These rust and scratch stickers are designed to make your beautiful bike or car look rusted and scratched so that passing thieves assume it's not worth stealing due to its apparent shabbyness. This anti-theft device is not guaranteed to work in any way.
Anti-Theft Bike/Car Stickers
The Rubber Hand Illusion
An experiment where a woman sees a rubber hand plausibly positioned to extend from her arm while her real hand is hidden. If the fake and real hands are stroked simultaneously, she may feel the stroking in the location of the rubber hand, not the real one.
It is believed this illusion is associated with activity in the multisensory areas, most notably the ventral premotor cortex.
The Rudest Travel Book Ever Written
Victorian writer Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer (1802-1878) was a woman of deep piety - and of even more profound prejudices. In the mid-19th century, she wrote the definitive travel guide to the world. There was just one problem: she had never set foot outside her native England.
The result is a scrutinizing of nearly every country in the world. My country, the Netherlands, comes out fairly well because she writes:
There is no people in Europe as clean as the Dutch... The poor children at school are much cleaner than English children. The Dutch are very industrious. The king will not allow big boys to stand idle in the streets. The policemen take up idle ragged boys, and send them into the country to drain the marshy grounds; so there are very few thieves, and hardly any beggars.
The Dutch children do not make as much noise at school as our children do. You hear no noise outside the school-house, and when playtime comes the scholars go out quietly. They cannot help making some noise with their feet, as they wear wooden shoes – and wooden shoes, I think, they must need to keep them out of the wet.
(via Nag on the Lake)
For Sale: My Handwritten Journal
Someone called 'xilliontherockopera' tried to sell a handwritten journal on eBay.
The winner of this auction will receive my handwritten journal where I have described the four messages of Jesus Christ who has appeared to me.
Jesus revealed four specific things to me: #1: The precise location of Heaven, #2. The cure for cancer, #3. The solution for the achievement of world peace, #4. He revealed the future to me.
Total number of bids: zero!
Anti-Ticket Donut
Have you ever been cruising down the freeway, minding your own business when suddenly you look at the rearview mirror, only to be blinded by flashing red and blue lights?
Then this is the product for you! The Anti-Ticket Donut! Now you can be ready for that officer. Simply deploy the anti-ticket donut and let that fresh donut do its work. No police officer can resist a yummy donut! Hello donut, good bye ticket!
(via Optical Poptitude)
Posable Hoff
This is a PDF document. A homage to the Knight Rider. The Do-It-Yourself Posable Paper David Hasselhoff. With removable chest hair carpet, 'one button's enough' shirt, and German singing sensation microphone.
Top 50 Dystopian Movies Of All Time
A dystopia is a fictional society that is the antithesis of utopia. It is usually characterized by an oppressive social control, such as an authoritarian or totalitarian government. It's an imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
The Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time.
20 Things You Didn't Know About Nothing
Nothing means no thing, not anything, something that has no existence. Nothing is commonly understood as the lack or absence of anything at all.
Colloquially, the term is often used to indicate the lack of anything relevant or significant, or to describe a particularly unimpressive thing, event, or object.
20 Things You Didn't Know About Nothing.
Build Your Dream Home
Let some real fortune-tellers on a steady diet of tea leaves and tarot cards determine the perfect home for you. Just answer a couple of questions, and they will show you the house of your dreams.
Here's a blueprint of my dream house:
Your kitchen is someplace you never go, because you 'have people for that.' Your master bedroom is the size of a small barn, with carpet thick enough to reach your ankles.
One of your garages holds your collection of Ferraris, and is measured in acreage. Your home also includes a guest wing and private quarters for your servants. Outside is your hedge maze and gardens, meticulously tended by a team of world-class botanists.
Ashtray Trust
On the 1st of July 2007 England went smoke free. A new law was introduced to make virtually all enclosed public places and workplaces in England smokefree. A smokefree England ensures a healthier environment, so everyone can socialise, relax, travel, shop and work free from secondhand smoke.
But now over 10 million ashtrays are homeless and numbers are expected to grow. With nowhere to go, these old reliable friends have faded into the seedy shadows. Gone are the days of lonely late night drunken chats when the ashtray would be the only one who would listen to your ramblings.
The Ashtray Trust is the only ashtray welfare group in the UK. Help them give a happy home to 1,000,000's of stray and abandoned ashtrays. Adopt an ashtray.
Renault Ballet
Here's another car commercial. This time it's a Renault ballet choreography. You've probably seen these car ballet movies before, where everything goes perfect. Well, not always!
H2Om Water With Intention
H2Om is the world's first interactive water. While you drink, use the words on the label as the driving force in creating your own intention. Visualize great, extraordinary, vivid, mental creations.
For the good of you, for the good of mankind, for the good of the planet. Drink in the thoughts as you absorb the crystal clear vibrationally charged spring water of H2Om, then resonate the positive energy throughout your day.
NOSO
With the growth of online activities such as blogging, vlogging, podcasting, skyping, texting, dating, trading, buying, and selling, NOSO offers an oasis to the 21st-century Web 2.0 junkie.
NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments. The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.
These 'NO' events, called NOSOs, take place in designated cafe's, parks, libraries, bookstores, and other public spaces. Participants, whose identities remain unknown to one another, agree to arrive at an assigned time and remain alone, quiet and un-connected. NOSOs last for a duration of 1 - 30 minutes, after which participants disperse and return to their regular activities.
Strange And Unusual Japanese Chewing Gums
From Inventor Spot:
Japanese chewing gum differs from American chewing gum in many ways, and that probably is a result of the practical way Japan looks at chewing gum. Since it's merely chewed for a while and then disposed of, it just makes sense for chewing gum to serve some function, any function before being spat out.
This way of thinking can produce some very strange and unusual types of chewing gum, and from them we've assembled this Top Ten list! Now then, let's get down to the good, the bad and the sticky!
Solar Powered Bicycle
Canadian entrepreneur Peter Sandler developed the first all Solar electric bicycle driven completely from power derived from the Sun's rays. The 'Sunny Bicycle' has light absorbing solar panels built right into the wheels, creating continual power from the Sun and maintaining a constant charge to the batteries.
