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Interesting reading on the Air France 447 tragedy

Tuesday, June 02 2009 @ 10:39 AM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 3,812

This is a list of interesting material I have found while reading about the AF447 investigation.

Detailed meteorological analysis of the area
Big forum thread at airliners.net. Interesting reading--some pilots are participating.
Similar thread at jetphotos.net.
Lightning strike protection for composite aircraft
BBC article indicating debris has been spotted. Page has links to many other AF447 articles.
More recent article about the debris, with many interesting tidbits.
AirDisaster.com also has news on their front page.
SailWX.info lets you track the positions of vessels at sea. This link shows the area of the crash; currently the Dutch vessel Jo Cedar is on site, looking for debris.

The Truth About Cars

Sunday, December 21 2008 @ 06:39 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 4,773

TTAC is a web site with news and reviews. It's an enjoyable read. Their Worst of 2008 article was entertaining. If you are a defender of Detroit, you probably won't like what you see here.

11 die climbing K2

Tuesday, October 28 2008 @ 11:58 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 4,745

This is an interesting and morbid article about mountain climber deaths.

Wrongcrowd.com is HUGE in Switzerland

Monday, May 12 2008 @ 04:48 PM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 2,536

This site's administrator was recently contacted by a Swiss newspaper which wished to use a photo from the wrongcrowd.com gallery in a newspaper article about HDR photography. How the Swiss tech writer selected this photo from the millions of high dynamic range shots out there will forever be mysterious, but the espresso stand on Kirkland's Juanita Beach is now famous among a small subset of German speaking Swiss newspaper readers.

Article text at the SonntagsZeitung web site
PDF of the printed page

New scuba club in Kirkland, WA: the Mud Sharks

Friday, April 25 2008 @ 07:00 PM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 2,370

A site is born.

How to survive falling through ice into freezing water

Thursday, January 11 2007 @ 01:27 PM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 7,576

This interesting video shows you how to improve your chances of surviving a fall through thin ice into freezing water.

In summary, the first thing you do is concentrate on staying afloat and controlling your breathing, which will become very rapid due to cold shock. Once you have that under control, which may take a minute you have 2-5 minutes to climb out before you get too weak to save yourself. If you can't get out? You'll eventually go unconscious and drown. Rest with your arms out flat on the ice. With luck, they will freeze in place, keeping your head above water, maximizing the time for rescuers to help you. If you do everything right, you could survive for an hour or two before dying of hypothermia.

Satellite photos of North Korea

Tuesday, October 31 2006 @ 04:08 PM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 2,305

This site lists various landmarks in North Korea, with links to sat photos from Google. Who knew they had the world's tallest flagpole?

Rolling Stone: Inside Scientology

Sunday, October 29 2006 @ 11:36 AM PST
Contributed by: matt
Views: 2,106

There is a lengthy and interesting article about Scientology available at Rolling Stone.

CGSociety Art Challenge Results

Sunday, July 09 2006 @ 04:28 PM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 2,294

There are some great 2d illustrations and 3d renders over at the CGSociety. The theme of the most recent contest is "The Journey Begins." Past contest winners are also visible:

CGChallenge XVIII - Spectacular
CGChallenge XVII - Master & Servant
CGChallenge XVI - Grand Space Opera
CGChallenge XV - Machineflesh

Pinball playfield reproduction shop

Friday, April 28 2006 @ 04:38 PM PDT
Contributed by: matt
Views: 7,964

Classic Playfields has an interesting photo tour of their shop. It's worth a look for anyone interested in printing, woodworking, or big expensive machines. Each wooden playfield requires hundreds of operations to complete.

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