unique and interesting: August 2009

Monday, August 31, 2009

Analytics According To Captain Kirk

You've all heard about the 'Red-Shirt Phenomenon' in Star Trek. If you are wearing a red shirt and beam to the planet with Captain Kirk - you're gonna die. At least, that's what everybody thinks is going to happen. But is it actually true?An analysis...

Instant Office

How to hide around the office in 5 secon...

The Strange Summer Jobs Of 23 Famous People

Who was a gravedigger before his music career took off?Who earned some cash in her early days mopping floors at a local Dairy Queen?Who dressed as a giant chicken to promote an el Pollo Loco restaurant while he tried to start his acting career?The Strange Summer Jobs Of 23 Famous Peop...

image creditA collection of pictures showcasing the amazing work of artists around the world using just pencil and paper to create stunning masterpiec...

Timp-Harley Police Motorcycle Competition

Honda, BMW, and Harley face off in a police motorcycle competition, on the driving range at the Timpanogos Harley Dealership in Lindon, Utah.(thanks Co...

English Is Toughest European Language To Read

English is the most difficult European language to learn to read. Children learning other languages master the basic elements of literacy within a year, but British kids take two-and-a-half years to reach the same point.In the most extensive cross-national study ever, Philip Seymour of Dundee University...

Toy photography provides great opportunities for clever composition, creative lighting and a chance to really have some fun. When done right a photographer can breath life and personality into the inanimate objects being shot.related posts:Beautiful...

It seems everyone, even the most pacifist of us, enjoys watching things blowing up. A great explosion inspires awe by it's destructive power and laughter by the absurdity of something whole no longer existing.Yet we can't blow things up every day. What...

Tower Made Of Human Teeth

Meet the dentist who's made an 8-foot tower out of 24,000 human teeth.(thanks Co...

The Dullest Blog In The World

A window was slightly open. I decided that I did not need it to continue to be so. I closed it and securing it using the window handles.I was seated in my computer chair. I reached out my hand and pressed the ‘on’ button. After a moment the computer turned itself on.A light in one of the rooms of my...

The Animatronic Flesh Shoe, created by artist Adam Brandejs, is stitched together with multiple pieces of latex rubber, cast out of molds made from his own skin. The shoe's toe and heel raise and lower as it occasionally vibrates/pulsates, and twitches...

Business Guys On Business Trips are a series of cartoons full of embittered workplace humor.(thanks Pier...

A guy takes photographs of the way his hair looks every morni...

New from CMMG. Tactical Canned Bacon. Fully cooked and fully prepared, it lasts for 10 years. Perfect for any of the end of the world scenarios.(via Everlasting Blo...

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...

Designer Hector Sos made a photo shoot for the Torres Paper Swatch Book company.(via Notc...

image creditThe world's largest salt flats, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, is an unearthly place that has to be seen to be believed. It's one of the strangest areas the third rock from the sun has to offer.Have you ever wanted to visit another planet but...

Lucky The Turtle Gets New Legs

A North Bay turtle is now scooting around thanks to an innovative veterinarian. Lucky's owner, Sally Pyne, believes the box turtle's font legs were chewed off by a racoon.(thanks Co...

The internet has revolutionised the speed at which people communicate. Now the Swiss postal service is hoping to do the same for regular snail mail. The company offers a service called Swiss Post Box to customers wanting to receive their physical letters...

50 Online Communities For Lifelong Learners

Whether you are looking for a little added information on what you are already studying in school or would like to connect with others who share your interests as a business professional or avid hobbyist, these online communities all offer an excellent opportunity to continue your search for knowledge.From...

The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time. The physical shape of single carbon nanotubes has been outlined before, using similar techniques - but the new method even shows up chemical bonds.Understanding...

Otamatone

The Otamatone is a new sound toy designed by CUBE works and Maywa Denki, Japan's new-media arti...

Glum Councillors is a British site that will doggedly collate images of councillors looking glum whilst pointing at holes in the road, sometimes wearing hard hats or presenting oversized chequ...

image creditWhat do you say you would do if you could but then wouldn't because you would just have to roll over and play chicken? Mix your metaphors?You've heard it all before, the testosterone fuelled boast that, hell yeah, if they were just given...

