For some context, these penguins are members of the Sea World family and were being transported from San Francisco to San Diego.
Via – ViralViralVideos
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Did the Oscars sneak up on you this year? The majority of Americans didn’t have $13 to spend on every “3-D Adventure” that came down the Hollywood poop-shoot. According to the-numbers.com, annual ticket sales have dropped nationwide, but their revenue is on the rise. With only so much disposable income for movie tickets, most of us are building our Netflix waiting list. But if you took a date to every film nominated for a major award, congrats! You spent over $350… The rest of us will just use the Academy Awards as an excuse to drink on a Sunday.
Hit the jump for: 5 Oscar Trivia Questions You Haven’t Heard.
Read MoreFacebook and it’s other related social media web apps have their following and I have no problem with their existence or even their success. My problem is with their clout as a cultural influences. Let me explain. These social media sites have become so big they seemingly have their own gravitationally pull. If you’ve signed up, good luck getting away from their death grip on your profile. All that aside, I think this comic sums up my feelings on the situation.
Source: Sherman’s Lagoon Comic Strip
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The Commerce Department’s National Broadband Map went live this week, and the results are very interesting. If you live in the north-east you’ll be shocked to see how much of the country lacks high speed internet… wait a minute, whats that big empty spot? Way to reinforce stereo-types West Virginia! I was wondering how AOL was still making money.
It’s well known that when you get a DeLorean up to 88mph there better be a road built on the other side, or you’ll end up in that farmer’s barn… right? WRONG! The Earth is spinning at 1,000mph. Even if you went back in time for one hour you might end up in the ocean. Not to mention that the Earth spins around the sun, which spins around the Milky Way, which flies away from the big bang, which (according to Men In Black) sits at the bottom of some alien’s marble bag! …I hope Marty packed a spacesuit with that hover-board.
Read MoreI think this graph perfectly represents how the music industry has been handling the changing music business climate. I think, poorly, sums it up nicely. Im not sure if the years of suing their customers for “file sharing” or the general lack of quality control in the music they release has had an impact on their sales, but clearly their current methods for retaining or generating sales is not working.
Via Business Insider - Chart of the Day: Death of the Music Industry
Read MoreGranted, I don’t own a bike, but if I did and we were fortunate enough to get snow, I would without hesitation install this on my bike.
Via Inhabitat – Transform Your Bike into a Snowmobile with the Ktrak Kit
Read MoreNew game from Techland. Hopefully the game is as good as the trailer. Watch the original cut first then the recut(forward).
Dead Island: Official Announcement Trailer
Recut video after the break.
Read MoreClever infographic that depicts movie sales (2010) over time. I really appreciate the interactiveness of the graph.