The variable speed electronic controller drives the bike to speeds of up to almost 19 miles per hour. Cost of the 'Sunny Bicycle' is $1295.00.
(via ReubenMiller)
Disposable Web Page
You can create a disposable web page with as little effort as a few key strokes and start right away at filling up the page with the content you want. Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be.
Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. You can set this clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal and will exist for 2 more weeks before it gets incinerated.
New England Lighthouse Blog
The New England Lighthouse Blog has news reports and vacation information about American Lighthouses and photographs of New England Lighthouses.
Tootsie Pop
How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop?
I say three!
If You're Going To Die, Do It Differently
In Japan, Kenji Urada was killed when a robot at the Kawasaki factory where he worked mistook his head for a component that needed tightening up. Ouch!
More ways of dying differently.
Barbie Death Camp
Photos taken by Gabe Kirchheimer during Burning Man 2007. Burning Man is always weird and sometimes controversial. Like these weird pictures of the 'Friendliest Concentration Camp on the Playa,' Barbie Death Camp.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Astronomy Picture Of The Day
A beautiful photo of the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador erupting. It happened last year.
Pictured above, molten rock so hot it glows visibly pours down the sides of the 5,000-meter high Tungurahua, while a cloud of dark ash is seen being ejected toward the left. Wispy white clouds flow around the lava-lit peak, while a star-lit sky shines in the distance.
The photo was taken by Patrick Taschler who has more pictures of the eruption. Tungurahua means 'Throat of Fire.'
(via johnsadowski.com)
Tallest Building In Your Mind
The tallest building from each U.S. state in one skyline in a universe where physical space and proportion have no meaning.
Google Sued For Crimes Against Humanity
Pennsylvania resident Dylan Stephen Jayne is suing Google for crimes against humanity and is asking the court for $5 billion in damages. The charge: his social security number, when turned upside down and scrambled spells Google.
Married To The Sea
Married to the Sea is a comic created by husband and wife Drew and Natalie Dee. The comic depicts one-window cartoons provided of text by the site's maintainers.
The subject matter on Married to the Sea seems to draw from all spheres - popular music and entertainment, science, history, government, politics, and philosophy.
Top 10 Bizarre Musical Instruments
Since the advent of electronic instruments and the need by composers to produce unique and new sounds, many unusual instruments have been invented or restored to life. Here's is a list of the ten most bizarre instruments.
Weird Hotels
Tired of the same boring hotels?
There are plenty of unusual hotels around the world that could provide for any tourist a more interesting and special accommodation.
Some of them are finished and just waiting for you, others are projects or in construction. But all of them are amazing.
The 7 Wonders Of The Food Coloring World
Humans have always used the color of a food to form judgments about its desirability. The act of eating - and deciding what to eat - is a multi-sensory experience, synthesizing perceptions of sight, taste, smell, and touch. Color provides visual information about a food's quality and condition, and influences the perception of its flavor.
Today, because of chemical advances, not only are more vibrant and often superfluous colors available in food coloring, but the usage of these chemicals is far more widespread.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Land Walker
The Land Walker is a one-man, two-legged supposed walker transport. Made with the assistance of P.A. Technology, the walker is copyright of the Sakakibara Kikai Company.
The vehicle's design features a cockpit, two legs, and two air cannons. The legs end in feet containing wheels that help push the walker forward. The walker's usual speed is approximately 1 mph.
AfriGadget
If you don't have the sources, the materials, or the money, you have to be very inventive. Gadgets for Africa: Solving everyday problems with African ingenuity.
10 Google Services That Get No Love
If you were to interview a broad cross-section of Internet users and ask them about Google services, probably most of them would enthusiastically talk about Gmail or Google Reader. At the very least, they would mention Google's search engine.
But how many people do you think would discuss being able to set up customised RSS feeds in Google News? Or being able to download source code in Google Code? How many people would know that Google offers various possibilities for users to help improve their products?
Here are some Google services that need a lot more loving.
Sketchcast
Sketchcasting is a new way to communicate something online by recording a sketch, optionally with your voice speaking. Any sketch can then be embedded on your blog/ homepage for people to play-back.
Sketchcasting is new but it's based on an old principle: the whiteboard (or the napkin in a bar) on which you sketch something to get a concept across... or to just have some fun. You have to register to start creating your own sketchcast.
Here's a sample sketchcast:
Simpsons Scenes And Their Reference Movies
72 Scenes from various episodes of The Simpsons, each one beside the movie scene to which they refer.
Skyplay
Skyplay depicts a composition dominated by use of the sky and real clouds at that moment with another object.
Seven Years
Today, The Presurfer celebrates its 7 year anniversary. Seven years ago when I started this weblog, I never realized that one day I would come up with these numbers:
Seven years, 2,555 days, 21,928 posts, over 4,700,000 visitors from 168 countries, thousands of loyal readers and hundreds of friends.
And you know why I can proudly show you these numbers today? Because of you! Without you The Presurfer is nowhere.
Therefore, on this day, I have something very important to say to all of you. Just two words. THANK YOU!
Your Real Age
Longevity experts say that everyone has two ages: your chronological age and your real age. Your real age is determined by your lifestyle rather than your birthday.
I have always looked younger than I am, I'm young at heart and my exam results prove there's nothing wrong with my lifestyle. I'm 58 years old but my real age is 46. I have a life expectancy of 90.
What is your Real Age?
(via debgpi)
ComplimentBot 4000
Need a compliment? Use the ComplimentBot 4000. ComplimentBot 4000 is a random compliment generator for those moments when you could use a little extra praise.
Grumf Sings... Barry
Grumf, a character created by Ludovic Savonnière, sings Barry White.
(Congratulations to Everlasting Blort)
Onine Alarm Clock
Klokoo is an online alarm clock. Before you go to sleep you must choose an alarm and set the volume of your speakers or earplugs high enough and click on the button 'Test the sound.'
You can also add an RSS/Atom feed which is updated on wake up.