Well, he actually didn't do it yet, but Canadian palaeontologist Hans Larsson at McGill University in Montreal says he can. He aims to develop dinosaur traits that disappeared millions of years ago in birds. Larsson believes that by flipping certain...

1). Tape your face.2). Take your picture3). Submit it to 'Tape Yoursel...

Linux Baby Rocker

Baby rocked to sleep by CD rom tray on computer.(thanks Co...

70 Outstanding Out Of Bounds Photos

image credit Out of bounds photos are post processed photos where the contents are taken outside the boundaries, presented in creative 3-dimensional perspective.(via J-Walk Bl...

Recipe Puppy is an ingredient based recipe search engine. Is your fridge nearly empty? You can use Recipe Puppy to find recipes that don't require a trip to the store. It can find recipes that fit your dietary requirements or combine two seemingly unrelated...

Dream Cat Venus

It's the perfect pet for owners who have allergies and don't want the hassle of clearing out a litter tray. The 'Yume-Neko Venus', or 'Dream Cat Venus', is a robotic feline that is equipped with touch sensors that help it react like a real cat.Made by Sega Toys, it moves its head, closes its eyes and...

The Geography of Coffee is the confluence of two of professor James Hayes-Bohanan's great passions: learning about the world and enjoying a hot, bitter beverage.For him, coffee is an excellent jumping-off point for understanding natural resource conservation...

The lowly appendix, long-regarded as a useless evolutionary artifact, won newfound respect two years ago when researchers at Duke University Medical Center proposed that it actually serves a critical function.The appendix, they said, is a safe haven...

Are you the ultimate Pac-Man fan? Envy Pac-Man for his dot chomping ability? Show your love by donning the Pac-Man Plush-Head.(via Everlasting Blo...

Just over 100 years since the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight, flying machines are now commonplace, used for transport, freight, warfare, rescue and pleasure just for starters.Aerospace technology is still the realm of...

Since childhood, Haiti-born French artist Junior Fritz Jacquet is fascinated by paper. He explores and experiments with different techniques of folding and crumpling to create new forms and poetic objects that decorate his life.Who could have thought...

How To Actually Make Coffee

You probably brew coffee, like most people, the most insipid way possible: Using a Mr. Coffee that you fill with pre-ground coffee from the supermarket. There's a million other ways to make coffee, and they're all bett...

Here's a briefcase that keeps you going. It will surely inspire the business-savvy men and women of the world climbing the corporate ladder who will stop at nothing to get an edge… not even to take a dump.In today's fast paced corporate market every...

image creditA look at the work of Dorothea Lange who captured the Great Depression through her lens and created some of the iconic images of that era. At a time when women had had the vote for less than twenty years, Dorothea Lange was a pioneer. A...

13 Best Sites To Get Your Questions Answered

The Internet is a huge resource of knowledge and information where you can find virtually anything. But, very often there are situations where you aren't able to find the answers to your questions. Your question may require local knowledge or particular expertise.Fortunately there are sites out there...

Read on Earth is a collaborative art bookmarking project where photos are stashed inside of books with the goal of seeing other readers discover them.If you want to participate, all you have to do is choose a book that is available to the public. Take...

Cliff Pickover, creator of one of my favorite blogs, Reality Carnival, has just released his newest book.The Math Book - From Pythagoras to the 57th Dimension, 250 Milestones in the History of Mathematics. Beginning millions of years ago with ancient...

More than $10,000 worth of cucumbers have been stolen in 11 separate robberies in the past three months. Thieves have targeted market gardens north of Adelaide, Australia, with police saying the latest robbery - of 50 bags of cucumbers - was reported...

image creditJapanese woodblock printing is a technique that finds its origins in the Buddhist temples of China, where it was used for centuries before being adopted and refined by Japanese artists during the Edo Period. The method involves transferring...

