Last night while working at the computer and watching the Discovery channel (I have a PC-TV card), I noticed this guy was going to parachute into a corvette convertible traveling at 70 MPH, so of course I captured it.

They call it "swooping," because they drop fast then when they pick up enough speed they level off and use the speed horizontally, sometimes less than a foot above ground. He made it just barely on the third attemp and was almost a little late. Which of course is better than landing in front of the car as he did in practice. The driver was barely able to slow and swerve to miss him.



Actually the car hardly qualifies as a convertible with the rear back a solid top. It's probably almost like trying to drop into a sun roof.

Update: I uploaded the clip to YouTube to increase the size a little, and also because it wasn't playing well with some browsers.

The violin hasn't been a favorite instrament... well maybe not until now. After listening to Vanessa Mae bring the violin to life in a whole new way I'm hooked. She plays just about every genre of music; classical, pop, rock, techno and reggae to name a few, often mixing two or more music genres in a beautiful new way.

She played with the Philharmonie Orchestra when she was ten, and began her popular professional life at sixteen. Maybe it's a bit overmuch to post three of her videos but they are all so good it was tough just to cut it down this far.

This is my favorite. It sounds rather like classical but with a disco beat (a favorite genre).













Here is a list of her videos on YouTube, unfortunately some people remix and upload her music with their own videos (like Saturday morning cartoons). Then take a look at Vanessa Mae's website and read her success story.