So a whole lot happened this week and its been really hard for me to narrow it down, plus I got a bit distracted working on my new blog The Beer Show companion blog http://thebeershow.wordpress.com/ the companion to my youtube show, cleaning out my soon to be babies room, blogging about what it feels like to be an expectant father and to be honest, I just forgot, so here goes….so…..What did we learn this week?
If you paint it, they’ll be afraid…….
So in Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth, London a painter by the name of Andrew Walker, did such a good job of painting a 3D image inside an elevator that people were afraid to walk in. He painted a 3d image that made it look like the floor was missing. Yup, a pretty kick ass image indeed, check it out over at the fire wire blog http://firewireblog.com/2012/02/20/elevator-illusion-shocks-unsuspecting-london-shoppers/
Ladies and Gentlemen, Ike and Tina…..er……Chris and Rhianna?
So this week we heard that Chris Brown and Rhianna would be working together again. Really? I mean I’m all for forgiveness but this just has bad idea written all over it. The good folks at 20 poor and fabulous have put together a pretty good article, asking if they are indeed the new Ike and Tina, so head over there and check it out. http://20poorandfabulous.com/2012/02/20/are-rihanna-and-chris-brown-the-new-ike-and-tina-turner/
Major Tom are you there?
So this week, 50 years ago, John Glenn made a historic space flight. John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. he discusses it in a video that the 1000 year old man posted here http://toodamnez.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/50-years-later-astronaut-john-glenn-recounts-his-historic-mission-in-space/ enjoy!
Good news everybody!!!
For all you gaming Doctor Who fans, BBC has announced that The Eternity Clock, will using the Unreal 3 engine, which should be pretty awesome! from what I’ve heard the game sounds pretty good, so we’ll have to see. You can check out the full story at http://theunpaidgamers.com/2012/02/21/bbc-worldwide-and-supermassive-games-bring-doctor-who-the-eternity-clock-to-life-with-unreal-engine-3/
Waterworld? hopefully no Kevin Costner!
So Scientists have found a new planet. A steamy waterworld that’s supposed to be larger than Earth. The original designation for the planet was GJ 1214b and was first found in December 2009, It wasn’t until new Hubble Telescope images that they found that the water world was surrounded by a steamy atmosphere, for the complete story check out Bisarbeats blog http://bisarbeat.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/bisarbeat-new-type-of-alien-planet-is-a-steamy-waterworld/
Ever watch Star Trek The Next Generation and want Geordi’s visor?
well if you did then good news! Google is working on a pair of internet enabled glasses! They’ll be Android powered, allow you to check your email, check in to your places and update your Facebook. They’ll link to your smart phone and provide a heads up display. It would be interesting to see how they would work with the monocle feature for the yelp app. for more info check it out Danny Carbons blog http://dannycarbon.com/2012/02/22/google-to-offer-terminator-style-smartphone-glasses-later-this-year/
Permafrost my A…….
So a group of Russian scientists found an Ice Age squirrels burrow, that contained fruit and seeds that had been buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than 30000 years. From the tissue samples, they were able to resurrect a plant. The plant, The Silene Stenophylla is the oldest plant that has ever been brought back and the scientists say its in full working order. Personally, I would’ve been more impressed if they had resurrected the squirrel. Anyway for the full story check out Contr237’s blog here http://videogamenews4you.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/russians-resurrect-30000-year-old-frozen-flower/
Don’t cross flooded rivers with no pants on….
So a man in Zimbabwe is in the hospital after a crocodile bit off his testicles and some of his penis as tried to cross a flooded river. Did I mention he was carrying a box tomatoes on his head…..and had no pants on? He had taken off his pants and put them in the tomato box to keep them dry, makes perfect sense. For more of the story check out Anacristina79’s blog at http://anacristina79.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/crocodile-bites-mans-testicles-during-zimbabwe-river-crossing/
When IT says not to disable the firewall they mean it!
So there is a possibility that on March 8th the internet will be shutdown, by the FBI, apparently hundreds of computers in more than a hundred countries have been corrupted by the DNSChanger Trojan. Whats its do? Basically it sends unsuspecting users to fake sites of that look just like the real ones to steal info. For the full story follow the link here http://atomiclotusbox.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/will-the-fbi-shut-down-the-internet-on-march-8-because-of-computer-virus-concerns/
So I think thats about it, I’m heading to Las Vegas for a little bit this weekend, hopefully I’ll get some blogs in for you but if not I’ll see you all when I get back, so thanks for reading!
John