First-Person Videos Of Pilots Ejecting Will Make You Hyperventilate

I’ve seen pilots ejecting from fighter planes in extreme situations. It looks scary, but it’s nothing compared to listening to the minutes prior to the ejection. That’s when you start to hyperventilate just by watching them.
First-Person Videos Of Pilots Ejecting Will Make You Hyperventilate

Ad Recall: Why That Ad Wasn't as Awesome as You Thought

Creating an ad that both entertains and deftly makes a product pitch is, of course, not an easy task. If it were, then there would be no reason for ad agencies. (Some insist that there still isn't.) Fortunately, measuring recall is a fairly simple process. All you need to do is ask consumers if they remember an ad.
Ad Recall: Why That Ad Wasn't as Awesome as You Thought

How to Convert Email Messages to PDF through Email Itself

Google Chrome has a built-in PDF writer so you can easily convert any email message into a PDF file within the browser itself but if you are reading your emails on a mobile phone or a tablet, you would need some sort of a PDF conversion app.
How to Convert Email Messages to PDF through Email Itself

Listen To 100 White Albums Played At Once

Rutherford Chang is a vinyl collector with a singular focus: The White Album. The New York-based artist has built up an impressive catalogue of almost 700 (!) numbered copies of the 1968 double album. Taken together, his findings have become a kind of beautiful exhibition, but Chang has also recorded audio from 100 pressings, and overlaid them into a single track. And it is incredible.
Listen To 100 White Albums Played At Once

20 Secret Santa Gifts Under $20

Finding the perfect Secret Santa present is a true challenge. The item has to show you know a little something about what makes your giftee an individual and ideally inject a little good-natured humor into the gift-giving process. It's not always an easy ask, especially when you're working with a set budget.
20 Secret Santa Gifts Under $20

​8 Basic Life-Saving Skills Everyone Should Know

We’ve featured a lot of survival tips over the years that can help you get out of trouble, but what if you’re next to someone else who’s having a medical emergency? Don’t just stand there as the person chokes or faints! Know what to do in these life-or-death situations.
​8 Basic Life-Saving Skills Everyone Should Know

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 12/2013

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on Beyond The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 12/2013 - November 24, 2013:

How to record any streaming video on the Internet

Sometimes it may not be enough to just watch a streaming video while it is broadcasted. Maybe you are in a webcam session with your colleagues or better-half and want to record it for safe keeping, or maybe, you are watching a presentation or live gaming session and want to save it to your local system so that you can re-watch it at any time and without Internet connection.
How to record any streaming video on the Internet

Elephant isn't very good at playing piano, but rather enjoys it

In this clip from the Music for Elephants series, Peter the elephant joins in on a rollicking 12-bar blues performed on a outdoor piano in Thailand.
Elephant isn't very good at playing piano, but rather enjoys it

Gripping Photos Capture Tornadoes' Destruction in U.S. Midwest

A series of large, fast-moving tornadoes tore through the U.S. midwest on Sunday, leaving carnage in their wake. Tornado watches are in effect for parts of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri, according to the National Weather Service. The tornadoes have produced large hail and damaging winds.
Gripping Photos Capture Tornadoes' Destruction in U.S. Midwest

Terrifying Typhoon Haiyan Footage Continues To Emerge

Typhoon Haiyan was the most powerful storm ever recorded in our history on this planet, and it came to bear on the Philippines with terrifying force. This eyewitness footage shows off just how deadly the resulting storm surge was.
Terrifying Typhoon Haiyan Footage Continues To Emerge

This Is What The Hottest Place On Earth Looks Like

You’re looking at a satellite image of the Dasht-e Lut salt desert in southeast Iran. If you think it looks a bit weird, that’ because it is: it’s widely regarded as the hottest place on Earth.
This Is What The Hottest Place On Earth Looks Like

Silly U.S. Laws Come Alive in This Photo Series

If you ever feel compelled to put a coin in your ear while in Hawaii, hold back — it's illegal. Photographer Olivia Locher was inspired to photograph the coin ban and other outdated and otherwise ridiculous laws in place throughout the United States.
Silly U.S. Laws Come Alive in This Photo Series

What Hand Signals Should I Avoid When Traveling Abroad?

When you’re trotting the globe, it’s important to know when to keep your hands to yourself.
What Hand Signals Should I Avoid When Traveling Abroad?

