Ladybird easy-reading books are small hardback educational books for children. This book 'The Policeman' from the series 'People at Work' however is a parody. The pictures stay the same but the text is altered.
The Ladybird Book Of The Policeman
Subject #164
Filmed in the early 60's, this laboratory documentary follows a newly discovered and apparently unintelligent Neanderthal Humanlike specimen which is found, through testing, to have amazing logic-solving intelligence.
We observe the progress of 'Subject #164' over a period of approximately three years as scientists document its behaviour and progress, until in the end it is exhaustively tested to death.
Sensible Units
The purpose of Sensible Units is to make units of measurement understandable. It takes a quantity with a scientific unit and turns it into several quantities with sensible units, like elephants, buses and Great Walls of China.
For example, 1 lb equals 3 human kidneys, 8 tennis balls, and 3.2 wireless computer mice. And 100,000 miles equals 24 Great Walls of China, 25 Amazon rivers, and 4 Earth equators.
(thanks Mark)
Mouse Print
Mouse Print is the fine print in advertising, in a contract, or on a product label, often buried out of easy sight. In the worst cases, the mouse print changes the meaning of, or contradicts the primary claims or promises being made. Sometimes, the catch is not even disclosed.
The website, MousePrint.org, turns advertising on its head by focusing on an ad's asterisked fine print footnote rather than the headline. It also examines the often overlooked small print on product labels and contracts. The goal is to help educate the public about the catches or 'gotchas' in disclaimers, and to encourage advertisers to abandon the motto, 'the big print giveth, and the little print taketh away.'
Incredible Pictures Of One Of Earth's Last Uncontacted Tribes
One of Brazil's last uncontacted Indian tribes has been spotted in the far western Amazon jungle near the Peruvian border. The Indians were sighted in an Ethno-Environmental Protected Area along the Envira River in flights over remote Acre state.
The Brazilian government foundation said it photographed 'strong and healthy' warriors, six huts and a large planted area. But it was not known to which tribe they belonged, the group said.
Turbanizer
Ash Singh is a Canadian born, Hong Kong educated entrepreneur based in Singapore. He says:
Racism is driven by being afraid of the unknown. People that do not wear a turban need to connect with the turban to understand it. Turbanizer.com helps by allowing anyone in the world to visualize themselves in a turban.
See how you look in a turban.
(via Ursi's Blog)
Artybasheff's Machinalia
Boris Artzybasheff was born in Kharkiv, Russia in 1899. Perhaps one of the most flexible artists, Artzybasheff's style ranged from flat, graphic designs to meticulously rendered compositions.
He did technical drawings of machinery, portraits, whimsical illustrations for books, silly comics, and even some typography.
Artzybasheff was strongly influenced by the then contemporary, representational surrealist movement. This shows in his anthropomorphized characters, his juxtaposition of unrelated objects, and his realistic rendering of subjects.
Russian Truckers
People in the Northern parts of Russia need food and other things for comfort living as anyone else does, so shippers should get this to them everyday no matter what's going on with the weather. In winter temperatures can go below -67 F.
How do Russian truckers cope with this? You can see some moments of their winter life from this photoset.
12 Things You May Not Know About The Nobel Prizes
You may be under the impression that only the best of the best get awarded Nobel Prizes. You may think that the carefully thought out opinions by the selection committees would highlight lasting improvements in the sciences and the peace process.
You may also be aware that the Nobel Prizes are never given out posthumously. If you believe any of those, you might find yourself pleasantly surprised.
Here are some curious facts about the Nobel Prizes, the recipients, and the non-recipients that may challenge your knowledge.
Non-Abductees Anonymous
What a terrible feeling it must be to know that you have never been abducted by aliens. What have you done to deserve this extraterrestial rejection?
Streetviewr
Google Maps Street View can lead you on a voyeuristic journey of discovery. Streetviewr is currently listing 2,362 funny, weird or dramatic Street View images.
Google Street View sometimes shows some glitches like in this picture where a Mercedes convertible is shrunk to a mini car because images were not joined together perfectly.
Download Day
Download Day is an attempt to set a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours and will occur on Firefox 3 launch day. Download Day will coincide with the general availability of Firefox 3. The clock will start ticking when Firefox 3 goes out the door and that should be in June.
All you have to do for now is to pledge to get Firefox 3 during Download Day. As soon as it is available, download it, and you'll get a customized certificate from Download Day Headquarters.
150 Things You Didn't Know About The Human World
* The women of the Tiwi tribe in the Pacific are married at birth.
* The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
* Winston Churchill’s mother was descended from a Red Indian.
* It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
* In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.
* The Dutch in general prefer their french fries with mayonnaise.
Well, that last one I can vouch for.
150 Things You Didn't Know About The Human World.
(via Reality Carnival)
The Great American Roadtrip
From Sunday May 4 to Thursday May 8, Joey Stocking, Josh Keeler and Adam Gatherum made a roadtrip through all 48 US states, nonstop, in a 2005 Scion xB. They drove 7,008 miles and it took them 106 hours and 43 minutes.
Read At Work
How to read at work without being busted. If you like to read at work but have to be careful about your boss looking at your screen, Read At Work disguises itself as a Windows desktop with the links in windows folders.
You can read short stories, poetry, satire, and classic books in a Powerpoint presentation without anyone noticing you're not working.
(via Ursi's Blog)
The Ampersand
An ampersand (&), also commonly called an 'and sign' is a logogram representing the conjunction 'and.' The symbol is a ligature of the letters in et, Latin for 'and.'
The word ampersand is a corruption of the phrase 'and per se and.' The ampersand symbol has been found on ancient Roman sources dating to the first century A.D.
The Ampersand is a weblog attempting to give this humble character the respect it deserves.
(via Rockhoppers Daily Grind)
You Suffer
'You Suffer' is a song by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. The song has earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records as the shortest recorded song ever. It is precisely 1.316 seconds long and consists entirely of the lyrics 'You suffer - but why?'
The song was written by band members Nicholas Bullen and Justin Broadrick during the sessions for the 'From Enslavement to Obliteration' demo recording in March 1986, and is featured on the album Scum, released in 1987.
