unique and interesting: October 2009

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I Like Beef

This cat really likes be...

image creditWe all know that cheese goes well with almost everything - wine, pasta, vegetables, even fruit. But did you know there are sculptors around the country who use monstrous blocks of cheese for their... art?Whether made by professional carvers...

The Laptop Burka lets you work and play on your laptop without the glare of sunlight or stares from uninvited strangers. Laptop Burka lets you work or watch movies in your own portable private space, and its made from high-quality, breathable, lightweight...

Here are some of the world's biggest foods. When the American love of big things meets the farm the results are outrageous. This slide show contains a 127-pound cabbage, a 268-pound watermelon, a 150-pound hamburger and much more.(thanks Tayl...

Siqueira Lima Guitar Duo Plays 'Tico Tico No Fubá'

The guitar duo plays their 4-hands arrangement of Tico Tico no Fubá. They are Fernando Lima from Brazil and Cecilia Siqueira from Uruguay.(thanks Co...

Here are the best movie monsters to ever rumble the subwoofers. We're talking big, big beasts. Nasty ones. No friendly Godzilla or loveable King Kong here.(thanks Sherid...

Weirdest And Worst Beatles Cover Ever

From Hungary, a choir of ventriloquistic monstrosity.(via Boing Boi...

My Zombie Insurance the #1 zombie insurance provider recommended by home builders, general insurance companies, and undertakers.It is suspected that each year, millions of dollars in personal property is damaged by hordes of zombies. And yet, regular...

Talking of a bad hair day.Don't Judge My Ha...

image creditThe historian Edward Gibbon believed that Christianity bore the ultimate responsibility for the fall of the Roman Empire. However, during the third century, the Romans were well on their way to destroying themselves.Ultimately, the Christians...

EyePet

EyePet is a game for the PlayStation 3. The game uses the PlayStation Eye camera to allow a virtual pet to interact with people and objects in the real world. Using augmented reality, the simian, gremlin-like creature appears to be aware of its environment and surroundings and reacts to them accordingly.The...

Salvation Mountain is a colorful artificial mountain north of Calipatria, California, USA. It is made from adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of paint. It was created by Leonard Knight to convey the message that 'God Loves Everyone.'Mr. Knight refused...

Photojojo has a tutorial not for the faint of heart. They will teach you how to photograph a ghost and it's going to be very simple.In just three little steps you can have a photo of a real live ghost that looks a lot like one of your real live friends....

image creditOperation Cornflakes was a World War II Office of Strategic Services PSYOP mission in 1944 and 1945 which involved tricking the German postal service Deutsche Reichspost into inadvertently delivering anti-Nazi propaganda to German citizens...

LED Eyelashes

If you fancy creating a little extra sparkle at any party, why not wear the latest in tech fashion LED Eyelashes created by Korean designer Soomi Park.(thanks Co...

This incredible photo was shot for National Geographic by Monica Szczupider, and shows chimpanzees at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon. They're observing as the body of an elder troop member is taken to burial.The story behind the...

Before you can read a crystal ball, you should program it and do a dedication. You need to program your crystal ball or it becomes a useless dust collector. Through meditation, you set up the guidelines for communication between yourself and the ball.Quartz...

The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed...

Name that car. They give you a clue, you guess the car.(thanks Matth...

image creditPlants, bark, roots, and vegetables with strong flavors have been used for thousands of years. Spices were one of the main products in early international trade and a major reason that some European nations sought to expand their colonial...

22 Halloween cakes. Some are just gross or creepy.(thanks Ni...

Twinester lets you create or join groups and communities for Twitter and interact with other Twitter users of similar interest. Groups are known as 'nests' which symbolizes the many people in a particular community.You can either create groups or browse...

Wearable Hummingbird Feeder

Heatstick has invented a Wearable Hummingbird Feeder. It is based on a Professional Grade Fully Adjustable Full Face Face Shield with a miniature hummingbird feeder built into it on the inside. Hummingbirds feed right in front of your eyes.Heatstick website.(via Boing Boi...

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School

With classes, homework, and projects - not to mention your social life - time is truly at a premium for you, so why not latch onto the wide world that Google has to offer?From super-effective search tricks to Google hacks, specifically for education, to tricks and tips for using Gmail, Google Docs,...

image creditSince construction began in 2005 the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge has been a project which has kept the world watching. It has had its pitfalls but things seem to be pretty much on schedule.The latest milestone has been the completion - and...

