Archive for November, 2009

Airplane Traffic Patterns

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

This video is very interesting.
It shows all the commercial airplane traffic over a 24 hour period, all compressed into just over 1 minute. Each yellow dot represents one plane. Notice especially the traffic between the eastern part of the U.S. and Europe, and how it changes direction depending on the time of the day.
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Who Hit the Mat First?

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

No more hints, although many of you will guess from the title what this is about. (it is a fight scene from a live fight)
Video length = 1:07

Inspirational Story of a Young Blind Man

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Ben Underwood was blind, but while he was alive, he got around almost as well as people who can see, and even played video games with his friends. That’s because he had done something that’s very unusual: Ben Underwood taught himself how to echolocate.
Ben passed away on January 19, 2009, due to cancer. He was [...]

This Guy Can Aim Well

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

This is a video of a soccer kicker, showing how well he can aim the ball.
I am sure if you asked him how he does it, he would only have to say, “Practice.”
Video length = 5:41