Amazing how fast birds can dive and maneuver. Aerodynamics at it finest. Peregrine falcon (above): 242 mph (or 390 km per hour) From Book of Joe
Archive | July, 2009
Shopping day today at the Sultan Centre
They don’t have the cheapest or the widest selection of produce in the Al Kout one but I didn’t want to take more time to go anywhere else. To convert the currency at today’s rates 1 Kuwait Dinar = 2.1314 GBP or 3.9131 CAD or 2.4808 EUR or 3.4982 USD I got the rates from [...]
We Choose the Moon
In case anyone hasn’t heard, it is 40 years since the first lunar landing when I was a young boy. The site wechoosethemoon.org has the journey in real time. They are about 33 hours from landing now.
United Breaks Guitars
“He s heard all their excuses and chased all their gooses” and after a year they didn’t pay. Over 3 million views and counting! A great song.
Holes in planes
Southwest Airlines Co. inspected about 200 planes overnight after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a jet in flight, forcing an emergency landing in West Virginia. From the Globe and Mail This reminds me of my most recent travels. When I was leaving Calgary a week and a bit ago to [...]
Toddler takes wild river ride in toy truck
Amazing story of a young boy who drove his toy truck into the Peace River in British Columbia and was found more than ten kilometers downstream kneeling on the top of his overturned toy truck. His first words to his rescuers were “Where’s the car at?”. See the full story here.
Happy Birthday to Me
And I just found out that Nikola Tesla was also born on July 10.
Improve Your Balance and Help Heal Sprained Ankles
I think it is good for strengthing as well. More on How to Fix Bad Ankles [The Times Well Blog] From Lifehacker
Calgary Zoo
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