Information Technology Blog » Odd News http://lionel-s.com/blog Lionel Siniyunguruza, IT Consultant Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Move over, Magneto (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/12/28/move-over-magneto-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/12/28/move-over-magneto-the-newsroom/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:17:20 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/12/28/move-over-magneto-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Forget Magneto, Marvel fans — there’s a new magnet in town. Meet kickboxing coach Etibar Elchyev, who balanced 50 spoons on his neck and chest in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record. Believe it or not, the …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/12/04/it%e2%80%99s-a-dog-it%e2%80%99s-a-photo-it%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%a6-candy-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 Ready, set … jump (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/21/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom-2/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/21/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom-2/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:03:10 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/21/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom-2/ The Newsroom – Aaron Evans of Milwaukee takes the “fight or flight” response to new heights –pun intended. The 23-year-old gymnast currently holds the Guinness World Record for the “fastest jump over three moving cars.” Let that sink in for a minute: Instead …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/21/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom-2/feed/ 0 Ready, set … jump (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/20/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/20/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:37:49 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/20/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Aaron Evans of Milwaukee takes the “fight or flight” response to new heights –pun intended. The 23-year-old gymnast currently holds the Guinness World Record for the “fastest jump over three moving cars.” Let that sink in for a minute: Instead …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/20/ready-set-%e2%80%a6-jump-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 Fly like an eagle (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/07/fly-like-an-eagle-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/07/fly-like-an-eagle-the-newsroom/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:31:33 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/07/fly-like-an-eagle-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Birds of a feather may flock together, but a Russian paraglider found out the hard way that humans are not welcome when they do. Vladimir Tsar’kov was paragliding in the Himalayas when two eagles decided to flock together and attack …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/11/07/fly-like-an-eagle-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 Don’t try this at home (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/16/don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/16/don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home-the-newsroom/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:37:21 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/16/don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Spider-Man has nothing on a thrifty Chinese woman named Ma Jei. Recently, Ma Jei decided she wanted to take a tour of a nearby tourist attraction, Zhonghau Castle, in eastern China. To avoid paying the $3.90 admission fee (there’s a …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/16/don%e2%80%99t-try-this-at-home-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 A whale of a tale (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/09/a-whale-of-a-tale-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/09/a-whale-of-a-tale-the-newsroom/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:35:19 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/09/a-whale-of-a-tale-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Man may have crawled out of the primordial ooze, but whales crawling out of the ocean? British officials may have thought that when they came upon a 33-foot-long sei whale in a grassy Yorkshire field. The nearest body of water …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/10/09/a-whale-of-a-tale-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 Attack of the snails! (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/30/attack-of-the-snails-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/30/attack-of-the-snails-the-newsroom/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:33:38 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/30/attack-of-the-snails-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Francophiles rejoice! One Florida town is experiencing an explosion in its snail population, in numbers that will make a sous chef’s mouth water. Giant African snails in Coral Gables are doing the one thing that they don’t do slowly: reproduce. …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/30/attack-of-the-snails-the-newsroom/feed/ 0 You say potato, I say stinky gray blobs (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/17/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom-2/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/17/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom-2/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 22:42:22 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/17/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom-2/ The Newsroom – Along with ruined homes and massive flooding, turns out Hurricane Irene left a few “presents” in her wake: Beaches covered in mysterious, stinky, gray blobs. The blobs were found on several Virginia beaches (and no, they weren’t tourists), confounding the …
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]]> http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/17/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom-2/feed/ 0 You say potato, I say stinky gray blobs (The Newsroom) http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/15/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom/ http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/15/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:08:09 +0000 Lionel http://lionel-s.com/blog/2011/09/15/you-say-potato-i-say-stinky-gray-blobs-the-newsroom/ The Newsroom – Along with ruined homes and massive flooding, turns out Hurricane Irene left a few “presents” in her wake: Beaches covered in mysterious, stinky, gray blobs. The blobs were found on several Virginia beaches (and no, they weren’t tourists), confounding the …
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