is your mouse finger faster than usain bolt? FIND OUT!

Usain Bolt is the world’s fastest man. Try to beat his reaction time out of the blocks. https://t.co/NZoBF4w1y6 pic.twitter.com/VKKhzkBJGu

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 16, 2016

your fortnightly boat

the SS UNITED STATES!!!!

this beauty is the fastest ship ever invented, and it is rotting away in Philadelphia... but (maybe) not for long!

eric berry got to see his little brother do this live and in person

fast person usain bolt tumped by segway cameraman

This is a much better Vine of the Usain Bolt accident - mainly due to the Italian commentator's cry of "MAMMA MIA!" https://t.co/XPN9LonOQn

— Tara Mulholland (@tara_mulholland) August 27, 2015

LLAMA CHASE

omg two llamas got away from their owners and the news covered the chase live!

watch ALL the vines.

evan beeeeerrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy

i didn't know this happened until just now, but apparently eric berry's little brother evan berry got to return a kick in last weekend's game, and BOY DID HE EVER!

'sgo vols!!

this is the best thing you will see on the internet today.

that's a promise.

why are the basevols so good this year?

they're off to a 17-2 start, and it might have something with their fun pre-game of "how fast can we clean up the field?". adorable.

taco bell to introduce breakfast menu very soon

items include the waffle taco (million dollar idea)

breakfast crunch wrap

and breakfast burritos, obvi

25 bears old

just try to listen to this album without singing along. released on April 5, 1988

woooooooaaaaaaahhhhhh

UPDATE! live feed:


a man is going to break the speed of sound by jumping out of a balloon in a space suit and falling TWENTY TWO MILES to the earth. he'll be in a free fall for more than 5 minutes. no thanks please
c2e

good work nytimes

here is an interesting video showing how modern sprinters compare to their forebears.

china: where 30 story hotels are built in 15 days

"I've never seen a project go up this fast," said Ryan Smith, an expert on prefabricated architecture at the University of Utah. In other countries, the most advanced prefab construction methods can reduce building times by a third to half, Smith said. The builders of the Changsha hotel did better, knocking one-half to two-thirds off the normal schedule. "It's unfathomable," Smith said.

ROBOT CHEETAH

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (aka, DARPA), the Pentagon's highly-visible research shop, claims their new robot -- the adorably nicknamed Cheetah -- shattered the "speed record for legged robots"by reaching speeds of 18 mph on a laboratory treadmill. (via)

racin' to the morgue.

(via)

introducing...

THE PIG!!!


that's the nickname of tennessee's latest recruit, alton howard. he turned down lane kiffin, georgia, alabama, and pretty much everyone else, to come play for the 2012-2013 national champions.

what is joel doing this weekend?