Chemistry boring? I think not!
(thanks Pierre)
Daredevil Charlie
Any old cat can shin up a tree. But this brave moggy regularly takes his nine lives in his paws and climbs 13ft up the wall of a block of flats to his owner's home on the first floor.
Seven-year-old Charlie hit on the idea after growing tired of having to wait outside the shared front door to the block for someone to let him back in after he has been allowed out for some air.
Instead, he heads for the rear of the building where only a roughcast wall stands between him and the balcony of his owner's flat.
(thanks Cora)
10 Examples Of How Crowdsourcing Is Changing The World
Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking a task traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people or community.
Sometimes a crowd can be smarter than any one of its members, even when they're not actually working together. David Griner of The Social Path highlights a few clever uses of crowdsourcing, just to show how it's quickly changing almost every aspect of online commerce, research and even human interaction.
World Of Psychology
World of Psychology from Psych Central is the Internet's largest and oldest independent mental health social network created and run by mental health professionals to guarantee reliable, trusted information and support communities to consumers.
World of Psychology is today's modern voice for mental health information and advocacy and have the broadest online reach and recognition of any mental health network online today, touching the lives of nearly 1 million people around the world every month.
Popular And Unique Soft Drinks From Around The World
A soft drink is a beverage that does not contain alcohol. Carbonated soft drinks are commonly known as pop, soda pop, soda, cola, coke or tonic in various parts of the United States, pop in Canada, fizzy drinks, pop or soft drinks in the United Kingdom and Australia and sometimes minerals in Ireland.
Here are some popular and unique softdrinks from around the world.
(thanks Nicholas)
The Mailbox Project
The Mailbox Project is a new artblog where people leave strange/humoristic anonymous messages in random mailboxes. The blog is just starting so there's not much there yet.
(thanks Renaud)
How Ants Subterrain Structures Look Like
A research that finds out how one of the subterranian ants structures look like. The ant colony was abandoned.
(thanks Cora)
The Best Obama Cameos In Comics
Since Barack Obama ascended to the highest office in the land, there's been a lot of joking about his comics collecting and political superheroics, and now every publisher in comics is scrambling to cash in on the Obama comics craze.
An overview of the Obama comics craze and his most bizarre comic book appearances, including 'Barack the Barbarian,' a Conan parody where an axe-wielding Obama fights the evil Boosh and Chainknee, and an alternate reality comic where he becomes a mute and helps Chicago fend off an alien invasion.
(thanks Laura)
Potato Portraits
Ginou Choueiri is a Lebanese artist, based in Beirut. She says:I chose the potato to portray the human face due to it's many striking parallels. Not only is their skin porous like ours but they also come in different colors, shapes and sizes. Potato heads grow, sprout, age, then decay... but they refuse to go without a trace.
5 Classic Movie Scenes, With An Added Balloon
Ever been watching a film and thought 'What this scene really needs is a balloon?'
Now, for the first time, you can enjoy scenes from these 5 classic movies with exactly that.
There's nothing wrong with a bit of tampering to improve things, as George Lucas will tell you.
Sleeves
Sleeves is a mini web-app to simplify the weather forecast to the real question at stake: what type of shirt should I wear today?
Just enter your zip code (USA only).
For example, when you live in New York you should see this today:
(thanks Cora)
Using A 1964 Modem To Dial Up To The Internet
K.C. (aka Phreakmonkey) has a Livermore Data Systems Model A acoustic coupler modem, a 300 baud modem from 1964. It was given to him by the widow of a retired IBM engineer.
Instead of seeing it in a museum, he decided to hook the trusty Model A up and make it talk to something. The video shows the way we used to connect to the Internet in those 'good old days.'
(via Boing Boing)
The Hairstyle The World Could Do Without: Rattails
A rattail is a haircut that is characterized by a long 'tail' of hair growing from the back of the head.
The rattail usually curls naturally; however, it can be braided, treated as a dread, permed, straightened, or curled with an iron. In some instances, an individual might choose to grow several tails or grow a single tail very long.
(thanks Nicholas)
Best Couple Ever
Best Couple Ever is a blog that collects photos of awkward couples, everywhere in the world.
(thanks Reno)
Safety Geeks: SVI
Imagine Inspector Clouseau as a team of people, trying to make the world safe, and ironically making it more dangerous. Add in an Adult Swim sensibility, and that is Safety Geeks: SVI, the comic adventures of a semi-elite force of safety experts; the P.O.S.H. (Professional Occupational Safety Hazard) team.
Obsessed with making the world and bits of Canada safer, the CSI-like team investigates accidents to find out what went wrong and who is to blame. Interestingly, their involvement causes far more damage than they prevent, leaving a trail of chaos and destruction in their wake. P.O.S.H. offers an obscure, detailed and well-meaning service - unfortunately, they are a bunch of idiots.
Safety Geeks: SVI is made by Dave and Tom.
10 Awesome Flash-Animated Interactive Websites
Ever wanted to draw a song or discover more about how the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead? How about learning about cocaine from Pablo the pooch, who just happens to be a talking doggy drug mule? No? Then what about connecting up the stars to create your own constellation then see it wrap around your screen in 3D?
There must be something you will like from this selection of flash based websites.
(via Robert-John)
If Money Were No Object: Beds
It's the focal point of the bedroom and the place where you spend about a third of your life. The bottom line is, if we could have just one show-stopping piece of furniture, the bed would be it.
Here are 14 awe-inspiring and seductive sleepers, pieces that move beyond the typical four-poster to truly pine-worthy. Glass columns, silk canopies, painted headboards, even mirrored panels - these dramatic details may be reserved forever to our fantasies, but it still can't hurt to dream.
(thanks Annie)
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Championships 2009
Last Monday, May 25th, the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake was held near Gloucester, England. From the top of a hill a round of Double Gloucester cheese is rolled, and competitors race down the hill after it.
The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. In theory, competitors are aiming to catch the cheese, but since it has a one second head start and can reach speeds up to 70mph, this rarely occurs.
Pictures of the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Championships 2009.
Bridge Of The Starship Enterprise
Take a look around the bridge of the new Starship Enterprise in this panoramic picture.
Why Does My Body Do That?
Whether uncomfortable, embarrassing or just plain weird, there are some pretty funky things that our bodies do. We get goose bumps, hiccups, and eye twitches.
Discover the common reasons for 14 peculiar bodily functions.
(thanks Annie)
Pub Toy, The Perfect Peppermint
Funny commercial from Norway for Pub Toy, the perfect peppermint.
(thanks Cora)
The 10 Coolest Places To Swim
Super Tight Stuff has an article about the 10 coolest places to swim.