(thanks Vincent)
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: Nocturnal Goings On.
click on the picture for real size
TomTom Mapshare Feature
TomTom is a Dutch manufacturer of navigation systems. One of their latest products is the TomTom GO 720. Nick's Techno Picks explains the new mapshare feature. Be in for a surprise!
Super Spork
They said it couldn't be done! That brilliant invention called The Spork has now been bested with the Super Spork! A common spork is an eating utensil with a spoon on one end and a fork on the other. But the Super Spork also has a knife built right in!
So now you can eat with one hand - scooping with the spoon, stabbing with the fork, and cutting with the knife - while your other hand does whatever it damn well pleases.
A Compendium Of 150 Monty Python Sketches
Comprised of British performers John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman, along with American animator Terry Gilliam, Monty Python was an international cult phenomenon, honing their singular blend of broad slapstick, edgy black comedy and social commentary in a string of successful television programs, films and albums.
A Compendium Of 150 Monty Python Sketches.
Universal Decision Maker
For when flipping a coin just seems so 20th century, the Universal Decision Maker makes your daily decisions both easy and entertaining. Just think of something you have to make a decision about, then click the Start button.
Car Ads With Male Models
Here's something else. Car ads with male models.
It should not be allowed.
(via Dump Trumpet)
NOIS - The Planetary Freedom Movement
I really don't know what this site is all about. It's plastered with words like 'One Love, One Nation, Love Nation. Tesla, Angel, Light, Time, Continuity, Free Energy, Zero Point Energy, Resonance, Golden Mean, Ascension, Eternity, Absolute Reality, etc.'
Can someone shed some light on this?
Christian The Lion - The Reunion
Two guys, Ace Berg and John Rendall, raised a lion cub who they named Christian, but sadly he got too big for them to take care of. So they decided to release him in Kenya, to live as a wild lion.
In this footage, a year has passed and it looks like Christian's adapted to living with a pride of lions when his old friends come back to visit him. Watch closely and you can see the look of pure disbelief that dawns on his muzzle - it's awesome.
23 Simple Health Tips For Bloggers
As a blogger, your well-being should be something you think about. You should pay attention to the state of your body and the state of your mind. Do you find yourself feeling sluggish a lot of the time? Do you find yourself feeling depressed?
These are signs that your body is giving you that are indicative of something being wrong. By taking these signs seriously, you can use them as cues for action.
23 Simple Health Tips For Bloggers.
The Man Who Saved Millions Of Lives
Today's world as we know it, is like it is because of Stanislav Petrov. Stanislav Petrov is a retired Russian Strategic Rocket Forces lieutenant colonel who, on September 26, 1983, potentially avoided a nuclear attack on the USA.
Assuming the reports from the satellites were in error, Stanislav Petrov deliberately certified what otherwise appeared to be an impending nuclear attack as a false alarm, and some question exists as to whether he then reported what appeared to be a US attack. The computer reports were later confirmed to have been in error. Petrov's actions were kept secret until 1998.
Good Ride
A guy from Russia posted this photo of his newly bought Honda on his site. Just a few days later he posted some other photos.
Pictures From A Chinese Toy Making Plant
More than 70% of the world's toys are made in China. Lately, Chinese toys have been set in a bad light because of fears that they are covered in dangerous materials. In the US, millions of toys have been sent back by worried parents or taken off the shelves of Wal-Mart and Toys R Us.
Photographs taken in one of China's toy making plants.
Best Crappy Stuff Of All Time
From Inventor Spot:Well, I was having a crappy day and it got me thinking that the world is full of crap... literally. So I went on my merry way to prove my hypothesis true... and I have. Here are my best finds for all the things inspired by the poop in people's lives.
Flying Fox Discovered
Looks like a fox, doesn't it? It's not! It's a bat.
This species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist. Jake Esselstyn, a biologist with the University of Kansas, was among a team of researchers that found the animal, a type of fruit bat, last year while surveying forest life on the island of Mindoro. The animal is now known as the Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat.
The World's Endangered Languages
Every 14 days a language dies. By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and how the human brain works.
National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project strives to preserve endangered languages by identifying language hotspots - the places on our planet with the most unique, poorly understood, or threatened indigenous languages - and documenting the languages and cultures within them.
(via A Welsh View)
Portraits Of Rural Russians
Photos of rural Russians by Pavel Bezrukov, photo correspondent for the Moscow-based magazine Foma.
Will Chuck Norris Blend?
Wat could challenge the Total Blender's blending capabilities? What could be stronger than anything they ever blended?
Chuck Norris, of course!
The Adventures Of Mr. Fly
A photographic essay by Nicholas Hendrickx.Gerald caught my attention as he was sitting on a flowerpot with nothing but a cardboard sign that said 'Will work 4 food.' Over the years he degraded from a successful cab driver to a poor lonely insect as he had 173 wives who cost him a fortune on make-up and clothing. Not to mention his 2,184 kids, who all needed money for education and iPods.
So there he was, staring at me with his big mosaic eyes, begging me for help. Macro filters in hand I offered him a job as my new photography model.
(via Neatorama)
Huge Crab, Coconut Crab, And Other Terrestrial Arthropods
Hugecrab.com was created on September 15, 2007 to catalog the internets RAPIDLY GROWING stockpile of huge crab; hencefore, All Your Base are belong to Us.
That's How Marketing Works
That's how marketing works.
National flags of the world, with clients' comments.
Powerful X-ray To Unravel Fragile Dead Sea Scrolls
Ancient writings from the Dead Sea scrolls are to be read for the first time by British scientists using powerful x-rays. The team will examine rare and unread fragments of the scrolls, which are believed to shed light on how the texts came to be written in caves along the north-west coast of the sea nearly 2,000 years ago.
The technique will give scientists from Cardiff University a first opportunity to read ancient texts considered too fragile to open. They will look at the texts using x-rays produced at the Diamond Light Source in Didcot, Oxfordshire. The machine works by propelling electrons at great speeds around a giant tunnel. As they corner, they emit x-rays 100bn times brighter than a medical x-ray.
