Train VS Flood

Train VS Flood: "

This flood was no match for this train. Lets go surfing!

Video was uploaded with permission from- http://www.youtube.com/user/watumom
This video footage was shot in Bueno Aires.

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This Is Why You Don’t Park In Front Of A Fire Hydrant

This Is Why You Don’t Park In Front Of A Fire Hydrant: "

The title is a little deceptive in that this gallery also includes images showing why you shouldn’t be a jackass and drive your vehicle directly into a fire hydrant. Though, in the event that you are said jackass, please be courteous enough to snap a photo of your jackassedness and post said photo on internets…

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Sports Science: "World Record Kick to the Groin" Part 2

Sports Science: "World Record Kick to the Groin" Part 2: "

How much punishment can the human body withstand? Sports Science explores Combat Ki with the help of Rod Sacharnoski and American Gladiator Justice

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The Only Thing I Know

The Only Thing I Know: "

For many reasons, I've learned a lot about myself in these last few months. Foremost, I've come to regret wasting so much of my life being a mindless consumer of time. This film portrays my honest worries over seeing a new generation making the same mistakes I now regret. Whether you agree with me

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7 Mind-Blowing Free Android Apps

7 Mind-Blowing Free Android Apps: "

Smartphones can do some amazing things these days, and the Android Market has quickly become a sandbox for some clever developers, as well as Google Inc. itself.

We’ve already touched on some popular Android apps for Twitter, some for news, and some great multiplayer games, but not all apps have a specific purpose. Some are just interesting, amazing, or too cute not to keep in your back pocket as a conversation starter.

Utility be darned, here are seven free android apps that are just plain cool.

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1. Floating Image

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If you’ve lost your passion for Android’s bare bones built-in photo gallery, check out the Floating Image app that will breathe new life into your snaps, as well as pull in some great shots from around the web.

There’s not a whole lot of utility here, but it’s a really sharp looking way to show off your photos or discover some pretty ones from Flickr. You can even score a new home screen background by long-pressing any of the images that float by.

This one is all about the animation, and this video demo shows it off well.

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2. Google SkyMap

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Google SkyMap is an armchair astronomer’s dream come true. Using data from Google Sky and your GPS coordinates, the SkyMap app becomes a handheld window unto the heavens. As you move your phone across the night sky, you can see real-time information on the stars, celestial objects, and constellations as you pass them. You can also disengage the compass view and float freely through the galaxy with your finger, browsing the celestial map or searching for objects at will.

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3. Google Goggles

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We’ve certainly covered the release of Google Goggles before, but it’s hard to over-stress just how cool this project is. In essence, it’s a visual Google search which utilizes your handset’s camera. Simply view your surroundings through Google Goggles to get an augmented view of the stores and landmarks in your area, or snap a photo of a product or some text to get relevant search results.

In testing, Goggles didn’t recognize the Nike swoosh (one of the simplest and most well-known U.S. logos), but it did know where I was without GPS, and identified a complex logo for Coca-Cola, the American flag, and my DVD of High School Musical 2 [Extended Edition], promptly directing me to Amazon.com where I could purchase a second copy.

Google is also hoping to implement text translation into Goggles, which is not available yet, but is expected in future updates.

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4. Talk To Me

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Talk To Me is an impressive app that can translate your input text or speech between over 40 different languages, and in most cases, speak the translations back to you. The interface is really dead-simple: An input for text, a drop-down list to choose your languages, and a big green button to activate the speech recognition.

You can even set it as a home screen widget. Simply tap the button, speak a phrase, and the app will speak it back to you in Spanish, German, French, and many other languages that use Roman characters. Support for many Asian languages is included, but currently only provides textual translations.

The speed and ease of translation has a pretty big cool factor, but this is one app on the list that may also be very useful for tourists or those studying a new language.

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5. MovieFone

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If you’re out with friends and still on the fence about which flick to catch and where, gather ’round the old Nexus One and fire up the new MovieFone app, which is a great way to get film details without ever touching a mobile browser.

