LeMelon http://lemelon.com Funny and/or interesting videos and links from across the web Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:09:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Stunning time lapse video of the Milky Way http://lemelon.com/2010/03/06/time-lapse-video-milky-way-hawaii-stars/ http://lemelon.com/2010/03/06/time-lapse-video-milky-way-hawaii-stars/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:03:27 +0000 admin http://lemelon.com/?p=75 Thanks to Gawker, I found this amazing time-lapse video of the Milky Way, filmed from an observatory in Hawaii. Aside from all the stars, it’s also quite cool how you can see the rotation of the Earth in this video! Enjoy:

The video was made by Charles Leung.

I really want to go to an observatory now!

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It hurt so much that he couldn’t even finish the race. Poor guy! I didn’t realise slalom could be so dangerous! ;)

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I’ll add the best pun/puns from the comments in a few days.

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1. Tony vs. Paul

This is a classic video from three and a half years ago! It may be old (by YouTube standards) but it’s definitely one to watch. In fact, it has an IMDB page!

2. Human Tetris

If you haven’t played Tetris before, then you’ve had a sheltered childhood. This video, using quite a few different people, shows what Tetris would be like if you used people to play as the blocks! The sound effects might get a bit annoying after a while though :P

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Originally, the Saints were given odds of 20/1 to win!

Share/Bookmark]]> http://lemelon.com/2010/02/18/highlights-super-bowl-44-2010-football/feed/ 0 The Helicopter Game – The classic addictive flash game http://lemelon.com/2010/02/17/fun-helicopter-flash-game/ http://lemelon.com/2010/02/17/fun-helicopter-flash-game/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:48:16 +0000 admin http://lemelon.com/?p=62 I was reminiscing about the helicopter game the other day and decided that it definitely deserves to be on this site!

For those that don´t know, the objective is to get the helicopter as far as possible without crashing. Instructions are below.

Click and/or hold the left mouse button to make the helicopter rise and let go to make it fall. Avoid the obstacles!

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I’m British and have never been a massive fan of American Football, but I must admit that I’m starting to enjoy (and understand) this sport more and more as time goes on. Bring on Super Bowl 45!

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Note: This was posted on the old LeMelon site but I think it’s good enough to be posted again!

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After that, several more inmates got this ‘tattoo’ done too! See the interviews with those that did it below:

Next time I want my eyes dyed red or black, I know where to go ;)

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