Cat Herding
Electronic Data Systems, a global business and technology services company based in Texas, began a suite of imaginative Super Bowl TV advertisements in with 'Cat Herders.'
Cat herding is one of the toughest professions in the world.
Don't let anybody tell you it's easy.
The Art Of Quitting
The Art of Quitting is a creative platform for still-smokers. It's a place where you can find and share the inspiration to quit. Because to keep smoking is easy, but to quit and stay that way is an art.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Digital Water Pavilion
The Digital Water Pavilion, an interactive structure made of digitally-controlled water curtains, will be built at the entrance to the 2008 expo in Zaragoza, Spain. It features a tourist information center, a cafeteria and an exhibition on the 'digital mile' project, surving as a showcase for the Zaragoza of the future.
Here's an impression of what the Digital Water Pavilion is going to look like.
Is Your Baby Gay?
According to this site called 'Is My Baby Gay?' there's an easy way to find out if your baby is gay. For $19,99 they provide a sample you have to print out, have the baby lick the sample and mail it to them. The results will be mailed to you within two weeks. If they are wrong, they will refund 150% of your purchase price.
This must be a hoax because on the front page it says: 'Results are intended for entertainment purposes only.' They do have a Paypal system but I'm not sure it works. If it does, it's not just a hoax, but a scam.
(via J-Walk Blog)
The Fifty Most Influential Bloggers
There are literally millions of bloggers out there, each of them with their own voice and style, and yet in the blogging world, a handful stand out. These are the movers and shakers. When they speak, the blogging world listens.
These are the Fifty Most Influential Bloggers, and if you don't know them, you need to.
The Body Battery Calculator
Did you know that with the electricity my body is producing I can light up 2 light bulbs, power 43 iPods, or power an Xbox 360? That's because my body is producing 173 Watts.
How much electricity does your body produce?
The Good Food Fight
Eat Better America, a site that deals with the impact food has on health, has an online game called 'The Good Food Fight,' which was designed as a unique way to raise awareness of the types of healthy recipes featured on the site.
Grab a handful of healthiness and make a nutritious mess against either Ruthless Ruth, Sake Tuya, or Chuck Frank.
Clean Hands Week
It's Clean Hands Week. According to the Clean Hands Coalition, the single most important thing we can do to keep from getting sick and spreading illness to others is to clean our hands.
Students don't wash their hands often or well. In one study, only 58% of female and 48% of male middle and high school students washed their hands after using the bathroom. A study of Detroit school children showed that scheduled hand washing, at least four times a day, can reduce gastrointestinal illness and related absences by more than 50%.
Magical Baseball Bat
During the Mets vs Braves game, Martin Prado grounds out in the 9th inning and flips his bat away. Watch the bat!
A Guy Walks Into A Bar...
No one knows when the very first joke, beginning with the words 'A guy walks into a bar...' was told, or how it went. Nevertheless, an entire genre of jokes has been created revolving around that opening scenario.
Here's a sampling of some of the variants that have sprung up, many now involving animals or inanimate objects.
Delftware
Delftware, or Delft pottery, is blue and white pottery traditionally made in and around the city of Delft in the Netherlands. Today, 'Delfts Blauw' is the brand name handpainted on the bottom of pieces, this simply means Delft blue in Dutch and identifies it as authentic and collectible.
Now you can create your own Delftware. Click on 'Design your own plate', choose a border, a cartouche and enter your text.
(thanks Marieke)
iPhone Fun
Do you think the iPhone is a smartphone that integrates cellphone, iPod music player, camera, text messaging, e-mail and Web browsing? It's much more than that!
(via Everlasting Blort)
30 Strangest Deaths In History
Can you die from biting your tongue? Or by a giant umbrella, or by embracing the reflection of the Moon?
Yes, you can!
The Strange Story Of Napoleon's Wallpaper
In 1815, after his defeat at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the remote island of St Helena. During most of his exile, Napoleon lived in Longwood House with his small retinue of about 20 people - as well as servants.
Although Napoleon often dreamed of escape, he was never to leave the island, and he died there six years later in 1821. The doctors who carried out the post-mortem on Napoleon were of the opinion that a perforated stomach ulcer which had turned cancerous was the main cause of his death.
And there the matter might have rested, except that a number of his staff had kept locks of Napoleon's hair, which were subsequently passed down the generations. One of those samples of hair, when analysed using modern scientific techniques in the 1960s, was found to contain significant quantities of arsenic.
Micrograph Contest
A micrograph is a photograph taken through a microscope to show a magnified image of an item. To produce a micrograph, a camera may be affixed to a microscope either in place of the eyepiece or a specialist microscope may be used which has a camera and eyepiece arrangement.
Here are the prize winners of the 49th International Micrograph Conference. I especially like the micrograph pictured above, winner of the Most Bizarre Award. The title is Chisai Benjo, Japanese for 'small toilet.'
R Young Art
Richard Young is a British artist with a modern, yet classical/traditional and occasionally contemporary style, and specialised in figurative and dance fine art.
The tendency of his artwork is towards carefully composed anonymity, capturing the emotions and self belief of the subject, rather than characteristic individual representation.
(thanks Richard)
Squirrels Complete Insane Obstacle Course
These video clips are from the film, Daylight Robbery II, which aired on the Discovery Channel in November of 1995. It was produced by the B.B.C. and presented by Dr. Jessica Holm.
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: Those Autumn Days.
click on the picture for real size
Location Earth Dog Tags
UFO sightings and Alien Abductions are on the rise. Will you return to tell the story? In case of alien abduction these dog tags may save your life. The crucial data an alien will need to get you back to Earth is die stamped into these dog tags.
Engraved with several methods of locating Earth in the Galaxy, an alien pilot does not need to understand any human language to use this information. The mathematical location of Earth in relation to several important pulsars is represented by the radial diagram.
Best of all, should you ever be abducted by aliens while wearing the Location Earth Dog Tag and not returned safely to Earth, you will be entitled to a full refund of the purchase price.
The Wurst Gallery
The Wurst is an online gallery by Jason Sturgill and his wife Sarah. The gallery was started with the idea that art should be accessible to everyone and that artists can be exposed to a larger number of people outside of their communities when their work is showcased online.