(thanks Zack)
Fast Food Of The World - South And Central America
This is the third post of a series called 'Fast Food Of The World' by HealthAssist Blog. What do people in South and Central America eat on the streets. This is not a scientific research and not every food in every country is listed.
See also Fast Food of the World - Europe, and
Fast Food of the World - Asia and Australia.
(thanks Olga)
The Sublime Swallowtail
You may be familiar with the Common Yellow and the Western Tiger, but the Swallowtail family of butterflies is much larger and diverse than you may imagine.
Take a look at some of the less familiar species, along with some stunning photographs, and revisit one or two you have perhaps seen before.
(via Robert-John)
Residents Of 'Butt Hole Road' Club Together To Change Street's Unfortunate Name
In the end, the constant jokes were just too much to take for the long-suffering residents of Butt Hole Road in Conisbrough, UK. Groups of youths used to visit the street and bare their backsides for photographs while many delivery firms simply refused to believe it existed. And coachloads of amused American tourists frequently turned up to view the sign.
And so despairing households decided that the road's name simply had to change. They spent £300 ($480) to change their address to the rather more palatable Archers Way
Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes And Pictures By Edward Lear
Edward Lear - born in London on May 12, 1812 - was a highly-regarded nature and landscape artist, but he is much better remembered for the whimsical nonsense poetry and limericks he produced throughout his life.
Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes And Pictures.
Breathing Xenon
Xenon is the heaviest non-radioactive noble gas and is used for ion thrusters, general anesthetic, and various types of lighting sources. These chemistry guys take a more inquisitive, educational, and refined approach to getting just a teensy bit high.
Warning: don't try this at home.
(via Urlesque)
Graffiti, Stencils, Street: 10 Cutting Edge Urban Art Websites
A look at 10 websites that feature the work of collectives or individuals engaged in cutting edge urban art.
If you like graffiti, stencils and art in the street, take a look at these sites and enjoy the experience.
(via Robert-John)
Artcyclopedia
The Artcyclopedia is the most effective guide to museum-quality fine art on the Internet. Indexed are 1800 art sites, and over 60,000 links to an estimated 150,000 artworks by 8,100 renowned artists.
You can browse artists by name, medium, subject, and nationality. When you found your artist of choice, you can see in what museums their artworks can be found.
Mooch's Claim To Fame
Mooch the cat catching Temptations Treats.
He likes them so much he barely even lets them touch the floor!
(thanks Cora)
Igotanenvelope
Igotanenvelope is a continuous art project where people leave empty self-addressed stamped envelopes in public places to be picked up and filled by others, who then send them back.
This could be an ideal place to get inspired to see what happens out there and to create a global movement.
(thanks Jason)
Ornate And Strange Door Knobs And Handles
Ornate And Strange Door Knobs And Handles.
(thanks Nicholas)
Astonishing 3D Murals
In the picture above, at first glance, it looks as if some natural disaster has shaken away the walls of this building to reveal architecture hidden for thousands of years. But thise spectacular image is not the unexpected result of an earthquake.
The incredibly lifelike scene is actually a huge work of art, painted on the side of a perfectly intact building. Even that woman peering into the ruin is not real. The painting, which has fooled many, was created by John Pugh, who specialises in trompe l'oeil - or 'trick of the eye' - art.
Astonishing 3D Murals.
Bacteria That Live In Hairspray And Other New Species
The International Institute for Species Exploration and an international committee of taxonomists have announced the top 10 new species described in 2008.
On the list are a pea-sized seahorse, caffeine-free coffee and bacteria that live in hairspray. The top 10 new species also include a very tiny snake, a very long insect, a very old fossil, and a palm that flowers itself to death.
Sexist Ads Of Yesteryear
Would they ever get away with adverts like these today? Judge for yourself. Of course, the exploitation of women's bodies continues but in more prudish times the ladies tended to be more fully clothed.
It was their societal role expectations that advertisers mostly exploited in the way back when, plus the fact that apart from the family and kitchen profound thought from their direction was neither expected or wanted.
(via Robert-John)
Do Bem's Juice Campaign
Momma always said 'don't play with your food.'
But what if you're a DJ? A food DJ.
(thanks Cora)
Operation NICE
Don't you love it when people go out of their way to be nice? Like when someone waits to hold the door for you. Or when a stranger waves you into a line a traffic. Or even when a coworker shoots you a friendly smile along with a 'have a nice day.'
If everyone was a little bit nicer to the folks they encountered each day, perhaps the world would be a more pleasant place. Operation NICE was initiated to remind you that a little NICE goes a long way.
Tongue Twisters
How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
From the International Collection of English Tongue Twisters.
Nifty Computer Mice
The computer mouse has come a long way since Douglas Engelbart invented the device in 1964.
(thanks Nicholas)
The Heidelberg Project
The Heidelberg Project was created in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey as an outdoor art environment on Detroit's McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on the city's east side, just north of the city's historically African-American Black Bottom area.
The Heidelberg Project is, in part, a political protest, as Tyree Guyton's childhood neighborhood began to deteriorate after the 1967 riots. Following his stint in the Army, Tyree Guyton described coming back to Heidelberg Street. He was astonished to see that the surrounding neighborhood looked as if 'a bomb went off.'
Tyree Guyton uses everyday discarded objects to create a two block area full of color, symbolism, and intrigue. Now in its 23rd year, the Heidelberg Project is recognized around the world as a demonstration of the power of creativity to transform lives.
The Heidelberg Project website.
Mowing With Goats
California Grazing provides holistic land management and brush and weed control through grazing. We can eliminate noxious weeds, restore native grasses, and address fire prevention through fuel load reduction.
Our fleet of 800+ environmentally friendly, self propelled weed eaters are ready for your project! These cute and cost effective critters remove thistle, brush, weeds, and other invasive plants.
Google is mowing with goats. A herder brought about 200 goats and they spend roughly a week at the Google headquarters, eating the grass and fertilizing at the same time.
(via TechCrunch)
Drifters Of The Deep
The most amazing creatures nature has ever created, drifting in our oceans. From the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
(thanks Cora)
Websites 'Keeping Deleted Photos'
User photographs can still be found on many social networking sites even after people have deleted them, Cambridge University researchers have said. To perform their experiment, the researchers uploaded photos to 16 popular websites, then deleted them, but kept a note of direct URLs to the photos from the sites' content delivery networks.
When they checked 30 days later, these links continued to work for seven of the sites even though a typical user might think the photos had been removed.