Here's the 'You Suffer' video.
Ghost In A Bottle
For $20 you can now purchase a ghost in a bottle. Each Ghost is captured from a reported haunted establishment and sealed in it's own bottle. The bottle is sealed for your protection. No maintenance required; except occasional dusting. You may release the Ghost at your own discretion and at your own risk.
However, it is not recommended that you break or open the bottle. If you do, you may experience things like:
doors opening or closing slowly,
a feeling someone is following you around your home,
noises leading into or out of rooms that no one is present in,
lights coming on or going off by themselves,
or bed covers pulled off you, or your pillow may be tossed on the floor during the night.
The Google Robot FAQ
Google Robots are human-like machines that walk the earth to record information. They do no harm, and they do not invade your privacy. Google Robots do not surf the web, that part is still left to the so-called Googlebots.
A Google Robot, by definition of its internal software program, can never harm a human person unless out of self-defense. At the moment there are 10 million Google Robots walking the earth.
Smartest Browser And Operating System
IQLeague have some kind of online IQ test on their site and they group IQ scores of all visitors by different geographical locations. Here is an interesting part - they also group IQ Scores by referrer website and by client browser and operating system.
If you use an AppleMAC-Safari on UNIX, you belong to the smartest of people. If you use Internet Explorer on Windows98, you better start to worry.
(via Weird Blogs)
How Your Dentist Can Save Your Life
Mouth infections can usually be cured very easily. But runaway dental infections can be treacherous. They have eaten through the skin in people's necks, choked off airways, migrated to the heart, burrowed into brains and, yes, even killed people.
Are you scared enough now? The point is, everyone is vulnerable, because bacteria that routinely lurk in the mouth cause tooth decay and gum disease. The problem: Most people don't know they have these infections.
Gum disease may also heighten the risk for heart disease, diabetes, pneumonia and premature birth. But the good news is that with good old regular brushing and flossing, you may prevent all that. And by seeing your dentist often, you can nip most problems in the bud.
(via Look At This...)
Text2Mindmap
A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
Text2Mindmap is an online application that converts texts to a mind map. Text2Mindmap takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it, and draws a mind map of them.
Do More With Your Webcam
Turn your webcam into a Motion-Sensing Security Camera, login to Windows with your face, create time-lapse videos, chronicle your face, turn your PC into a photo booth.
Do More With Your Webcam.
The Quest For Every Beard Type
Jon Dyer has been growing a beard every winter for some years now, and every spring, he tries to see how many facial hair variations he can check off from a chart of facial hair types.
There are 34 facial hair types on the chart and so far he has been able to attain 24 of them.
Deus Ex Machina
Jake Loniak is a Transportation Design student in his 6th term. His project called 'Deus Ex Machina' is an electric, single passenger, vertically parking, and wearable motorcycle.
With seven artificial vertebrae behind the helmet that support the rider's head you could control the 'Deus Ex Machina' via 36 pneumatic muscles and 2 linear actuators with your body. Leaning forward the rider extends into the more traditional riding position.
The formal shape of the Deus Ex Machina is naturally biological because the features, the helmet, the arms, and the vertebrae recall human physiognomy, while the mechanics and electronics are worn as an exoskeleton.
BFF Project
You can send Shawn Feeney a photo of yourself and a photo of one of your close friends. He will draw a composite of your two faces. He's drawing 64 facial images of composite friends.
Then he'll draw a series of composites from the composites; 32 drawings combining four faces each, 16 drawings combining eight faces each, and so on until finally there is one drawing derived from all 128 faces.
Google Malware Diagnosis Service
Philipp of Google Blogoscoped reports of a probably new Google service. Just append any domain – your domain or another site you want to check on – to the end of the URL 'google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=', and you will find an overview page listing potential problems like trojans or exploits (or the result may be telling you the site is OK).
Philipp made it easier to check this out by putting a box on his site where you can simply type in a domain name to find out if your site has any problems.
The Presurfer is not listed as suspicious.
Over the past 90 days, presurfer.blogspot.com/ did not appear to function as an intermediary for the infection of any sites. This site has not hosted malicious software over the past 90 days.
The Fourfortyfour Theory
Sometimes you look at the time on your phone or on your computer and you have a 'FourFortyFour Moment' like 2:22, or 17:17, or 4:44. These numbers are islands made by time.
People accidentally get into them from different places all over the planet and just stay there for a minute. Whenever we have the same fourfortyfour moment we are together in a mental place.
The Fourfortyfour Theory.
Day&Night
An exceptional timepiece that does not indicate the time! With no display for the hours, minutes or seconds the Day&Night offers a new way of measuring time, splitting the universe of time into two fundamentally opposing sections: day versus night.
A new interpretation of Time based around two Tourbillons operating sequentially. The Day Tourbillon operates during the day, defining the wearer's period of activity, and stops after twelve hours, handing over to the Night Tourbillon dedicated to man's own private sphere.
Labels Project
According to Italian visual artist Luca Pizzaroni, label-gazing becomes a valid geographical-psychological challenge. The viewer's interpretation belies his personal notions about geographical provenance, time and memory.
A series of labels found in clothing.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
GraphJam - Pop Culture For People In Cubicles
Pick a subject.
Music, movies, bosses, life, sports, coffee...
Then Graphicize it.
Physical Therapy Exercises For Injurious Situations
How to act after a breakup, after losing a bid for the presidency, and after being maligned on a blog.
Odd And Unusual Chocolate Flavored Items
Unusual chocolate flavored items like chocolate toothpaste, chocolate beer, or chocolate perfume.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
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: You Bred Raptors?
click on the picture for real size
The Biggest Drawing In The World
On March 17, 2008, Swedish artist Erik Nordenankar sent away a briefcase containing a GPS device with express transportation company DHL. He gave them exact travel instructions. Where to go and in what order. 55 Days later the briefcase returned to his home.
The GPS device automatically recorded the briefcase's journey around the world. The information was downloaded to his computer and printed. As a self portrait.
The biggest drawing in the world.