The idea behind The Wurst Gallery is that artists buy inexpensive vintage artwork and use it as a base for a new work. Move your mouse pointer over each artwork to see something new.
I Want To Buy My Dad A Ferrari
Six year old Heidi wants to by her Dad a Ferrari.
When out recently with my Dad we saw a Ferrari for sale. Dad said it was a car he really liked, but they cost a lot of money to buy. I said I would buy the Ferrari for him. I decided to set up this web site showing pictures that I have drawn. If you would like to buy a picture please email me the name of the picture and the amount you wish to pay.
Not sure if this is real. Could be a hoax.
Weird Workout
A clip from the 'Body Flex II' workout video with Greer Childers. She does an exercise that's supposed to get rid of wrinkles in your face, but it just looks ridiculus.
The #1 Song On This Date In History
What was the #1 song in America on... the day you were born, the day you graduated from high school, the day you were married, the day your child was born, the approximate date you were conceived?
From the main page, click on a month. Then click on a date. You will see a list of the #1 songs from that date in each year. Click on a song to hear a portion of it in iTunes; you must have that software installed to listen. Songs date back to the 1890s.
The #1 song in America on the day I was born was 'You're Breaking My Heart' by Vic Damone.
How Was Your Day?
How was your day?
Was it memorable, or was it just an ordinary day? Whether you experienced something that you will remember your whole life or you just stayed in bed all day, How Was Your Day? would like to know!
Fine Art And Tacos
Bobby Henderson, who, a couple of years ago, started the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, also has an interest in photography and tacos. He's targeting the intersection of the fine-art crowd and the taco crowd. He took a bunch of artistic photos of a taco and made a website about it.
Blogger Play
Google just launched Blogger Play. Blogger Play will show you a never-ending stream of images that were just uploaded to public Blogger blogs. You can click the image to be taken directly to the blog post it was uploaded to, or click 'show info' to see an overlay with the post title, a snippet of the body, and some profile information about the blogger who uploaded it.
If you don't want your images to appear in Blogger Play, you have to remove your blog from Blogger's listings. Blogger Play uses Google SafeSearch algorithms to filter out adult images; however, it is still possible that you may be exposed to such images.
Paper Gods Collection
The images in this collection were assembled by Anne S. Goodrich in 1931, when as a Christian missionary in Peking she became interested in local folk religious practices.
Paper God prints are said to bestow luck on the household or ward off evil spirits and are either displayed prominently throughout the year and then burned and replaced, or are burned as part of ceremonial practices on auspicious dates.
The longer lasting prints are conspicuously displayed on the front, back and bedroom doors, in the household shrine and in the kitchen, often in association with a calendar.
Google Offers $30 Million To Put Robot On The Moon
Google announced the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the Moon to win a remarkable $30 million prize purse. Private companies from around the world will compete to land a robotic rover on the Moon that is capable of completing several mission objectives, including roaming the lunar surface for at least 500 meters and sending video, images and data back to the Earth.
The Google Lunar X Prize seeks to create a global private race to the Moon that excites and involves people around the world and, accelerates space exploration for the benefit of all humanity. The use of space has dramatically enhanced the quality of life and may ultimately lead to solutions to some of the most pressing environmental problems that we face on earth – energy independence and climate change.
Celebrity Star Wars
A Worth1000 Photoshop contest.
The rules: Change a celebrity into a Star Wars character. Imagine Tom Cruise as Chewbacca, David Letterman as C-3PO, or Gandhi as Yoda.
Carpool Kenny
Are you frustrated by endless traffic jams? Do you glare at the carpool lane wishing you could cruise past everyone. Of course, in order to do that, you need at least two people, but who wants to carpool?
That's why you need Carpool Kenny! He'll get you where you want to go without the annoying chatter. Just inflate him and you're good to go!
No friends? Carpool Kenny is also great as a bar buddy!
Milo's Tongue
Milo is a dog. He is a Xoloitzcuintli, a Mexican Hairless Dog, one of the oldest breeds in the world.
And there's nothing wrong with his tongue.
Vintage Fashion: The 60s And 70s
Vintage fashion from the sixties and seventies. Especially girls in miniskirts, bell-bottoms, and hotpants. As well as pictures of hairstyles, sunglasses, and boots.
(via Paperholic)
What Russian Autumn Is Really About
Russian autumn is a time of heavy rains and, as a result, vast floods that have already become part of Russian traditions this year.
Money Makes The World Go Round
Nicholas Manion is a student at the Queensland College of Art, Brisbane, Australia. He created an art project where he cuts paper currency forming the skyline of major cities.
This body of work explores notions of globalism within the context of the international flow of currency. It was not my interest to merely illustrate the location from which the notes originated, but rather to unearth deeper layers of meaning.
(via Ursi's Blog)
Experiments with Flying Cars
From Inventor Spot:
When most people think of flying cars, they think of the Jetsons TV show, and speculate that, maybe one day in the far-off future, people may drive flying cars. You might be surprised to know that flying cars have been in development since the 1930s - even before the Jetsons.
Maybe it shouldn't be that surprising, though. After all, we have cars, and we have planes - is it that far-fetched to combine the two? There is serious research going on today to investigate the possibilities for flying cars. In preparation for the future, here's a look at some of the most famous flying cars during the past century.
The Haka Dance
I'm not very much into rugby but there's one thing that always impresses me. The Haka Dance performed by the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team. A Haka is a traditional dance form of the Maori of New Zealand. It is a posture dance with shouted accompaniment, performed by a group.
Haka are performed for various reasons: for amusement, as a hearty welcome to distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements or occasions.
Various actions are employed in the course of a performance, including facial contortions such as showing the whites of the eyes and the poking out of the tongue, and a wide variety of vigorous body actions such as slapping the hands against the body and stamping of the feet. As well as chanted words, a variety of cries and grunts are used.
(via Neatorama)
Safe Bedside Table
If you sleep very light because of your paranoia of home invasion, monsters under the bed, in the closet, or even your spouse's craziness while he/she is dreaming, the 'Safe Bedside Table' might make you feel safer and give you the rest you deserve.
