Jeremy Harper. Get yours at flagrantdisregard.com/flickr

Archive for July 20th, 2005

Build Your Own Stonehenge

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

People have wondered for centuries how the ancients moved the 25 ton blocks of stone that make up Stonehenge. After all levers and simple materials couldn’t possibly move such heavy objects, right?

Wrong. The Discover Channel has a video of Construction worker Wally Wallington moving multi-ton blocks of cement by himself, without the help of motors, metals, or aliens.

(Via Brainwagon)

Posted in Other News | No Comments »

Failure Is Not An Option

Wednesday, July 20th, 2005

No seriously, it’s not. It’s “deferred success,” according to the Professional Association of Teachers. They want to avoid “demoralising” students.

I just about sprained my eye-rolling muscle.

Posted in Other News | No Comments »