Archive for October 29th, 2009

Google Maps Navigation (Beta)

A demonstration of Google Maps Navigation (Beta), an internet-connected GPS navigation system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 phones.

The Ultimate Treehouse

Forget the wooden box at the top of a moderately sized tree – this has taken treehouse architecture to a whole new level. Built by Horrace Burgess of Crossville, Tennessee, this treehouse is 97 foot tall! It covers a floor space of 8,000 square feet, spread over 11 stories.

A building of over 11 floors would be expected to have some extra amenities – and the treehouse Horrace has established is no exception. This particular one comes complete with a mini basketball court – if you thought playing you would never live to see guys playing basketball on top of a tree!
The owner of the edifice is a 56 years old landscape architect by the way, and he say an upwards of $12,000 has gone into building thetreehouse . Asked about where he got the inspiration to build the edifice, he cites a prayer vision he got in the early 90s – going further to say that he built it ‘for God.’ Nobody is arguing with him – and nobody is contesting the assertion that it is the world’s greatesttreehouse either. Meanwhile, building work has not stopped at the 11th floor…the building is still a ‘work in progress!’

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Incredible Windows 7 Dominoes

Some of the best dominoes I’ve ever seen in celebration of the launch of Windows 7, although it took 4 minutes to complete … is it trying to tell us something?

Grieving Chimpanzees

This incredible photograph, shows chimpanzees observing (and perhahps grieving) the loss of one of their own, as he/she is taken to burial. It was shot for National Geographic by Monica Szczupier at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon.

Here’s the the story behind the photo.

PepsiCo Misses Court Date, Costs Them $1.26 Billion In Default Judgement

This has got to be the most expensive legal secretary PepsiCo ever employed – she cost them $1.26 billion. How? Well, she forgot to deal with a lawsuit noticed that was put on her desk. Consequently, PepsiCo’s lawyers didn’t show up to court, so the judge handed down a $1.26 billion judgement against the company.

In court papers, PepsiCo claims it first received a legal document related to the case from the North Carolina agent on Sept. 15 when a copy of a co-defendant’s letter was forwarded to Deputy General Counsel Tom Tamoney in PepsiCo’s law department. Tamoney’s secretary, Kathy Henry, put the letter aside and didn’t tell anyone about it because she was “so busy preparing for a board meeting,” PepsiCo said in its Oct. 13 motion to vacate.

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