The Nakamura Hammer is my new favorite paper airplane. Here are the instructions I followed to make it. The “Nakamura Lock” which makes this plane so stable in flight is named after Eiji Nakamura, author of Flying Origami.
How to Make a Nakamura Hammer Paper Airplane
Returning from the Edge of Space, A Tribute to Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner is slated to do a 120,000 foot skydive from the edge of space on Sunday, through the Red Bull Stratos Program. An attempt on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather. It’s an inspiring feat– defying gravity to get to the edge of space and shirking common sense by jumping out of a perfectly good… balloon.
While Baumgartner is at it, he will be breaking the sound barrier, going mach speed– like Chuck Yeager without the X-1. Incidentally, Yeager broke the sound barrier October 14, 1947. Baumgartner may potentially be doing it again sans aircraft October 14, 2012. As Matt Scott puts it: “To infinity and beyond… and back again…”
Diplo “Butter’s Theme” ft Gent & Jawns Music Video
Music artist and producer Diplo is as notorious for cross-pollinating world beats as he is for highlighting the sensuous cultures that surround them. Diplo recently shared the following video for “Butter’s Theme”. This ain’t for the faint of heart or weak in the knees.
We all love to play.
I came across a monastery in Burma a few years ago and had an opportunity to play soccer with some of the monks. Outside of Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer, I…
Iron Man 3 Trailer Parody From Thailand
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s not often that ingenuity and comedy so perfectly produce a hilarious offspring such as this trailer.
Confessions of a Washington, D.C. News Junkie
My name is Julie and I’m a news addict. I’m a D.C. Metro commuter. Like many other people in the Washington D.C. area, I am also a news junkie. It’s…
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