Tag Galaxy
Tag Galaxy is an application to explore Flickr photos via virtual planetary systems. You enter a tag, and the related galaxy appears on screen.
Each planet contains the pictures of a certain tag, and when you click on them, the images are placed on a 3D rotating globe.
Starlink
This web site is created for all the Star People out there. The Day is near when we will all stand up and take our part in The Great Awakening. We are here to assist the Earth to evolve to Her next level. That is why we now have to wake up and get our act together.
Get this! None of us are going anywhere before the job is completed. And it is not completed until we are all happy with what we have accomplished! Yes, you may be granted to change your physical body for another one, but you are not leaving the Earth before you truly love it here.
10 Optical Illusions In 2 Minutes
Samsung presents 10 optical illusions in 2 minutes to promote the new SOUL mobile phone.
Direct Manipulation Video Player
DimP is a video player that allows to browse video clips by directly manipulating their content. This method brings the benefits of direct manipulation to an activity typically mediated by widgets. A technique called relative flow dragging that lets users control video playback by moving objects of interest along their visual trajectory.
The DimP website.
(via UniqueDaily)
Nine Company Blogs That Are Fun For Anyone To Read
An interesting company blog can be a great way to draw in new people through relevant content of general interest - and some of them will stay to check out the service you provide.
Some companies just blog about updates to their own technology and that's good for existing users to see. Others are fun to read whether you're a user or not.
Here are some of the company blogs that you can read and have a good time.
13 Of The Best Observation Points For The Northern Lights
The Nortern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are coloured and white flashing lights in the atmosphere north of the Arctic Circle. The lights are the result of the ionization of atmospheric molecules, at low temperatures, by solar and cosmic radiation.
If you've never seen The Northern Lights then you can not possibly understand what you're missing out on. And if you have seen them, you know that you'll probably never see anything quite like them again in your life.
Here are 13 of the best places where you can go to see the Northern Lights for yourself.
Postage Stamp Shows 3-Second Sports Clip
The postal administration of Austria has immortalized a television broadcast clip on a postage stamp issued May, 2008, in honor of the upcoming Union of European Football Associations' 2008 series. The clip shows three different perspectives of the winning soccer goal scored by Austria in their match against Sweden.
The stamp is valid for postage, but most people would probably keep it as a collectors item.
The Chief Cook Robot
The HOAP-3 is a humanoid robot created by Fujitsu. This video shows the robot learning to cook an omelet by whipping eggs, cutting ham and grating cheese. Through the use of a probabilistic model, the robot progressively learns to generalize the skill to various situations.
Freeganism
Freeganism is an anti-consumerism lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies. The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters but are still edible and nutritious. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement.
Being a Freegan is not for the faint of heart, or stomach for that matter. They take their lifestyle very seriously and if they have to purchase something, they will most often buy it second or third-hand instead of new. Tell a Freegan that they're freeloading and they're likely to agree but will quickly add that their lifestyle is the only thing that makes waste worthwhile.
(thanks Mary)
FakeTV
FakeTV makes it look like you are home watching TV, even when you are not. FakeTV accurately simulates the light output of a real television. The effect of scene changes, fades, swells, flicks, on-screen motion, and color changes look just they came from a real TV.
From outside the house, it looks just like someone is watching a real television. The potential burglar thinks the home must be occupied, so he moves on to an easier target.
The Corkxedo
The Corkxedo is a tuxedo made of corks. There are 891 corks used and the garment weighs 15 pounds. The oldest cork is from a 1935 bottle of Chateau Lynch-Bages.
It took approximately 10 months and more than 800 hours to make. The Corkxedo was created by Los Angeles wine lover Dave Hamilton.
When Bodybuilding And Steroids Go Too Far
Right or more often the case wrong, athletes have been taking anabolic steroids since the early 1960's. Many competitive bodybuilders go to excess in taking steroids in order to compete citing that extreme sports require extreme measures, using a plethora of various forms for different effects.
One might increase muscle hardness while another will improve mass, strength or endurance - thus becoming human walking chemistry sets.
Supercook
Most recipe search engines are very simple: a user types a query and the engine returns a list of recipes which contain those words. Typically, the recipes returned will require many additional ingredients the user might not have at home.
Supercook returns recipes you can actually make right now with the ingredients you have. It even tells you exactly how many recipes you can make, broken down into 'Starters', 'Entrees' and 'Dessert' categories.
Babe Ruth: Constructing A Legend
Who is this Baby Ruth, and what does she do? With this simple question, George Bernard Shaw drew the ire of Americans everywhere in the 1920s. A baseball legend and an American icon, Babe Ruth single-handedly changed the way baseball was played and rescued the game from the dark days that followed the Black Sox Scandal of 1919.
This American Studies project studies how and why Babe Ruth became a hero. Though Ruth's deeds on the field were great, he needed the help of sportswriters and advertisers to spread his legend across the land. Baseball needed a hero following the 1919 season, and Ruth delivered. Ruth became an American legend because he was doing the right things at the right time.
YouTomb
YouTomb is a research project by Free Culture, a student organization at MIT. YouTombe tracks videos taken down from YouTube for alleged copyright violation. More specifically, YouTomb continually monitors the most popular videos on YouTube for copyright-related takedowns.
Any information available in the metadata is retained, including who issued the complaint and how long the video was up before takedown. The goal of the project is to identify how YouTube recognizes potential copyright violations as well as to aggregate mistakes made by the algorithm.
Retro-futuristic Watch
Japanese company Tokyo Flash sells unique watches. One of them is the
B Version by Twelve 5-9.
The hours are shown on a radar screen. When a button is pressed, the LEDs flash in a random cycle and then stop, displaying the time.
Become Invisible
For sale on eBay: Become Invisible. For only $24.95 you can purchase the Secret of Invisibility.
This is not a toy or a magic trick. This is not an illusion or a Ninja technique. The Secret of Invisibility is an amazing book that renders you completely invisible. This method is currently used by the CIA and foreign intelligence agencies.
Don't Scoff! You CAN go anywhere without being seen. You're invisible to all you meet... NOT EVEN A SHADOW. This works even when you're completely surrounded by cameras or people. Lets you vanish & reappear as you wish, wherever you may be! Kept secret for thousands of years.
