Doesn't Denmark have the nicest cops? They stop cyclists and give them free helmets and hugs to show they care about their safe...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Dickens URL
Convert URLs into wonderful works by Charles Dickens. The fear of cryptic URLs, long or short, is now no longer a problem. Enter an ugly URL and you will be faced with beautiful words of Charles Dickens.The Dickens URL for The Presurfer would be:http://dickensurl.com/754e/He_had_a_cane_he_had_an_eyeglass_he_had_a_snuffbox_he_had_rings...
The 5 Deadliest Pandemics In History
The outbreak of swine flu, first in Mexico then cases all over the world, has gotten a lot of people worried. Despite the existence of scarier diseases caused by exotic viruses like Hantavirus and Ebola, influenza still reigns as the number one infectious...
Turban Man
Nihangs are the monk-warriors of an armed Sikh order. They wear big turbans which are quite a bit longer than the average turban, and it takes more than 45 minutes to tie them.The Turban the man in the video is wearing is about 400 meters in length. Watch until the end to see the man wrap his head in...
FEMA'S 'Scary Thing'
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has removed a children's coloring book from its web site following criticism over its inclusion of drawings of the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The coloring book, titled 'A Scary Thing...
Great Redneck Inventions
The El Camino swimming pool, homemade beer goggles, a schoolbus bomb shelter, and other great redneck inventions.(thanks Nichol...
10 Of The Most Famous Office Buildings From Around The World
It is no coincidence that the vast majority of the world's most famous buildings are used as offices. Governments and multinational companies that commission and inhabit such buildings are the only organisations with the power and money necessary to...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Top 10 Bizarre Illnesses
Ever heard of tourists in Florence, Italy, who became ill in the presence of great works of art? It's called the Stendhal Syndrome. Or what about Mud Wrestlers Rash, Dr Strangelove Syndrome, or Uncombable Hair Syndrome.Top 10 Bizarre Illness...
10 Greatest Sideburns In The World
Ambrose Burnside was a general in the Union Army during the Civil War and later served as governor of Rhode Island and U.S. senator from that state. He was renowned for a kind of beard that was the opposite of the goatee: side whiskers and moustache,...
Do You Want To Live Forever?
So much for eternal youth! Most respondents to the Reader's Digest global survey are just fine with their limited shelf life here on earth. Not even the younger crowd consistently chooses immortality.In fact, more than 50 percent of those 45 and under...
The Everyday Lives Of Superheroes
Ever wonder what it'd be like if Superheroes were just regular people like you and I? Like what if Superman had a job as a limo driver and he didn't necessarily have any superhuman powers?When you add the element of costume and real life it winds up...
Incredible Wood Carvings by Randall D. Boni
We've all seen chainsaw-carved sculptures before, but Randall Boni's masterpieces are simply amazing. No point in pointing out Randall is a world-renowned wildlife sculpture artist. Just have a look at his work and you'll see why.(thanks Co...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Jones' Good Ass BBQ And Foot Massage
Raise your hand if you are bored with regular barbecue places... That's what I thought. Rather than just sitting around I decided to help the community.So with my new Target credit card i put a downpayment on an abandonded Chinese restaurant. And so,...
Airtrax Sidewinder
The Airtrax Siderwinder is a forklift truck that uses omni directional technology. Multiple cylindrical shaped tyres around a single axis help guide the forklift in all directio...
The Most Famous Of All Great Estates
Got $75,000,000 to spare? You could buy this house, the most famous of all great estates on 40 acres in Round Hill.(via corsin...
Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun
On most educational websites children can play games that involve solving math problems or answering science questions.But there's a far greater selection of fun games or sites that are also educational and wont bore your poor kid to death.Top Educational...
LED In My Mouth
Sound and light programming by Daito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi.(via Everlasting Blo...
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Lost In Space
There are those who believe that somewhere in the vast blackness of space, about nine billion miles from the Sun, the first human is about to cross the boundary of our Solar System into interstellar space.His body, perfectly preserved, is frozen at –454ºF;...
