Behind the Death-Defying, Record-Setting Wingsuit Jump - Popular Mechanics

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Why we have blind spots - and how to see the blood vessels inside your own eye! - YouTube

Cool little video about why they're there and demo's of how to notice them.  Also cool explanation of why stuff gets hazy on periphery when staring at object for awhile.
also shows how eye resolution gets worse as it moves from center of focus and that's why when looking at words at edge can't quite make them out.

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Adventures of Devin and other short stories: Search results for human slingshot

Some DOPE videos of human slingshot.  Also look at largest rope swing in the world.  So freaking cool

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Wired's Lab-Tested, Muppet-Vetted Formulas for Smartifying Your Life | Wired Magazine | Wired.com

Cool article about some science tips about life in general and why things work the way they do.
one about removing blood, hanging pictures, swatting a fly, why microwave has hot spots etc..

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Proto Advantage -

Good place to find breakout boards etc for prototyping designs.  Pick one up for prototyping pics.  Can get the small QFN part pinned out

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The Ch00f-o-scope | ch00ftech Industries

Build one of these for Trent for Christmas or something or his birthday

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How encryption works in your web browser. [VIDEO]

Very interesting explanation.  Also talks about how it works with colors and the modulus operator so someone listening in wouldn't know what the secret color was

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ZeroN system holds a ball wherever you place it, in mid-air

It'd be fun to play with an electromagnet like this and suspend a ball and move it around.

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Vibration Motors - Gear Motors - DC Motors | Micro Motors

great little dc motor website.  has the torque, efficiency and current vs RPM curves of the motors which is awesome!  Has all the major little to medium sized motors you see everywhere only they've tested them.  Even if you don't buy them there at least you can see the specs in a nice chart

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Jetlev Water Jetpack Sales and Flight Centers

Next adventure this summmmmer!!!!

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hyper terminal replacement called 'Terminal'

My favorite terminal app replacement for hyper terminal to sniff rs232 serial port data by far.
has scripting, hot commands, data logging and now graphing of serial data.

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Workaround to Pin My Computer, Documents, Recycle Bin or Any Folders to Windows 7 TaskBar (Pin to Windows Explorer Alternative) « My Digital Life

how to pin a specific folder location to the taskbar.  then just hit windows+1 or whatever order its in
click on the first link to get the idea
then click on this link for what to paste into the properties of the shortcut you created.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/how-to-change-windows-explorer-default-folder/
ie paste this as the shortcut target:
 %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, <New Path>

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