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• The Interactive Crappy Piano

  

  Wow! This really is a crappy piano. Play it and you'll see why. (via Dark Roasted Blend)The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Beard Hat

  Need to look awesome? Get a Beardo Beard Hat. Unlike do-it-yourself beards, the Beardo Beard Hat is always guaranteed to be full, perfectly coiffed, and super... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Was The First Photographed UFO A Comet?

  

  image credit On August 12, 1883, Mexican astronomer José Bonilla was preparing to study the Sun at the recently opened Zacatecas Observatory. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 HISTORY, SCIENCE

• 'Criminal' Penguin Caught On Camera

  A 'criminal' stone-stealing Adelie penguin has been captured on camera by a BBC film crew. The footage they captured shows a male penguin stealing stones from... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Letter 'G' Goes Missing At World Scrabble Championships

  

  At this year's World Scrabble Championships a competitor demanded his opponent be strip-searched after the disappearance of a letter 'G'. Furious Chollapat... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 CULTURE, RANDOM, SOCIETY

• The Evolution Of Swing Sets

  

  Swing sets today have made great strides since their beginning at the turn of the 20th century. Strides in swing set safety and educational opportunities have... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 CULTURE, FAMILY, HISTORY

• Quantum Levitation

  A demo from the Tel-Aviv University with quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field. They are suspending a superconducting disc above or below a set of... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 PHYSICS, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• What's A Trade Secret?

  

  image credit A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, or compilation of information which is not generally known or... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2011 BUSINESS, ECONOMICS, LEGAL

• 15 Places You Should Travel To While You Are Young

  

  image credit There are so many interesting and beautiful places in the world that everyone should get the chance to travel to, but especially while you are... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Incoming Missile

  A guy is just minding his own business reading a web page and suddenly the radar detects something... YouTube link (thanks Cora)The Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• How A Blind Person Uses A DVD Player

  Tommy Edison demonstrates whether or not a new Sont DVD player is accessible for someone who is visually impaired. Does the DVD player come with Braille... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Origin Of Frankenstein

  

  image credit The original Frankenstein's monster wasn't Boris Karloff. It was a character created by a 19-year-old author named Mary Shelley... more than 190... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, RANDOM

• Chris Quiray - Self Indulgence

  Progressive guitarist Christopher Quiray plays his percussive guitar solo 'Self Indulgence.' Film by Joseph Basile. YouTube link (thanks Joseph) related posts:... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC

• Everything You Need To Know About QR Codes

  

  image credit A QR code, or Quick Response code, is a two-dimensional matrix bar code that is used to identify products. It can store up to 4,296 alphanumeric... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 TECH

• The Discovery Of Luminescence: The Bolognian Stone

  

  image credit In 1602 Vincenzo Casciarolo, a cobbler by trade and dilettante alchemist who pursued transformation of humbler materials into gold, discovered wha... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 CULTURE, SCIENCE

• Beer Can Help Increase Wi-Fi Coverage

  Don't throw that beer can away. You can turn it into an antenna to boost your Wi-Fi coverage. Watch Kim Komando show you exactly how to get it done. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Can Eating Too Much Spicy Food Kill You?

  

  image credit Last week, the Kismot Indian restaurant in Edinburgh, Scotland, held a competition to eat the extra-hot Kismot Killer curry. Some of the... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 FOOD & DRINK, HEALTH

• The Pronghorn - The American Almost Antelope

  

  image credit If you were asked to think of a large mammal of the American prairie you might well say the bison, coyote or wolf, a measure of how much these... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

  A Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 GADGETS, TECH

• J-Walk Blog Closes Doors

  

  Last Friday, one of my favorite blogs closed its doors after nine years. The J-Walk Blog, maintained by John Walkenbach, also known as 'Mr. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2011 SOCIAL MEDIA