by Evan Bindelglass
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A nearly five-minute-long video featuring stunning time-lapse photography of Manhattan has been making its way around the Internet.
The video, called "The Manhattan Project," (not to be confused with the project that created the atomic bomb) was created by photographer Cameron Michael.
One of the cool things about this video is that the camera moves each time a new photograph is taken.
The Swedish tourism board has just discovered Twitter's greatest paradox: 140 characters is just long enough to say something stupid, but not nearly long enough to explain yourself when you do.
It all began innocently enough. In an effort to democratize national speech, Sweden's tourism board decided to hand over its twitter account, @sweden, to a different Swede every week.
Step aside, bridge-scaling adrenaline junkies and natural wonder of the world tightrope-walkers. The wingsuit-clad Gary Connery scoffs at your childish antics as he leaps from a helicopter to enjoy a leisurely 2,400-foot drift to Earth with only the tender embrace of 18,600 cardboard boxes to greet him.
Sorry, was that angle not scary enough for you?
Reblogged from National Post | News:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies after a spectacular middle-of-the-night blastoff.
The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and its unmanned Dragon capsule marked the first time a commercial spacecraft has been sent to the orbiting outpost.
Connectivity in offices, home, cafes, trains, parks, cars and planes -- I say bring it on. I have already shifted most of my life to the "cloud," and it is not much of a surprise that I am a shameless believer in connectivity. That is why I am excited about Aeromobile, which is making it easy to use your phones on planes, including transatlantic flights.
Pause for a moment and consider how hard it must be for the 1%. The hassling by Occupy Wall Street types, the constant harping from Warren Buffett about how you should really pay more taxes, the incessant chatter of all those people trying to make you feel guilty about your fabulous wealth. It all wreaks havoc on one's personal life. No wonder creepy finance guys…
Pizza deliverance for a Japanese trawler stranded on Clifton beach in Cape Town.
Elliot Loney is working his way around numerous Asians and hostile cabdrivers while exploring a vast metropolis.
NoMad, Andrew Zobler's newest lifestyle hotel is the new addition to the neighbourhood of the same name - short for North of Madison Square Park, in New York . Zobler, who is also responsible for the Ace Hotel across the street, was initially drawn to the distinct architecture along that section of Broadway. Zobler set his sights on the preserved facade of the NoMad to create something entirely new.
Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Compared to Mexico, the web and mobile startup ecosystem in Brazil is hot -- probably too hot.
There seem to be almost as many foreign entrepreneurs and investors -- Americans, Germans, Spanish -- looking for opportunities to make money in Brazil as there are Brazilians building companies and investing.
Brazil's booming economy and its population's interest in new web and mobile services (hello, e-commerce) make it a market that's already exploding.
Neo-Gothic castle, built between 1911 and 1912, on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine. The Swallow’s Nest is situated on top of 40-metre / 130 ft high Aurora Cliff and overlooks the Cape of Ai-Todor of the Black Sea.
Wim Lagendaal hanging off the train to Como. The Netherlands - Switzerland (2-3), played on May 27, 1934, at the San Siro stadium in Milan during the World Championships in Italy.
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