28 Jan 08 New airport runway on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
The airport’s runway has a length of 2781 meters, (9000 ft) of which 1000 (3000) are supported by 180 pillars, each pillar 50 meters in length (about 17 floors). The runway is designed to accommodate 747s. Note the cars parked below the runway
Tags: Madeira, pillar airport, Portuguese
27 Dec 07 Prison time for UK drivers?
Seems a little extreme, but with the ever increasing amount of cell phone related driving accidents UK officials felt it necessary to “up” the penalty for those driver caught using their cell phones while operating a motor vehicle.
Under the new rule you can be charged with “Dangerous Driving” which carries a maximum fine of up to 2 years in Prison! Yikes and I thought that $50 fine was a little steep. Now it is highly unlikely you will be pulled over and hauled off to jail, but if you accidentally kill someone while “driving under the influence of a cell phone” the jury has the option to charge you with either Manslaughter which is punishable by life in prison or Dangerous driving which carries a lesser sentence.
Thankfully using hands-free device - either wired or wireless remains legal!
Tags: celluar driving, prison time, UK
27 Dec 07 Guy freaks out at coffee shop
I’m not sure if this was set up or not, but if it is real it’s friggin hilarious! This guys computer dies after pulling an all-nighter to prepare for a presentation he has in TEN minutes!
End result - 1 dead computer and some jail time - Dohh!
Source: TechEBlog.com
Tags: arrested, coffe shop, computer dies
27 Dec 07 Fox Studio DVD’s to include iTunes version
Looks like Apple and Fox studios have decided to go ahead with the plan to include an iTunes version on all new DVD’s. After spending several hours ripping and converting my DVD’s to play on my iPod touch (with limited success), I for one would not mind spending a couple more dollars for a DVD that also contains an iTunes version.
What do think the chances are that rentals from NetFlix or Blockbuster will have the extra feature? Can you save them to your hardrive?
Does anyone know what sizes will be included - 320 x 240 iPod or 480 x 320 iPhone/Touch or both?
Tags: fox studios, iphone, ipod touch, itunes, rentals
04 Dec 07 Worlds largest Tetris game!
How they did it… I still don’t know, but these Finnish students came up with a cool way to play one of the all time classic video games “Tetris” using cell phones as controllers and the side of their dorm room building as the display.
There is no sound with the video, but you get the idea