Favorite Dolls Of The 60's
Vinyl was the material of choice in the 60's, while wigs gave way to rooted hair. There were several popular dolls to play with and entertain us.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Cheers To Beers
Beer is the most popular beverage in the world after water and tea and had been produced for thousands of years. The Alulu Tablet, from the ancient Kingdom of Ur, in what is now Southern Iraq, refers to a 'best' beer and dates from 2050 BC.
Cheers to Beers – The weird, the fascinating, the potent and the expensive. A selection of beers from around the world that simply boggle the mind.
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: Fan Mail.
click on the picture for real size
Screaming Eggs
When a girl takes a carton of eggs out of the refridgerator, they soon realize that life isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Evolution Of Cell Phone Design 1983-2009
Cell phones have evolved immensely since 1983, both in design and function. From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power symbol that Michael Douglas wielded so forcefully in the movie 'Wall Street,' to the iPhone 3G, which can take a picture, play a video, or run one of the thousands applications available from the Apple Store.
There are thousands of models of cell phones that have hit the streets between 1983 and now. Webdesigner Depot picked a few of the more popular and unusual ones to take you through the history of the cell phone that most of us consider a part of our everyday lives.
40 Ways To Download Free Music Legally
You don't really have to spend a lot of money to fill up your iPod, or download songs illegally if you really don't want to. Here's an ultimate guide on how to download free music legally.
Comprehensive Blog Glossary For Kids
In the blogging world there are all sort of unique terminology and abbreviations for just about any task, service or product.
To help your kids keep you up-to-date on the words and there meanings here's a comprehensive blog glossary.
This list is by all means not a complete list however, it does provide most of the common phrases or words you may come across.
40 Gorgeous Vintage Tobacco Advertisements
Tobacco advertising has got to be one of the most morally questionable industries out there. It seems these advertisers would stop at nothing to exploit every possible resource.
But in all their morally questionable motives these advertisers did manage to create some beautiful works of art.
Top 10 Skills To Master Your Grill
There's something about grilling food outdoors that's both exhilarating and terrifying. It's great to commune with your food in such a straight-up way, but what if it goes wrong?
Overcome your fear of the flame, or step up your grilling game, with these 10 techniques to master your grill.
Jozin Z Bazin
Jozin z bazin (Joseph from the bog) is a Czech song from the 70s by Ivan Mládek. The song is a surreal tale of a mysterious man-eating monster living in the swamps, who could be defeated only with use of a cropduster.
The Problem With Young People Today
This is Don. Don is a crabby old fart. He hates young people. And he swears a lot. So be careful when visiting his weblog. Don says:The problem with young people today is that they have ridiculous nicknames. Back in my day, young people had sensible nicknames like 'Shorty' or 'Red' or 'Spanky' and 'Buckwheat.' Solid, dependable nicknames that you could count on to see you through the good times and the bad. Nicknames that would last you a lifetime.
But these young people today, they have nicknames like 'DXMST,' 'DJ Ice Dam' and 'Pee Diddly.' God damned ridiculous names that sound like acronyms for the space program, chemical compounds or the tail end of a rude limerick.
The Problem With Young People Today.
(thanks Mike)
Earth Album
Earth Album is a very simple and very effective mash-up of Flickr and Google Earth. Just move the cursor around and you'll be stabbed in the eye with gorgeous imagery from your chosen country or region.
You can then refine your search using keywords to focus on a particular area. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map.
(thanks Cora)
How To Use Twitter For Marketing And Public Relations
Want to use Twitter for marketing and PR?
Take this advise.
The Art Of The Japanese Manhole
Yesterday I posted about manhole covers from around the world. Here's an article about Japanese manhole covers in specific.
The Japanese have a wonderful relationship with their manhole covers: they treat them as art. A selection of the ornate, the artistic and the ever so slightly bizarre.
(via Robert-John)
Google Earth Game: Ships
PlanetInAction.com has released the first version of a fantastic free simulation game which leverages the browser-based Google Earth plugin as the primary graphics engine. The game is called 'Ships' and lets you take the helm on ships - barges, cargo ships, container ships, and even a cruise ship.
Here I am steering the Queen Mary 2 into the harbor of Rotterdam. Everything is in 3D, you can drive the ships anywhere in the world, there are sound effects, physical modeling, and realistic visual effects that makes this a wonder to behold. Not only that, but the author - Paul van Dinther - has created some great camera tools to make it easier for people to follow the action and see the sights.
Read more about Google Earth Ships.
Play Google Earth Ships.
Deerfly Patches
Oh yes, these are caps you would like to be seen with.Deerfly Patches are colored patches which attach to the back of the cap and are completely non-toxic and odorless. Deerflies flying around you are attracted to the patch and land on them.
When they do, they stay. The special adhesive is formulated to hold the deerfly but not become stuck to skin. They are easily disposed of.
Klingon Anti-Virus
Now even Klingon speakers can scan their computers for security threats. Use Sophos's Klingon Anti-Virus to quickly perform an on-demand scan and find viruses, spyware, adware, zero-day threats, Betazoid sub-ether porn diallers and Tribbles that your existing protection might have missed.
Our routine monitoring of sub-space transmissions alerted Sophos that the loss of the Klingon battlecruiser Klothos was not due to Romulan incursion into the Khitomer system, but a result of trying to remove VBS/PeachyPDF-A from the battle computer using M'swoN'kar after Commander Kor opened an attachment from the system S'cam-419.
Klingon Anti-Virus.
You Are What You Eat
We purchase refrigerators the way we fill them: out of necessity - to preserve the milk; to keep the greens from wilting. But from the right vantage point, an open fridge is the perfect staging grounds for a discussion of consumption. And if the aphorism holds true - if we really are what we eat - then refrigerators are like windows into our souls.
You Are What You Eat is a series of portraits by Mark Menjivar, made by examining the interiors of refrigerators in homes across the United States. Pictured above is the refrigerator of a bar tender from San Antonio, Texas. He goes to sleep at 8AM and wakes up at 4PM daily.
Hubble's Final Servicing Mission
On Monday, May 11, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final servicing mission to the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
The seven crew members left Florida for a scheduled 11-day mission, including 5 days of Extra-vehicular activity (EVAs) to work on the Hubble. So far the repairs appear to be going very well. The landing is planned for today.
Food Too Big To Finish: Extreme Eating Feats
While American restaurants have often been called out for their sometimes gluttonous serving sizes, some are proud of their oversized portions - so proud, in fact, that a few food purveyors have made them into official eating challenges.
Here are eight of the most outrageous dishes around - from 42-inch pizzas to 5 pounds of pancakes - that make our bellies bellow for, well, less.
