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  • CC photo #203: Wall fountain at Roma09

    Jul 21, 2012

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    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition

    The wall fountain by the entrance of the 13th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy, back in 2009.

    DSC_0079

  • iGills turns your iPhone into a diving system (and underwater camera)

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Technology, Wow

    iGills is a waterproof housing (plus free app) that turns your iPhone into a dive computer, underwater still and video camera, digital dive log, compass, flashlight with easy to reach press buttons and more, all for just $329.99. Via SlashGear.

  • Nice you guys, one in five pee in the pool

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Health, WTF

    “Cooling off in the pool is pretty normal for most people in South Georgia, but a new survey might make you think twice before diving in head first.” Read WALB News.

    WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

  • Why we need the Ocean

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Nature

    Also, how to make an underwater interview. Oceanographer and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle speaking from the Aquarius undersea research base in Key Largo, Florida, on why we should care about the Ocean. Read more here on Care2, also about the importance of the Aquarius, in danger of being shut down.

  • Why not to interview someone under water

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Open Water, Technology, WTF

    Courtesy of Fox News, the transcript according to Mediaite: “BUBBLE BUBBLE GURGLE. BUBBLE BUBBLE the sea BUBBLE BUBBLE research GURGLE BUBBLE BUBBLE very important BUBBLE BUBBLE BUBBLE.”

  • Croc or log ?

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Fun, Nature

    Wildebeests facing the age-old question

    Via Geekosystem

  • CC photo #202: Pál in a Chinese newspaper

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, Competition, Faroe Islands

    Photo of a page in the newspaper that we got from our guide Cora during the Shanghai 2011 World Swimming Championships. Her parents had noticed ‘her swimmer’ in the paper, we were told the title says something like “One athlete, big dream”.

    Pál in a Chinese newspaper

  • Wanna own an official Olympic bed ?

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

    The 11,000 single beds for the Olympic athletes village are on sale now here on Remains of the Games for £39.99 – and no, they are not 172 cm short but 197 cm long (superlong versions also available). Official supplier Ramler Furniture is selling off all kinds of Olympic furniture, including the official bedroom sets, lamps, benches, lockers, benches etc etc, to be delivered after the Paralympics. Just don’t expect to get Usain Bolt’s mattress, as he has had a specially designed orthopaedic one made, the team around Jamaica working hard to deliver everything but a goat’s head. Read The Telegraph.

  • Phelps knocks FINA ban on having flags on both sides of the cap

    Jul 20, 2012

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    by

    rokur
    in Competition, Equipment

    Apparently some new ‘same-side guidelines’ issued by FINA last year, included in IOC rules for London posted in May. Also, the eagle-eyed reader will quickly notice that Phelps is a MacBook Pro and iPhone user :-)

    Front and back of our caps… We used to be able to have front and back side with flags but for some reason there … http://t.co/Btoil7LW

    — Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) July 19, 2012

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