The Largest Music Collection In The World

What to do if your life circumstances have changed and for some reason you are forced to sell your music collection? Put it on eBay of course and wait until someone bids US $3,002,150. Yes, that's right. Over $3,000,000.

But what you get for that amount of money is probably the largest music collection in the world. 3 Million records and 300,000 CDs containing more than 6 million song titles.

Merry-Go-Round

What's wrong with this merry-go-round? Try to figure it out first before going to this site to find the answer.

Some Things To Consider

Some things I read in a newsletter:

The most destructive habits are worry and assumption.
The greatest joy is giving.
The greatest loss is loss of self-respect.
The most satisfying work is helping others.
The ugliest personality trait is selfishness.
Our greatest natural resource is our youth.
The greatest problem to overcome is fear.
The most effective sleeping pill is peace of mind.
The most powerful force in life is love.
The world's most incredible computer is our brain.
The worst things to be without are hope and humor.
The deadliest weapon is the tongue.
The greatest asset is faith.
The most beautiful attire is a smile.
The most prized possession is integrity.
The most contagious spirit is enthusiasm.

The Beer Collection

Beer is a complex mixture that contains a wide variety of both low and high molecular weight carbohydrates, minerals, alcohol, trace amounts of proteins, yeast by-products, and other diverse organic compounds along with carbon dioxide.

The Molecular Expressions Beer Shots website features photomicrographs and digital images (photographs taken through an optical microscope) of the world's most famous beers. Shown here is a beer shot of one of my country's most famous export products, Heineken.

(via Das verrückte Huhn)

Wikileaks

Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Wikileaks' primary interest is in exposing oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Wikileaks looks like Wikipedia. Anybody can post comments to it. Whistleblowers can post documents anonymously and untraceably. Users can publicly discuss documents and analyze their credibility and veracity.

Those who provide leaked information may face severe risks, whether of political repercussions, legal sanctions or physical violence. Accordingly, sophisticated cryptographic and postal techniques are used to minimize the risks that anonymous sources face.

79 Years Of Best Picture Winners In Posters

This weekend the winners of the 80th Academy Awards will be announced. Here is a compilation of the posters for all of the best picture winners so far.

(via Weird Blogs)

Unflattering Photos From The Campaign Trail

Their pictures have been taken thousands of times in recent months. Granted, in most of those photos the Presidential candidates put their best face forward, but here are some photos they probably wish hadn't been snapped.

You Sneezed

Didn't you?

No?

Well, in case you did, go here.

Rogue Spy Satellite Blast

This week, a standard missile carrying a kinetic warhead was launched northwest of Hawaii from the USS Lake Eire, a Ticonderoga Class missile defense cruiser.

24 Minutes later, at 10:50, the Joint Space Operations Center at the Vandenberg Air Force base confirmed the breakup of the satellite at 153 nautical miles above the Earth from a direct hit.

Diagnosis: Email Apnea

Email apnea - a temporary absence or suspension of breathing, or shallow breathing, while doing email.

I've just opened my email and there's nothing out of the ordinary there. It's the usual daily flood of schedule, project, travel, information, and junk mail. Then I notice. I'm holding my breath.

Are you holding your breath while reading or answering your email? You probably do.

(via Weird Blogs)

Linkdump

Top 9 Unique Structures Soon To Be Built

50 Questions to Evaluate the Quality of Your Website

Movie Cars Spotted In The Wild

Why We Kiss

How To Make A Working Weird Looking Bulb

How to make a weird looking light bulb that works.

The Collier Classsification System For Very Small Objects

Historically we have sought to know the world by categorizing and classifying what we see around us. There is, however, a whole universe of easily overlooked and forgotten things that remain unclassified. Once noticed, these Very Small Objects seem to exist in every niche and corner in staggering numbers and varieties.

We encounter these very small objects every day hidden in plain sight. They fill our pockets, cabinets, and corners. They populate our environments and make our machines work. They come from our plants, our pets, and even from our own bodies.

How The March Of A Cockroach Put 30 People Out Of Work

For the viewers of Turkmenistan's popular nightly news programme, it was another routine bulletin. But as the newsreader began the 9pm broadcast, viewers across the central Asian country spotted something unusual crawling across the studio table: a large brown cockroach. The cockroach managed to complete a whole lap of the desk, apparently undetected, before disappearing.

But the consequences of this particular cockroach's impromptu five minutes of fame were immediate and severe. The country's president, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, took news of the insect so badly that he responded by firing no fewer than 30 workers from the main state TV channel.

Hillary Clinton Is Your New Bicycle

Last Monday I showed you what Barack Obama has done for you. Since I am impartional, see what Hillary Clinton has done for you.

And here's what Michelle Obama has done for you.
And John McCain.
By the way, Hillary Clinton is also your new HD DVD player.

Red Beans Beard Series

The Red Beans Beard series of portraits by contemporary artist Takao Sakai who calls himself Azura.

(via Grow-A-Brain)

Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue

The title says it all.

Sometimes the page is red, sometimes it's blue.

That's it!

Paris

Remember when Paris Hilton was in jail?
The warden certainly does. And he misses her.

Linkdump

What Europeans Think of Each Other

Worthwhile Websites for Learning

12-Step Program to Eating Healthier Than Ever Before

Engineers Explained

The Deadly Huashan Hiking Trail

The Huashan Hiking Trail is the most dangerous tourist hiking trail in the world. Mount Hua is located in the Shaanxi Province of China, close to the Himalayas of Tibet.

This is not mountain climbing. Mountain climbing involves using advanced equipment and skill honed through experience. Instead you will see a public trail used by anyone foolish enough to give it a try regardless of their physical ability or previous climbing experience.