About the evils of caffeine by Emilie Tarascou and Stéphanie Marguerite.(via b3...
Saturday, February 28, 2009
That Other Unix
Unix is an operating system for computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. But Unix is not just that. There are various products bearing the Unix name that are completely unrelated to computer software, and their manufacturers...
The Evolution Of The Supermodel Salary
The ELLE News Blog explores the evolution of the supermodel salary and gives us insight as to how people have ended up getting paid big bucks for being, essentially, walking clothes hangers.(thanks Ann...
Giant Seabird's Fossilized Skull Found In Peru
A well-preserved 10-million-year fossil cranium of a large, toothed seabird was found in Peru's southern Ica region, a spokesman for Peru's Museum of Natural History said yesterday.The skull of the giant bird with teeth, measuring 16 inches was found...
Friday, February 27, 2009
Chicken Robots
Japanese toy maker Sega is selling cyborg chicks that look and feel like the real thing. The palm-sized robots, named Yume Hiyoko, or 'dream chicks,' join a line of mechanical pets that includes dogs, cats and ponies.The chick has touch sensors that trigger it to chirp or flap its wings when its back...
World's Most Pierced Woman Adds To Her Collection
When first accredited by a Guinness World Record official in 2000, former nurse from Brazil Elaine Davidson had 462 piercings, with 192 in her face alone. Now, nine years later, she has 6,005 including more than 1,500 that are 'interna...
Magnetic Self-Assembly In Slow Motion
Through magnetic self-assembly atoms and molecules order themselves in nature. Watch these slow-motion videos in which small magnets are laid out in a matrix. Then another magnet is dropped on top, which create attractive interactions.(via Neatora...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
A Completely Unscientific (Yet Accurate) Look At Social Sites
Interested in joining a community based site but not sure which one is right for you? There are many different options out there that will cater to your specific interests and demographic.There is a little something for everyone here in cyberspace, and...
Fuel Use Of Various Modes Of Transportation
What's the most efficient way to get around? Planes might burn a lot of fuel, but they also are filled with people, making each gallon go a lot farther. How does that stack up against trains, buses, cars, or the gasoline equivalent of eating a burger...
Very Strange Ad For M-A-C Hello Kitty Cosmetics
Strange ad for M-A-C Hello Kitty Cosmetics made by Canadian-naturalized photographer and director Floria Sigismondi.(via Boing Boi...
Oldest English Words Identified
Some of the oldest words in English have been identified, scientists say. Reading University researchers claim 'I,' 'we,' 'two' and 'three' are among the most ancient, dating back tens of thousands of years.Their computer model analyses the rate of change...
House Prices Compared: What USD $500,000 Buys Worldwide
The international housing market has practically stalled over the past year and in some countries prices have fallen through the floor. With a considerable drop in prices, now is the ideal time to buy that new home or holiday house.Lets imagine you are...
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
The Teenager Audio Test
There's this sound that can generally only be heard by people under the age of 25. It has been used as a deterrent device to keep teenagers from loitering in malls and shops, and sounds similar to a buzzing mosquito.Try the Teenager Audio Test.Since...
E.ggTimer
You can use E.ggTimer like an egg timer or a count down timer. The time variable is plugged into the URL. You can use combinations of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and secon...
Australian Dust Storm
A dust storm between Wilcania and Broken Hill in Australia on 21 December 20...
10 Geeky Tricks For Getting Out Of Bed In The Morning
When your alarm wakes you up, is it hard for you to get up right away? Do you find yourself hitting the snooze button and going right back to sleep?Then you're just like me. Although there people who wake up bright-eyed, ready to start their day, most...
At Work
When the economy makes big news, many photographs of people at work come across the wires, usually to help illustrate a particular story or event.People assembling, generating, and building items small and large, mundane and expensive, trivial and important....
Posh Tots
After successfully designing furniture with a straightforward approach for years, Canadian designer Judson Beaumont set out to create something unique for friends who were expecting their first child.He wanted his creation to capture the baby's imagination...
How To Make A Choco Taco
Choco Tacos can be hard to track down. The preeminent dessert taco makes cameos at select ice cream trucks and gas stations, but other times, you think, 'did I dream that?'Since nobody should have to suppress a Choco Taco craving, or embark on a roadtrip...
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Fish With Transparent Head
Check out this fish called Macropinna microstoma.It has tubular eyes and a see-through he...