(thanks Annie)
World's Bizarre And Awful-Looking Pigs
Did you know that there are around two billion domestic pigs in the world? That's about 1/3 of the world population. Domestic pigs are also by far the most numerous pig species on the planet.
This article is focused on species of pigs rather on breeds of pig although two breeds are included on the list. For a while, forget all about the Flu Pandemic and see some of the most unique and peculiar-looking pigs in the world.
The BeltzBib
The BeltzBib is designed to protect clothing from stains and spills while you or your passengers are eating in your vehicle. Simply attach the BeltzBib to your vehicle's shoulder harness; place your food in the pouch and continue your journey without worrying about stains and spills.
When you are finished eating, remove the BeltzBib from the shoulder harness, roll it up and secure it with the attached Velcro fitting. Place it under your vehicle seat for the remainder of your journey.
(thanks Raphael)
Jan Bollaert Contemporary Art Paintings
Belgian artist Jan Bollaert says:In general, my goal is to combine the artistic craftsmanship of classical painting with the limitless possibilities of imagination in contemporary art... If I have anything to convey at all in my work the very least I can do is to paint it well...
It is not a retro-style. I'm not endeavouring to revive the sixties or copy any of the great giants of popart. No, I want to make contemporary, post-conceptual art. There is enough pretentious, cerebral, coolly calculated, analytical and de-constructive art out there already.
Jan Bollaert Contemporary Art Paintings.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Missing Link Found
Feast your eyes on what a group of scientists call the Holy Grail of human evolution. A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes.
Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of claws.
Revealing the Link website.
18 Delicious Rodents
Would you eat your hamster? Rodents, one of several kinds of vertebrates included in the human diet, are very suitable as human food. More than 71 genera and 89 species of rodents, mostly hystricomorphs, have been consumed by man. Some have even been domesticated for private or commercial production of food for human consumption.
Rodents in the temperate world serve only as a supplement to the regular diet of humans; but in the tropical world, they are widely accepted and a popular source of protein.
(thanks Nicholas)
100 Touching Photos Expressing Loneliness And Solitude
100 Images expressing solitude, peace and loneliness.
The Best Hair Of The 80's Hair Metal Bands
The Hair Metal bands of the 80s were recognized for their influence, talent, creativity, musical and lyrical quality, and the fluffiness of their hair.
The term 'hair bands' was popularized by MTV and derives from the tendency among most such bands to style their long hair in a teased-up fashion.
(thanks Nicholas)
Remanence : Variance
Beautiful time-lapse video shot in Tokyo.
Here's another one called Static : Pulse.
(thanks Samuel)
Virtual White House Tour
Each year 1.5 million visitors go through the real White House. But they see only a handful of rooms. Even special tours visit only a handful more.
This online tour will take you through more than 140 areas in the grounds and mansion of the White House with photos and illustrations going back more than 200 years.
Crossword Solver
Stumped? Crosstips helps you solve your crossword puzzles.
Enter the length of the word and fill in the known letters.
Ozzy Osbourne Meets The New Alias2
The Samsung Alias2 phone has an interesting menu design. It has a mode-shifting keyboard where the keys change depending which way it's flipped open. Ozzy Osbourne thinks it's voodoo.
(thanks Stacy)
Lost Cities
Lost Cities is an interesting site that may give you some inspiration to visit some ancient building sites. Lost Cities contains very nice pictures of these ancient locations and descriptions about them.
(thanks Cora)
From Puzzles To Pens: 15 Unusual Items To Plant In Your Garden
Did you know there are all sorts of gifts, favors, cards and packaging that come with seeds embedded in them so they can be buried in the ground to grow flowers and other plants? Green living just got a whole lot prettier!
(thanks Andi)
Next Generation Talent 2009
Panasonic is starting a campaign called the Next Generation Talent programme. Its mainly about the funny stereotypes associated with advertising.
Next Generation Talent (nextgenerationtalent.co.uk) gives UK students advertising career development opportunities and expert advice, the chance to develop an advert for television and a review of their portfolios.
(thanks Melanie)
Commuters In Swimsuits All Over New York
Lots of commuters are seen in swimsuits at Grand Central Station in this video. I don't know why but it could be for some viral marketing campaign.
Anyone knows about this?
(thanks Casey)
Dreams Of Dark And Light: Chiaroscuro And Rembrandt Lighting
In order to achieve the beautiful contrast between light and dark, known as chiaroscuro there is a method employed by photographers - Rembrandt Lighting. Here, with some beautiful examples, is how it is done.
(via Robert-John)
Terminate Yourself
In just a few simple steps you can become a terminator.
Upload a picture and follow the online instructions.
(via No Subscription Required)
What's Your Name?
What's Your Name? is a new blog where people upload photos of other people (people they don't remember the name of) with the goal of them being recognized by someone else.
(thanks Jason)
100 Amazing How-To Sites To Teach Yourself Anything
Learning new skills and expanding your knowledge doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg. There are loads of free resources on the Web that can help you find instructional videos, tutorials and classes to learn a wide variety of skills from fixing basic car problems to speaking another language.
With 100 sites to choose from, you're bound to find something that will help you learn just about anything you could want.
Galactic Center Of Milky Way Rises Over Texas Star Party
The Texas Star Party was started in 1979 by Deborah Byrd, members of the Austin Astronomical Society, and the University of Texas McDonald Observatory. It was a gathering of 50-100 astronomy enthusiasts for a weekend in August at nearby Davis Mountains State Park.
This is a time lapse video of night sky as it passes over the Texas Star Party. The galactic core of the Milky Way is brightly displayed. Images taken with 15mm fisheye lens.
12 Great Escapes By Animals In Captivity
If the media treatment is any indication, people recognize that wild animals do not enjoy living in cages. Films like Free Willy and Madagascar tell exciting stories of animals escaping from their captors, yet the characters' real-life counterparts still sit behind bars.
But often these wild animals break out of their enclosures to freedom. Unfortunately, these are only glimpses of freedom and rarely end well for the animals involved, as they are typically recaptured or killed.
Creative, Strange And Cool Advertisements
Examples of creative, strange and cool advertisements.
(thanks Nicholas)
Procedurally Generated City
Shamus Young's goal was to make a nighttime cityscape that was mostly made of lights and suggestions rather than real detail.
(via UniqueDaily)
Repper
Repper is a free-to-use pattern creator that turns your images into eye-catching designs. You can start playing right away: just upload an image and start dragging.
By using this picture:
Repper created this pattern:
We Hatch, We Fly - The Bizarre Maleo
Beneath the red hot sand of an Indonesian island's beach something stirs. A large egg is hatching and soon the newborn creature will dig its way out to the surface and take its first gulps of fresh air.
