The second annual Art of Science Competition sponsored by Princeton University once again has some very cool images displayed in its gallery.
2006 Art Of Science Competition
Alex Toth Dead At 77
As The Comics Reporter reports, “Alex Toth, one of the handful of people who could seriously enter into Greatest Comic Book Artist of All-Time discussions and a giant of 20th Century cartoon design, has passed away at age 77.” His official web site is a great place to visit to learn more about him and his art, which began in the ‘50s and has been an influence ever since. Toth is probably best known as “the maverick comic artist who designed classic Hanna Barbera adventure cartoons such as The Superfriends and Space Ghost,” but that is only scratching the surface. He will definitely be missed…
Opa-locka Airport “Tower”
The Miami Herald reports that:
Miami-Dade County and the FAA negotiated for years over how to replace Opa-locka Airport’s control tower. Now controllers are working in a trailer while a new tower is built.
For the next three years, Opa-locka Airport’s control tower will be a trailer perched atop cargo containers welded together. Controllers must climb a ladder to get inside. And the tower is only 33 feet off the ground, meaning controllers can’t see the entire airfield.
I think the best quote of all is: “This is not a tower that meets any code whatsoever.”
Stephen Colbert’s 2006 Commencement Address
Stephen Colbert’s 2006 Commencement Address at Knox College (apparently his alma mater) was pretty damn funny.
6/6/06
If you’re hexakosioihexekontahexaphobic, then today might be somewhat trying, as according to many interpretations the date corresponds to the “Number Of The Beast.” CNN and the Washington Times also have articles exploring some of the historical and religious connotations of the superstition.
On the lighter side of things, the town of Hell, Michigan is actually celebrating today, and Hollywood took advantage by premiering the remake of The Omen.
Hole In One
Somehow I don’t think that Fuzzy Zoeller planned this amazing hole-in-one (YouTube video)…
Northern Lights From The Air
This photograph of the Northern Lights was taken by Yevgeny Pashnin aboard a Lufthansa 747-430 flying over Canada. What I find most amazing is that somehow he managed a 15-second exposure aboard an airliner! Definitely check out the full-sized version…
Flash Periodic Table
This Flash Periodic Table is pretty neat…
The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments
EepyBird.com presents a video of The Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments:
What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It’s amazing and completely insane.
The first part of this video demonstrates a simple geyser, and the second part shows just how extreme it can get. Over one hundred jets of soda fly into the air in less than three minutes.
It’s a hysterical and spectacular mint-powered version of the Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, brought to you by the mad scientists at EepyBird.com.
I wish my job was this fun… 😉
The 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs?
National Review Online has compiled a list of The 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs. It’s an interesting list, but I think that some of the interpretations are stretching things a bit, and I have a feeling that many of the artists included probably wouldn’t expect or want to see their songs in this list.