The 'Safe Bedside Table' has a removable leg that acts as a club and a top that doubles as a shield for self-defence. This is for people who are willing to take on an intruder, providing an extra sense of security whilst in bed.
Let Leonard In
Leonard is a goldfish. He lives in a tank. But where he really wants to be is in the Seattle Aquarium. Sadly, he's just not special enough for the aquarium.
Not cool enough, not colorful enough, unique enough, or scary enough. According to them, they only put things with a lot of 'wow factor' in the Seattle Aquarium.
But he doesn't give up. He keeps on trying and with your support, he might succeed. Let Leonard In.
(via constant ravings)
Eternal Questions In Popular Music
Why do fools fall in love?
Who let the dogs out?
Am I the only one who feels ashamed?
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Why don't you fix it, dear Henry, the hole?
Eternal Questions in Popular Music.
A Soviet Poster A Day
I've always been intrigued by old Soviet posters. Not just because of the graphical quality, but because of what they mean. What does the poster say (my knowledge of the Russian language isn't what it used to be), what is it all about?
Thanks to 'A Soviet Poster A Day' I now know a little more about them. According to the site:Every Soviet poster no matter the date of creation bears a stamp of expressiveness and graphical quality. The attention to details is awesome. The scope of techniques is endless.
Soviet posters are a treasure chest with inspiration for any graphical designer, not to mention the seeing pleasure itself. And what's important, every Soviet Poster has a historical reference essential for understanding the layers of meanings it carries through time.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Stupid People And A Seal
I'm not sure whether this is a seal or a walrus, or something else. What I do know is that this person was very lucky to get away with it.
Office Rats
Rats are various medium sized rodents. 'True rats' are members of the genus Rattus, the most important
being the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of other rodent genera and families are also called rats and share many characteristics with true rats.
And then there are Office Rats.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Wild Recipes
A site dedicated to the weirdest food people actually eat. If you have a dish you love eating but your family and friends think it's repulsive, this is your chance to share it with the world.
Here's an example. How to make Headcheese:
Ingredients: 1 hog's head, 1 hog's tongue, salt and pepper, sage or chili powder. Clean and scrape hog's head and wash thoroughly. Wash and trim tongue. Cover head and tongue with slightly salted water and simmer until meat falls from the bone.
Drain meat, shred, and season. Pack tightly in bowl, cover, and weigh it down. Let stand 3 days in a cold place.
Toilets Aren't That Dirty!
Each year, over 700 millions of people in the world share the same leisure activity, tourism. Do you know that most of the public washrooms around the world are generally dirty due to this heavy traffic?
Imagine the profits you can make by opening a High-tech public toilet! You can find some of those toilets in Philadelphia, they have installed a dozen self-cleaning public pay toilets in their heaviest pedestrian and tourist areas.
The Hutchison Effect
According to Canadian John Kenneth Hutchison, one day in 1979, he turned on his Tesla coils, radio-frequency generators, static generators and a host of other devices all at once to study possible field interactions between his equipment.
He says couldn't believe his eyes: a bar of steel that was on the floor was suspended in the air for a second, then it fell to the floor with a bang. This is called the Hutchison Effect.
The Hutchison Effect has been claimed for years, without any independent verification - ever. In fact, its originator can't even replicate it on demand. This has been investigated more than once, but still never seems to pass critical muster.
The Hutchison Effect Online.
Imperial Russia In 1900
A photographic travelogue of St. Petersburg, the capital of Imperial Russia in 1900.
The Funambulist's Trainer
A funambulist is someone walking the tightrope. This tightrope teaches the basics of funambulism, developing concentration, balance, and coordination skills as you traverse a 10'-long tightrope stretched taut between two platforms.
The tightrope is only 11" above the ground, ensuring optimal safety for funambulists of all ages, and the unit can be used indoors or outside.
(via Random Good Stuff)
Sturgeonface
What's the resemblance between the above pictures?
Both people have an expression which is called a 'sturgeonface.' Here's a page full of sturgeonfaces.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Animals At Play
Fascinating slideshow of pictures, taken by German photographer Norbert Rosing, of a wild polar bear playing with sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay.
The Longest Ferrari
Made from a Ferrari 360 Modena, chopped in half and stretched by 9.5ft with a section of hand-built carbon fiber.
More information about the longest Ferrari.
Life In The Year 2000
The National Library of France has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year 2000.
They are credited to Villemard. There's speculation that they were included with 'foodstuffs' of the era.
Tennis Balls: Little. Yellow. Useful.
Many household items have earned a spot in the ultimate do-it-yourself toolbox: duct tape, vinegar, lemon juice, aluminum foil, wire hangers; but there's one multi-task tool that many people might overlook: the tennis ball.
War Of The Worlds eComic
Darkhorse, a US publisher of comic strips, offers an interpretation of War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. The story is situated at the beginning of the 20th century.
Alfred Peet Dies - The Leader of a Coffee Revolution
Last week, coffee legend Alfred Peet, creator of Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc., a forerunner to Starbucks Corp., has died at his home in Ashland, Oregon. He was 87.
Alfred Peet was a Dutch tea trader who started the gourmet coffee craze in the United States with his rich, darkly roasted, high-altitude beans and taught the trade to the founders of Starbucks and sold them their first year's supply.
The Great Pyramid
A German consortium, the 'Friends of the Great Pyramid' is planning on building the world's largest structure - a 578m-high Giant Pyramid.The Great Pyramid can potentially be any human being's grave or memorial site. As monumental as it is affordable, it serves those of all nationalities and religions. Individuals who are either unwilling or unable to have their physical remains buried there can also opt to have a memorial stone placed instead.
Stones can be custom designed with any number of colors, images, or relief decorations. The Great Pyramid will continue to grow with every stone placed, eventually forming the largest structure in the history of man.
You can reserve your resting place or a memorial stone in the Great Pyramid, with no commitment and free of charge.
Cremation Of Care
Cremation of Care - An Exposé of the New World Order is a website created by a small research team based in Skipton, England. Their main objective is to document and expose the ever expanding New World Order.