This sounds as if it should be a young turtle, thrusting its flippers sideways as it makes its desperate lurch towards the ocean. It is not, however.
This is a bird. More remarkable still is that when it emerges, the chick will already be able to fly.
(via Robert-John)
Wolfram|Alpha Live
It is called 'an invention that could change the Internet forever.' Wolfram|Alpha, a computational knowledge engine, is now live.
You enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer.
Fact Unchecked
A (semi) daily dose of misinformation, Fact Unchecked is the after dinner breath-mint to the information saturation buffet.
Any similarity to actual truth is coincidental, unintentional, and gravely unfortunate. Fact Unchecked was conceived, birthed, and is being raised by Justin Feinstein.
(via Swissmiss)
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: Nice to MEAT You.
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Facial Yoga
Want to lose your wrinkles and look ridiculous? Try Facial Yoga. Facial Yoga promises to turn back the clock, returning your face to its smooth, youthful prime, without a scalpel in sight.
Facial Yoga has already won devotees among the forever-young-looking celebrity crowd, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Aniston said to be big fans. It's the brainchild of New York yoga teacher Annelise Hagen, who teaches it at the swanky New York Health & Racquet Club.
(via J-Walk Blog)
Amazing Photo Of The Sun
Astrophotographer Thierry Legault captured this stunning tableau. It's our Sun and in the lower left quadrant you can see the Space Shuttle Atlantis just minutes before it caught up with and captured Hubble for its very last servicing mission on May 13, 2009.
(via Neatorama)
The Study Ball
It's the ideal gadget for students who have trouble concentrating. The Study Ball gadget is a prison-style ball and chain that you can program to keep track of how much time you spend studying. Once you've selected the desired duration, you chain the Study Ball to your ankle and the manacle won't come off until the schedule study time is up.
A red LED indicator displays the 'Study Time Left' and keeps you informed as to how much longer you've got to keep studying.
10 Worst Countries To Be A Blogger
With a military government that severely restricts Internet access and imprisons people for years for posting critical material, Burma is the worst place in the world to be a blogger, the Committee to Protect Journalists says in a new report.
CPJ's '10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger' also identifies a number of countries in the Middle East and Asia where Internet penetration has blossomed and government repression has grown in response.
The Official Travis Walton Web Site
I looked at the vague but reassuring forms of the doctors around me. Abruptly my vision cleared. The sudden horror of what I saw rocked me as I realized I was definitely not in a hospital.
I was looking square into the face of a horrible creature... with huge, luminous brown eyes the size of quarters! I looked frantically around me. There were three of them! Hysteria overcame me instantly."
The Official Travis Walton Web Site.
Avian Architecture: The Precarious Nests Of The Stork
Storks make their nests high. To us they look remarkably precarious structures, not exactly a desirable residence - the 'des res' of your dreams. The stork, however, thrives at height most of us would avoid like the plague. Take a look at some amazing nests of the stork.
(via Robert-John)
Aerial Virtual Tour Of New York
Awesome aerial virtual tour of New York at Pixelcase.com.
Photography by Oleg Gaponyuk and Andrei Zubets.
(thanks Cora)
10 People Who Gave Their Name To Food
Many of the foods we love were named for their creator or for the inspiration of the recipe.
So many foods and recipes we take for granted and don't even realize have a namesake. Pictured here is Nellie Melba.
Here are ten foods that owe their name and fame to one person's name.
(via Look At This...)
Coffee By Week
Coffee By Week is an ongoing project documenting my coffee consumption for the remainder of 2009. The aim is to throw a fresh perspective on, and discover patterns in, something that has become a routine, habitual part of every day.
Coffee by Week.
Unique Staple Removers
Last Thursday I posted about unique and strange staplers.
Here are some unique staple removers.
(thanks Nicholas)
Dominoes Everywhere
This video was created for Imagine RIT, an annual festival at Rochester Institute of Technology focused on creativity and innovation of its students, faculty, and staff.
(thanks Alexander Gartley)
12 Of The World's Most Fascinating Ruins
Take a look at 12 of the World's Most Fascinating Ruins.
(via Interesting Pile)
Happiest People Ever
Happiest People Ever is a new blog that collects humoristic photos of unsmiling/non-photogenic people. The site's slogan says it all: That's what happens when photographers forget to tell people to say 'cheese.'
(thanks Emilie)
Lars Holdhus Christmas Sweater Collection
Hello, my name is Lars Holdhus. I'm showing my Christmas Sweater Collection that is constantly growing. At the moment I'm living in Holland. If you have a sweater you don't use anymore that has a Christmas motive on it that you want to donate to me please contact me.
Lars Holdhus Christmas Sweater Collection.
Love Is Patient
Love is Patient is an algorithmic collage based on a Voronoi tessellation algorithm. Photographes from the amazing portrait series exteriors, by photographer Kelly Castro.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Flapping Our Lips Together In Slow-Mo
Whenever Joel Veitch of Rathergood comes up with something new you can be sure it's something weird. Like this video called 'Flapping Our Lips Together In Slow-Mo.'
10 Eye-Wateringly Huge Office Layoffs From The Credit Crunch
The credit crunch, a financial crisis that began in Wall Street just two years ago, has spread throughout the corporate world, bankrupting companies and terminating countless jobs as it goes.
Of course, it's not just the corporate world that has been infected by this recession: it has permeated much of our daily lives. However, it is the closure of multinational financial companies that has had the greatest impact on the global economy and provided the media with the most iconic images of the credit crunch so far.
Here are 10 credit crunched companies that have been forced to lay off thousands of their employees.
(thanks Andy)
Everything You Need To Know About Slings And Slingshots
A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to throw a blunt projectile such as a stone. It's also known as the shepherd's sling. A slingshot is a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The forked Y-shaped frame has two rubber strips attached to the uprights, leading back to a pocket for holding the projectile.
Everything You Need To Know About Slings And Slingshots.
(thanks Nicholas)
The Craziest Diets Of All Time
The Candy diet, the Leek diet, the Slimming Soap diet, the Tapeworm diet, and the Sleeping Beauty diet. Some of the weirdest weight-loss gimmicks ever.
(thanks Annie)
Matryoshka Madness: 75 Extraordinary Nesting Dolls
A Matryoshka, or Russian nesting doll, is a set of dolls of decreasing sizes placed one inside the other. Matryoshka comes from the Latin word mater, meaning mother. Matryoshka dolls have come to be closely associated with motherhood and to symbolize fertility.
Although Matryoska dolls have been around for centuries, they have been popping up everywhere lately with all sorts of new and surprising designs. Here are 75 extraordinary nesting dolls.