The 20 Most Popular Passwords Stolen From Adobe

It's no secret that people choose dumb passwords. But when a large database of passwords gets hacked and exposed, it can still be shocking that users still go with such easy-to-guess passwords. But that's exactly what many Adobe customers did. As it turns out, according to one password cracker, the three most popular passwords among Adobe users, whose account details were stolen by hackers, are: "123456," "123456789," and "password."
The 20 Most Popular Passwords Stolen From Adobe

9 Ways to Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines on Friday, causing a 20-foot rise in sea waters and packing winds of up to 147 miles per hour. Authorities are calling it one the country's worst natural disasters on record.
9 Ways to Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

These Domino Tricks Will Knock You Down With Amazement

Dominoes is a complex game involving foresight, planning and strategy — but really, they're for building intricate chain reactions of miniature destruction. Nobody understands this better than Hevesh5 and MillionDollarBoy, who spent three months organizing more than 20,000 dominoes into the masterpiece of clicks and clatters you can watch below.
These Domino Tricks Will Knock You Down With Amazement

Telstra Offering Free Calls To The Philippines During Typhoon Crisis

Super-Typhoon Haiyan has torn through the Philippines in the last few days. In one area alone, up to 10,000 people are feared dead. If you have family in the area and are on Telstra, you’ll be able to call or text them free of charge.
Telstra Offering Free Calls To The Philippines During Typhoon Crisis

Typhoon Haiyan Even Looks Terrifying From 35,400 Kilometres Away

Haiyan was probably the strongest recorded typhoon to ever make landfall when it crashed through the Philippines on November 8 — and it looks just as intimidating from 35,400km away.
Typhoon Haiyan Even Looks Terrifying From 35,400 Kilometres Away

Google Sets Up Person Finder and Relief Map for Typhoon Haiyan

Google launched several crisis tools for those affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever, which has ravaged towns and villages across central Philippines, leaving a suspected 10,000 people dead in just one city and more than 600,000 displaced. Over the weekend, it weakened to a severe tropical storm and hit northern Vietnam.
Google Sets Up Person Finder and Relief Map for Typhoon Haiyan

How to Use An Antivirus Boot Disc or USB Drive to Ensure Your Computer is Clean

If your computer is infected with malware, running an antivirus within Windows may not be enough to remove it. If your computer has a rootkit, the malware may be able to hide itself from your antivirus software.
This is where bootable antivirus solutions come in. They can clean malware from outside the infected Windows system, so the malware won’t be running and interfering with the clean-up process.
How to Use An Antivirus Boot Disc or USB Drive to Ensure Your Computer is Clean

"Huh" is the universal word

"Is 'Huh?' a universal word? Conversational infrastructure and the convergent evolution of linguistic items is a new paper in PLoS One by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The authors propose that "Huh" is a word, and that convergent evolution has driven multiple, unrelated languages to produce it.
"Huh" is the universal word

Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) slams Philippines, may be most powerful typhoon to ever hit land

The typhoon known as Super Typhoon Haiyan (or Super Typhoon Yolanda, as it is referred to within the Philippines) hit the central islands of the Philippines on Friday, with wind speeds at almost 200 miles an hour. For comparison, a commercial airplane takes off at speeds in the range of 160mph.
Super Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) slams Philippines, may be most powerful typhoon to ever hit land

11 Free Google Helpouts To Get Expert Tips For Your Everyday Problems

Google Helpouts is a new service that connects you to real experts who can help you with a variety of problems. Whether it’s a household plumbing problem, a tricky tech problem or how to stick to your diet, there’s someone on Helpouts who can assist. Here’s a look at some of the best and most useful Helpouts we could find.
11 Free Google Helpouts To Get Expert Tips For Your Everyday Problems

The Scientifically Best Time To Drink Coffee

Ever wonder what the best time is to drink your coffee? You probably know it is not a good idea to drink part of your daily dose of caffeine in the afternoon. Especially for those who have problems sleeping. But, do you ever drink your coffee and feel like it just didn’t work?
The Scientifically Best Time To Drink Coffee

Super Typhoon Haiyan Barrels Toward the Philippines

One of the most powerful cyclones ever observed is on track to cross over the Philippines on Friday morning Eastern time.
Super Typhoon Haiyan Barrels Toward the Philippines

In the news: 2013 – The Year of Solar Flare

Are science fiction literature authors correct when they write about solar flares causing Earth’s communications to fail and causing catastrophes worldwide or is this simply a convenient plot device? The year 2013 has seen the most solar flares since 2003 because the Sun’s magnetic field cycle is reversing polarization, as it does every 11 years. This reversal causes larger and more frequent solar flares, which explains why this year has seen a large number of these impressive solar weather occurrences in many years.
In the news: 2013 – The Year of Solar Flare

Deaths, Australia, 2012

This release contains statistics for deaths and mortality in Australia.
Deaths, Australia, 2012

Not All “Viruses” Are Viruses: 10 Malware Terms Explained

Most people seem to call every type of malware a “virus”, but that isn’t technically accurate. You’ve probably heard of many more terms beyond virus: malware, worm, Trojan, rootkit, keylogger, spyware, and more. But what do all these terms mean?
Not All “Viruses” Are Viruses: 10 Malware Terms Explained

Blowing Up A Building In Slo-Mo Is A Great Way To Start The Month

Is there a better way to ring in November than watching a controlled explosion? Sure there is, if said explosion was captured by a Phantom Flex high-speed camera at 2500 fps. The Slow Mo Guys are back and after playing around with a couple of grenades (please don’t try that at home) they set their sites — or viewfinder — on their largest explosion yet.
Blowing Up A Building In Slo-Mo Is A Great Way To Start The Month