They claim their material is not a 'conspiracy theory,' but if you take a good look at what they provide, you know it's all about conspiracies. Subjects are the Illuminati, the Diana assassination, the happenings on 9/11, Big Brother, China's sale of human organs, etc.
The 50 Worst Cars Of All Time
On the 50th anniversary of the Ford Edsel, TIME and Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic and syndicated columnist for the Los Angeles Times, look at the greatest lemons of the automotive industry.
Caring For Your Introvert
Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk?
Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate? Who growls or scowls or grunts or winces when accosted with pleasantries by people who are just trying to be nice? If you answered yes to these questions, chances are that you have an introvert on your hands - and that you aren't caring for him properly.
Home Schooled
Home Schooled is a comics series by American artist Ash Jackson.
Co-writing by Silas Jackson.
The Presurfer will feature a Home Schooled cartoon every Monday. This is an absolute exclusive cooperation between The Presurfer and Ash Jackson.
Home Schooled is more or less a reflection of the wacky and occasionally interesting adventures of the artist, Ash Jackson, himself, with the aid of his friends, family, and other cohorts.
Title: The Last Laugh.
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Drumpants
DrumPants are a set of pants that enable the wearer to produce drum sounds by hitting various parts of the pants with his hands. The wearer thusly becomes a cyborg musician, his body assuming the roles of both player and instrument, allowing for spontaneous electric hambone solos or even collaborations with other musicians in a band setting.
More info about the drumpants.
For Sale On eBay
This Auction is for a red VW Beetle TDI. A nice vehicle we have for sale.
Do not read this if you are part of the eBay staff! Do not read this if you live on the West Coast! Do not read this ad if you have ever had a full or partial lobotomy! You will suffer too much pain to read our story.
Top 10 Character Actors Who Would Make Good Presidents
Last week, Republican Congressman and character actor Fred Thompson announced that he would be running for President in 2008. Thompson played D.A. Branch in Law & Order and Big John in Days of Thunder.
Why stop at Fred Thompson? There are a ton of other very talented, stern, podium-slamming character actors out there who would be perfectly suited to play what really boils down to the role of a lifetime. Here's a Top 10 list of other character actors who would also make good presidents.
Cocoon
Cocoon is an emergency outdoor survival shelter for extreme conditions and environments. Hang it off a tree or a cliff face or anywhere you else you need to.
Inside a Cocoon, the user is comforted by warming colours and materials that will ensure they stay warm no matter what the conditions are like outside.
(via Dump Trumpet)
All About Snoring
Of normal adults, 45% snore at least occasionally, and 25% are habitual snorers. Problem snoring is more frequent in males and overweight persons, and it usually grows worse with age. The noisy sounds of snoring occur when there is an obstruction to the free flow of air through the passages at the back of the mouth and nose.
Snoring can be a serious problem. Socially because it can make the snorer an object of ridicule and causes others sleepless nights and resentfulness. Medically because it disturbs sleeping patterns and deprives the snorer of appropriate rest. When snoring is severe, it can cause serious, long-term health problems, including obstructive sleep apnea.
The 'Amero' Is Real
Hal Turner is an American talk-radio host who focuses on issues, news and opinions that the mainstream will not talk about. On his website he reports that the governments of the USA, Canada, and Mexico are conspiring in secret to merge the three nations into a new entity called the North American Union.There has been much talk of this on various internet blogs for over a year. Most of those blogs have been smeared as 'conspiracy theorists' and have been largely ignored by the main stream.
What prompted my interest in the issue was money: I was sent professional images of actual 'Amero' coins by someone in the US Treasury! The person included a note saying they like my radio show and are frightened by what's been going on in secret within our government.
The Stunning Ring
The Stunning Ring, a beautiful self-defense ring with pepper spray, offers safety, elegance and confidence close at hand. Elegantly crafted in silver and gold plating with a genuine black onyx stone, it's the perfect self-defense ring for women or men.
The self-defense ring with replaceable pepper spray canisters protects a woman or man while jogging, dating, working or anywhere against attack, rape, violence or crisis. This ring can always be worn and makes the perfect gift for someone you love.
A Century Of Helicopters
In 1907, only a few years had passed since the Wright brothers' first flight. In France, a number of tinkerers were trying out another novel mode of mechanical locomotion: the helicopter. The contraptions did count as the first successful steps, however brief, along the way to manned flight powered by rotary wings.
In pictures, a century of helicopters.
(via A Welsh View)
Pooch Plunge 2007
Dogs take over the pool at the 4th annual Pooch Plunge held in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. City Park pool is open for the summer season and then closes for the rest of the season. Before the pool is drained our four-legged friends get to enjoy the pool.
Vernacular Web 2
Interesting essay by Olia Lialina in which she collects, classifies and describes the most important elements of the early Web – visual as well as acoustic – and the habits of first Web users, their ideas of harmony and order.I'm talking about everything that became a subject of mockery by the end of the last century when professional designers arrived, everything that fell out of use and turns up every now and again as the elements of 'retro' look in site design or in the works of artists exploring the theme of 'digital folklore': the 'Under Construction' signs, outer space backgrounds, MIDI-files, collections of animated web graphics and so on.
Groovle
Groovle is your Groovy Google Custom Search Homepage. Groovle was created so people can customize their Internet homepage with images ranging from favorite celebrities or sports teams to more personal images of friends and family etc.
With Groovle you can create a personal homepage using your own photos. Simply select the file from your computer, upload the image, and the custom homepage is created.
Topiary Art
Topiary is the art of training living trees and shrubs into artificial, decorative shapes. The earliest topiary was probably the simple development of edgings, cones, columns, and spires to accent a garden scene. The fashion reached its height in Britain in the late 17th and early 18th century but was displaced by the so-called natural garden.
Topiary Sculptures artist Steve Manning makes custom and bespoke garden landscape feature topiaries and stainless steel topiary frames for gardens designers, landscapers, theme parks, civic amenities, exhibitions, and garden shows.
