http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Giveaway of the Day Forums Topic: Amazing, Awesome and Inspiring Things! en Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:24:13 +0000 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-39296 Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:03:48 +0000 copmom 39296@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thought y'all might enjoy this.. breakfast in Texas with the deer:</p> <p><a href="http://www.sonnyradio.com/breakfastintexas.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sonnyradio.com/breakfastintexas.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-38741 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:11:15 +0000 maizeydaze 38741@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I've already posted <a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/">The Big Pictures</a> link <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-33740">above</a>, but now I'm posting some links to some amazing new content. The pages are updated frequently.;)</p> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/recent_volcanic_activity.html">Recent Volcanic Activity</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/man_on_the_moon_future_and_pas.html">Man on the Moon, Future and Past</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/running_with_the_bulls_in_pamp.html">Running with the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-38340 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:08:44 +0000 maizeydaze 38340@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.haltadefinizione.com/en/">The Last Supper In 16 Billion Pixels</a> is the highest definition photograph ever in the world. You can enlarge and observe any portion of the painting, giving you a clear view of sections down to as little as one millimeter square. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37579 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:50:51 +0000 graylox 37579@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>An ongoing animated photo-story in up to date 4 episodes:<br /> Take a lot of time and relax.</p> <p><a href="http://www.inanimatealice.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.inanimatealice.com/</a></p> <p>graylox </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37374 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:23:10 +0000 funkymom 37374@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>graylox- i liked the zen site.</p> <p>star- some of those buildings are really cool.</p> <p>thanks.<br /> :D </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37365 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:04:50 +0000 starc79 37365@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>oh opps sorry html coding did not take for the link here is the link</p> <p><a href="http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/building.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/building.htm</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37364 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:04:14 +0000 starc79 37364@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here are some pretty amazing buildings </p> <p>a=href"http://www.wonderfulinfo.com/amazing/building.htm"&gt;Amazing buildings </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37228 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0000 graylox 37228@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>A short and contemplative introduction to ZEN<br /> <em>let your mouse find the clicks in each picture; and don't forget to ring the bell</em><br /> have fun:<br /> <a href="http://www.do-not-zzz.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.do-not-zzz.com/</a><br /> <a href="http://www.do-not-zzz.com/zero/swf/top.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.do-not-zzz.com/zero/swf/top.html</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37210 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:49:46 +0000 funkymom 37210@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>really beautiful stuff, maizey.<br /> thanks. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37194 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:47:00 +0000 maizeydaze 37194@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><em>"Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn’t attract with its play of colors. Here close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context it is shot in are important. Hence, before considering the photos presented below please prepare some patience and time. This post presents some truly excellent examples of beautiful black-and-white photography."</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/06/09/beautiful-black-and-white-photography/">Black and white photography</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37121 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:58:37 +0000 maizeydaze 37121@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.fazed.net/out/?id=15819">Our Wonderful Nature</a> - The mating habits of the shrew, like you've never seen before. (Not what you may think.)</p> <p>A truly amazing animation by Tomer Eshed, an animation student in Germany. You will be very impressed with this one. I was! :)</p> <p>OR you can watch it from here to see a full screen view. Just click the magnifying glass icon on the player.<br /> <a href="http://de.sevenload.com/videos/uq8nm36-Our-Wonderful-Nature" rel="nofollow">http://de.sevenload.com/videos/uq8nm36-Our-Wonderful-Nature</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-37056 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:06:30 +0000 maizeydaze 37056@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><strong>Biologist rescues drowning, tranquilized bear</strong><br /> A Florida Fish and Wildlife biologist pulled off a daring rescue on Saturday in the Panhandle: He rescued a bear with his bare hands.</p> <p><a href="http://cbs2chicago.com/watercooler/Drowning.Bear.FWC.2.759500.html">"I wasn't sure what I was going to do when I jumped in"</a>...(read the whole story.)</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1030279/Pictured-The-moment-wildlife-officer-risked-life-save-drowning-bear.html">Another link, in case you can't view the one above.</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36926 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:10:05 +0000 copmom 36926@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thought the following was inspiring:</p> <p>HEROISM COMES FROM THE HEART</p> <p>Bob Butler lost his legs in a 1965 land mine explosion in Vietnam. He<br /> returned home a war hero. Twenty years later, he proved once again that<br /> heroism comes from the heart.</p> <p>Butler was working in his garage in a small town in Arizona on a hot<br /> summer day when he heard a woman's screams coming from a nearby house.<br /> He began rolling his wheelchair toward the house but the dense shrubbery<br /> wouldn't allow him access to the back door. So he got out of his chair<br /> and started to crawl through the dirt and bushes.</p> <p>"I had to get there," he said. "It didn't matter how much it hurt."<br /> When Butler arrived at the pool there was a three-year-old girl named<br /> Stephanie Hanes lying at the bottom. She had been born without arms and<br /> had fallen in the water and couldn't swim. Her mother stood over her<br /> baby screaming frantically. Butler dove to the bottom of the pool and<br /> brought little Stephanie up to the deck. Her face was blue, she had no<br /> pulse and was not breathing.</p> <p>Butler immediately went to work performing CPR to revive her while<br /> Stephanie's mother telephoned the fire department. She was told the<br /> paramedics were already out on a call.</p> <p>Helplessly, she sobbed and hugged Butler's shoulder.</p> <p>As Butler continued with his CPR, he calmly reassured her. Don't<br /> worry, he said. "I was her arms to get out of the pool. It'll be okay. I<br /> am now her lungs. Together we can make it."</p> <p>Seconds later the little girl coughed, regained consciousness, and<br /> began to cry.