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This video showing the view of a shuttle launch from the perspective of the solid rocket boosters is pretty spectacular. The shot of the shuttle Atlantis from behind as it soars upwards at around 2:30 in is jaw dropping.
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This how-to video has a great tip on how to manage long and easy to tangle cords, like extension cords, network cable and the like.
I saw this at a midnight showing, and as was for the most part entertained in a brain-free way.
However, if you didn’t like the first, you’ll probably hate the second. The plot has more holes than before, the romantic tension between the leads is more strained, and the jokes were more explosively in your face than before. I probably could have survived less swearing, though I’m not sure why it bothered me more here than in other movies.
However, the crowd seemed to like it, and I didn’t mind the ride myself when the credits finally rolled 2 and a half hours later.
It looks like the cell phone companies will be answering questions today in a US Senate committee hearing on the rapid rise of text messaging costs to consumers.
The true answer, of course, is that vowels are so expensive to buy. At least that’s what I learned from Wheel of Fortune.