Drone fillmed fireworks show

Slashdot noted of a fireworks show in West Palm Beach FL, that was filmed with a quad copter and a go-pro (somewhat illegally).

Shattered: 28 hours, 50 minutes

Jalopnk, has a great write up about Ed Bolian shattering Alex Roy's Cannon ball record, by completing the treck from NY to CA in 28:50.

Quantum Mechanics and Magnitisim

Veritasium and MinutePhysics has a really nice, easy to understand, overview on how magnets and electro-magnets work and how that relates to quantum mechanics.

"Fly my pretties! Fly! Fly! Fly!"

NPR notes that John Oliver's skit on his new show Last Week Tonight where he urges everyone to comment to the FCC about the insanity of the removal of the Net Neutrality laws has apparently crashed the FCC's comment web page from an overload of users!

what is the worth of a Facebook like?

Nothing!  Veritasium does an excellent job of explaining why you should never advertise on Facebook.

Going all NSA on your Congressperson...

Wired has an interesting write up on Countable and other apps that are enabling citizens to track how their representatives vote, and do a better job of grading them compared to your values.

Death Penalty?

Last Week Tonight is John Oliver's (formerly from the Daily Show) new news show has a good argument on what is wrong with the Death Penalty and why we should get rid of it.

hot tub tug

Got a spare $25k?  Why not get a HotTug? Its a hot tub in a boat! Roadtrippers.com has a nice right up on it.

AirHelp!

Kate Hanni did us all a favor a few years ago when she created flyersrights.org, and fought for new expanded airline passenger protections.  Well, as wired points out, there are a new bred of Ambulance Chasers out there that will go after the Airlines on your behalf and get you money back for that missed or canceled flight.  God Bless them!

Net Neutrality Explained

Victoria Hart has _again_ produced a fantastic video explaining a very complex topic.  This time it is on Net Neutrality within the US.  Not only does she explain it in a very accurate way, but also prods you into being a civic member of society by pointing out all the great things you could do to take control of this situation.