(thanks Bill)
Who'll Be The Next Vice-President?
Now that Barack Obama is the Democratic candidate for president in all but name, America turns to consider his nominee for Vice-President. Who should fill the role? There are, of course, many possibilities.
Here are some of them.
Photographing A Wedding And An Earthquake
Can you imagine what it was like to have been photographing a wedding in Sichuan, China when an 7.9 earthquake hit and shakes for three minutes?
Website Grader
Website Grader is a free SEO tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like search engine data, website traffic, website structure, social popularity and other technical factors.
Of course, The Presurfer has nothing to do with marketing whatsoever, but I decided to enter anyway. And lo and behold, this site scored a website grade of 98.7.
Meaning that of the hundreds of thousands of websites that have previously been evaluated by Website Grader, The Presurfer scores higher than 98.7% of them in terms of its marketing effectiveness. Strange but true.
Everything Google
You know Google. Everybody knows Google. You know about Google Maps, Google Adsense, Gmail, Google Reader, and many other Google services.
But have you ever heard of Google Browser Sync, Google Co-op, Google Grants, Google Patents, Google Transit, or Google Voice Local Search? Zorgloob Logiciels has a list of all Google services and links to companies aquired by Google. The site is in French but navigating is easy.
21 Best Mugshots Evar
When you go to jail, remember that your mugshot belongs to the ages. And in today's world, once you get it taken, it belongs to the Internets. Be sure to make it one worth remembering.
21 Best Mugshots Evar.
Dead Deer Talking Prank
A show from American television channel Comedy Central ties a fake deer to the hood of a car and makes it talk to people who walk by.
(thanks Linda)
The Pulitzer Prizes
The Pulitzer Prize is an American Award for Journalism, Literature and Music. Pulitzer Prize winners are chosen by an independent board. Hungarian-born newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer established the prize and left money to Columbia University upon his death in 1911. Columbia began its journalism school with its share of the money and Columbia has administered the Pulitzer Prize since its inception.
A Pulitzer Prize Winner may be an individual, a group of individuals, or a newspaper's staff. There are 21 Pulitzer categories. In 20 of those categories the winners receive a $10,000 cash award and a certificate.
Tattoos For The Elderly
These tattoos are really old school. Perfect for any age!
This makes the perfect gift for saying 'You're old!'
Fencing For The Elderly
So, you're a senior citizen and you got your tattoo. Now what? You take up fencing of course. Apparently old people love it! At least the ones at Corpus Christi Catholic Home for retired priest and nuns in Melbourne, Australia, do.
The over 80 years old athletes have been learning the art of fencing for nine months now, and apparently they are getting quite good at it. One of the care-takers from the home said the old people were a bit reluctant at first but after having a talk with the convincing instructor, they said yes.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Antipodes Map
See what's on the other side of the world from where you live. Two points which are antipodal to one another are connected by a straight line through the centre of the Earth.
For example, I live in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and my antipodal point is somewhere south-east of New Zealand.
The M16A1 Rifle - Oparation And Preventive Maintenance
Treat Your Rifle Like A Lady, the Will Eisner M-16 U.S. Army Rifle Maintenance Booklet. On proper cleaning and assembly of the M16A1 Rifle. Issued in comic book form to every soldier stationed in Vietnam.
Sinatra Squirrel
Impatient scientists have only left it a decade before splicing the genes of mighty crooner Frank (RIP) and home-wrecking, cannibalistic grey squirrels. Judge the results for yourself.
(thanks Jess)
ColorFlip
With ColorFlip you can...um, flip colors.
Peel back the pages with your mouse.
(via Dump Trumpet)
NASA Wants To Pay You $17,000 To Stay In Bed… For 90 Days
NASA is seeking participants for a test on the effects of microgravity on the human body, offering $17,000 for 90 days of 'work.' What are the requirements? The ability to lay in bed for nearly 90 days straight without going mentally insane.
The Bed Rest Study is being done in Houston by NASA in the 'Human Test Subject Facility' in Johnson Space Center.
(via It's Truly! Random)
The 10 Craziest How-To Books
The best literature, both modern and historic, is a primary form of storing and imparting knowledge, a means of entertainment and pleasure, a source of comfort at times of duress and cause for much deep thinking and soul searching.
However, some published books serve no other purpose but to entertain us and take our minds off the daily rigours of life. Want to know how to climb to the highest echelon of the Roman Catholic Church or start your very own church? Maybe you're sick of your friends and would like to learn how to get rid of them? Here are 10 how-to books that will guide you in the paths of the ridiculous.
(thanks Björn)
Top 10 Political Brawls Of All Time
For those of you who think Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama can sling some mud, check out these brawls. The top political melees, spanning history and the globe, make John Kerry's Swift Boat seem like the Love Boat.
Here are top 10 political brawls of all time.
Name Your Wang
A majority of men give their penis a nickname, according to disreputable sources. Now, a site lets you register that name to prove it's as unique as your... well, unique. They give you a certificate and everything.
The name of the site is - what else? - nameyourwang.com!
If, by any chance, you haven't given your penis a nickname yet, try the Penis Name Generator.
I did, and mine is called Russell.
(via The Raw Feed)
Paralympic Runner Gets Olympics Thumbs-Up
Oscar Pistorius - known as Blade Runner - is a South-African sprinter with a difference: he runs on two artificial lower legs and feet fast enough that he may qualify for the Olympics. And that's something he can now attempt, given that the Court of Arbitration for Sport has just overturned his ban.
The International Association of Athletics had ruled against him competing against able-bodied runners. All because of the specialized carbon-fiber Cheetah Flex-Foot prosthetic feet he uses, which represented an unfair mechanical advantage, maintained the IAAF.
10 Deepest Caves In The World
Long ago, our ancestors were using caves as shelter from wild animals and the forces of nature. Perhaps, this base necessity however, has always been eclipsed by man's curiosity and desire to explore the mystical and enigmatic air inside the abyss.