10 Bizarre Disappearances
Jean Spangler was a bit-part actress in Hollywood. She left her young daughter in the care of her sister-in-law on October 7, 1949. She said she was going to meet her ex-husband to talk about an overdue child support payment and later, to work at a movie set.Two days later, her purse was found near...
Bank Of Obama
Bad mortgage, student loan, credit card debt, Vegas trip... you know someone who needs a personal bailout for it. The Bank of Obama believes everyone should get their share of the stimulus package.Here's a novel way to bail out your friends. Just fill...
This Peanut Looks Like A Duck
Not just this peanut, but also flames, gourds, spilt milk, melting snow, stains, clouds, potatoes. Everything that looks like a du...
12 Food Phrases Explained
Why is money sometimes called 'dough' or 'bread?'What does 'cool as a cucumber' mean or 'Cut the mustard?'12 Food Phrases Explain...
Then And Now: A Fast-Forward Tour Of Gadget History
Astonishing breakthrough. Household object. Funny anachronism. Such is the journey that nearly every great gadget travels. And then it happens all over again with whatever hot new gizmo rendered the old one obsolete.A comparison of significant devices...
The Before Took Us Right Up To The After
Animated poem read by Sally Van Doren. Part of Poetry Everywhere, produced by the Poetry Foundation in association with docUWM at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Animation by Matteo Garcia.(via Nag on the La...
Top 11 Weirdest Burgers
It seems there is no shortage of crazy burger pics and impressive (if not a little gross) works of 'hamburger art' on the net.This homage to the all-American love of beef patties is enough to bring a tear to your eye (and cholesterol to your arterie...
Monday, February 23, 2009
My Google Adsense Income
Hey, look what I earned through Google Adsense. Yesterday was great with over $128,000 but today was a new all-time record with more than $153,000.Well, not really! The Presurfer is for my (and hopefully your) fun only. But I'm sure you have noticed...
1932 Helicron
This one-of-a-kind French automobile, the 1932 Helicron, was discovered in 2000 in a barn where it had been placed by the original owners in the late 1930s. It is driven by a propeller bolted directly to a 4 cylinder air-cooled engi...
The Blue-Eyed Alligator
With his piercing blue eyes and pale skin this rare alligator stands out like a sore thumb. Weighing over 500 pounds, Bouya Blan is one of only 12 white alligators in the world.The 22-year-old, whose name means white fog, lives along with three other...
Appropriately Named
Have you ever seen or come across a funny and/or interesting aptronym? An aptronym is a name aptly suited to its owner. Like a barber called Dan Druff, or Willie Thrower, former NFL quarterback.Appropriately Named is about these aptronyms, mominative determinism, and namephreaks.(via Neatora...
Beautiful Buildings For The Dirty Minded
You may have a dirty mind but great minds think alike.Yes, these buildings really do look like what you think they look like. Take a look, you know you want to.(via Robert-Jo...
45 Vintage Space Age Illustrations
Until we all are living in outer space with flying automobiles and robot servants, we can pass the time with these 45 vintage illustrations of a space age tomorrow. Hopefully these beautiful and creative works of art won't bring back too many childhood...
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Biography Of A Machine
The Biography of a Machine is about the 'Comptometer', an early development of the business calculator. Learn about the various models, their features and how to identify them.About their inventor, Dorr Eugene Felt, and the company he created to make...
Top 10 Most Embarrassing Oscar Speeches
I haven't seen the Acadamy Awards ceremony last night but I'm absolutely sure some actor or actress made a spectacle of themselves. You know, a lot of crying, overacting, and a thousand 'thank you's'.Here are the most cringeworthy Oscar speeches from...
The Crisis Of Credit Visualized
What is this 'credit crisis' everyone is talking about? Do you really understand what's going on? How bad is it? Does it affect me?As part of his thesis work in the Media Design Program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Jonathan Jarvis created a series of animated shorts that present...
The World's Heaviest And Largest Airplane
The An-225 is a strategic airlift transport aircraft which was built by the Antonov Design Bureau, and is the largest airplane ever built. The design was built to transport the Buran space orbiter.The Antonov An-225 is commercially available for carrying...
The Definitive Guide To Steampunk Gadgets
Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction. The term denotes works set in an era where steam power is still widely used but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, or real technological developments like the computer...
