unique and interesting: August 2008

Sunday, August 31, 2008

YouTube In 1985

It is a little known fact that YouTube actually started in 1985.It was a complete failure.(via Google Blogoscop...

So it's Barack Obama and Joe Biden against Saul Tigh and Laura Roslin.Larger image he...

Japanese chewing gum differs from American chewing gum in many ways, and that probably is a result of the practical way Japan looks at chewing gum. Since it's merely chewed for a while and then disposed of, it just makes sense for chewing gum to serve...

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THE AWESOMERThe Awesomer is a daily blog filled with awesome stuff for guys (but ladies are always welcome). Initially conceptualized as a technology shopping blog, it's now more or less a massive repository for whatever we find interesting. We're like...

STARLIGHT/STARBRIGHTStarlight/Starbright is a blog devoted to the musings, insights, random personal and philosophical questions, and occasional rants of an American woman in her 30's. You may also find some politics, pop culture, and pages about books...

A look back at the changing on-screen look of BBC Television.This gallery of idents charts the history of Britain's oldest television compa...

Paintball Robot

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters created a paintball robot with 1100 guns attached to four high powered air compressors. They fired paintballs across 7 feet of space and within 80 milliseconds the canvas would show the Mona Li...

Yesterday Michael Jackson turned 50.This is what he would really look like had he not had all that plastic surgery.(via mental_flo...

If you're interested, here's a collection of bicycle saddles.(via Dark Roasted Ble...

Beautiful pictures of London at night, taken from a helicopter by photographer Jason Hawk...

STUFF THAT MOVESStuff That Moves is a collection of video clips that capture amazing/funny/beautiful motion. My interests range from ballet to mixed martial arts and everything in between, so you're likely to find things as varied as dance performances,...

TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOWI have always enjoyed writing both as a pastime and as a thereputic outlet. Perhaps it's just me but I never seem to be at a loss for something to talk or write about...Tell Me Something I Don't K...

Promote Your Blog Is Over

Promote Your Blog is over. I have another 4 blogs to promote which will make it a total of 76 blogs that had the chance to get some exposure.Thank you to everyone who participat...

For most of us, booking a hotel involves checking out our favourite travel website or calling the hotel directly, but for MMO (massively multiplayer online) fans, it's a bit different. For MMO players, booking a hotel involves checking in to their favourite...

The World's Most Hideous Doll

Nightmares come in different forms. Some creep into your dreams as you sleep. Some lurk in dark corners. And some come in the form of sick, disturbing dolls.The World's Most Hideous Doll stands about 16" tall and is made of firm, painted foam. As you...

How to cook an alien? Why should you eat aliens? Because aliens come here uninvited, they ate Elvis, they mutilate our cattle, and probe abductees by shoving probes in their rectum and performing other unspeakable acts upon unsuspecting victims.They...

Wouldn't you like to have a Porsche in your driveway? Now you can. At least, you can show a photo of a Porsche in your driveway and send it to friends and family to make them envy you.Just take a picture of your driveway and upload it to Porsche I Can.A...

UMMM.... What IS GOing ON!!??!! Don't let CHINa And RUSSIa take ouR PLAnet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT IS URgent That aLL AMericanS SUPport THIS MIssion TO MARs. PLEase join the campAIGN to keeP MARS AMERiCAN.President Bush announcing plans for MARS landing.'If...

Goblin Shark Caught On Video

This bizarre-looking shark was found last year off the coast of Japan. It's a 'Mitsukurina owstoni,' or goblin shark.Look at its alien-like retractable jaw, which seems to leap out of its mouth to catch its prey - mostly teleost fish and squ...

Guard Dogs belong to the special breed category because they possess special talent or skill that make them naturally effective as protectors of life and property.Here are some of the most popular guard dogs from around the world.(via Interesting P...

HOW DO YOU MARK YOUR GOLF BALLS?This site is dedicated to collecting your personal marked golf balls. It's simple: take a shot of your marked golf ball (or link) and post it to the site's email address with a short description.How Do You Mark Your Golf...

DYNASTY OF LAOThe Dynasty of Lao concept came about as a way to share information on interesting people, places and things that might not actually be right in your own back yard. About 25% of this content will be personal musings, and the rest is a grab...

There are hundreds of animal species on our wondrous planet that are critically threatened and need both publicity and support. From bats the size of bees to poison-slinging mammals, lizards that don't eat for a decade to seals with giant inflatable...

CrazyPC 5.25 Inch Bay Toaster

When you can't separate from your computer, what better way to satisfy that late night snack craving than a healthy piece of toast? Just slide in a slice of bread - and voila you have toast in just minutes.The Bay Toaster fits in a standard 5.25 drive...

Yesterday Mozilla launched a new experimental browser plug-in that's going to change the way people interact with the web. You're used to telling Firefox where you want to go by typing web addresses into the URL bar.With Ubiquity installed, you'll be...

The American Language In 3000 AD

Predicting the future of the English language is rather easy, in the short term. The odds are, over the next few decades its New World dialects are going to gain increasing global dominance, accelerating the demise of thousands of less fortunate languages but at long last allowing a single advertisement...

Doreen Virtue practices Angel Therapy. It's a non-denominational spiritual healing method that involves working with a person's guardian angels, to heal and harmonize every aspect of life. At a young age Doreen Virtue was clairvoyant, capable of seeing...

