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[VIDEO] Contortionist Kitty Rolls Around In Hamster Ball

• Jun 15, 2011 from jessebshiloh(Jesseb Shiloh) in Offbeat
  Why Walk When You Can Roll? Kittens love squeezing themselves into tight little spaces and this funny little guy certainly raises the bar when he artfully squeezes himself into this (fairly fogged up) hamster ball! I must admit I felt slightly claustrophobic when I initially watched it, not unlike watching a creepy Cirque Du Soleil-esque contortionist cram themselves into a small box or something, but rest assured, this little marmalade mew easily extracts himself from his newfound plaything. Check him out in action below and be seriously a-mewsed!

11 Hilarious Videos of People Taking Balls to the Face

• May 26, 2011 from scenicanemia(Scenic Anemia) in Offbeat
  Nothing makes a person feel better about whatever they may be doing like watching a video of seeing someone get hit in the face with a ball. Because, hey, at least you aren't them!

(VIDEO) Padres Fan Steals Foul Ball From Justin Upton

• Aug 28, 2011 from DugoutDoctors(TheDugoutDoctors.com) in Sports
  Watch this San Diego Padres fan grab a foul ball away from Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton.

Podcaster Leo Laporte, the everywhere man

• Aug 25, 2010 from steven3x(Steven Lauren) in World news
  Leo Laporte arrived Thursday at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
  On Friday morning he arrived at the office of KFI AM 640, the radio station that airs his syndicated "The Tech Guy" program. At 3:42 p.m., he was back at the airport, ready to fly home to Petaluma, Calif.
  I don't stalk Laporte. Not in the traditional sense, anyway. Every time the tech-savvy broadcaster checks into a nearby place using a service called Foursquare, an alert pops up on my phone.
  Location-centric social networking is one of the hottest Internet technologies today. Last week Facebook announced four partnerships and a feature of its own, called Places, for telling friends you're hanging out at a particular restaurant, bar or other notable spot.
  Laporte, a 53-year-old avid Foursquare user who runs his own online broadcasting company, travels constantly. However, he sets up shop in a suburban town about an hour north of San Francisco. Location, for most of what he does, is irrelevant.
  "Thank goodness there's Skype and the Internet," Laporte said recently in an interview with The Times. "We don't have to be anywhere."
  Sometimes he does.
  
  
  In January, Laporte was in Las Vegas, shooting live video from the Consumer Electronics Show. In March, he was in Austin, Texas, crowd-surfing at a South by Southwest party, with live-streaming video equipment on his back and a camera in his hand. Then in June, he covered L.A.'s E3 video game expo.
  That he still uses Foursquare to let friends and fans know about his travels is worth noting.
  Known in some circles as "President of the Internet," Laporte wields major influence in the consumer-technology industry. From the phones he uses -- now, Verizon Wireless' Droid X, though that could change tomorrow -- to the websites he supports -- he was a big proponent of Twitter early on -- Laporte's habits are worth watching.
  Indeed, hundreds of thousands of people do tune in to watch his podcasts and listen to his radio show.When he's not traveling, Laporte runs a network of online talk shows called TWiT out of his two-story office. Somehow he's not the Foursquare mayor there.
  The company is named after its flagship podcast, This Week in Tech. On it, reporters and pundits in the technology industry discuss the week's news, and episodes net hundreds of thousands of downloads.(Disclosure: I've appeared several times as a guest panelist on the show.)
  Another two dozen programs cover topics such as food, law and science, but most deal with more specialized areas in technology, including recently launched showsabout green tech and Apple's iPad.
  The TWiT company has been expanding steadily in staff -- now at about 10 employees and 30 to 40 contractors."We've outgrown our studio," Laporte said.
  The control room contains two desks, mixing boards, a multi-camera setup, monitors, chairs in the corner for occasional guests and a giant rubber ball Laporte sits (and bounces) on while shooting hours of live Internet video daily. He aims to have 24 hours of original programming on the Web. Video is constantly streaming at Live.TWiT.tv, but most of that content is repeats from its still-growing stable of shows.
  Despite some complaints from city-dwelling employees not enamored with the commute to Petaluma, the next step for the 5-year-old company is to build an even bigger studio in Laporte's favorite small town, he said.
  A radio broadcaster of 34 years with a six-year stint on TV, Laporte's booming voice, love of Hawaiian shirts and ability to distill complex topics into easily digestible bites has won over fans.
  As a businessman, he can talk a big game, but it's obvious he's making some of it up as he goes along. After all, that's often the best way to succeed in the tech industry.
  "If you want to understand my business, you just have to come from the point of view of: What did Leo want to do?" he said, half-jokingly. "I wanted to be my own boss. I didn't want to commute. I wanted to choose the shows. I wanted to cover shows that I was interested in. And if you understand that, then everything makes sense."
  Laporte's psyche isn't the only beneficiary. It's proven a sensible business. TWiT's revenue was $2.25 million last year and is on track to gross $3 million this year, Laporte said.
  The chief TWiT, as he calls himself, doesn't take his salary from the interstitial, old-time ads he reads between discussions, which account for the majority of revenue. He's paid by donations from fans, which can exceed $20,000 some months. (He limits his own monthly payments to $10,000, or $120,000 annually -- plenty for him and his family to get by in Petaluma. The rest goes into the company budget.)
  A testament to how sustainable Laporte's business is, Jason Calacanis, who helped launch the blogging phenomenon with his Weblogs company that was acquired by AOL for $25 million, is getting into the online broadcasting game. Even the name of Calacanis' company, ThisWeekIn, is just four letters off from Laporte's signature show's title.
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Video: Hot Defensive Bee Ball Cooks Hornet Alive

• Mar 19, 2012 from azeembutt(azeem) in Business
  Watch bees surround a hornet and cook it alive in an experiment probing the brain activity involved