15 Classic Science Fiction Cars
Classic Science Fiction is as much about plot as it is setting and vehicle concepts. From Batman to Blade Runner, production geniuses have created some of the most memorable modes of transportation for characters to drive (or hover, or fly) around in,...
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...
YouTube Dubber
Add the soundtrack from any YouTube video to the video of any other.Like this one where I mixed the video of 'When Cats Attack' with the soundtrack of the main theme from Jaws.YouTube Dubber.(via b3...
The Meat Ship
Arrrr me harteys. Thar be a meat ship ahead in the oven.... Floating high on the 17,000 calorie seas, made with Bacon, sausages, pastry, mince, it's all meat, and it's coming to rape and pillage your arteries! Har h...
Computers Inspired By Computers Inspired By Kittens Inspired By Kittens
Remember the video 'Kittens Inspired By Kittens' where a slightly overexcited girl talks about a book with pictures of kittens? Here's a parody on that subje...
100+ Language Learning Websites
An alphabetical list of websites where you can learn a language. Some sites provide content, others community, and a number have both. Some sites focus on learning one specific language, others cover a number of languag...
Control Freak: Awesome ATC Towers Of The World
Air Traffic Control Tower lovers of the world unite. Here is a selection of ten of the best and more unusual in the world.Whether your own favorite is listed here, these structures have functionality and are designed to fit their own particular environment...
Crazy Fads
Find out what was popular when your parents were kids, or take a nostalgic trip down memory lane from your own childho...
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Is This Atlantis?
You could have been waiting for this. Google Earth recently added Google Ocean, an extension that uses a combination of satellite images and marine surveys. Now, someone has discovered this 'grid' on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 620 miles off the...
9 Classic Banking Movies
Bankruptcy, robbery, murder and bad ethics - sound familiar? Bankers and investors are probably among the most hated people around right now. So why not make yourself feel a bit better and watch those financial suits go bankrupt, get robbed or reveal...
Endangered: The Most Dangerous Bird On Earth
Cassowaries are very large flightless birds native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Normally cassowaries are very shy but when disturbed can lash out dangerously with their powerful legs. They are capable of inflicting...
French Squirrel Goes Nuts
'French Squirrel Goes Nuts' is the tale of a snobby French squirrel that savors the taste of deluxe nuts.(thanks Scarle...
9 Amazing And Unusual Printers
Almost everyone that owns a computer system has a printer. Mention the words laserjet, inkjet or even dot matrix and people will understand the reference. The most common usage of these devices is rather dull: to print documents and photographs.But did...
Friday, February 20, 2009
1 Cool Screen, 8 Different Uses
The Samsung UltraTouch Screen has 8 different uses.(thanks Jaime and Vincen...
Oscar Speech Generator
One of Hollywood's best kept secrets is that all the major stars use Atom's Oscar Speech Generator if they've been nominated for an Academy Award. Try it yourself and see what kind of acceptance speech you come up wi...
The Pac-Man Dossier
The Pac-Man Dossier is dedicated to providing Pac-Man players of all skill levels with the most complete and detailed study of the game possible. New discoveries found during research have allowed for the clearest view yet of the actual ghost behavior...
Happy Birthday, Sidney Poitier
His Excellency Sir Sidney Poitier, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, was born 81 years ago today.Sidney Poitier was Hollywood's first African-American to win the Best Actor Oscar. Poitier won his award in 1963 for his role in Lilies...
Guard Dog
Bill Plympton's Oscar-nominated short leads us into the twisted mind of an overprotective bulldog. Though released in 2004, this cartoon has never been online in full before, so this is a rare treat for online audiences and fans of great short films.Guard Dog(thanks Ka...
Tom Hanks To Switch On Repaired Large Hadron Collider
Actor Tom Hanks will turn on the Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate the 'Big Bang', when it is finally repaired. The giant underground machine, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, suffered a catastrophic malfunction soon after being...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Shape Collage
Shape Collage is great FREE automatic photo collage maker. You can create picture collages in less than a minute with just a few mouse clicks. Photos are automatically and intelligently placed using a machine learning algorithm.Make collages in any imaginable...
JetLev Flyer
German entrepreneur Hermann Ramke has invented a James Bond-like jetpack powered by high-pressure water, called the JetLev-Flyer.It is sold (lessons included) for about $128,0...
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