Video from Holland's Worst Driver.

At least to my knowledge, CWD hasn't put a crew member in the hospital, nearly killing them.

Warning, the video is somewhat graphic, once you fully realize what has happened.

Edit: apparently it didn't embed the first time

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Chest compression only CPR is as effective as chest compressions and assisted breathing

Now to be fair, both studies involved rescuers who were completely untrained in CPR, not trained first responders, but it is nice to know. So, even if you don't know CPR, pounding on a dead person's chest can help. If you are ever in that situation, please do

World's tightest parallel park. Keep in mind the old record was 32cm clearance.

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As an alum of neither school (in fact, I have never been on either campus), and truthfully, as a fan of neither school, and haveing an allegiance to two completely different Big10 schools (Purdue and Ohio State), I am absolutely psyched up for the first time Penn State plays Nebraska in a Big10 football game. It is going to be appointment tv, ( Read more... )

Apparently in the late 1960's, Jim Henson creates a series of sales shorts featuring the Muppets for IBM.

Especially cool is a pre-Sesame Street Cookie Monster, before he lost all his teeth.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/drivingchallenge/

Interesting driver's ed game. Been learning a lot more about this due to work. Very cool

So, my son wanted to go to the park this evening while we were visiting Grandma and Grandpa. No problem, it was cold, but he bundled up. While we were playing, he suddenly "died" and when I checked on him, he rose up as a zombie and started to shamble after me. I dutifully played my part and fled in horror. And proceeded to trip on a piece of ( Read more... )

Are there any common pitfalls I might run into with [Conditional("DEBUG"] declarations ( Read more... )

My son believes that being brave means not being scared. I'm slowly teaching him that being brave means doing something in spite of being scared ( Read more... )

The ultimate all-in-one smartphone

Sure, you say, I don't need a smartphone that can brew coffee or act as an emergency shaver. But don't you want one?