(via Arbroath)
A List of Celebrities Who've Attempted Suicide
From Mental_Floss Magazine:
Suicide attempts are pervasive among high-profile people. Here are some selected 20th century celebs who attempted suicide, but managed to turn their lives around.
The list is long. Very long.
Internet People
An animated tribute to the internet people of the world, wherever you may be. Animated by Dan Meth, with music by Dan Meth and Micah Frank.
Waterbutts
The new Butt Butt has been designed by Gerardine and Wayne Hemingway. Keen to develop something new and contemporary the Butt Butt was conceived, which has the unique feature of being in the shape of a human bottom.
The Butt Butt, however, has the advantage of being both a practical rainwater collection container and a fun eye catching feature in any garden.
Luciano Pavarotti Dead At 71
Early this morning, Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest tenors of his generation, has died at his home in Modena, Italy, at age 71.
One of the most successful and admired opera singers of all time, Luciano Pavarotti was king among tenors from the late 1960s through the 1990s. His voice was noted for its exciting upper register, and tailor-made for the operas of Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, and Puccini.
His vocal longevity, which kept him singing youthfully well into his sixties, and still beautifully after that, is a credit to his commanding technique and artistry, and remarkable considering his nearly 40 years of performing.
Song Of Insects
In a culture where knowledge of insect song is pale in comparison to the interest in the songs of birds and frogs, Song of Insects are determined to bring singing insects into popular focus. They hope to increase your knowledge of the songs of crickets, katydids and cicadas.
Also included is information about insect photography and sound recording, how to find and capture singing insects, keeping insects as pets, and more.
The World's Smallest Man
Meet Nelson de la Rosa, his beautiful wife Jennifer and their 2-year old son. Nelson is the smallest man in the world.
Totem Poles
Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from trees by a number of cultures along the Pacific northwest coast of North America. The word 'totem' is derived from the Ojibwe word odoodem, meaning 'his totem, his kinship group.'
The poles usually display mythological images, usually animal spirits, whose significance is their association with the lineage. Each figure represents a type of family crest.
Some poles relate a family legend in the form of pictographs. Totem Poles are erected to identify the owner of a house or other property, welcome visitors, indicate a portal or passageway, mark a gravesite, and even to ridicule an important person who failed in some way.
(via plep)
The American's Guide to Canada
We all take French in our schools. However that means shit-all when you go to Quebec and actually have to speak it.
All you can do is nod your head and think of popular French phrases such as 'I surrender!', 'Will you sleep with me tonight?', and the ver popular 'No parlais francais, you naughty French girl.' I find those phrases are enough to get by.
The American's Guide to Canada.
(via Neatorama)
World's Oldest Blogger
At 107 she is probably the world's older blogger and cyber granny Olive Riley may also lay claim to being the oldest YouTube user. From her home on the Central Coast, Australia, the great-grandmother of seven files her The Life of Riley blog, which has won her thousands of fans across the world.
Mrs Riley was born in 1899 in Broken Hill when Australia as a federation did not exist and NSW was still a British colony ruled by Queen Victoria. She is full of stories, not all of which have made the blog yet.
Pimp My Ren
A Worth1000 Photoshop contest.
Today's big bling and hip culture as seen through the eyes of yesteryear's classic artists.
Adopt The Sky
Millions of people in America have asthma. Millions of school days are missed each year because children are too sick. Adopt the Sky was created because polluters and industry groups are lobbying to prevent the stronger new standards we need.
Sign the petition (it's free) and help the ones responsible to make the right decision for cleaner air so we can all breath easier. Adopt a square mile of the sky and sign the petition now. A US state will be randomly assigned to you.
I signed the petition at Adopt the Sky and adopted a square mile above the state of Kentucky.
Morph Thing
Morph Thing is an online application where you can combine a picture of two celebrities. Morph Thing combines two faces into one. You must create an account to upload your own photos.
Pictured here is a morph between Denise Richards and Elvis Presley.
(via Neatorama)
Top 5 Things That Could Kill Someone
(via Coudal)
Name That Color
Do you know what color Mule Fawn is? Or Bulgarian Rose? Tarawera, Daisy Bush, or Gimblet? Is Indigo violet or purple?
Name That Color lets you create a color on the screen and find out the name of the closest matching color. You can also select from a dropdown list of 1500+ colors and then play around.
The Space Between Atoms
You wouldn't know it to look at it, but the atoms that make up a solid piece of iron contain more space than stuff. How is it then that the whole world doesn't just crumble around us?
This video segment adapted from A Science Odyssey uses models, vivid descriptions, and analogies to explain the structural integrity of matter at the atomic level.
(via ieclectic)
15 Images Using Blur To Portray Movement
Photographs of moving subjects where the photographer has made the choice to set their camera to capture the movement as blur rather than freezing it.
This is in all cases by choosing a 'slow' shutter speed from anything from 1/30 second to up to 40 minutes.
Bob Dylan Message Generator.
Subterranean Homesick Blues is a song written by Bob Dylan, originally released on the album Bringing It All Back Home in March 1965. The song was also notable for its innovative film clip. Dylan holds up cue cards and while the song plays, he flips the cards.
Now you can make your own Dylan Message using cue cards.
Here's a message I made.
(thanks Honey)
Bob Dylan Message Generator.
The 25 Biggest Celeb Scandals Since 1982
Was it Janet Jackson's Nipplegate at the Super Bowl, the Dixie Chicks dishing president Bush, Milli Vanilli's lipsynching career, or Roseanne Barr's star-mangled National Anthem?
The most shocking celebrity moments of the past 20 years.
Night People
Are you a night person? I am!
I have to be because I work at night.
A Night Person is an individual whose natural body rhythms are such that he or she is most active and alert during the evening and night and is least active and alert during the pre-dawn and daytime hours.
You know you're a night person if:
* sunrise comes as an unpleasant surprise,
* you call someone on the phone to just chat and discover that they've been asleep for six hours,
* you do your best work at 2 a.m.,
* you finally force yourself to go to bed at 1 a.m. and then keep having brilliant ideas that you have to get up and write down,
* birds start singing about the time you fall asleep.