Today, with all sorts of equipment, caving has turned into something of an extreme sport - it involves climbing, crawling and sometimes even swimming. Looking at the most extreme end then, what about those caves that create the enigma, that fuel the stuff of legends; caves that appear bottomless and that seem to extend to the very center of the earth?
What are the ten deepest caves on our planet?
Cover Collages
This collage showing Superman has been created by putting together 400 tiles containing different DC comic covers.
Collages of Superman, Batman and Spider-Man.
Contact Lenses For Chickens
Long ago, during the 1950s, farmers realized that chickens raised under red lights tended to be less aggressive and, as a result, consumed less food. An added bonus was that they produced more eggs. This meant larger profits for the farm owner.
Someone came up with the bright idea of putting red glasses on the birds. But, you can see the problem with this method - the glasses fell right off the chicken's head. So enter the latest approach - red contact lenses for the chickens.
Well, maybe if the birds were properly cared for there would be no need for these lenses.
(thanks Stanley)
CatBib
The CatBib was invented by a bird-feeding, cat-loving gardener in Springfield, Oregon, USA. This unique, patented product protects wild birds whenever your cat is outdoors. The CatBib stopped 81% of cats from catching birds, 45% of cats from catching mammals, and 33% of cats from catching herptofauna.
Check out the CatBib video.
Hillary Clinton Artist Print
Tony Puryear says: Senator Clinton is a beautiful, strong and inspiring woman, and I wanted to make a poster that reflected that.
Rather than putting a slogan on the poster, I chose to put her name, because she is surely the only leader at this level with whom we are all on a first-name basis, and to me, that reflects her personal warmth and connection with ordinary Americans.
And it's only $40.
Plane Lands On Plane
A small airplane ended up on top of another last Thursday in a collision at Northwest Regional Airport, about 20 miles northeast of Fort Worth. Nobody was seriously hurt in the accident as one plane apparently tried to land as the other was taking off from the airport.
related:
Plane lands on a car,
Plane lands on Highway 41,
Plane Lands on moving motorhome,
Plane crashes on baseball field.
The Museum Of Corporate Neckties
The corporation earned $1,000,000,000, and all I get is this lousy tie!
The Museum Of Corporate Neckties.
Living Color
Nudibranchs, also known as sea slugs, are soft-bodied marine snails. The word nudibranch comes from Latin 'nudus' meaning naked, and Greek 'brankhia' meaning gills.
The name is appropriate since the nudibranchs breathe through a branchial plume of bushy extremities on their back, rather than using gills.
(via Reality Carnival Unleashed)
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: Doing Things Isn't What I Like To Do.
click on the picture for real size
Weight Loss Sunglasses
Apparently these weight loss sunglasses make food look dull and boring. The food will appear with more blue colors and according to research, blue is the least appetizing color on the spectrum.
While your first instinct may be to snicker, there is actual physiological and psychological rationale to this theory. Certain colours tend to stimulate appetite, while others tend to deter it.
Earth Surface Temperature Since 1884
Earth surface temperature since 1884. Video released by NASA and GISS.
(via Ursi's Blog)
Plantwire
Plantwire is a fun, easy way to find and learn about plants. Information is provided on many of the world's most beautiful, interesting, and important plants.
You can search by plant name, flower color, or by tags. The database now includes over 300 plants and is growing quickly. More than 6000 images are included.
The Extinction Timeline
The historical and predicted extinction timeline from 1950 to around 2050. Physical pain and uglyness gone in 2050? No more free parking in 2018? Blogging will be extinct in 2025? And thank God we will have seen the last of the Rocky movie sequels in 2035.
The Extinction Timeline.
(via Digg)
Analogy By Jesson Yip
Jesson Yip is a London based freelance digital designer specialising in web, interaction and visualisation. Analogy is a typographic clock which explores the numerical and spatial qualities of digital and analogue clocks.
This piece considers the relationship between the two, fusing them together to create a new hybrid format. It gives an everyday object a twist to make it something that people will notice.
10 Things You Don't Know About Frank Sinatra
Did you know that early in his career, Sinatra was asked to change his stage name to Frankie Satin, an obvious play on words for his smooth, crooning voice. He refused.
The legend of Sinatra is larger than life. Here are some lesser-known facts about the 'Chairman of the Board' that you may not be aware.
The Megapixel Myth
The megapixel myth was started by camera makers who use the number of megapixels a camera has to hoodwink you into thinking it has something to do with camera quality. They use it because even a tiny linear resolution increase results in a huge total pixel increase.
Forget the silly debate over pixel counts among digital cameras. There is little visible difference between cameras with seemingly different ratings. For instance, a 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18.
Banana Holder
Nana Saver eliminates waste so you can enjoy half now, and half later. Keeps a sliced banana fresher, longer by reducing exposure to air.
Hinged banana shaped body with tiny teeth grip sliced bananas firmly in place and flat plate presses snug against banana face to minimize air contact.
The Origins Of Cybex Space
Gustav Zander (1835–1920) was a Swedish physician who invented a therapeutic method of exercise carried out by means of special apparatus. Zander began his work in the 1860s and established the Zander Institute in London, before coming to New York.
His hope was that his equipment, which employed gradual muscle resistance, would supplement normal gymnasiums that excluded women, older people, and 'weakly' people of either sex.
(via Everlasting Blort)
SomethingStore
Do you like surprises? At SomethingStore in New York, a new online shop, you can buy something for $10. But you do not know what you are buying. They will send you something, an item selected randomly. You will find out what your something is when you receive it.
It maybe something you need, something you want or something you desire. It may be a cool gadget, rare book, handmade necklace, box of gourmet chocolates, set of shiny shower curtains, popular video game, a set of kitchen knives, a pair of designer jeans, garden tool, electronic equipment, or a magazine subscription. Your something will most likely be brand new, though it may also be refurbished or antique.
Cameroid
With Cameroid you can take crazy snaps with your webcam straight from your browser. Then choose from the menu of special effects to be added to your image. You can change the color of your photo, morph its shape, or place it in a scene template like Mona Lisa's face, or on a hundred dollar bill.
