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Downtown Noblesville

Walked around downtown Noblesville on Thursday afternoon with my point-and-shoot camera and snapped a few photos of the area and buildings. Indiana has some great old buildings in the downtown areas of hundreds of its cities, but Noblesville is one of the nicer Hoosier downtown areas in my… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on July 11, 2008 at 10:22am — No Comments

Sculpture by the road in Lebanon on 32

As my wife and I were driving to Westfield from Lebanon on Saturday, we passed this sculpture garden and had to pull over to snap a few pictures. I don't know the story behind this or who created these sculptures, but I'd be interested in hearing about it from anyone in the know.… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on July 10, 2008 at 3:37pm — 3 Comments

Finches in my backyard

I took a seat on the back deck after dinner last night hoping to get a decent hummingbird photo, but the finches were more cooperative. I did get a few hummingbird photos as well, they just didn't come out as good. Here's a slideshow of some of the pics I took:

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Added by Ryan Dillman on July 3, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

Statewide rally against puppy mills

Indiana currently has no state laws regulating the conditions of puppy mills. As a result, our state has one of the highest numbers of puppy mills in the country. Thousands of puppy mill dogs are forced to live their entire lives in tiny, wire cages with no exercise. They are malnouris… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on July 3, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

May 3rd is Free Comic Book Day

A FREE DAY OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Worldwide Free Comic Book Day Comes to Noblesville with Comics for All Ages! Reader Copies 2 in Noblesville is one of thousands of comic book shops around the world celebrating the comic book art form on Saturday, May 3rd. On F… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on April 17, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Photo exhibition embraces beauty of rural landscape

Rural scenery is the focus of “Breaking Ground,” an exhibition by photo… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on March 13, 2008 at 2:09pm — 4 Comments

My wife made me go to the boat show, no really

I’m probably one of the few married guys in Indiana that can say that his wife actually dragged him to the Indianapolis Boat, Sport, and Travel show at the State Fairgrounds instead of the other way around. Laura’s friend was going to the show to make final arrangements for a pontoon boat she bought earlier in the week with h… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on February 27, 2008 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Champion cardstacker builds capitol with 22,000 cards

Using 22,000 cards over 3 days, record-holding card stacker Bryan Berg builds the Rhode Island State House, home of Brotherhood, Sundays at 10PM ET/PT only on Showtime. Visit www.sho.com for more a... (more) Added: October 05, 2007 Using 22,000 cards over 3 days, record-holding card stacker Bryan Berg builds the Rhode Island State House, home of Brotherhood, Sundays at 10PM ET/PT only on Showtime. Visit www.sho.com for more about Brotherhood.

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 11, 2008 at 3:34pm — No Comments

Water slide stunts

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 11, 2008 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Rural Olympics draw crowds in India

Feb. 10 - Sportsmen and enthusiasts gather for the Rural Olympics in India's state of Punjab.

The first Rural Olympics were held in Kila Raipur, Punjab in 1933. Since then they have been an annual event. Thousands of sportsmen and dare-devil performers converge for the four day event in the dusty fields of a small village in the northern Indian state.

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 11, 2008 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Paper space shuttles set for takeoff

Feb 6 - Japanese scientists are planning to launch paper planes from the International Space Station to see if they make it back to Earth. The University of Tokyo researchers tested small, origami planes made of special paper for 30 seconds in 250 degrees Celsius (482 F) heat and wind at seven times the speed of sound. The theory is that paper craft, being much lighter than space shuttles, may escape the worst of the friction and heat that much heavier space shuttles face on… Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on February 7, 2008 at 5:20pm — No Comments

Gas pumping robot

Feb. 05 - No need to get out of the car to refuel - new Dutch robot can do it for you. The "Tankpitstop" robot is the brainchild of Dutch inventors Nico Van Staveren and Henk Hofman who hope their robotic petrol pump attendant will become a familiar sight on the gas forecourts of the world. Helen Long reports. Continue

Added by Ryan Dillman on February 5, 2008 at 3:31pm — No Comments

Urban Ninja

I could do this.

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 4, 2008 at 5:04pm — 1 Comment

Evolution of Dance

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 1, 2008 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Funny dogs video

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 1, 2008 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Man Show deer prank

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Added by Ryan Dillman on February 1, 2008 at 1:23pm — No Comments

Clifty Falls State Park

Clifty Falls State Park is located near Madison with entrances off state roads 56 and 62. The name Clifty Falls paints a beautiful picture in your mind. Winter and spring hiking shows the falls at their best while the rugged splendor of the creek and canyon offer exciting scenery year-round.

In historic Madison tour the Lanier State Historic Site, mansion of frontier banker James F.D. La

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Added by Ryan Dillman on January 30, 2008 at 8:19pm — No Comments

More funny commercials

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Added by Ryan Dillman on January 29, 2008 at 4:50pm — No Comments

Make your own 3D avatar

Keath showed me this website, and I thought I would pass it along. It allows you to create your own 3D avatar that you can post in your profile on sites like this one. The site is called Meez. Here's a quick one I made of myself. It doesn't look much like me though. Click on it for the animated 3D version.

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Added by Ryan Dillman on January 29, 2008 at 3:05pm — No Comments