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• Radio Controlled Crawling Zombie

  Wouldn't you like to have this Radio Controlled Crawling Zombie on your front lawn at Halloween? YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Bedtime Calculator

  

  The average adult human takes fourteen minutes to fall asleep. Sleep cycles typically last 90 minutes. Waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle leaves you... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 RANDOM

• Yakity-Yak: 60 Years Of Teeth That Talk Back

  

  image credit In the 1940s, toy inventor Eddie Goldfarb saw an ad for a false-teeth holder called a 'Tooth Garage' and he started cracking up. In his head, he... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Is Facebook Making Our Brains Bigger?

  

  image credit Scientists are obsessed with studying the impact of Facebook on our brains. Usually the news is bad. But a new study says having more Facebook... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Tony Hawk Freerunning Graffiti

  Freerunning is a form of urban acrobatics in which participants use the city and rural landscape to perform movements through its structures. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 GAMING, RANDOM, TECH

• America Marks 150th Anniversary Of The World's First Social Network

  

  image credit Long before there was an Internet or an iPad, before people were social networking and instant messaging, Americans had already got wired. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Paperback Charlie Brown

  

  image credit Paperback Charlie Brown is a collection of forgotten paperback Peanuts books.The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 BOOKS, CULTURE

• Mount Vesuvius: One Of The World's Most Dangerous Volcanoes

  

  image credit East of Naples, Italy, looms the volcano Mount Vesuvius with an elevation of 4,203 feet. Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in 79 AD that led... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 ENVIRONMENT, TRAVEL

• 'Alien' Captured On Film In The Amazon Rainforest

  

  A picture, taken from video footage, which purportedly shows an alien lurking in the Amazon, shows an unidentified being standing with its back arched a few fee... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 CULTURE, RANDOM

• Want to Know Whether a Link You Send to Your Friends, Col...

  

  Want to know whether a link you send to your friends, colleagues or Twitter followers is a new link, or that it has been tweeted before? Type the link in... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Neatorama Give-Away

  

  Neatorama and The Presurfer are cooperating once again in a give-away. With Halloween just a week away, wouldn't you like to own a Zombie Back Scratcher? Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Physics Book

  

  I've been reading Cliff Pickover's 'The Physics Book' lately with much interest. Besides being a science writer he's also the author of Reality Carnival, one... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 PHYSICS, SCIENCE

• What A Formula 1 Driver Really Sees

  Join in an installation lap around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, with Brazilian racing driver Lucas di Grassi. The first time ever an eye-level... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 MOTO, SPORTS

• The Origin Of 'Gung Ho'

  

  image credit According to the dictionary gung ho means extremely enthusiastic and dedicated. Most of us are not aware of it today, but gung ho has been in... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Why Computer Voices Are Mostly Female

  From voice-mail systems to GPS devices to Siri and beyond, why are so many computerized voices female? One answer may lie in biology. Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 COMPUTING, CULTURE, HISTORY, TECH

• Shirt Removal Made Easy

  If you thought you could take your shirt off fast, you ain't seen nothing! This commercial shows you exactly what technique to use in order to maximize your fre... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Six Seriously Spooky Cemetery Stories

  

  image credit It's that time of year, when we look to graveyards for tales that scare the dickens out of us. Ghosts, unexplained phenomena, and even vampires... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• OmniTouch

  OmniTouch is a wearable depth-sensing and projection system that enables interactive multitouch applications on everyday surfaces. The system allows the wearer... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 GADGETS, TECH

• Famous Scientists As Children

  

  image credit The scientists in this article left an indelible mark on the world and lived adult lives which will be remembered forever. Yet they were once... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE

• MC Hammer Announces His Own Search Engine

  

  It sounds like a joke, but it's not. MC Hammer, the rapper and businessman, has announced WireDoo, a new search engine focused on 'deep search' and relational... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2011 CELEB, RANDOM, TECH