Davy Crockett Ha...

Meggins

Meggings are leggings for men. Men's stores in Tokyo, Japan, are now selling leggings, which some guys like to wear under capri pants.(via Tokyo Man...

When you are on a farm, it is somewhat easy to imagine that one can get bored relatively easily. Stuck on a remote location in an environment where thirsty and repetitive work is the rule of the day, it is all but inevitable that one will eventually...

7 Reasons To Keep Your Tyrannosaur Off Crack Cocai...

A state by state, country by country index of haunted places. Probably the largest listing of haunted places on the net.Not all of these places may be haunted, some of these are just local legends and folklore, but often these legends do spring out...

The Ancient Welsh Decorative Art Of Baragami

Baragami is the ancient Welsh decorative art of 'toast arranging.' First documented in Aberystwyth, Wales, baragami involves the presentation of toast in intricate and preferably topical arrangements. A skillful baragami endeavours to make reference...

A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm. Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer's disease, it might one day be used by consumers to create 'lifelogs'...

One Man Band

This guy from Croatia is making some extremely entertaining music with little more than himself and some toy instruments.(thanks Co...

image creditChange your socks! Really! It's an amazing trick. Bring a change of socks to work, and change your socks midway through the day. You'll be amazed at how much fresher you'll feel. Other ways to get more energy are to have a piece of chocolate,...

Researchers from the University of Toledo have reported the first ever case of someone using the internet while asleep, after a sleeping woman sent emails to people asking them over for drinks and caviar.The 44-year-old woman, whose case is reported...

Old weird black and white images that makes you say: 'Huh?'(via Neatora...

Next Generation Talent 2009 Winner Announced

Romaine Reid is the winner of the second Next Generation Talent competition. A student at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in the UK, Romaine's video entry was crowned best advertisement for Panasonic's G10 Viera.A panel of nine online creative experts, from sites like CNET and The University...

iPhones and Crackberries are all very well, what with their apps and widgets and electronic functionality. But there are moments in life when the prosaic pressed-pulp appeal of proper paper is preferred. For those particular purposes, Photojojo proudly...

Parking Fail

Park your car.Press the accelerator, not the brakes.Reverse.Get the hell out of there!(via UniqueDai...

For those who always wanted to hit a gong with a large mallet.Go on! You know you want to!Hit the go...

image creditDevil's Town or Djavolja Varos as it is known in Serbian, can be found on the southern slopes of the Radan Mountains. The locals believed for centuries that they were formed when devils fought for supremacy.In fact their origins are much...

Everybody knows what a cloverleaf looks like, but could you identify a Lofthouse, a ParClo, a Butt, a Spooey, or a Braid? These are among the distinctive designs that transportation engineers have conjured up to keep traffic flowing and motorists headed...

Fairey Rotodyne

The Fairey Rotodyne was a 1950s British compound gyroplane designed and built by Fairey Aviation and intended for commercial and military applications. The Rotodyne featured a tip-jet-powered rotor that burned a mixture of fuel and compressed air bled from two wing-mounted Napier Eland turboprops.The...

The New York based landscape and urban design office of Balmori Associates has designed the 'Garden That Climbs The Steps' in Bilbao, Spa...

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...

Twittas has different apps to find out statistics about your Twitter account. Find out when your first tweet was, how much time you wasted tweeting, see how long you are on Twitter and wich celebrities arrived after you, find out who your first followers...

Internet Rules And Laws

Ever heard of Godwin's Law, Rule 34, Skitt's Law, DeMyer's Laws, or the Law of Exclamation? They're Internet rules and laws. Any internet user will know that the web, like the outside world, follows certain rules.Here are 10 Internet laws, some are well-known and widely used while others are lesser...

British tennis-playing socialite Susan Travers (23 September 1909–18 December 2003) became the only woman in the French Foreign Legion, leading a daring, wartime, desert escape.Born in southern England as the daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, but raised...

Online Converter

Distance, weight, volume, speed, pressure, area, or temperature. With this online converter you can convert just about anything to anything el...

