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• Real-Time Web Monitor

  

  Akamai monitors global Internet conditions around the clock. With this real-time web monitor you can identify the global regions with the greatest attack... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• Big Bang Theory Network Diagram

  

  The popular CBS TV-show 'The Big Bang Theory' presents a complex network of characters. This network diagram illustrates the various types of relationships. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Hidden Cold War Missile Launch Base Underneath House

  

  image credit Scouting New York has gone down into a 9-story Cold War missile launch facility hidden in the wilderness of the Adirondacks. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2012 SOCIETY

• Bat Infestation Under Tile Roof In Miami, USA

  Hundreds of bats come flying out from underneath the tiles. YouTube link (via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)The Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Cats Wearing Glasses

  

  image credit Do cats wear glasses? Of course they do!The Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 11 Things You Might Not Know About Winnie the Pooh

  

  image credit Winnie the Pooh is a fictional anthropomorphic bear created by A. A. Milne. The first collection of stories about the character was the book... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 FAMILY, PARENTING, SCHOOLING

• The Internet 2011 In Numbers

  

  image credit So what happened with the Internet in 2011? How many email accounts were there in the world in 2011? How many websites? How much did the most... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 COMPUTING, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Tiger On Hotel Roof Rescued By Firefighters

  Firefighters sometimes receive calls out to get cats out of trees. But what happens when they get calls about a tiger on a roof? Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Rats Free Trapped Friends

  

  With a few liberating swipes of their paws, a group of research rats freed trapped labmates and raised anew the possibility that empathy isn't unique to humans... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Final Maneuvers Of The Costa Concordia

  

  Regarding the disaster with the Costa Concordia we will not exactly know what happened until the Voyage Data Recorder, aka Black Box, is analyzed. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2012 SOCIETY

• The Day The Sea Turned To Gunk

  

  image credit It was as if the ocean has been turned into a giant cup of cappuccino. This display of nature's occasional freakiness had people scratching their... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 ENVIRONMENT

• 23 Hilariously Bad Knockoff Brands

  

  image credit In every dollar store and Chinatown marketplace these bad knockoff brands can be found. If nothing else, their efforts are commendable.The... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Still Life

  A still life painting that isn't so still. Still Life is an interactive gallery piece, created by Scott Garner, that takes traditional still life painting into... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Kodak No.1 Circular Snapshots

  

  image credit The Kodak No.1 camera, invented by American George Eastman, was a simple, leather-covered wooden box - small and light enough to be held in the... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2012 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Pitch Drop Experiment

  

  The pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. The experiment was started in 1927 by... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 SCIENCE

• Lovefield

  is a short film directed by Canadian Mathieu Ratthe. Lovefield combines elements of horror, suspense and drama to create a story that takes the audience on a... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, TV & VIDEO

• Is It Old?

  

  Want to know whether a link you want to post has been seen before? How many times has it been shared before? Is it an old link or a new one? Is It Old? Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 COMPUTING, TECH

• How To Say 'I Ate My Cat' In 36 Languages

  

  Wikipedia user 'Ardonik' wants to record translations of the English phrase 'I ate my cat' in every written language ever conceived by man.The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Bear 71

  Live observes and records the intersection of humans, nature and technology in a live, Internet connected event. Questioning how we see the world through the... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, TECH

• The Pothole Gardener

  

  image credit Londoner Steve Wheen brings greenery and miniature scenes to the streets of East London in his 'The Pothole Gardener' project. Wheen describes... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2012 GARDENING