Things To Do with Nettles Without Getting Stung
There is more to the nettle than meets the eye. Normally, nettles are associated with that nasty sting that they give. You should you be foolhardy enough to examine them with bare hands or unfortunate enough to have a brother or sister willful enough...
50 Surprising Ways To Boost Your Brain's Performance
Even if you think you're pretty smart or have a good memory, your brain is begging you to work it to its full potential. Getting stuck in the same routine, never exercising and eating junk food are all brain killers that decrease good cognitive function and increase your chances of memory loss, dementia...
10 Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
April is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month in America. That's right: Someone has proclaimed this popular comfort food worthy of a monthlong celebration. Beloved and reinvented by even the most celebrated chefs, the grilled cheese has long-since...
Array Of UFO Shapes
The array is intended only to convey some idea of the variety of shapes that have appeared, it does not give an adequate impression of the relative frequencies with which the different UFO shapes have appear...
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...
The Biggest Food Product Duds Of All Time
Thousands of new food products are introduced to grocery shoppers every year. Not all of them are succesful. Which items are so wild that they've been removed from shelves permanently?Here are some of the biggest food flops over the last 40+ years. Some...
10 Unusual Japanese Fashions And Subcultures
Japanese fashion usually brings to mind kimono, yukata, or the sailor school uniforms. And for many people around the world who are interested in fashion, the lesser known styles and subcultures of Japan are becoming more widely recognized.The fashions...
all140.com
all140.com Is a new site, aiming to bring you all the real-time news available on one site by extracting and finding qualitative information hidden on the most remote corners of the web.Find the information you are looking for - in real time.(thanks...
Meat Cards
Meat Cards are business cards made from meat.We start with 100% beef jerky, and sear your contact information into it with a 150 Watt CO2 laser. Unlike other business cards, Meat Cards will retain value after the econopocalypse. Meat Cards do not fit...
Why Men Should Keep Their Clothes On
Many men need little reason to shed their clothing. A little sunshine and whoosh! However, they do not realize - in many cases - that their semi-nudity can sometimes engender not quite the emotions that they supposed.They may feel that it's worth it...
Yahoo To Close GeoCities
AOL took down its Journals and Hometown services, and now Yahoo's following suit with its own GeoCities, the hosting service that once upon a dot-com bubble seemed to include half the personal sites on the Web.Yahoo isn't currently providing a lot of...
Saturday, April 25, 2009
10 Most Celebrated TV Show Hangouts
We tend to get drawn into our favorite TV shows; we know what the characters do for a living and are privy to their groups of friends. But in order to really love a sitcom or dramatic series, it must be set to perfection - in other words, it's all about...
10 Winning Websites With Which To Waste Time At Work
Bored, listless and stressed at work? Perhaps it is time to divert your attention away from that for which you are getting paid and develop a few new strategies around passing the time between nine and five.With these ten websites you will hopefully...
9 Amazing 3D Pavement Paintings
Pavement art has grown in popularity over the years and there are few major cities left untouched by the paintbrush of these eccentric artists.Aside from the traditionalist type pavement paintings where the artist replicates famous works of art, there...
Blackle
Not sure if I posted this one before, but if you want to save energy, use Blackle. Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom...
Peering Into North Korea
News stories about North Korea have been quite frequent recently, with their test launch of a rocket over Japan, withdrawal from nuclear disarmament talks coupled with a threat to restart their nuclear program, and their recent arrest and indictment...
Friday, April 24, 2009
Some Really Amazing Hot Rods
Hot Rods are automobiles rebuilt or modified for high speed, fast acceleration, or sporty appearance.A wide range of automobiles may be called hot rods, including some of those used in drag racing as well as those used in recreational cruising. They...
How To Take Excellent Portrait Photos
Simply put, a portrait is a representation of a person.They usually focus on a person's face, mood and expression. Traditionally portraits were sculptures or paintings however, in modern times, a photograph is the most recognized way of taking a portrait.Here are some simple techniques to help you take...
10 Greatest Moles Of All Time
A mole is a pigmented spot on the outer layer of the skin. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, the majority of moles appear during the first two decades of a person's life, while about one in every 100 babies is born with moles.A mole can...