Heaven Of Delight

image creditTake a look at that beautiful ceiling. It is know as 'Heaven Of Delight' and can be found at the Royal Palace in Brussels, Belgium. The ceiling was the brainchild of controversial Flemish artist Jan Fabre.What material do you think was used...

Tezcatlipoca from Robin George is a 3-minute short inspired by the music from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and based on the Aztec myth of the deity who descends from heaven in the form of a jaguar.(thanks Co...

Security company McAfee has declared Jessica Biel as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace.Fans searching for 'Jessica Biel' or 'Jessica Biel wallpaper,' 'Jessica Biel screen savers,' and 'Jessica Biel photos' have a one in five chance...

A hot bath - just you and Prince William? A dream which comes true at last. Relax with a cup of tea in the bosom of England's royal family.(via J-Walk Bl...

A group of atheists founded Eternal Earth-Bound Pets. They say it's a serious offer to their Christian friends who believe in the Second Coming and honestly care about the future of their pets after the Rapture occurs.You've committed your life to Jesus....

CSI Miami - Endless Caruso One Liners

Just to annoy you, here's a video with loads of the corny one-liners used by David Caruso just before the Who song starts on CSI Mia...

image creditEvery year farmers, gardeners, hobbyists, chefs, cooks, and vegetable lovers compete for the coveted title of the largest vegetable, food, or fruit on record for that particular year. Interestly enough, each grower uses his or her own secret...

Now you'll always be able to find the toilet paper, even in the dark, with this new Glow in the Dark Toilet Paper.Perfect for power cuts, this groovy glowing toilet roll means that if you don't want to wake anyone up in your household by turning on the...

Rockers And Hipsters Wigs

Complete your stage act. Get yourself a rock wig.(via Everlasting Blo...

Lobster Boy Goes Wow

A little buy sees lobsters for the first time and gets pretty excit...

image creditLet's face it, some people like their pets big! If you are looking for a large dog, there are a number of 'giant' breeds. Be careful, though - you should only consider these breeds if you have lots of space, lots of time and a good deal...

Winkers is a business that specializes in decorating pants, usually jeans. They decorate pants in such a manner that they wink as you walk. Your wink is the crease between your buttock and the top of your leg.(via Laughing Squ...

image creditThe realm of the dead and the otherworld have consistently been seen as sections of one region representing various aspects of the afterlife. Caesar believed that the Celtic Druids of the Otherworld preached immortality of the soul, and...

Applause Machine

Want to feel awesome? Get yourself an applause machine - it will make everything you do feel like an accomplishment. Just press the button and the Applause Machine enthusiastically claps its hands for you.The Applause Machines, designed by Martin Smith and manufactured by Laikingland, are available...

Self-preservation is something that most humans take quite seriously, and that a few take to extremes. Faced with the real or imagined threat of attacks levied by nuclear, biological, and chemical weaponry, some people opt to head 25 feet underground,...

There seems to be a growing trend amongst fast food restaurant advertisers to try and pull the wool over their consumer's eyes. The description of the items do not necessarily have to match the name.Now KFC has introduced a sandwich without any bread....

Tic Tac Music

See and hear what you can do with empty or filled tic-tac boxes.(thanks Co...

The size of your pay packet may be important, but so is its purchasing power. Here's a handy guide to how long it takes a worker on the average net wage to earn the price of a Big Mac in various cities.Fast-food junkies are best off in Chicago, Toronto...

Equality is something that women (and their supporters) have striven for over centuries of male dominated history. Every now and again, though, the fairer sex let the side down. There is a lamentably short list of female assassins in the annals of history...

The 6 Types Of Crappy Hu...

The Heavensfield Retreat Center in Fall City, USA, announced that it has opened the first recovery program for Internet Addiction Disorder in the U.S.Called reSTART, the 45-day program is designed to take serious sufferers of IAD and bring balance to...

After enduring sloppy punctuation on the street sign outside his home for more than a year, Stefan Gatward could stand it no longer. The 62-year-old former soldier decided to launch a one-man crusade against 'dumbed down' Britain, and picked up a paintbrush...

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