(via Istasworld)
Children's Drawings Turned Into Real Life Photography
Children's drawings turned into real life photography by Korean artist Yeondoo Jung.
What To Do If The Police Stop You
Being stopped by the cops is scary. This Instructable HowTo gives you everything you need to know to safeguard your rights when you are dealing with the police. All of the information is straight from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Think carefully about your words, movement, body language, and emotions. Do not get into an argument. Do not run. Do not resist. Do not complain. Remember officer badge and patrol car numbers. Write down everything you remember. Try to find witnesses.
What To Do If The Police Stop You.
(via Boing Boing)
Internet Big Bang
On June 20, 2008, 12:00pm Los Angeles time (8:00pm GMT London time), Internet Big Bang will host the world wide record of the highest number of people on the same website at the same time. It's the first time ever that this kind of world record is set up.
The only goal is to see how many people can gather on the same website at the same time. There is nothing to win and nothing to do by the websurfers, they just have to be there. This worldwide record will be contolled by an independent legal team.
Picitup
Picitup is a new picture search engine with a line of tools for content based image retrieval. Picitup has analyzed tens of thousands of images and classified them into categories. The outcome is a category filter that now allows a user to limit their image search to faces, products, landscapes, or color.
Picitup also provides a fun celebrity face match service. Upload a photo of yourself and receive ten celebrity look alikes.
Dordt In Steam
Dordt is an abbreviation for the Dutch town of Dordrecht. On May 17 and 18, 2008, the largest steam power event in Europe will be held for the thirteenth time in Dordrecht.
Organisers expect 250,000 visitors at this steam celebration. The gigantic event is spread across two areas in the city which are linked with ships, trains and old-timer busses.
On the Dordt in Steam site you can play the steam organ.
(via Istasworld)
ASCII Maps
Ever wondered what Google Maps would look like if it was running on a Commodore 64 in the 1980's? This is pure silliiness for your enjoyment. ASCIIMaps generates all of Google Maps in ASCII.
The Essential Man's Library
There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life. Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life.
From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, The Art of Manliness has narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.
Catch Me If You Can
Watch this officer try to catch several men jumping out of a van.
(via Boing Boing)
CamelBak BPA-Free Water Bottles
The BPA-free CamelBak Better Bottle is the first clear, re-usable water bottle that's free of the chemical Bisphenol-A traditionally used in hard plastic bottles.
(thanks Adam)
Brand Tags
Brand Tags is a collective experiment in brand perception. The basic idea is that a brand exists entirely in people's heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is. What is the first thing that pops into your head when you see a company logo?
See what other people think a brand is. Some examples:
Pizza Hut = greasy, fat, cheap.
Google = search, internet, evil.
Heineken = beer, dutch, green.
Coca-Cola = classic, coke, drink.
Microsoft = computer, crap, monopoly.
(via Urlesque)
Guru Goblin Prince
Welcome to the personal homepage of Guru Goblin Prince. Saint, Pundit, Peer, Maharaaja, Astrologer, Soothsayer, Enchanter, Telepathetic and Psychic Healer.
Expert at removing black magic and evil demonics. 100% guaranteed results. For those affected by paranormal, occult, and spiritual entities.
Gruesome Body Bakery
Imagine running up to the bakery around the corner and coming across bread shaped like body parts. Sound yummy? Artist Kittiwat Unarrom creates just that; gruesome works of art out of bread.
Kittiwat Unarrom has sculpted life-like heads, feet and hands from dough in the bakery's kitchen and exhibits them in glass cabinets in the shop. He says his edible art lures hundreds of visitors a day.
ScienceHack
ScienceHack is a unique video search engine for science videos. Every video is screened and approved based on accuracy and quality by our scientists.
Fields of science that are indexed are: Physics, Chemistry, and Space. Coming soon: Geology, Psychology, Robotics and Computer.
15 Infamous Top Secret Bases And Compounds From Around The World
Have you ever wondered where the government stores its most precious documents and artifacts, or where they process top secret information and carry out military attacks on the enemy?
This is a list of 15 of the most secret and secure facilities on the planet, many of which you probably have never even heard of because their locations are classified. Many of these secret bases are hidden beneath the ground, inside of a mountain or located in the middle of nowhere.
The Decline of Civilization
Does this seem needlessly complicated and actually kind of dangerous? At least there's hope that someday that baby will go through their teenage rebellion phase, expressing angst and independence through the radical act of walking.
(via SpliceToday)
Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products
The Acme Corporation is a fictional corporation that exists in several cartoons, films and TV series.
Most significantly in the Looney Tunes universe, where it appeared most prominently in the Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons, which made Acme famous for outlandish and downright dangerous products that failed catastrophically at the worst possible times.
The Original Illustrated Catalog Of ACME Products.
(via Dump Trumpet)
The Real Indiana Jones
Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett (born 1867) was a British archaeologist and explorer. Along with his son, Jack, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find what he believed to be an ancient lost city in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
He is said to have been an inspiration for Indiana Jones, the fictional archaeologist/adventurer.
More than 13 separate expeditions have so far failed to discover what happened to Percy Fawcett in the darkest Amazonian jungle and 100 people have died in the attempt.
In later years, things have gone really strange regarding the disappearance of Colonel Fawcett. Professor Henrique de Souza, president of the Brazilian Theosophical Society, believes Fawcett is still alive, living in a subterranean city in the Roncador Mountains of Matto Grosso, where he found the subterranean city of Atlanteans for which he searched.
But Is It Art?
This sculpture is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating an automobile collision. The movement will be so slow as to be invisible.
(via UniqueDaily)
Cheese Racing
What do you think happens when you throw a slice of processed cheese (without removing the plastic wrapping) onto a lit barbeque? The plastic melts giving off highly toxic fumes and you are left with a pretty grim cheese/plastic mess welded on to your BBQ, right?
Wrong! Unbelievably what actually happens, as discovered by the pioneers and inventors of the sport way back in 1997, is that the plastic pouch does not melt - even when the cheese inside eventually boils!
Welcome to the world of professional Cheese Racing.
