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• Tom Waits/Cookie Monster Mashup

  Tom Waits sometimes sounds eerily like Cookie Monster with his very dark, cynical voice. Here's Cookie Monster's rendition of Waits' 'God's Away On Business. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Text-Image Generator

  

  By using the Text-Image Generator you can easily create your individual text art image. Unlike other ASCII and text converters the content of an image is... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 ART & DESIGN, TECH

• How To Break Your Daily Caffeine Habit And Use Coffee Strategically

  

  image credit Caffeine seems so simple, even if you're a veteran user. You drink it, you get amped up for a short period, and you inevitably come down a bit whe... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• The Candle Lighting

  A clip from the pilot episode of The Inside Kids, a new sketch comedy show created by Brett Meiselas, Jason Blackman, and Jason Bader. Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Nature Conquers All In the End

  

  image credit Mankind maintains a complex relationship with the environment. Basically we see what we want and take it. Then when we are out of money, or it... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 ENVIRONMENT

• Electric Plane Powered By Its Own Solar Hangar

  

  Aviation enthusiasts interested in greener flying might put an Elektra One plane on their wish lists. PC-Aero's electric aircraft can fly for up to three hours... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 GADGETS, SCIENCE, TECH

• Are Unicorns Real?

  

  image credit Some people believe in unicorns, or vampires, dragons, werewolfs and mermaids. Are they real? Is there a scientific basis for these folklores?... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 RANDOM

• Baatara Gorge - The Waterfall That Drops Into A Cave

  

  image credit Only discovered in 1952 the Baatara Waterfall in Lebanon is something more than a little unusual. If waterfalls can be said to have a trick up thei... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 OUTDOORS, TRAVEL

• Google Maps Captures 'Rainbow' Plane In Flight Over Chicago

  

  An image from Google Maps of Hyde Park in Chicago, USA. The rainbow effect could have been caused by a satellite imaging process that consisted of 'several... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 RANDOM

• Selfcontrolfreak

  

  Meet Olivier Otten, a Dutch 'interaction designer'. He hates cursors. This is from an ongoing video series called Selfcontrolfreak. Here is more of his work. Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, TECH

• Cartography's Favourite Map Monster: The Land Octopus

  

  image credit Over the centuries, the high seas have served as a blank canvas for cartographers' worst nightmares. They have dotted the oceans with a whole... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY, HUMOR, RANDOM

• Are Beautiful People 'Selfish By Nature'?

  People with symmetrical faces are more self-sufficient and less likely to co-operate, new research suggests. Kate Moss, George Clooney, Natalie Portman or... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 SCIENCE

• I'm A NeatoShop Affiliate

  

  As of today I'm a NeatoShop affiliate, as you can see in the right column of this blog. The NeatoShop is the online store for Neatorama, one of the largest and... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Doug Tessler At The Dentist

  Flutist Doug Tessler was so nervous about what his dentist, Dr. Steve Rosenberg, was going to find when he went for a check, that all he could think of was to... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Spirit Bear

  

  image credit The Kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei) is a subspecies of the American Black Bear living in the central and north coast of British... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT

• World War II: The American Home Front In Color

  

  image credit In 1942, soon after the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an executive order creating the Office of War... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The 10 Most Important Kisses In The Universe

  

  image credit Popular wisdom claims that Eskimos rub noses because kissing on the lips would cause their mouths to freeze together. Not only is this completely... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY

• The Art And Science Of S’mores

  

  image credit A s'more is a traditional nighttime campfire treat consisting of a roasted marshmallow and a layer of chocolate sandwiched between two pieces of... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 FOOD & DRINK

• Gold Plated, Diamond Encrusted Contact Lenses

  

  Inspired by the diamonds planted on his wife's teeth, Chandrashekhar Chawan, an optometrist at India's Shekhar Eye Research Center, has created gold plated,... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 HEALTH, LIFESTYLE

• Where Is The Red?

  

  is a variation on the classic shell game. Keep your eye on the moving cups and choose the one that you think is covering the red cap. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 RANDOM