Strawberry Swing

Apr 16 around 9 pm mountain time

Coldplay’s music video for Strawberry Swing. Incredible.

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Tube Optimizer: How To Get The Most Cable Channels For Free

Apr 11 around 7 pm mountain time

We cancelled our DirecTV service earlier this year and are living with a digital antenna, Netflix, Amazon VOD, Apple TV, network websites (e.g. ESPN3, BBC, NBC, CBS, etc.) and a mDP-to-HDMI adapter. It’s perfect for us, and we’re saving $1,200/year.

Mint.com has a drill-down on how you can pull it off:

If you are looking to save money without sacrificing the movies and shows you enjoy, there is an option to fit every budget. Here are three ways to optimize your cost-per-channel ratio.

 

Satellite Photos of Sendai, Japan Before and After the Tsunami

Mar 12 around 12 pm mountain time

The Atlantic:

It’s almost impossible to grasp the scale of the tsunami that slammed into Japan yesterday following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast near Sendai. The quake was a global-scale event, shifting the axis of the entire earth by four inches.

These satellite photos may help you grasp just how much water moved from the ocean onto land. Comparing the image from after the quake above with an image shot February 26 below, you can see how the coastline got erased by the displaced water.

If you click on the photos, you can see the very high-resolution photos that NASA’s Terra Satellite captured.

 

This Is What 44,000,000 Horsepower Looks Like

Mar 7 around 8 pm mountain time

NASA has released this beautiful, crystal-clear video of Discovery’s launch. It was taken from an HD camera mounted on the left solid rocket booster, during liftoff of the shuttle for mission STS-133.

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The Force

Feb 9 around 10 pm mountain time

This advert for the new Passat is excellent. I’m pretty sure my son Benjamin is under that helmet…