FENGTASTIC!I like photos. Especially old photos. If they're not funny I try to make them so. I could just write jokes but I'm a crap typist, so it's strangely annotated pictures for me. We update every day. This is just a little project to keep me entertained....

WHY WON'T YOU GROW?!Why Won't You Grow?! is a blog like many others - meaning it is written by an anonymous person with little readership outside of friends and some family. But I like to think I achieve an interesting turn of phrase now and then.Why...

Nuns are only human and as such they deserve a little time out to kick back and relax. Here discover, through some amazing photographs, the hitherto rarely seen world of nuns having fun in the sun and learn a little about their world and ways.(via R...

In 100 yearts, which country will be the center of world power? What will be the world population, the chief mode of transportation, and the most common human habitat?It doesn't look good.See a bigger version here.Art by Jennifer Daniel(via UniqueDa...

As Mushrooms Grow

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Got a feverish friend? How about a rashy relative? Create your very own drug to help them feel A-okay again. Name your drug, customize it, then send it to the folks who need it most.Invent your own drug.(thanks Amy)More generators at my Generator Bl...

Electric Oyster, a, interactive design company, created a simple but beautiful flash based 3D Flight Simulator.Fly over the Antarctic with this simulator. It shows how Electric 3D engine can be used to render vast outdoor landscapes in high resolution...

The telephone, the remote control, the top of the refrigerator, your toothbrush. You may not suspect it but those are some of the dirtiest things in your home.We use the bathtub to remove all the dirt and grime each day. While it seems all this would...

NAACALI am an Italian guy living in Norway. I've just started my little blog where I'll post interesting links I find on the net. It could be science, it could be funny, it could be weird. It will surely be interesting. Enjoy!Naac...

ARSENIC & APATHYI live in Tennessee, but I was born in Georgia... Hot 'Lanta to be more exact. I currently live alone in all ways possible. I used to be married and have a daughter, but alas there was a whole sorted divorce and now it's just me...Well...

Monty Python Olympics

The Summer Olympics are a very serious matter. I do enjoy them every time though, but wouldn't it be nice to see more hilarious sports like the 100 yards for people with no sense of direction, the 200 meters freestyle for non-swimmers, the marathon for incontinents, or the 3000 meters cheeplechase for...

Jared Von Hindman doodled up a quick alphabet littered with both real and fake reasons why he hasn't been around for the past month.The Alphabet of Excus...

Foraging With The Wildman

Learn about edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms, nature, and ecology with America's best-known forager 'Wildman' Steve Brill.Learn about the environment and get back in touch with nature. By studying foraging and nature, we enjoy our renewable...

Fantastic Contraption is a fun online physics puzzle game. The objective is to move the pink wheel into the pink square. Your workspace is a blue rectangular building area and you can use different materials to build your device.However, every now and...

Over the past couple of weeks, in Beijing, China, over 11,000 athletes from more than 200 countries participated in 302 events in 28 sports.Here are some beautiful pictures of the last week in Beijing, and a few shots of the Closing Ceremony in the National...

When it comes to famous images the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most recognized in the world. The Mona Lisa has been at the center of much debate and speculation over the years but why is it an image that intrigues people so much and...

WEBPHEMERAWhy Webphemera? This may seem to you like a peculiar name – and it may not be a word that you have come across before. That's because it's made up! The word 'ephemera' means transient, everyday things that may be kept for a short time before...

THE SIMON PROJECTWhat are the random thoughts of a thirtysomething pseudogeek with a paladin complex? Well, if you're reading what I write, then you're already seeing it.I'll be posting things that cross my mind, or thoughts I've been going over for...

The US Military Presence Worldwide map shows the increase or decrease in US military bases and troops since 1950. The map is based on Pentagon troop da...

You may never see these famous individuals in the same light once you have seen these astonishing and extraordinary photomosaics.Together with a short history of the art form, take a journey into a world where the simple rectangle has been used to incredible...

New Layout

I don't intend to confuse you but yes, it's another layout. I had some technical troubles with the previous one and had to pick something el...

Do you have long brown hair? Because if you don't, you envy people that do. People with long brown hair lead exciting lives, are more successful and, let's face facts, are just pretty much better than anyone else.This brown wig is your ticket into a...

In motion blur, any object moving with respect to the camera will look blurred or smeared along the direction of relative motion. Motion blur is frequently used to show a sense of speed. You can artificially achieve this effect in a usual scene using...

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Justo Gallego Martinez is building his very own cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain. He is neither a qualified architect, nor engineer, nor bricklayer. He is a farmer.(via Dark Roasted Ble...

THIS COULD ONLY HAPPEN TO MEMy blog is a rambling account of my life with 3 grown kids who all have 'issues,' a 10 year old stepdaughter, a British husband, 2 cats, and a house that was already falling apart when we bought it 3 months ago.I'll regale...

LION'S FARTMy name is Dado, I'm from Croatia and my blog is in Croatian language. I write about web tools, free software and interesting stuff I find online. Then there are movies worth watching, video games with a good scenario and net memes and other...

Alibi Network, a U.S. based company, provides alibis and excuses for their clients. Whether it is spending a night out with a special friend, taking a day off from work, sending a discreet gift, avoiding your neighbor's birthday party or planning a...

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...

Google Can't Count

Google's calculator function can't count.Go to Google search and try it yourself before they fix this.(via Google Blogoscop...

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