Bike Hits 130.7 mph. On Snow

This video shows the guy going over 130 down a snow covered mountain in the Andes.

Weird Excel bug

Ok, Try this.
Select the following text and paste it into Excel.

=850*77.1
=5.1*12850
=10.2*6425
=20.4*3212.5
=40.8*1606.25
=77.1*850
=154.2*425
=212.5*308.4
=308.4*212.5
=425*154.2

The answers should be 65535.
Excel says 100000.

Take a look here for more info

Note: It's not a problem for Excel 97. Only for the newer versions.

Time Lapse video of the removal of Marmot Dam

Here's a time lapse video (still being made) of the removal of the Marmot Dam on the Sandy River.

According to the main page,

PGE has begun removing Marmot Dam, opening a new chapter for native fish and wildlife of the scenic Sandy River. This site explores the dam's past and the river's future, documenting the transition from power-generating resource to wild fish habitat and public recreation area.

My bike commute - take 2

Here's another clip of my bike commute along SE Salmon street and then the Springwater Corridor. This time I managed to tape the whole ride. My previous attempt the camera shut off when I hit a serious pothole on 15th and I didn't notice it until I got to OMSI.

This ride you can see the dual bike lane going onto the Hawthorne Bridge (if you look carefully).

The best non-English language films

Here's an amazing list of non-English films. A significant number are in black & white and I have to think these were chosen for the pure artistry of the films.

I've seen some of these films: PIERROT LE FOU, MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S, AMARCORD, DAS BOOT... and many more. But the cool thing is how many I haven't seen yet. (HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR, SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, THE GRAND ILLUSION)

In fact, I haven't even seen Run, Lola, Run. Here's one comment about that film:

'The Butterfly Effect' was a movie with an important point about time travel: you should never go back in time to change the past because you, Ashton Kutcher, are an idiot. One of the virtues of this movie is this shows what happens when someone with brains tries to do it.

"Peak oil" time is near?

Will we be forced to give up our gas driven automobiles?

At some point in the near future, worldwide oil production will peak, then decline rapidly, causing depression-like conditions or even the starvation of billions across the globe.

That's the worst-case scenario for subscribers to the "peak oil" theory, who generally believe oil production has either topped out or will do so in the next couple of years.

What follows depends on who one talks to, but predictions run the gamut from the disaster scenario described above to merely oil prices in the $200-a-barrel range while society transitions to other energy sources.

Big Cheese

Technically, 'Fond Du Lac' is French for 'at the side of the lake.' But, it makes for a good homonym of Fondue Lak(e).

FON DU LAC, WI -- It's known as "America's Dairyland" and now Wisconsin has another way to back up the claim. More than 1600 pounds of cheese was used over the weekend to create the world's largest fondue in the town of Fon du Lac. The cheese was melted in pot that measured 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep.

Now who's the big cheese? (Not to be confused with the "big red cheese.")