Videos on bus capture disaster when driver falls asleep

I hope no one was seriously injured in this nightmarish highway accident.

Previously:Truck driver forgets to lower his trailer Boing Boing
Truck with raised trailer smashed into overpass - Boing Boing
Videos of many car crashes on icy Portland roa...

HOWTO use a touch-screen without shucking your gloves (use a sausage)

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so... use a stylus? love it.
According to this Korean news site, shilly Koreans have figured out how to use their iPhones and other electrostatic touchscreen devices without removing their gloves: instead, they use miniature sausages, ...

Dr. Horrible (Everything You Ever Finale) NES | 8bc – Online Chiptune Media Sharing [del.icio.us]

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File this under STUPIDLY GREAT!It's giving my chills to listen to! I think its also the idea of 8-bit NPH/Dr.Horrible..
FUCK YES this will be awesome

Google Maps Get Labs With Nine Cool New Features

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Rising tide definitely lifts all!Bing already has the following features and so it'll be nice when i use gmaps:1. Drag 'n' Zoom -Cause neither the word "and" or an ampersand properly explained how cool this is. On Bing Maps, you Ctrl-L...

TED 2010: Bing Maps Takes Panoramas Indoors | Epicenter | Wired.com

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Indoors is eh, the next step. Adding the geotagged imagery from Flickr and allowing you to superimpose it onto street view, awesome. Adding geotagged video and superimposing it?! Badass. Watch the second video to see what i mean!
LONG ...

Warrantless Wireless: "No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy"

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I wonder how they came to the conclusion that people have "no reasonable expectation of privacy".If this was the case, then why has cell phone 911 sucked for so long?That's right, it wouldn't have!If we didn't have a "reasonable expect...

msnbc.com: Global Warming isnt the opposite of snow

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I don't care what your political lean is, listen to Bill Nye. He is the science guy after all!

Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day belongs on a metal album cover

Yeah, that's lightning. On an exploding volcano. It's enough to make me want to bring back the original umlaut in "Körth".

Where's the lightning coming from? APoD says:

Why lightning occurs even in common thunderstorms remains a topic of research,...

Authentic imitation

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Did not know that! I love the concept though.
The way that books used to be printed, the reader would have to cut open each page with a paper knife before it could be read, every page a tiny gift from the writer.
The printing happen...

Just How ‘Invincible’ Is China’s High Speed Rail? It’s Hurting Air Travel

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Someday... we'll have awesome trains too!
High speed rail has been undeniably successful for China. So successful, in fact, that it’s putting a massive dent in the airline industry. BusinessWeek reports:
China Southern Airlines Co...