed on the tracks until the lights of an approaching train were clearly visible.

Related:
Idiot steals gas from cop car, posts picture on Facebook, and goes directly to jail.

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Idiot

Posted on April 19, 2012 | 3 comments

Idiot steals gas from cop car, posts picture on Facebook, and goes directly to jail.

From Gizmodo: This is Michael Baker. Michael is 20 years old, lives in Kentucky, and likes The Bucket List on Facebook. I know these things because Michael has not activated his Facebook privacy settings, which is something that’s recommended in most cases but absolutely essential if you’re going to post pictures of yourself stealing gas from a cop car on your wall.

The theft occurred last month, according to The Smoking Gun; that’s when Baker raised his middle finger at his girlfriend’s camera while slurping up gas from a Jenkins City police cruiser. He was arraigned yesterday in Letcher County District Court.

Baker has since taken down the incriminating photo, as well as a few updates he had apparently left along the way (sample: “yea lol i went too [sic] jail over facebook.”). Which, yes, lol indeed.

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