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• Harness

  An advertisement for the Royal Dutch Guide Dog Foundation. YouTube link (via Nag on the Lake)The Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Modern Dog House

  

  The Cubix Dog Mansion by German company Best Friend's was designed to pay homage to the Bauhaus style. The raised roof and rectangular windows are nice... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 HOME, HUMOR, PETS, RANDOM

• Images Of A Nano World

  

  Michael Oliveri, a digital media professor from the University of Georgia, likes to snap photos, but not with a camera most photographers use. He prefers the... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 CULTURE, PHOTOGRAPHY, RANDOM

• Horses Save Milk Truck Stuck In Snow

  Four big Amish horses come to the rescue of this milk truck stuck in the snow in Central Pennsylvania. Watch the mouse running for it's life in front of the... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Likability Of Angry Birds

  

  Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Finland-based Rovio Mobile, in which players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Hundreds Of Tourist Photos Weaved Into One

  

  The world's most famous landmarks created by combining hundreds of tourist photos into one. A work by swiss artist Corinne Vionnet. Look closely and you'll see... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, RANDOM

• The Fuller Brush Man

  

  The Fuller Brush Company was founded January 1, 1906, by Alfred Carl Fuller, a businessman from Nova Scotia, Canada. The company began with door-to-door sales o... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Geese Jogging Down The Road

  YouTube link) (thanks Cora)The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Enormously Powerful Dinosaur Discovered In Utah, USA

  

  A new dinosaur with enormously powerful thigh muscles has been discovered in America. Scientists speculated that the muscles may have been used for kicking... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SCIENCE

• How Does A Lock Work?

  

  A lock is a section of a waterway, such as a canal, closed off with gates, in which vessels in transit are raised or lowered by raising or lowering the water... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• 10 Most Precariously Placed Treehouses On Earth

  

  The urge to inhabit high up places has been with us throughout the course of human history - tied up with a desire for protection from predators and the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Internet Wishlist

  

  A collection of ideas for apps and websites people are wishing for. Think of it like a suggestion box for the future of technology. The Internet Wishlist was... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Tall Painting

  Directing, cinematography, and editing by Dave Kaufman. Painting by Holton Rower. YouTube link (via Everlasting Blort)The Presurfer Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Print Effect

  

  image credit Ever wondered how much it would take to print your entire Twitter timeline? I'm not much of a Twitterer so the numbers are not very impressive, bu... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM, SOCIAL MEDIA, TECH

• Red Bull Street Art View

  

  Using Google Maps and crowdsourced data from around the world, Street Art View is an ever-changing site that lets visitors explore murals, stenciling, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE, HUMOR, RANDOM

• How 'OK' Took Over The World

  

  It crops up in our speech dozens of times every day, although it apparently means little. So how did the word 'OK' conquer the world? 'OK' is one of the most... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• The Prandtl-Glauert Singularity - Amazing Jet Plane Shock Collar

  

  image credit It's an amazing site - a cone of vapor appearing around an aircraft which is travelling at transonic speed. Known as the Prandtl–Glauert Singularit... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Comparing The Lives Of Bill Gates And Ingvar Kamprad

  

  Comparing Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Ingvar Kamprad (IKEA). (thanks Raul)The Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Mr. Peanut's New Car

  

  Mr. Peanut is the advertising logo and mascot of Planters, an American snack-food company and division of Kraft Foods. Now, Mr. Peanut has a new car, the... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM

• Flea Jump Mystery Solved

  Forty-four years after the debate about how fleas jump began, researchers say they've solved the mystery thanks to high-speed cameras that show the insects... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2011 HUMOR, RANDOM