Vodafone Symphonia

Vodafone New Zealand hired a production team to orchestrate cellphones into playing Tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. The effort took 1000 phones and 53 different ringtone alerts, synchronized to recreate the famous classical piece.(thanks Co...

Most modern bathtubs are made of acrylic or fiberglass, but alternatives are available in enamel over steel or cast iron, and occasionally waterproof finished wood.Here are 12 most creative bathtu...

Perfect Boiled Eggs

Nearly every basic cookbook offers conflicting techniques on how to boil an egg. Start the egg in cold water, or gently lower it into boiling water; add vinegar to the water to lower its pH, or add baking soda to the water to raise it; cover the pot,...

An interesting exhibition was presented at the festival of ceramics in China. A wall with a total length of 100 meters and five meters height was completely littered with toilets, sinks and other sanitary ware.More than ten thousand objects were used....

LEGO Pop-Up Temple

A brilliant LEGO construction of Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion Temple in Kyoto, Jap...

Chinese photographer Lu Guang won the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography Award for his documentary project 'Pollution in China' at the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fu...

A People's History Of The Internet: From Arpanet In 1969 To Today

On October 29, 1969, computers at the University of California, Los Angeles and Stanford connect for the first time - the first two 'hosts' on what would become the internet.To mark the 40th anniversary of the first stirrings of the internet, here's...

Public Debut For Rare White Lion Cubs

Three rare white lion cubs, Portia, Phoebe and Pandora, have gone on show at the West Midland Safari Park near Bewdley, Worcestershire in central England under the ever-watchful eye of their mother.(thanks Co...

Strange Cloud Formation Spooks Moscow Citizens

Citizens of Moscow, Russia, were spooked by a strange cloud formation. The cloud looked like a huge alien mothersh...

Talking about aliens, there is an official announcement imminent by the Obama administration disclosing the reality of extraterrestrial life.For several months, senior administration officials have been quietly deliberating behind closed doors how much...

Here's an easy to wear Politically Incorrect Balloon Boy Halloween Costume. Now you too can enjoy all the media attention you want with this Balloon Boy Hoax kit. Just ring the doorbell and say 'I'm supposed to be flying in there, but my dad said to...

image creditThe Third Reich, Germany's Nazi era, existed from 1933, when Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist German Worker's Party came to power, until 1945, when the regime collapsed at the end of the Second World War. At the time of Hitler's rise...

Tilt-Shift Video Featuring Disney's Magic Kingdom

See the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida from a whole new perspective. The video was created from a series of photos snapped inside the Magic Kingdom Park.(thanks Co...

To celebrate the release of Windows 7, from October 10 untill October 18, Microsoft and Burger King Japan are offering the Windows 7 Whopper measuring 5.1 inches in diameter with up to seven beef patties totaling 1.75 pounds.Crazy, completely crazy.Here'a...

Most of the many languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family. Another major family is the Finno-Ugric. The Turkic family also has several European members. The North and South Caucasian families are important in the southeastern extremity...

Time and again, exercise equipment is created specifically to help users bypass the tried-and-true method of sweating it out.From the weSurf, which attempts to recreate the surfing experience at home, to a treadmill that powers a bicycle, some no-gym-needed...

British Pubs: Signs Of The Times

Pub signs are almost like time machines. Britain's great military heroes of the Napoleonic Wars - Lord Nelson and the Duke of Wellington - have many pubs named after them, as do significant ships and famous land and sea battl...

Extremely Polluted Romanian River

This video was sent to me by 'Gutza', a Romanian who says he's not proud to show me this. He also says that if nobody raises awareness about the pollution and waste problem in Romania they're going to be the first to suffer - and, of course, the rest of Europe along with them.He also wants to point...

image creditSince the global financial debacle of last year, it's shocking how many homes are available for sale for under US$50,000, especially in the US where the housing market was hit hardest. Across the States it's now relatively easy to find affordable...

As time passes by new technologies emerge. In Ukraine, they have new technologies at their service. But sometimes it turns to be a bit too much. As with the monument to the Motherland, erected in Cherkassy city shortly after World War 2.When the Soviet...

Full Moon ia a new game by Bart Bonte. The fullest moon, a rabbit with desires, can you bring satisfaction? Explore, point, click, drag, drop! You have to figure it out yourself.More Bonte gam...

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