Hotel Everland
Hotel Everland in Paris, France, is a project by Swiss artist-duo Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann. They are known for their installations that deal with architecture and space and invite the viewer to get involved and become part of the artwork.
Everland is a hotel with only one room including a bathroom, a king-size bed and a lounge. The bounteous dimensioned room represents the subjective dream of a hotel: the architecture, the playful details, as well as the request to steal the golden embroidered bath towels.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
Infected
Infected is a game designed for 2-10 people. To play: simply draw a card and use your body to communicate your new affliction to the other players. If someone guesses the illness in a timely manner, the amount of points indicated on the card are awarded to both the infected person and the player who diagnoses them.
Whoever correctly diagnoses an illness is the next player to get infected. Points are subtracted if a player passes up a card, however that player may pick a new card during the same turn. The game is over when all the cards have been played and pathogenic victory belongs to whoever accrues the most points.
Presidential Cigarettes
Once upon a time it was considered good manners for a host to offer his guests a smoke. This custom extended to the President of the United States. Each President, from John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan, gave his guests a very special pack of cigarettes.
The earliest versions were nothing more than a standard pack with a presidential seal insert card placed under the cellophane, and each of the major manufacturers provided these to the government. It's not unusual to find Camel, Lark, Pall Mall, Viceroy or other popular brands with one of these presidential seal inserts, as many were kept as souvenirs.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Why Do Humans Kiss?
Her eyes are wide as they stare into yours. You wrap your arm around her waist and pull her in close. She touches your face and you lean in, tilt your head and your lips connect. The rushing sensation leaves you little room to wonder, 'Why the hell am I doing this anyway?'
Why do humans kiss?
In Search For 'Miss Atomic Bomb'
Since their dramatic public debut in August 1945, nuclear weapons and their potential effects have been a recurring motif in popular culture, to the extent that the decades of the Cold War are often referred to as the 'atomic age.'
The famous 1957 photograph of Miss Atomic Bomb, a smiling Las Vegas showgirl in a mushroom cloud bathing suit with her arms outstretched to the sky, has often been used as representative of Cold War kitsch and a symbol of the bizarre love affair Las Vegas had with the Bomb in the 1950s.
But whatever happened to Miss Atomic Bomb? That is a question Robert Friedrichs of the National Nuclear Security Administration has been working on for the last couple of years. CONELRAD's Missing Persons Bureau has volunteered to help Mr. Friedrichs spread the word of his quest.
Great Tits Cope Well With Warming
An actual headline from a BBC story which says:At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food. Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars.
(via Bits & Pieces)
Spot The Fake Smile
Although fake smiles often look very similar to genuine smiles, they are actually slightly different, because they are brought about by different muscles, which are controlled by different parts of the brain.
Simply said, fake smiles can be performed at will while genuine smiles are generated by the unconscious brain, so are automatic.
I got 18 out of 20 correct but that's probably because I've done some psychology and I know the difference between a Duchenne smile, a type-2 smile and an intense smile.
Here's an experiment to test whether you can spot the difference between a fake smile and a real one.
Spot the Fake Smile.
The History Of Computing Project
The History of Computing Project is a collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the computer and its roots in the broadest sense of the word.
Explicit goals are to provide an accurate and balanced history with input from as many sources as possible and maximum access to the results worldwide.
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.
Because Ash has been sick, this cartoon was drawn by Si Jackson.
Title: Gotcha the Sport.
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Stupid Creatures Sock Monsters
Stupid Creatures Sock Monsters by John Murphy.
They're cheaper than taxidermy and nothing has to die.
Concrete Thoughts
Joan Perry of Walk this way... takes pictures of sidewalk graffiti. She has been walking the streets of Charleston, South Carolina with her camera for twenty years.
Finally paying attention what was underfoot she's found a treasure trove of inscriptions in the sidewalk from humorous to profound.
Seashells And The Birth Of Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel Aviv is an ultra-modern city located on the Mediterranean coastline of Israel. From the appearance of the city, it is hard to fathom that the city is officially just 100 years old.
Even harder to believe is the story, some will say legend, that the original settlers determined which plots belonged to which settlers by virtue of a 'Seashell Lottery.'
17 Stunning Auditoriums And Theatres From The Ancient World
Some of the most fascinating man-made structures on earth are the massive auditoriums that were once used for theatrical performances, music shows, as well for more sinister purposes such as violent wild animal shows and gladiatorial contests.
It's amazing that some of these theatres are close to 3,000 years old, and it's amazing that they're even still standing.
(thanks Andy)
TimeTube
TimeTube is an cool looking YouTube mashup which lets you search Youtube and get the results placed on a timeline.
The Famous Monkey Challenge Trivia Quiz
Are you Smarter than a monkey?
The Famous Monkey Challenge Trivia Quiz has four parts: Geography, History, Science and Technology, and Random Trivia. Each part of the quiz has 15 questions.
You will see the monkey's answer before you answer. After each part, your score will be compared with that of the monkey. Hopefully you will come out ahead. Good luck!
(via Look At This...)
PlanetHazard
Learn about the unknown hazards around you - the toxins you may be breathing. PlanetHazard uses information from the Environmental Protection Agency to map over 86,000 companies throughout the United States that emit hazardous air pollutants.
You can search nationally or by state, county, city and/or company. All pollutant data used on the site is from the Environmental Protection Agency National Emission Inventory Database and is current as of the most recent release, 2002.
Where Rich Cats Sleep
The artists who created the cat beds featured here use their talents to pay tribute to the natural elegance and variable nature of the cat. Even if they are out of your price range, they're not too expensive to admire.
14 Hot Designer Cat Beds.
The 10 Worst Workspaces In Tech
What makes them so bad? Some offend with exposed fluorescent lights, gray cubicles and a dystopian corporate sheen. But others, with their pseudo-hip graffiti, kindergarten toys and plastic decorations - all in a desperate attempt to seem 'Internet-y' - come off even worse.
The 10 Worst Workspaces In Tech.
Send Your Name To The Moon
Sign up to send your name to the moon. Names will be collected and placed onboard the LRO spacecraft for its historic mission bringing NASA back to the moon. You will also receive a certificate showcasing your support of the mission.