(thanks Andi)
Surgeons Find Fir Tree Growing Inside Patient's Lung
Russian surgeons have claimed to have found a two-inch fir tree growing inside a man's lung. The amazing 'discovery' was apparently made when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a serious tumour. Medical staff said that Mr Sidorkin must have inhaled a seed, which later sprouted into a small fir tree inside his lung.
(thanks Cora)
Unique And Strange Staplers
There are virtually as many types of staplers as there are uses for them. The size of staplers ranges as well - from a mini stapler as small a finger to one requiring two hands to use.
Here are some uniques and strange staplers.
(thanks Nicholas)
Facts About Dihydrogen Monoxcide
You should be concerned about dihydrogen monoxide. Dihydrogen monoxide is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.
Don't worry, this is just a hoax, designed to illustrate how the lack of scientific knowledge and an exaggerated analysis can lead to misplaced fears.
Dihydrogen monoxide is a scientific name for water that, while technically correct, is almost never employed. The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves listing negative effects of water under an unfamiliar scientific name.
15 Unusual And Creative Bus Stops
Creative and unusual bus stop designs that make the time you spend waiting for the bus a bit more bearable.
100 Obscure And Remarkable CD Covers
The CD cover art designs and concepts featured in this showcase present dramatic, quirky, unusual or unique artwork. This type of cover art can make a big difference when a little-known band releases an album.
Captivating or iconic cover art can make a band instantly recognizable, which increases sales, which in turn boosts airplay and subsequently demand for the music.
Sean Tevis On His Latest Political Activism
In July last year I posted about Sean Tevis, a geek from Kansas who was fed up with his state rep. To promote his cause, he made a XKCD-style toon called 'It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner.'
Simon Owens from Bloggasm interviewed Sean Tevis about his most recent web comic and his plan to run again for a rematch in 2010.
Best Signature Ballpark Foods In The U.S.
Some still subscribe to the popular belief that consuming anything except hot dogs and beer at a baseball game, with or without a Cracker Jack chaser, is as un-American as crêpes. But let's be frank. When given a wealth of gustatory delights to choose from, it's increasingly difficult to justify a lukewarm hot dog on a moist bun.
WomansDay took a tasting tour through the country's top major league stadiums, searching for the culinary equivalents of a home run. Here are the imaginative, often over-the-top dishes that hit it out of the park.
(thanks Annie)
The Most Dangerous Species In The Mediterranean
Dangerous species in the Mediterranean can turn into a tangible destroyer of marine life.
(via Dark Roasted Blend)
What Lurks In The Depths Of The Ocean?
British scientists' exploration of the ocean depths has revealed an amazing array of new lifeforms, at depths where life was once thought impossible.
Research by a British team recently returned from the Pacific trenches near Japan has revealed fish that create their own light, or have enormous mouths and terrifying teeth, as well as hairy snails, clams the size of dinner plates, and shrimps with eyes on their backs.
Hilarious Star Wars Posters
Star Wars Weekends is an annual summer special event at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida that celebrates George Lucas' classic sci-fi movie series. For the weekends starting May 22nd and ending June 14th, join Jedi Masters, Sith Lords and Star Wars celebrities for special shows, presentations and memorabilia.
And for those of us that can't make it out to this event, here's something pretty cool. Strictly for your eyes only, Disney has devised a set of whimsical 'backstage' posters to promote awareness of 2009's Star Wars Weekends event among employees, images not generally made available to the public.
Never Ending Sun
Summer in the Arctic Circle means 24-hour daylight. The sun doesn't set; it just bounces along the horizon. This time-lapse video covers a week of Arctic summertime.
(via Neatorama)
6 Secrets For Lasting Weight Control Outcome
What's the magical formula to achieve your weight goals? Everyone is looking for the easy diet or pill to lose extra pounds. With all the media hype about new products and diets, it's easy to forget the basics. Weight maintenance is really a simple matter of energy balance. Energy balance is achieved when 'energy in' is equivalent to 'energy out.'
Three factors that have an impact on your energy expenditure are: basal metabolic rate, thermic effect of food, and physical activity. Is there anything you can do about it? Are there things you can do to help boost your body's calorie-burning power? Here are 6 secrets for lasting weight control outcome.
(thanks Olga)
173 Radical Retrofuturistic Directions In Design And Technology
Back to the future... more than a movie franchise, it's a way of looking at what might be from the viewpoint of way back when. The results are a satisfying combo of wishful thinking, old-school technology and above all, a sepia-toned vision of a better tomorrow.
From retrocool concept cars to far-out fashion in sci-fi inspired cities of tomorrow, these 173 samples of retrofuturistic design and technology will take you back to the good old days to come!
Woman Collects 5,000 Bars Of Soap
A woman from Birmingham, UK, has collected more than 5,000 bars of soap from all over the world. Carol Vaughn has been collecting the impressive horde since 1991 and has no plans of throwing in the towel. Her collecting started as a way to pass the time while she was caring for her mother.
But since then she hasn't stopped and can't help looking out for a new bar for her collection whenever she can.
(via Arbroath)
The Face Of Bach
The Face Of Bach is a website devoted to the portraits of Johann Sebastian Bach, and to the fair and accurate analysis of the various images that purport to be accurate depictions of the facial features of Johann Sebastian Bach.
(via Grow-A-Brain)
Missing Link Revealed?
The BBC has made an extraordinary new documentary, presented by Sir David Attenborough, which will reveal the discovery of a fossilised skeleton that may be a vital 'missing link' in human evolution. The 90-minute programme is top secret but sources in America say that the results of the study on which it is based will be revealed by a team of scientists and broadcasters in New York on May 19.
The centrepiece of the programme is the unveiling of the first-ever complete skeleton of an extinct animal called an adapid. The fossilised bones, which are thought to be between 37 and 47 million years old, were found in Germany's Messel Shale Pit, a disused quarry near Frankfurt famous for its fossils. The team who examined the young female animal say it has some resemblance to a lemur, a mammal with a distinctive tail that is found to this day in the forests of Madagascar.
(via UniqueDaily)
Rare And Unique Vintage Locks
Most of us never give any importance to locks other than from security point of view. But if you are a collector of these, then its not always security; its uniqueness which makes it different.
Here are a few locks and each of these is special in their own way.
A Brief History Of Geeks
A geek is considered a technically oriented person. It has typically implied a 'nerdy' or 'weird' personality, someone with limited social skills who likes to tinker with scientific or high-tech projects. The origin of the term dates back to the late 1800s.
Before smartphones, social networks, and other must-have tech, it wasn't a badge of honor to be called a geek.
Here's a look back at the evolution of the nerds.
(via corsinet)
Old Man Of The Mountain
The Old Man of the Mountain, also known as the Great Stone Face or the Profile, was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, USA that, when viewed from the correct angle, appeared to be the jagged profile of a face. The outcrop was 1,200 feet above Profile Lake, and measured 40 feet tall and 25 feet wide.
The first recorded mention of the Old Man of the Mountain was in 1805. It collapsed on May 3, 2003. Dismay over the collapse was so great that people left flowers at the base of the cliffs in tribute.
(thanks Linda)
The Many Faces Of Chanel
What is in a face? It is a few millennia since one launched a thousand ships and today the face is more likely to launch products. This month will see one replaced by another.
Five years is a long time for an ad campaign to run and Nicole Kidman is finally bowing out as the face of Chanel, to be replaced by Audrey Tautou. There have been many faces of Chanel throughout the decades - here are ten of them.
(via Robert-John)
The Universal Record Database
The Universal Record Database is an open, participatory database for world records. You can get involved, whether discussing records, beating records or setting new ones of your own. The URDB wants your help to build a community to collectively push the limits of what mankind can do.
And mankind can do a lot of stupid things, like suspending the longest tape measure while standing on one foot, displaying the most images of 'Uncle Jesse' viewed on a web browser at once, or creating the longest line of ladies laying in the field.
The Fibonacci Sequence Illustrated By Nature
In mathematics, the Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers with surprisingly useful applications in botany and other natural sciences.
Beginning with two 1's, each new term is generated as the sum of the previous two: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,...
For example, the number of petals in most types of flowers and numbers involved in branching and seed-formation patterns come from the Fibonacci sequence. The ratio of any two successive terms approaches the value of the golden ratio as the terms become large.
The Fibonacci sequence is an amazing bit of numbers that ties nature and mathematics together in surprising ways. From deep sea creatures to flowers to the make-up of your own body, Fibonacci is everywhere.
In Cannes, You're The Talk Of The Town
This year, the film festival in Cannes will receive the biggest names ever. However, at the moment, a couple of days before the opening of the festival, everyone has only eyes for you.
That is, if you fill in your name here.
It's all in French, so click on 'lancer le reportage.'
You get something like this below.
(via Google XXL)
When Celebrity Baby Naming Goes Bad
Did you hear about Talula Does the Hula? Talula Does the Hula is a 9 year girl who lives in Hawaii. You thought Rumer Glenn, Scout Larue and Tallulah Belle were bad names?
Here are the top 75 worst celebrity baby names. You can be the judge of who's child has the worst name, but they are all pretty heinous. And they're real.
The World's Happiest Places
Where in the world do people feel most content with their lives?
According to a new report released by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, happiness levels are highest in northern European countries.
Denmark, Finland and the Netherlands rated at the top of the list, ranking first, second and third, respectively. The report looked at subjective well-being, defined as life satisfaction.
The Latte Zoo
Sam Corra makes great Latte Art as a barista at Cafe Yala in Canberra, Australia. Recently he challenged himself to try to make as many animal shapes as possible during the last 20 minutes the cafe was open.
(via Laughing Squid)
Fanciful Fads Of The Fifties
They developed quickly and spread like wildfire. Some were gone within months and others are still around now.
Here is a selection of the fulminant fads of the fifties.
(via Robert-John)
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: Two Tickets to the Gun Show.
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Mother's Day
In a recent study it was determined that an average stay-at-home mother would earn $116,805 annually, including overtime, if she received a paycheck.
According to the study, the run-of-the-mill full-time mom works about 100 hours a week, filling the jobs of daycare teacher, housekeeper, cook, computer operator, janitor, psychologist, driver, nurse, maintenance worker, laundry machine operator, facilities manager and CEO.
Most mothers don't get a paycheck, but they're happy to be compensated with a bunch of flowers, a warm hug, a handmade card or a simple 'I love you' from their children.
On this date in 1914, US President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed a special day to make sure that children remember to tell their mothers that they are appreciated.
Happy Mother's Day!
Lunar Leftovers: How The Moon Became A Trash Can
We hear about the amount of waste floating around space all the time. However, the biggest trash can outside of Earth's atmosphere is in fact the moon. The moon has only been accessible for decades, rather than hundreds of years.
However, in the short time available to humanity it is estimated that we have left over one hundred and seventy thousand kilos of debris on the surface of our once pristine satellite.
(via Robert-John)
Rare And Interesting Mental Disorders And Illnesses
The 'Jumping Frenchmen of Maine' disorder results in an exaggerated 'startle' reflex, and was first noted among related French-Canadian lumberjacks in the Moosehead Lake area of Maine. It is not clear if the disorder is neurological or psychological.
The 'Jumping Frenchmen' seemed to react abnormally to sudden stimuli. Sufferers would obey any command given suddenly, even if it meant striking a loved one, and repeat back unfamiliar or foreign phrases uncontrollably.
Rare And Interesting Mental Disorders And Illnesses.
(thanks Nicholas)
Paint At Work
Work can be frustrating.
At Paint at Work you can express your anger in paint.
With MS Paint.
(via Urlesque)
Who's Your Rock Star?
Rather than focusing on a new product, the 2009 'Sponsors of Tomorrow' ad campaign celebrates what makes Intel different.
(thanks Bogdan)
Where Are You In The Movie?
If we started a movie on the day you were born, and stretched it over your lifespan, this is where you'd be in that movie. So if you're a teenager, you might see Luke arguing with Uncle Owen, or Cameron making a phony phone call to Ed Rooney.
If you're a retiree, you might see the Marshmallow Man, or Toto pulling away the curtain. And if you're in your mid-thirties, you might be relieved to know that Ferris is still eating lunch, and the Millenium Falcon hasn't left Tatooine.
Where Are You In The Movie?
Hank The Singing Bottle
Somewhere in the early 70s, Hank began his glass packaging career as a bottle of fine Chardonnay. After being recycled, he came back as part of a six pack of beers. He gave up alcohol, and following a bried stint as a candy jar, Hank founf himself in Hollywood as a make-up pot.
It was there that he discovered that an actor was using his catch phrase 'I'll be back.' Later in life Hank became a jam jar. And then a water bottle. Hank is now employed as a spokesbottle for friendsofglass.com, has a flourishing career in music and writing, making people aware of all the good reasons to choose glass.
Facebook Manners And You
Do you have good Facebook manners? Timmy and Alice don't. Watch their bad behavior to learn the do's and don'ts of Facebook breakups.
(via Everlasting Blort)
Industrious Clock
I'm not sure if I posted this before, but Presurfer reader Michelle sent me this link to an Industrious Clock, created by Yugo Nakamura.
Invasion Of The Zombie Animals
Mother Nature is not usually kind. There are creatures, usually tiny creatures, that will take over a member of another species. They will invade their host's bodies, their brains, and even their will. They turn their much-larger victims into zombies!
Invasion Of The Zombie Animals.
(via Miss Cellania)
Contrabass And Subcontrabass Instruments Are The Biggest
Pitched one octave below bass, contrabass and subcontrabass instruments are about as low as most instruments go. Aside from those massive pipe organs, they're also about as big as most instruments get.
Their baby-foghorn-tones are not all that pleasing to our ears, but we're more than a little amused by them anyway.
(thanks Jordan)
5 Recent Beverage Brand Overhauls
In an attempt to regain sales lost during tough economic times, many companies are spearheading brand redesigns in hopes that a little creativity will go a long way. Putting the theory to work are some of the most famous food and beverage brands out there.
Drawing on everything from individual setbacks, sales goals and competition as additional motivation behind the marketing makeovers, each case is unique in terms of the specific reasons behind the transformation - and the consumer reaction they've provoked thus far.
(thanks Annie)
Shoot The Banker
The fiscal felons stealing your money are no longer untouchable. For angry, jobless, Americans desperately seeking a way to burn off pent-up frustration, Shoot the Banker may be just what the doctor order.
At ShootTheBanker.com, angry humans get their chance to aim and fire a paintball gun at a live actor playing the role of 'banker' on a faux stage. All the while he fires his best shit-talk back at you.
The site was created by 4 artists, Taran Chadha, Brigham White, Richard Fleming, and Aaron Mcguire, who wanted to help people laugh more at the recession instead of living in fear.
There's only one setback. There are so many angry people you have to queue up behind other angry humans and it can take up to 15 minutes before you get the chance to take your shot.
(via The Denver Egotist)
Henry Dunant's Birthday
Today is Henry Dunant's birthday. Jean-Henry Dunant was born May 8, 1828. He was a Swiss businessman and social activist.
During a business trip in 1859, he had been appalled at the suffering of thousands of men, on both sides, who were left to die due to lack of care after the Battle of Solferino in 1859 in Italy. He proposed the creation of national relief societies, made up of volunteers, trained in peacetime to provide neutral and impartial help to relieve suffering in times of war.
In response to these ideas a committee, which later became the International Committee of the Red Cross, was established in Geneva. In 1901 Henry Dunant received the first Nobel Peace Prize.
Top 20 Print On Demand Services
Traditional publishing was revolutionised by the advent of print on demand services. As the digital age advanced and new printing and printer ink technology became available the approach to publishing changed. Print on demand has seen a boom as unlike traditional publishing, the technical setup is much quicker, costs are reduced due to low inventory costs and publishers only print the number of books according to the demand.
Print on demand has also become a popular means of creating customised business cards, greeting cards and a variety of other mediums. Here are twenty of the best print on demand services on offer.
(thanks Andy)
Airline Food From Around The World
An airline meal or in-flight meal is a meal served to passengers onboard a commercial airliner. These meals are prepared by airline catering services. The first kitchens for serving airline food in flight were established by United Airlines in 1936.
These meals vary widely in quality and quantity across different airline companies and classes of travel. They range from a simple beverage in short-haul economy class to a seven-course gourmet meal in long-haul first class.
(thanks Nicholas)
Cool Laptop Sleeves and Bags
When you purchase a laptop, you'll usually be given a default laptop sleeve or bag but that also means that whoever bought the exact same model will have the same bag.
There are a lot of really nice sleek and cool laptop sleeves and bags out there. If you want to be slightly different from the rest of the crowd, here are some cool laptop sleeves and bags you can actually buy.
Hammy The Hamster Rides Again
Hammy is a juvenile rodent from the Pacific Northwest with a bit of a wild streak. That is, if you consider 'wild streak' to mean 'leaps a Harley Davidson over a chasm roughly twelve times his body length.'
(via Ken)
Lincoln's Assassination Artwork In Newspaper Clippings
This is a burroughs style cut-up poetry collage of newspaper clippings which forms the picture of Abraham Lincoln's assassination at the Ford Theater. The piece was made over the course of 3 years.
64 Things Every Geek Should Know
Do you know what GPU means? Or how to reset RAM? How to execute a shell script? Run your own Ethernet line? Unbrick a Smartphone? You don't? Then you're not a geek.
If you want to be a geek (and who wouldn't) and are looking for a few extra skills to pick up, here are 64 Things Every Geek Should Know.
Smuggler's Plot For The Birds
Two California men were indicted last Tuesday on federal charges that they illegally smuggled Asian songbirds into the country. Customs and Border Protection agents at Los Angeles International Airport discovered the birds under the pants of Sony Dong.
They found bird feathers and droppings on his socks, as well as birds' tail feathers visible under his pants. A subsequent search discovered 14 live birds attached to two flat pieces of cloth that were wrapped around his calves.
Living Rock: Massive Monuments Sculpted In Situ
Most buildings and sculptures are made out of stone which is quarried and then taken somewhere else to be carved or used in construction. However, some are created in situ and you can probably think of a few right now.
Forget the usual suspects - these lesser known places where the sculpting took place on site, give us some of the most remarkable destinations in the world.
(via Robert-John)
10 Things You Didn't Know About Emoticons
Surely you've used emoticons before, or at least encountered them while surfing the Intertubes, but did you know that they've been around since the 1800s? Or that a computer scientist came up with the smiley emoticon?
Here are 10 Things You Didn't Know About Emoticons.
Interesting Facts And Information About Swords
A sword is a weapon consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved, pointed blade having one or two cutting edges and set into a hilt. The development of the sword was not possible until ancient civilizations discovered how to mine and work metal. Thus, the first swords were probably made of the oldest worked metal, pure copper.
Interesting Facts And Information About Swords.
(thanks Nicholas)
Best And Worst Brain Foods
If you want to make the right decisions in confusing times you need to pay special attention to what you eat. That's right! Your grocery list can help with your to-do list. That's because the right foods are a kind of clean-burning fuel for your body's biggest energy hog: Your brain.
A study in the Journal of Physiology makes the point that, though your brain represents only 2 percent of your body weight, it makes 20 percent of the energy demands on your resting metabolism. Studies show that you can be up to 200 percent more productive if you make the right eating choices.
Make A Mess
Make a mess with Huggies Messmaker. Just bang on your keyboard to start throwing a whole lot of messy things on a canvas. Go ahead, your Mom doesn't have to clean up a thing. I made this mess.