• Jun
  • 26

NIN Releases Album Download Numbers via Google Earth

Nine Inch Nails has released download data for their recent free album The Slip in a very unique way: A Google Earth KML file that maps exact download numbers according to geographic region.

NEWS FEED: 6.25.08: Subscribe to tour dates with Google Earth and Google Calendar 6.25.08: Pre-order The Slip limited edition CD/DVD package 6.05.08: Free tour sampler EP available now 5.27.08: Limited Toledo presale tickets available now

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  • Jun
  • 25

Guy Skateboards on the 405 Freeway

Definitely a Darwin Award contender.

Well if people didn’t know about “Go Skateboarding Day” before this, I am sure there are quite a few people who know now. Ha ha, that is awesome!!

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  • Jun
  • 20

Will Ferrell and Will Arnett: Master Backters

I heard the Wills are up for a slew of Back-tees this year. You have to accept the award with your back to the camera.

are you guys scared of will mutha fuckin ferrell? this video was gay, but i still love will ferrell….tell em how it is…gay.

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  • May
  • 29

The High-tech Equipment used to track tornadoes

Simon Hancock will be chasing storms through Tornado Alley, an area of high tornado activity that runs through the centre of the US. He has joined a professional team which hunts out tornadoes using hi-tech gadgets.

Note to self - if you are going storm chasing it might be a wise idea to bring a rain coat! Today was the first real day of our mission to capture a tornado. In an effort to travel in the tour van with as little kit as possible we took only…

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  • May
  • 27

Taming the rock-concert industry’s excesses

According to National Geographics Green Guide, a single stadium concert releases 500 to 1000 tons of carbon dioxide, which is between 25 and 50 times more than the average American produces in a year. How effective has the concert industry been in shrinking its carbon footprint?

Some bands and concert organisers have taken strides to minimise touring’s environmental impact. Festivals such as Lollapalooza, an American summer institution, and Britain’s massive Glastonbury Festival have switched to…

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  • May
  • 13

Sergio Garcia: ‘I want to thank Tiger for not being here.’

After coming from three shots down on the final day to win the Players Championship, Sergio Garcia thanked the man who made it all possible: “First of all,” Garcia said, “I want to thank Tiger for not being here. That always makes things a little bit easier.” Tiger rehabbing a surgically repaired knee…

The lingering image of Garcia on the greens that most of us carried into Sunday was him narrowly missing putts three times in the last four holes of regulation, and three times in the playoff against Padraig Harrington last summer before losing…

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  • May
  • 03

Watching the World Go By

A virtual guided tour of an orbit around the Earth.

Southern Canada is covered with a myriad of small lakes. If the sun is overhead, you can see the sun glint off the lakes, rivers, and streams—briefly lighting them up as the reflection point moves across the surface of the Earth with…

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  • Apr
  • 14

High school student rides for MS cure while lifecasting

Chad Ohman ? 15 year old high school student who has registered for the RONA MS Bike Tour ? Leduc to Camrose and set a goal to raise $10,000 for multiple sclerosis. He plans to do this by broadcasting his journey on the tour live on www.msbiketourlive.com

Pledges, pledges, pledges! (March 16, 2008) Chad is now registered for the MS Bike Tour and ready to take pledges! You can do so by clicking the PLEDGE link at the top of the website, and you'll be directed to either make a pledge…

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