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• What Makes James Cameron's Mariana Trench Exploration So Special?

  

  image credit In March of this year, James Cameron became the second human to personally descend into the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, and the first to bring... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2012 OUTDOORS

• Cool For Sale, From Beatnik Bongos To Hipster Specs

  

  image credit Everyone hates hipsters. But the real reason they're so easy to vilify, and impossible to identify with, is that they never existed in the first... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2012 SOCIETY

• You Waste A Lot Of Time At Work

  

  How do you spend your day at work? Really working full time all the time? Want to know which are the most time-consuming activities that keep you away from... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2012 BUSINESS, CAREER

• Hitachi Seaside Park - Tsunami Survivor

  

  image credit The Miharashi No Oka hill offers visitors the sight of the panoramic splendor of the Pacific Ocean. Yet it is not the sea views that people come... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, HUMOR, TRAVEL

• Why Was 34,969 Count Von Count's Magic Number?

  

  image credit On August 23, 2012, Jerry Nelson dies. He was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. His most famous character is the... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 RANDOM

• Email Will Never Die - The Man Who Invented It Reveals Why

  

  Texting, instant messaging, Facebook, Twitter - we have dozens of ways to pass a message from one user to the next, and yet we keep coming back to email. Why? Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Huge Filament Eruption On The Sun

  Yesterday I posted about solar storms and whether they are dangerous to us. Here's a video of a filament collapsing in a spectacular way on August 31, 2012. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 SCIENCE

• Friday Cartoon By Mark Anderson

  

  Puppet Cartoon by Andertoons Mark Anderson is a professional cartoonist from the Chicago area. His cartoons have been published in Reader's Digest, The Wall... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Sisko Wanted To Be Bald And Other Things You Might Not Know About Deep Space Nine

  

  In 1993, Star Trek began a bold experiment: a series set on a fixed location. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was an unusual, experimental and gloriously successful... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 SCIENCE

• Found: World's Oldest Message In A Bottle

  

  image credit A Scottish fisherman has found the world's oldest message in a bottle. It is 98 years old, and was cast into the ocean by Captain C. Hunter... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Are Solar Storms Dangerous To Us?

  

  image credit Throughout 2012, the sun has been in an active part of its 11-year cycle of activity. Dark spots have been seen at sun's surface. Space... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE

• A Labor Day Hike To Loon Lake

  

  photo used with permission A popular loop leads from the Chinook Campground in the Payette National Forest, along the banks of the Sesech River to the majestic... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 DESTINATIONS

• How Much Is Bowser's Castle Worth In Today's Market

  

  Bowser's Castle is one of the most recognizable bad-guy pads in gaming history. It's hard to forget the first time you saw the massive, comically menacing... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 GAMING, TECH

• I Hate Kitties

  Everyone loves kitties, right? Well, not everyone. A short - and strange - movie by Pamela Reed and Matthew Rader. With Samantha Ypma. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Pyrenean Desman: On The Trail Of Europe's Weirdest Beast

  

  image credit The Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is a small semiaquatic mammal that lives in the Pyrenees to the Iberian Peninsula. It inhabits mountain... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• 15 Professions With Strange And Wonderful Names

  

  image credit Do you know what a weirkeeper does? Or a chandler? A haberdasher? Historical employment records are full of fantastic job titles that don't often... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 CAREER

• Catroulette

  

  is Chatroulette for cat adoption. The site bases its user interface on Chatroulette's nexting model. The website allows you to skip through videos of adorable... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 PETS

• The Beautiful Golden Tortoise Beetle

  

  image credit The Golden Tortoise Beetle is a widely distributed North American insect with a typical size of 5 -7 mm. Recognizable by their golden colour, they... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Forget TV Pickers, Meet The Real Mavericks Of The Antiques World

  Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with 'American Pickers,' writer Maureen Stanton became fascinated with another rugged Alpha... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 CULTURE

• Burning Man 2012: Why The Nose?

  Whythenose.com is dedicated to the act of wearing a clown nose everyday, in order to make people smile. When you wear it and you're waiting with a kind word, a... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM