Boxers Before and After the Fight

Boxers Before and After the Fight

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 It’s another “see the difference” post. The first photo is made minutes before a fight, and the second one – couple of rounds after. Hope you like it :)

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Which one is looking most  innocent?..after the fight :)

Wow, Twitter must be beta testing a spine

The title of this posts was inspired by an excellent post over at Threat Level by Ryan Singel but is says exactly what my thoughts were when I first read a few days ago that Twitter went public about receiving subpoenas from the US Department of Justice demanding that Twitter turn over user information from a select number of people connected to WikiLeaks.

Not only did they go public but they also reached out to all the people whose information the DoJ had subpoenaed and let them know what was happening and that they had ten days to file arguments against the information being released. If they did nothing then after the ten days Twitter would hand over the information.

Now this may not seem like much but remember these subpoenas were sealed and came with a gag order which means Twitter had to go to court in order to get the gag order lifted, which they did, and won.

This is the email that was sent out by Twitter to those the DoJ was subpoenaing (via Geekosystem):

Kessel, Jan-07 11:20 am (PST):

Dear Twitter User:

We are writing to inform you that Twitter has received legal process requesting information regarding your Twitter account, @rop_g. A copy of the legal process is attached. The legal process requires Twitter to produce documents related to your account.

Please be advised that Twitter will respond to this request in 10 days from the date of this notice unless we receive notice from you that a motion to quash the legal process has been filed or that this matter has been otherwise resolved.

To respond to this notice, please e-mail us at .

This notice is not legal advice. You may wish to consult legal counsel about this matter. If you need assistance seeking counsel, you may consider contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation or the ACLU .

Sincerely,

Twitter Legal

I particularly like the last part of the email:

This notice is not legal advice. You may wish to consult legal counsel about this matter. If you need assistance seeking counsel, you may consider contacting the Electronic Frontier Foundation or the ACLU .

Nice touch Twitter and for once it is nice to send kudos your way.

Best sports photos of 2010 (Part-1 of 4)

It was a big year in sports. in 2010 we had the usual suspects such as the tennis majors, the golf majors, baseball’s World Series, football’s Champions League, the Superbowl, all the famous horse races, an exciting Formula 1 season, the NBA play offs, the Tour de France and some great boxing. And then we had some big, bigger and biggest sporting events. The biggest of them all being the Football World Cup in South Africa. Add to that the Winter Olympics and golf’s Ryder Cup and 2010 was a vintage year of sports. These are 100 of the best pictures of that year in sports.

Google Magnify Translator

Google Magnify Translator

Google Magnify is the latest concept to be created by Anh Nguyen. This concept began with a funny email that he had been going around the office at his work. He went up to their intern, who just happened to be from France, before realizing that he would have a tough time reading it. After a little bit of confusion, the intern just copy and pasted the entire email into Google Translate and was cracking up just like everyone else after reading it.

Then the idea started to percolate in his mind; what if there was a device which was basically a window to the world, where everything would be translated into the language of your choosing? A modern take on the magnifying glass, which hasn’t been updated much in its 800 years of existence. With a flip out handle, triple cameras, and text recognition software running through the Google Translate engine, the device just needs to be held in front of any text to be translated on the spot.

Facts about Banana , You Didn't Know Before ...

• A banana contains Vitamin C, potassium and dietary fiber.
• Bananas do not contain sodium, fat or cholesterol.
• The Vitamin C, which is found in bananas, helps the body to defend and heal against infections. This vitamin also proves valuable in the synthesis of the connective tissue, absorption of iron and the formation of blood.
• Not only are bananas rich in vitamin C, they also contain potassium. Potassium is a mineral that helps in the building of muscles and protein synthesis. This is done as potassium stimulates nerve impulses for muscle contraction.
• A diet rich in potassium is said to reduce the risk of hypertension and stroke. As bananas are free from sodium and very rich in potassium, they can be included in the diet to reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
• Bananas contain three natural sugars, sucrose, fructose and glucose along with fiber. A banana thus gives an instant and substantial boost of energy.
• A banana contains Vitamin B6, which helps in the synthesis of antibodies in the immune system apart from red blood formation, protein metabolism and functioning of the central nervous system.
• No other fruit contain more digestible carbohydrates than bananas. This is advantageous because, the body burns off calories from carbohydrate more easily and quickly than calories from fat or protein.
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  Interesting Facts About Bananas
  • The word banana is derived from the Arab word "banan," which means finger.
  • Bananas are harvested green because they keep ripening even after they are picked.
  • Unlike most other fruits that grow on trees, bananas grow on plants.
  • An average American is said to consume more than 28 pounds of bananas every year.
  • Brisbane holds the world record for the longest banana split, which measured 7.3 kilometers.
  • 3 medium bananas would weigh about a pound.
  • Despite that fact that bananas love a tropical climate, they are grown in Iceland too, by heating the soil with geysers.
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