The deadline is June 27, 2008 for the submission of names. LRO's objectives are to find safe landing sites, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment, and demonstrate new technology.
(via Ursi's Blog)
No More Gas
Myers Motors is the manufacturer and dealer for The NmG (No more Gas), America's only all-electric, 75 mph personal vehicle. The NmG is just the right size for the daily commuting needs of the 91 million Americans who go to work or school alone in vehicles designed to carry four to eight passengers.
The NmG nimbly fits into very tight parking spaces and you can drive in the carpool lane without the hassel of picking up the rest of the carpool.
Best Programming Jokes
A programmer is walking along a beach and finds a lamp. He rubs the lamp, and a genie appears. 'I am the most powerful genie in the world. I can grant you any wish, but only one wish.' The programmer pulls out a map, points to it and says, 'I'd want peace in the Middle East.' The genie responds, 'Gee, I don't know. Those people have been fighting for millenia. I can do just about anything, but this is likely beyond my limits.'
The programmer then says, 'Well, I am a programmer, and my programs have lots of users. Please make all my users satisfied with my software and let them ask for sensible changes.' At which point the genie responds, 'Um, let me see that map again.'
Best Programming Jokes.
75 Skills Every Man Should Master
A man can be expert in nothing, but he must be practiced in many things. Skills. You don't have to master them all at once. You simply have to collect and develop a certain number of skills as the years tick by. People count on you to come through.
For example, a man should be able to cook meat somewhere other than the grill, calculate square footage, play go fish with a kid, ask for help, and tie a bow tie.
75 Skills Every Man Should Master.
A 3D Exploration Of Picasso's Guernica
Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting the Nazi German bombing of Guernica in Spain by twenty-four bombers, on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, in which a number of people variously estimated between 250 and 1,600 were killed and many more were injured.
German artist Lena Gieseke made an 3D exploration of Picasso's Guernica.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
The Traveler's Guide To Nuclear Weapons
The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons illustrates 160 important homes, offices, laboratories, factories, mills, and bomb detonation sites in the United States. Scaled maps, photos, tour schedules, and site telephone numbers provide atomic tourists with all they need to visit these historic locations, vicariously or in person.
By means of their extensive travels and research into the backgrounds of these facilities, James Maroncelli and Timothy Karpin enable their readers to appreciate those sites where we really waged the Cold War, often located just down the street or across town.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Little Red Riding Hood And the Wolf
What if Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf would have used the game of noughts and crosses to decide their fate? They try every possibility to find out.
David Wasserman - Tin Can Artist
David Wasserman (1917 - 1999) was a graphic designer and cartoonist who experimented in his spare time with the artistic possibilities of metal collage. For more than thirty years, he nailed small pieces of tin cans, aluminum soda cans and other metals to sheets of plywood, to create large-scale but incredibly detailed pictures.
Since he wanted to explore all the possibilities of his chosen medium, the style of his work ranges from abstract to cartoon to realistic, and his subject matter includes famous people, powerful beasts, the depths of space, family photos, and an urban cityscape.
(thanks Steven)
People Around The World
Philipp Lenssen of Google Blogoscoped created a form that triggers an image search using Google's option to show people's faces from a country you pick.
Create Your Own Online Radio Station
With Radionomy, you can create your own radio station on the Internet. You can tap into the contents of vast music libraries. You can integrate your own musical creations. You can add your own audio content, sequences, reports and podcasts. And it's free.
Radionomy will broadcast these radio stations around the world and take care of all costs, including royalties. Radionomy even shares its revenue with radio station creators, based on the size of their audience.
Convert Your Webpage To PDF
With Html2pdf you can convert your webpage to a PDF document. Suitable for printing or to save a page.
Train Pushers
Oshiya or 'pusher' is an informal Japanese term for a worker who stands on the platform of a railway station during the morning and evening rush hours, and pushes people onto the train. This video is a good example of just how crowded it gets on Japanese trains.
Rotating House
I live in the city of Tilburg in the Netherlands. Everyone who approaches the city from the north runs up against a roundabout. This roundabout constitutes one of the most important gateways to the city. Thus it is not surprising that the municipality dedicated this location as an art location.
The roundabout is now the scene of a large-scale and unusual work of art. The Rotating House of Dutch designer John Körmeling, which looks as if it is real, rotates on the roundabout in the direction of the traffic and completes one full round in 20 hours. The house is a full-scale model and has an open and friendly look and feel. It is not fit for human habitation.
More about the Rotating House.
Funny Shaped Japanese Watermelons
There's one thing you just have to enjoy in Japanese summer, and that are watermelons. But Japanese watermelons are no longer round! PingMag shows some funny shaped watermelons and gives a bit of insight into plant breeding.
Naturmobil
Abdolhadi Mirhejazi's friends thought he was off his rocker when he told them of his idea for the Naturmobil – but he wasn't bucking around. His plan was to create a vehicle which really does put the cart before the horse.
Abdolhadi, a Dubai-based inventor, created a one horsepower, space age all-weather buggy powered by, yes... a horse. Unlike traditional horse-drawn vehicles, the horse rides inside, behind the driver, protected by an all-weather canopy.
(via Arbroath)
Aerial Balloon Panorama
The hot air balloon is one of the most enticing things to fly. Slow, lulled by the winds and basically old fashion, it permits to take interesting panoramic images, as German photographer Bernd Dohrmann shows in this panoramic picture. The picture was taken over Northern Germany at a height of 390 feet.
10 Mind Myths
Do you think our attitudes predict our behaviours?
That we are only use 10% of our brains?
That blind people's other senses are more acute?
Is a bigger brain really better?
Think again.
The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies Of All Time
It didn't take long after the rise of TV commercials in the mid-twentieth century for comedians to take note of just how ridiculous most of those commercials were.
Doctors selling cigarettes, housewives defending their laundry detergent as if any other detergent were a threat to the American way of life - boob-tube marketing was a bottomless pit of material, and was bound to be soaked up by the sketch-comedy boom that followed shortly thereafter.
The 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies Of All Time.
(thanks Alexandra Godfrey)