The app, developed by AOL Mobile, gives you all the data from moviefone.com in convenient Android form, including synopses, coming attractions, theater listings based on your location, and perhaps best of all, full trailer videos built right in.

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6. Android Lightsaber

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If you simply must get your nerd on, the Android Lightsaber app, which is officially sanctioned by LucasArts, brings the power of the Force (or a Force-like substance) into the palm of your hand. Choose between five different Star Wars characters, each with their own unique saber color, then tap the screen to unleash your weapon.

Swing your handset for the classic wooshing and buzzing sounds. Your lightsaber will flash and crackle as you spar with invisible foes. Perhaps the best part is the 1-click epic music that you can switch on in the midst of your imaginary battle.

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7. BubbleBeats

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BubbleBeats is brand new in the Market and injects some much-needed creativity into Android’s music library. The concept is difficult to explain, but it essentially creates a visual landscape for your music collection by way of multicolored, animated bubbles.

Each bubble represents a song that you add to the canvas. Resize and group your bubbles however you want — perhaps a gathering of red rock songs on the left, some blue blues bubbles on the right — and float around your custom bubble-scape, playing your favorite tunes at will simply by tapping their corresponding bubbles.

This one’s certainly not for everyone. Finding and arranging music on this sort of interface can be difficult. But it’s a unique way to visualize your collection, and experiment with a new approach to the playlist. Check out the developer’s video below to see what I mean.

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More Android resources from Mashable:

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- Free Multiplayer Android Games [3 of the Best]
- 3 News Apps for Android Compared
- The Best Free Twitter Apps for Android
- 30 Android Apps to Watch
- 8 Android Apps Worth Paying For (And Some That Aren’t)
- Mobile Advertising: 5 Things You Need to Know to Succeed in 2010

Image courtesy of iStockphoto, robnroll

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Reviews: Android, Flickr, Google, iStockphoto, news

Tags: android, Android apps, apps, droid, Fun, G1, games, Google, google goggles, Mobile 2.0, nexus one

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6 of the wildest airport take-offs and landings you’ll ever take

6 of the wildest airport take-offs and landings you’ll ever take: "

Flying is one of the backbones of our world. To be able to get from point to another as quickly as possible is an integral part of business, and leisure. This means we also need a lot of airports in all kinds of places. Popular Mechanics recently put together a list of the world’s 18 strangest airports.

Now being the strangest also means that some of these are also some pretty hair-raising place to land and take-off from. That is what this list of six is all about.

Gibraltar Airport

As you can see from the photograph the airport runway is intersected with one of the busiest roads on the island, and we thought train crossings were hazardous.

Congonhas Airport – Brazil

Yes that is the city center of Sao Paulo just five miles away from the airport. The only advantage here is the short travel distance to get you flight out.

Courchevel International Airport – France

Sure it may seem like a fairly ordinary airport – except for the mountains all around it and the big hill in the middle of the runway.

Princess Juliana International Airport – Saint Maarten

This landing is almost an obstacle course that includes a much used beach, high fence and a road.

Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport – Netherlands Antilles

I think the fact of the ocean all around it and only a 1,300 foot long runway make this one self-explanitory.

Toncontin International Airport – Honduras

A 7,000 foot long runway in the middle of valley and within spitting distance of the country’s capital city. Yup this would be hair-raising to say the least

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10 Reasons to Avoid Talking on the Phone [Humor]

10 Reasons to Avoid Talking on the Phone [Humor]: "

As important as phones can be in our daily lives, there are some reasons to avoid them entirely. Here are ten such reasons which may actually succeed in turning you into an anti-social, handsaw-owning phone avoider..

Reprinted with permission from Matthew Inman aka 'The Oatmeal,' a former web designer turned comic artist. You can see more of his work on The Oatmeal or in 5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth, the comic book which he self published last year.

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