He Came From Our Peep Peeps
New parents Jack Black and Michael Cera take a moment to tell us just how proud they are that their one and only son, Andy Samberg, is hosting the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. Oh, and we learn a bit more on exactly how little Andy came to be.(thanks Jai...
Ikea PS Never Ending Design Stories
The new IKEA PS 2009 collection combines the passion for good design and outstanding low prices with the economical use of resources and responsibility for people and the environment.The collection shows the world surrounding us from different perspectives,...
Madoff, Satan, Saddam And Bush In 'Escape From Planet Of The Shoes'
An entertaining and eye-opening article on the global outbreak of crazed 'shoe-icide' assaults on an elite roster of national leaders and villains.The piece also features the bizarre history of shoe throwing that involves ancient Romans, disturbing church...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Hi-Definition Slow Motion
A high-definition slow motion video made during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Par...
Talk Like Shakespeare
In recognition of Shakespeare's 445th Birthday, this Thursday, April 23, 2009, will be Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Shakespeare is a part of our everyday lives. He coined more than 1,700 words still in use in modern English and his plays influence the...
The Strange Case Of The Sea Monkeys, The X-Ray Specs And The Ku Klux Krabs
Any man-cub growing up in the UK of the early nineteen seventies had, by sheer species specific need, several (if not hundreds) of imported US comics in their lair.There, amongst the muscle-growing techniques advertised by bewilderingly middle-aged looking...
The 10 Greatest Mullets Of All Time
Popular in the 1980's, the mullet is a hairstyle in which the hair is left very long in the back but is cut short in front, on the top, and at the sides. Other names for this hairdo include 'hockey player haircut,' 'bi-level,' 'shag,' 'neck warmer,'...
Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody performed by an 'orchestra' of vintage computer parts, including an Atari, Texas Instruments, an 8-inch floppy drive, a 3.5-inch hard drive, an HP ScanJet, and several oscilloscopes.(thanks Co...
Google News Timeline
Google News Timeline is a web application that organizes search results chronologically. It allows users to view news and other data sources on a browsable, graphical timeline.Available data sources include recent and historical news, scanned newspapers...
The World's 10 Most Iconic Green Office Buildings
Despite tough economic conditions, large office complexes continue to be built in major cities throughout the world. It is great to see that so many of the new ones are being designed with a low environmental impact in mind.This list comprises 10 existing...
Dangerous Diagram
Evel Knievel's name is synonymous with 'danger' and 'daredevil' but, until now, not so much with 'data diagram.' Therefore, here's the first ever interactive infographic documenting the career of a modern superhero - a man who captured the imagination...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The World's First Fully Sustainable Race Car
With a vehicle body made from potatoes, a steering wheel made from carrots, the ability to run on waste chocolate and vegetable oil, the 140 mph Environ-MENTAL is the first formula 3 race car designed from materials that are both sustainable and renewable.Used...
Carousel
Philips announces the launch of the exclusive 'Carousel' movie to promote the eagerly anticipated Cinema 21:9 LCD TV. Carousel was made directed by Adam Berg.(via chunnel...
Google Similar Images
Google Similar Images allows you to search for images using pictures rather than words. Click the 'Similar images' link under an image to find other images that look like ...
How Music Affects Us And Promotes Health
Music is one of the few activities that involves using the whole brain. It's intrinsic to all cultures and can have surprising benefits not only for learning language, improving memory and focusing attention, but also for physical coordination and development.Of...
40 Captivating Photos That Depict Human Emotion
Though we differ in the way we look and things we believe in, there's something we all share: emotion. Human emotion is innate in all of us; it's something we're born with and something we die with. Happiness, sadness, love, hatred, worries, and indifference...
Let's Begin Again
Let's Begin Again by John Rutter, accompanied with landscape pictures. Performed by the Lyons Township High School Choir.(thanks Sterli...
8 Food-Related Myths: Fact or Fiction?
As we get older, it's easier to logically dismiss some of the outlandish claims we heard as kids - never really needing to investigate if there's any truth behind them.But some of these assertions - like whether eating too many carrots will turn you...
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