Category: Cool

Oregon Ducks Hit #1 In Football Polls

Never thought I’d see the day when the Oregon Ducks are #1 in both the AP and coaches poll after Ohio State lost last night. When the BCS rankings are released tonight, there’s a very good chance that Oregon might be on top of those as well. Not bad considering they didn’t even play yesterday.

Honestly, I’d almost rather them be #2 in the rankings, as the #1 team has lost the last couple weeks. Hopefully they won’t get beaten up by UCLA this next weekend.

Update: We’re #2 in the BCS, behind Oklahoma. We’re #1 in every poll, but 8th in computer rankings (one computer had us #11, one #2). That’s probably thanks to our strength of schedule, which has nothing on some of those SEC schools. Or something. The BCS is such a crapshoot anyway.

Incredible Mine Rescue Pictures

As always, The Big Picture tells a great story of the dramatic Chilean mine rescue.

Reading Material

New Wall Art

If anybody is looking for Christmas ideas for me, buy this xkcd Online Communities 2 comic in poster form and send it to me.

Best Dad Ever?

I wish I was as cool as this guy:

This dad and his son sent a camera into the upper atmosphere attached to a weather balloon, then collected it and made this video from the footage.

Reading Material

OK, that’s enough for now.

Time Killer For The Day

The reader who sent this to me called it a 15-minute time killer, but if you’re not careful, Solipskier is an addicting little game that will kill far more of your day. I managed to get 378,759 642,908 points (really need to quit playing this) somehow.

Something For The Wishlist

Nothing like four-player table-top Pac-Man to liven up the party.

What’s Google Been Up To?

With the speed that Google releases new products and features on their existing products, it’s a pain to keep track of everything. Or at least it was.

Now what the page really needs? An RSS feed so it’ll be even easier to keep track.

Real Bird’s Eye View

I’ve always had an appreciation for really fast birds, but seeing what they see makes things much more amazing:

There’s a whole collection of amazing Animal Camera videos here