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The Glass Wings mailing list and blog is for general idle chit-chat about things we find interesting, especially humor, animation or other subjects relevant to the Glass Wings web site.

Stanley Submarines

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:35:57 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.stanleysubmarines.com/

Karl Stanley designed and built two deep-diving submarines without any
licenses, registration or insurance, and has spent the last ten years
taking passengers as low as 2500 feet at a barrier reef in Honduras.

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Improv Everywhere 2008

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:50:32 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
We last featured Improv Everywhere in 2006.  Here are a couple of their
latest missions:

http://improveverywhere.com/2008/11/17/welcome-back/
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/04/07/best-game-ever/

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Chickens stop rabbits from fighting

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:03:55 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
Peacekeeping chickens don't need tasers to maintain order.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/11/17/chickens-stop-rabbit.html

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Fwd: [MUST VIEW/LISTEN!] TED TALK: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:05:05 -0800

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] nextnow.net>

Bill Daul
If you are interested in creativity and would love to hear 19 minutes
of delight...you must listen/watch this  Sir Ken Robinson is
entertaining as heck!

THANKS JEFF SAPERSTEIN and LAURA MAPPIN for fowarding this.

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Fwd: From DVICE:Hyper-cute puppies, live on puppycam, show the Internet at its best

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:27:45 -0800

Bill Daul <bdaul [at] pacbell.net>

Bill Daul
JUMP off to the link below...for the kids in each of us...


--bill

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Europa Film Treasures

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:21:33 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.europafilmtreasures.eu/
European films from 1899 onwards

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***

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Shiba Inu Puppy Cam

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:52:18 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shiba-inu-puppy-cam

"Tune in daily to see the cutest Shiba Inu pups... EVER! ;)
The six Shiba Inu pups (3 boys and 3 girls) turned 5 weeks old on
November 11th. This is the first litter from their mom, Kika."

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Crystallised apartment

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:50:09 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/roger-hiorns-seizure/
“Silvery shards of cold light spangle and wink and beckon. Every surface
is furred and infested; big blue crystals dangle like cubist bats from
the light fittings. Little wonder the flat has been abandoned: you’d
move out, too, if the crystals moved in.”

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India makes history, launches Tricolour on moon

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:00:24 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/moonmission/Election_Story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080072653
"India marked its presence on Moon tonight to be only the fourth nation
to scale this historic milestone after a Moon Impact Probe with the
national tri-colour painted successfully landed on the lunar surface
after being detached from unmanned spacecraft Chandrayaan-1."

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The world’s most super-designed data centre

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:51:34 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/11/14/the-worlds-most-super-designed-data-center-fit-for-a-james-bond-villain/

"This underground data center has greenhouses, waterfalls, German
submarine engines, simulated daylight and can withstand a hit from a
hydrogen bomb. It looks like the secret HQ of a James Bond villain."

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