http://www.metafilter.com/tags/thunderbay Posts tagged with 'thunderbay' at MetaFilter. Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:29:00 -0800 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:29:00 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/58853/Worlds%2DLargest%2DHockey%2DRink A set of ideal conditions earlier this week -- cold weather, little wind and snow -- created a large <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/duluthiscool/398427012/">skating rink</a>. On Lake Superior. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCfA4QI0gtw">Beautifully clear (YouTube - minor swearing if you're at work).</a> Ever <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/duluthiscool/398427015/"> skate for a mile?</a> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/moeview/395649393/in/pool-63575390@N00/">Cracks on the ice.</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cNC5TuQ_gU&eurl=">With sound (YouTube).</a> And of course, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goGCGdfu4CM&mode=related&search="> hockey (YouTube)</a>. Or maybe just some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCIlKyfa1Ok&mode=related&search="> skating and kite flying (YouTube)</a>. <a href="http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/articles/index.cfm?id=36215&section=News&freebie_check&CFID=21452960&CFTOKEN=18213715&jsessionid=8830a98f79671e7a1e1b"> Duluth News Tribune's story.</a> (With annoying registration but nice photo gallery)</a></a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58853 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:29:00 -0800 canada duluth hockey ice iceskating lakesuperior minnesota thunderbay starman http://www.metafilter.com/26853/eccentric%2Dcustomized%2Dbicycles <a href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/">World's tallest rideable bicycle?</a> On Canada Day, <a _top href="http://www.tbsource.com/NewsItems/index.asp?cid=58449" title="Thunder Bay Post article">Brad Graham rode a 14 foot high bicycle</a> without assistance <a _top href="http://www.chroniclejournal.com/story.shtml?id=17734" title="Chronicle-Journal article">for about 20 minutes</a>. As the event is processed by Guinness, Brad's <a _top href="http://mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0071422676.html" title="McGraw Hill UK info">book on building your own bike</a> will be published later this year, detailing his 20 years of building <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/page-002.htm">strange bikes</a> and <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/page-003.htm">robots</a>, amongst other <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/page-001.htm">vehicles</a> and <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/page-004.htm">gadgets</a>. This is not just a hobby done in <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/page-005.htm">his Thunder Bay garage</a>; there are <a _top href="http://www.bikeforest.com/hbuilders.html">many other builders throughout Canada</a>, although they may not <a _top href="http://www.atomiczombie.com/slideshows/devon/album.htm">test their vehicles using their own children</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.26853 Tue, 08 Jul 2003 08:22:43 -0800 bicycle guinness robot thunderbay myopicman