unique and interesting: May 2009

Sunday, May 31, 2009

The World Of Chemistry

Chemistry boring? I think not!(thanks Pier...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 Rena...

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 Co...

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...

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...

Some Ridiculous Shoes.(thanks Nichol...

The Herring Horde

It's from rathergood, so you know it's weird. ...

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...

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 Co...

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...

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,...

Best Couple Ever is a blog that collects photos of awkward couples, everywhere in the world.(thanks Re...

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...

Drop Dead Gorgeous

New Yorker TV Spot 2009 - Drop Dead Gorgeous.(thanks Co...

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...

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...

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....

Take a look around the bridge of the new Starship Enterprise in this panoramic pictu...

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 Ann...

Pub Toy, The Perfect Peppermint

Funny commercial from Norway for Pub Toy, the perfect peppermint.(thanks Co...

Super Tight Stuff has an article about the 10 coolest places to swim.(thanks Za...

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...

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...

The Best 80's Sitcoms

The Best 80's Sitcoms.(thanks Nichol...

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...

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 Pictur...

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 Urlesq...

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-Jo...

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...

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 Co...

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...

Ornate And Strange Door Knobs And Handles.(thanks Nichol...

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...

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....

Drama Button

The Drama Button, for all of life's unnecessary dra...

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...

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 Co...

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...

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 Twiste...

The computer mouse has come a long way since Douglas Engelbart invented the device in 1964.(thanks Nichol...

The Heidelberg Project

image creditThe 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...

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,...

Drifters Of The Deep

The most amazing creatures nature has ever created, drifting in our oceans. From the Monterey Bay Aquarium.(thanks Co...

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...

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 Blo...

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...

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...

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 ...

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,...

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 legal...

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...

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...

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...

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 cropdust...

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...

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...

Laptops Come To Life

A Samsung viral which is an animation of two trendy laptops.(thanks Vincen...

How To Use Twitter For Marketing And Public Relations

Want to use Twitter for marketing and PR?Take this advi...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pictures of 'kissing' anima...

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...

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...

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