Category: Fun
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Behold the Jacqueline Bradley Boat Dress
Jacqueline Bradley is a Canberra based artist who makes sculptural objects, exploring ways of engaging with the surround environment, ideas of home and a sense of place. This particular work of art, a dress with a built-in inflatable raft, was on display as part of an exhibit called The Outdoors Type at Canberra Contemporary Art…
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Wow, SEGA’s London 2012â„¢ is extremely detailed
SEGA is producing the official video game of the Olympic Games – London 2012â„¢ – to be released in June for Playstation 3, PC and Xbox 360. Here is a video showing the interior of the Aquatics Centre, looking very impressive with Omega OSB 11 starting blocks and everything.
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You can hear your splits underwater in the London 2012 pool
Interesting fact, courtesy of Elizabeth Simmonds on Twitter Was weird hearing the live commentary underwater during the race.. Very surreal hearing ur 50m split times blasted through submerged space! — Elizabeth Simmonds (@QueenMond) March 9, 2012 And hilarious follow-up tweet Also just got asked by a 6 year old if I would do him the…
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Penguins on a Plane
On Delta Flight 1641 from San Antonio to Atlanta on March 8th, there were two “special guests” flying First Class, Pete & Penny Penguin from Sea World. Actually quite logical when you think about it, as they couldn’t possibly fly themselves. Via BuzzFeed
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Zombies, Run! will kickstart your interval training for sure
Zombies, Run! is a running game & audio adventure iOS/Android, in which you help rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse by actually running in the real world. You have to collect medicine, ammo, batteries and spare parts, while on occasion being chased by zombies. Now, this could easily be modified into a “Sharks, Swim!” game,…
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Titley had Tancock & co push a car up a hill (with Titley in it)
Fun story told by Liam Tancock here on The Telegraph “We were up at the crack of dawn throwing medicine balls around the camp site. Everyone was washing their pots and pans, looking at us as if we were crazy. “Then Ben Titley, our coach, got his car out and got us pushing it up…
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Flo the dog climbs ladders and high dives into pool
Extremely impressed here, not so happy about heights myself, but this dog just don’t care. What is that, 3 meters? And that comment, “Don’t think about it!” :-D Via Neatorama
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CC photo #63: A TV crew at the Roma 09 World Championships
This couple walked up past us in the athlete’s stand at the Rome 2009 World Aquatics Championships. Good to see equality at work, when it comes to hauling equipment :-)
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The making of Madame Tussauds’ Tom Daley
One of the most dramatic figures ever to feature at Madame Tussauds, British diver Tom Dailey is captured in mid-dive as he soars from the diving board towards the water. Via hollandswimming.nl