Palindrome of a Lost Generation

Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite. This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant. Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.

This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old. The contest was titled “u @ 50″ by AARP. This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it.

Which segment defines your point of view? Part 1 or part 2?

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Dubai Unveils the World’s Tallest Tower – Burj Khalifa

Dubai Unveils the World’s Tallest Tower – Burj Khalifa

Posted on 05. Jan, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

It’s official, Burj Dubai is now “Burj Khalifa”, the world’s tallest tower. The height of the tower, kept top secret until now, was announced as 828 meters (2,716.5 ft).

The Burj Khalifa, developed by Emaar Properties, was unveiled on the evening of January 4th, 2010. Thousands of people present, and viewers around the world, were treated to an extravagant show of fireworks, lasers, and fountain displays.

Burj Khalifa is now the tallest building in the world, according to the three main criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The CTBUH ranks the world’s tallest buildings based on ‘Height to Architectural Top,’ ‘Height to Highest Occupied Floor’ and ‘Height to Tip.’

At 828 metres (2,716.5ft), Burj Khalifa is 320 metres taller than Taipei 101, which stands at 508 metres (1,667 ft). Taipei 101 had held the record for the world’s tallest building measured to the architectural top since 2004, the year the project was announced.

Burj Khalifa also achieved the distinction of being the world’s tallest structure – surpassing the KVLY-TV mast (628.8 metres; 2,063 ft) in North Dakota, USA – 1,325 days after excavation work started in January 2004.

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Top 5 Places to Learn Kiteboarding in 2010

Top 5 Places to Learn Kiteboarding in 2010

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Tammy Camp.

The extreme sport of kiteboarding is hot right now. Just ask actor Woody Harrelson, racecar driver Michael Schumacher, or entrepreneur Richard Branson (who apparently kiteboards with naked models).

The kiteboarding craze has even made its way to the San Francisco Bay area where Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Seesmic’s Loïc Le Meur (@Loic), Second Life’s Philip Rosedale, and venture capitalists Bill Tai (@KiteVC) of Charles River Ventures are all into it. Who knows, kiteboarding could even be the way to get your next venture capital deal.

Is it your resolution to learn how to kiteboard in 2010? Want a purpose for your travel destinations in 2010 and seek out crazy, exotic and windy places?

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