The absolute, coolest, freaken awesome thing ever built in 1890

What's the coolest thing someone did in 1890? It wasn't creating the car, making a camera without powdered explosion flash either. So what was it?

Witley Park.
Oh, wow, that sound's like fun....?

Take a look at some of these pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cybergibbons/sets/72057594107271287/

Basically, it's a giant underwater dome-ballroom. UNDERWATER! Why don't we have more of these things! Natural light, a nice green tint from the alge, what could go wrong! I mean, this one lasted for over a century, right! It's not like the glass panels are extremely thin and could still break at any moment, or anything...

That statue is on top of the underwater dome. To get that angelic look, people put bright lights in the dome at night, creating this awesome final photo. 

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Google's Secret: Its own internet speed

I find it pretty hard to believe, but regardless I sit here with barely 15 MB/S thinking of where I went wrong. I blame FIOS....

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Look at your old statues, prepare to be embarrassed

Just click the connect button on http://archivedbook.com/ and you're in.

It even features a handy tool for stalkers worldwide! Here, they can see even their friend's statuses.......
Awkward.

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MSG Varsity Doesn't Care About Robotics: A Rant

I was thrilled to see MSG Varsity taking videos and pictures at the Long Island FIRST Robotics Regional at Hofstra this past Friday and Saturday.

Unfortunately, they seemed to not care about posting the pictures. Once they posted the single album from Saturday, I was greeted with a heartwarming:

Even worse, their highlight video was ridiculous, cutting off every interview, even replaying one interview.

To see it for yourself, visit: http://www.msgvarsity.com/2011-sbpli-robotics-competition-highlights-1.427837?p=&qr=1

My message to MSG: Thanks for your interest, but get your act together, because robonerds are the future of America, not some high school LAX star.

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If only my iPhone had a screen this strong....

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Thoughts on Facebook's New Question Service

I love it! With one exception. This will not replace Yahoo Answers, ChaCha, etc for one reason: Odds are, 95% of your facebook friends aren't going to sit there for 3 hours going through all your life questions. On top of that, 95% of your facebook friends probably don't care about you. 

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Quick Chrome Update #5: Is that a Chrome Notebook?!

I've been asked a few times at probably the only place you could imagine being asked: A FIRST Robotics competition of course!

I even saw another person with one! Probably the last time that will EVER happen D:

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