Epic fireworks display

Earlier this year Dubai celebrated the opening of the Atlantis resort at Palm Jumeriah in typical Dubai fashion, by shattering a few world records. In this case, for the largest fireworks display ever in human history. Over 1 million fireworks were launched in just 8 minutes... ten times the amount used in the entire 3 hour opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. The display was reportedly visible from space, and based on the video below, I can believe it... Fireworks were launched from the entire 27-mile length of the palm island. The 'grand finale' of this display is beyond words. The finale was reported to be the loudest non-nuclear manmade explosive noise ever... but the crowd seemed to have enjoyed it. Watch and enjoy:

Abu Dhabi 2030

So the city of Abu Dhabi is expected to go from 1 million people today to 3 million in the next 20 years. Fortunately they have a plan to grow sensibly and sustainably. And in the UAE they find a way to make the most visionary plans and designs become a reality. Check out this cool video to see the future of Abu Dhabi!

Watch out Lady Gaga...

because there is a new music diva in town... Lady Pasta!

Check out the latest episode of Annoying Orange on YouTube below... it is hilarious!

What can you do if you had a couple hundred Dyson Air Multiplier Fans

If you had $20,000 to spend on the new Dyson Air Multiplier Fans, what could you do? Well it seems that the good folks at the Dyson factory have access to these fun and very cool fans (go figure) and decided to try to answer this question using one simple balloon and a lot of electricity.... Check out the cool video below:

Arizona Monsoon Season

So it is monsoon season here in the Valley of the Sun... The only real question is when will most of us see our first moonsoon rains of the year? Scottsdale got a brief downpour on thursday but thus far in the season that is all that has happened. The Arizona Republic posted an awesome photo collection of their best monsson photos of the last few years. click HERE to view their photos. You can also click on about.com's article on the Monsoon in Phoenix to learn more about this unique weather phenomenon.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Apples

The latest episode of Annoying Orange has arrived! It has been viewed over 600,000 times in less than 2 days. This one brings back some fond childhood memories for me and my generation...

Top of the world...

So here is an awesome view from the top of the spire of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest manmade structure ever built. The building has 160 habitable floors and the spire rises an additional 46 stories. This video is at a height of 818 meters or 2,717 feet high. This is the equivalent of the 206th floor. I don't think I could do this... This building is taller than both towers of the former World Trade Center in New York stacked on top of each other, including the 300 foot antenna that was on top of tower one... This building is huge.... So watch the video and try not to get dizzy!

Sun, fun (and heat) for the 4th...

We're Heating up for the 4th of July here in the Valley of the Sun... This was the Fox 10 weather report from today... I love how it was 99 in Douglas down on the border and they [Weatherman Dave Munsey] use blue for 99 degrees because Blue=Cold and Red=Warm/Hot... So anything below 100 is in Blue... go figure... Gotta love AZ!

Happy Orange of July (I mean 4th of July...)

So recently I have discovered this short web series called The Annoying Orange (click the link to go to their YouTube channel)... in each 1-2 minute episode this talking orange annoys every fruit and every thing around him... Somehow these are both funny and somewhat creepy at the same time... well anyhow, here is their new July 4th episode...

Best show in Arizona!

So Im hoping to get a glimpse of the local fireworks celebrations on the 4th... and the best show of all around here is at the Tempe Town Lake... From the Tempe Town Lake 4th of July festival 2008 as aired on CBS 5:


And a short 9 minutes documentary on how and why Tempe Lake and the surrounding park were created:


And a little bit about the 10th anniversary of the lake: