Category: Fun
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London data center staff to live in pods during 2012 Games
According to Wired, the newly founded British company Podtime has sold 19 futuristic sleeping pods originally intended for overworked financial staffers, airport travelers and youth hostels, to three colocation facilities including a London data center operated by Interxion, to ensure that its high service levels are continually met throughout the Olympic Games. With the Olympics…
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Underwater Leg Wrestling is a real sport, says founder The Waterspider
“At first glance, competitive underwater leg wrestling seems, well, like a joke. Or a glorified game of footsie played in the pool. Or just a really effective way of getting kicked in the balls.” I predict a lot of swimmers getting kicked in the balls in the near future. Read Miami NewTimes and visit facebook.com/underwaterlegwrestling
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CC photo #104: March of the photo crew at Roma09
The Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships photo crew repositioning themselves at the pool. No idea why, must have been coming straight from a meeting, or switching to/from the 50m events or whatever.
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Freediving world record: Constant weight without fins, feet first
Funny video – The hecto-feet-first: Constant weight without fins, 100 feet down, feet first.
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This is London 2012: Swimming
According to this video, freestyle is “practical and powerful”, backstroke “elegant and graceful”, breaststroke “efficient but dirty sounding” and butterfly “flying but sinking”. Hmm.
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Anderson Cooper tests if cats can swim
Fluffy cat Nimbus forced to swim a full length in the Anderson pool. That’s it … I’m calling the police ! :-) video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Via NewNowNext
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Aww, baby hippo learns to swim
Baby pygmy hippopotomus Monifa takes her first swim, watched by her Taronga Park Zoo Keeper in Sydney, Australia. “She’s really good, she’s an amazing swimmer, we’re very proud”, via neatorama
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Old Olympic events revived as Foster, Goodhew take ‘the Plunge’ for Sport Relief
A century ago, Olympic events included underwater swimming, an obstacle course and an event called “the plunge” – so why did they disappear? Olympic medal swimmers Mark Foster and Duncan Goodhew put on their Victorian bathers to find out, ahead of the Big Splash for Sports Relief later this month. (See video on BBC)
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Swim. – Short film trailer released, support them on Indiegogo
A first peek at Swim. – a short film shot in British Columbia. They are raising funds here on Indiegogo, for $5 you’ll get an official ‘thank you’ on their Facebook page, for $10 your name in the credits of their film, and for $25 a personalized ‘thank you’ postcard. I claimed my perk! :-)