Category: Fun
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Cayman’s Brett Fraser receives kudos for brain power
Two-time NCAA swimming champion and Olympian Brett Fraser from the Cayman Islands has now also earned recognition as an Academic All-American. To be considered for that award, a student-athlete must have achieved a cumulative GPA of at least 3.30, be at least a sophomore academically and be a starter or key player on the team. Brett…
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Someone trying out the new Michael Phelps video game
The 17thman has found this video of someone from gaygamer.net trying out the new “Michael Phelps: Push The Limit” game for Xbox 360 with Kinect. My comment is ‘Oh, the humanity, look at those elbows!’ Seriously, if the game allows you to keep up with the world’s best with that technique, then it is more…
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Behind The Goggles: Ryan Lochte’s Playlist
Ryan Lochte talks to USA Swimming about what’s on his playlist. iPhone 4 user alert, with frame case for that extra phone calling functionality. Via the17thman.
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Eamon Sullivan is a master chef
Australian sprint champion Eamon Sullivan teaching us all how to prepare a proper cup of oats. Is there a bit of product placement here ?
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Garrett Weber-Gale will be a chef at Noma ?
Interesting tweet here from Garrett Weber-Gale. I won’t introduce him, since everyone reading this should know who he is, but Rene Redzepi is as much a world star, in charge of Noma, the world’s best restaurant for the second year in a row (which happens to use Faroese langoustine for their seafood recipes). Flight booked…
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Save yourself from Great Whites with AC/DC
Australian divers have found that Great White Sharks are much less aggressive when listening to AC/DC – particularly ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’. Only problem being in my view, that they at the same time become ‘investigative’, up to the point where they rub their face on the sound source (note to self: have…
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Norwegians will fight over sewer on June 1st
As mentioned on April 29, Norway’s Forsvarsbygg is looking for new usage of the old sewer facilites under Festningsplassen in Oslo, with bidders being at least a cinema, a concert hall and a water recreational facility. Next phase is a “Fight Club” in the old (and I guess not yet renovated) facilities on June 1st,…
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Ãslandsbankasjósund 2011
Some tough Icelandic vikings taking a dip in 7.5° Celcius warm water (45.5° Fahrenheit). We call it ‘Faroe-white’, when someone (as me) has the skin color of someone who has never seen the sun. Apparently, there is a ‘Icelandic-white’ color too :-) Ãslandsbankasjósund 20. maà 2011 from Ragnar Torfi Geirsson on Vimeo.