</p> <p>As they hugged and rejoiced together the mother asked Butler how he<br /> knew it would be okay. "The truth is I didn't know," he told her. "But<br /> when my legs were blown off in the war, I was all alone in a field. No<br /> one was there to help except a little Vietnamese girl. As she struggled<br /> to drag me into her village, she whispered in broken English, 'It okay.<br /> You can live. I be your legs. Together we make it.'" Her kind words<br /> brought hope to my soul and I wanted to do the same for Stephanie.</p> <p>There are simply those times when we cannot stand alone. There are<br /> those times when we need someone to be our legs, our arms, our friend.<br /> Author Unknown </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36916 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:23:51 +0000 maizeydaze 36916@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>A <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/jpozadzides/videos/97/">young lady</a>, filmed in Germany, doing amazing stunts on a bicycle. Fascinating! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36520 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:17:30 +0000 funkymom 36520@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>cool. thanks, maizey. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36450 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:37:02 +0000 maizeydaze 36450@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.lookybook.com/">Lookybook</a> is a website that allows anyone to browse through hundreds of children's books online and peek inside. Actually, it's more than a peek. If you want to, you can flip through the book and see each and every page. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-36370 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:22:47 +0000 maizeydaze 36370@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Photographer Carl Warner captures all forms of food in a series of still life's with edible ingredients he raided from his kitchen cupboards to design a series of dreamy landscapes and homey domestic scenes.</p> <p><a href="http://www.carlwarner.com/">Carl Warner’s Food Landscapes or Foodscapes</a><br /> (select, the orange square, "Fotografics")</p> <p><a href="http://www.lenswall.com/photographers.php?a=19">Carl Warner's 79 images</a> or you can browse the images here. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35909 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:04:35 +0000 copmom 35909@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Wasn't sure where to post this... I could be the last person online who has not heard about this. But, on the off chance there are some others who have not heard about it, here it is.</p> <p>There is no single place to list EVERYTHING on the net. However, someone sent me this website that has SOMETHING for just about everything. On one website, you can click on over 400+ different sites... all arranged by categories for easy perusal. Mark this one in your favorites if nothing else.</p> <p> <a href="http://www.allmyfaves.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.allmyfaves.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35906 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:53:29 +0000 maizeydaze 35906@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.vimeo.com/999584?pg=embed&#38;sec=999584"><strong>FireStorm</strong></a>; uncovers the fascinating world of altered time to the viewer, allowing a unique look at nature's fury. Shot with 3 cameras over a period of 28 hours during September 28-29th 2005. Firestorm shows a a unique look at the Simi Valley fire which consumed 25,000 acres. Look for Mars, Orion &#38; the Moon rising in the distance... </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35891 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:58:41 +0000 Bobby 35891@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have to get one of <a href="http://www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/create-your-own-heaven-with-custom-made-clouds/offbeat-news">these!</a> Known as 'Flogos' or flying logos, they are made from specially formulated soap and water, i.e. bubbles! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35707 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:34:37 +0000 funkymom 35707@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>the <a href="http://www.petsugar.com/1717647">Churaumi Aquarium</a>, in Okinawa is the world's s second largesst aquarium. it is home to 4 whale sharks, the world's largest living fish species.</p> <p>check the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFrPoe8LwnU">video</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-35702 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:47:22 +0000 maizeydaze 35702@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.lichtfaktor.eu/blog/?page_id=3">Lichtfaktor</a> Lichtfaktor creates amazing pictures and animations with light. Also known as Light Graffiti or Lightwriting.</p> <p><a href="http://www.lightmark.de/">Lightmark</a>, like Lichtfaktor, creates stunning pictures with light! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34890 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:07:06 +0000 copmom 34890@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thought you'd enjoy that one! LOL </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34831 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:37:40 +0000 funkymom 34831@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>wow, copmom- i am truly inspired! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34799 Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:14:16 +0000 copmom 34799@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>First picture from NASA of water on Mars! Outstanding!<br /> <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0504/WaterOnMars2_gcc.jpg</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-34236 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:04:05 +0000 maizeydaze 34236@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://larrycarlson.com/">Larry Carlson</a> is a visionary multi media artist. Working with computers he creates artwork that is completely mind blowing. G4Tech TV called him 'The Salvador Dali of the Next Century.' Working in the mediums of web art, digital art,animation, video art, collage and sound he presents us with the mystical dimensions of consciousness,coaxing us into sweet spiritualized epiphanies one moment then plunging us into completely bizarre surreal frenzies the next. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-33963 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:33:17 +0000 Bobby 33963@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Not exactly a juggler, nor acrobat, contortionist or illusionist, this young man redefines agility .. take a look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iC3b5JnSIE">Holding A Ball</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/8#post-33740 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 12:33:58 +0000 maizeydaze 33740@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>The Big Picture is Boston.com's new site showing news events using large images.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fazed.net/out/?id=15697"><strong>Big Picture</strong></a><br /> <em>note: There are links to more photos below each picture on the main page. I would expect this site to be update one or more times per month.</em> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/7#post-33713 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:35:21 +0000 funkymom 33713@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>wow, that better be some good melon! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2913/page/7#post-33675 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:16:55 +0000 copmom 33675@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Check this out.. we think things are expensive here??</p> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24997464/?GT1=43001" rel="nofollow">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24997464/?GT1=43001</a> </p>