unique and interesting: November 2009

Monday, November 30, 2009

Synchronized Robot Christmas Dance

(thanks Co...

Robbing a bank is as simple as putting pen to paper. Bank Notes is a collection of bank robbery notes used in successful and unsuccessful unarmed bank robberies - accompanied by a photo of each robber and appended with details about the robbery itself.(via...

Zeer is a food information resource that makes it easy to find safe food. It helps people save time, stay safe, learn particular diets and live better lives. Finding the right foods for a special diet can be difficult. Zeer can help.Zeer is unlike any...

Dutch airline KLM has made the latest step in what appears to be a rush by airlines to demonstrate the use of alternative fuels. The airline made what it is calling the first passenger flight using biofuel.KLM completed the flight with one of its Boeing...

Nominative Determinism

Nominative determinism refers to the theory that a person's name is given an influential role in reflecting key attributes of his job, profession, or general life. It was a commonly held philosophy in the ancient world.Technically 'Mr. Bunn the baker' is nominative determinism, but real examples are...

Putting an orange wedge in your mouth and smiling, is one of the oldest gags out there, yet anytime some one does it, they act as if they thought of it and it's hilarious. Really quite baffling.(thanks Ni...

If you have a spare $100,000 then maybe you might want one of these bicycles for Christmas.(thanks Dan...

The history of mobile phone technology reads like the plot from Highlander. A variety of standalone devices have been decapitated and absorbed into increasingly complex handsets.To highlight how powerful mobile phones have become, here's a list of things...

Loop The Loop

Replicating the clasic Hot Wheels set, Fifth Gear TV attempts to perform a full 360 degree loop in a real c...

Created between 1868 and 1871 as part of a commission from the City of Glasgow Improvements Trust, this collection of images by photographer Thomas Annan of the working class areas of old Glasgow helped document the impoverished living conditions of...

A view of the solar system as we understand it to be.(thanks Co...

Top 10 Mysterious People

Ever heard of Monsieur Chouchani, the Babushka Lady, Gil Pérez, or the Green Children of Woolpit? Over the centuries, history is filled with wonderful tales of mysterious people - many of whom are never identified.This list is a selection of the most significant or mysterious people of this varie...

A blind man who thought he would never be able to read again has had his vision partially restored after being fitted with a 'bionic' eye. Peter Lane, 51, is one of the first people in the world to have electronic receivers implanted into his eye which...

Your cat purrs at the same frequency as an idling diesel engine. This is around 26 purrs per second.Seventeen Things Worth Knowing About Your Cat.(via Look At This....

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...

Cranberry Harvest

Loaded with health benefits and available in a variety of forms, the cranberry is easy to include in many nutritious recipes or as a standalone snack. Every fall cranberry bogs are flooded for the annual harvest. Go behind-the-scenes with the harvesters to learn all about the process.(thanks Co...

Some Japanese housing builders are now designing homes with special features for pets. Obviously a great deal of research went into the design of these beautiful spaces, from the perspective of both the cats and the homeowners.(thanks Har...

Christmas in Europe is a unique and distinctive holiday where people from all cultures share a diverse, yet paralleled enjoyment for legend, food, and spirit.(via Laur...

A flowchart that helps you decide what cereal to e...

Ants That Count

Most ants get around by leaving smell trails on the forest floor that show other ants how to get home or to food. They squeeze the glands that cover their bodies; those glands release a scent, and the scents in combination create trails the other ants can follow.That works in the forest, but it doesn't...

Pet Rocks were a 1970s fad conceived by advertising executive Gary Dahl. His idea was to sell a pet that would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, groomed etc... The first Pet Rocks were ordinary gray stones bought at a builder's supply store and marketed...

Shaolin Monk Balances On 2 Fingers

It seems there are only two people in the world who can do this. And here's one of them, a Shaolin monk from Henan province in northern China.(thanks Co...

Cheesipidia is all about cheese. At the moment they show a catalogue of cheese, arranged by country.I suppose they intend to add more countries in the future because the Netherlands, the largest exporter of cheese in the world, isn't mentioned yet. So...

Miss Cellania of the weblog with the same name has a funny article about LOLcats turning tragedy into comedy, Shakespeare-style. It seems Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth are popular among ca...

Blogpsot Instead Of Blogspot

Presurfer reader Mercurior accidentally typed 'presurfer.blogpsot.com' instead of 'presurfer.blogspot.com.' He landed on a site for bible studies and information. Very strange! The site is part of the G.T. Ministries from St. Petersburg, USA.But a further investigation by the Presurfer CSI team showed...

Senseaware is FedEx's cellular-connected sensor-package. Drop it in your super-important packages (they're targeting pharma, medical devices/equipment, diagnostic kits and samples) and for $120/month it will tell you everything about that package - where...

Check out this selection of sleeping bags that make you want to spend a night under the stars.(thanks Dan...

StarGazer

Take a spectacular trip into space watching real time-lapse images of the night sky. The video sequences are created using a recently-developed compositing technique, which adds individual still frames together, making residual light from previous frames continue on into subsequent frames, resulting...

It's always sad when your pet runs off. While we hope all the pets found their ways to safe homes, we're pretty sure these people shouldn't be in charge of anything that has a pulse and completely understand why they ran aw...

Manshiyat Naser (also known as Garbage City) is a slum settlement on the outskirts of the city of Cairo whose economy revolves around the collection and recycling of the city's garbage.The garbage is brought to Manshiyat Naser by the Zabbaleen, or garbage...

Just as the name says. Google rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise.Or 80 degrees.(via Google Blogoscoped)Looking for help on how to use Photoshop better? Or JQuery, PERL, AJAX, Paint Shop Pro, Javascript, HTML, CorelDRAW, or Ruby?Use the Tutorials Search...

Sea lions are being trained to locate mines and detain suspicious divers in the fight against terrorism. America will now begin using seals at one of their top Naval bases in Washington State to patrol for terrorists as part of a drive launched after...

It was built by Stalin's order in the middle of nowhere, deep inside Northern Siberia between Salekhard and Igarka.It was not connected with any other Russian Federal Railway System and the purpose of it still is not very clear, so as a senseless toy...

How To Carve A Turkey

Carve a turkey expertly with these step-by-step slicing ti...

What we've all been waiting for.The Elton John hand-painted plastic toilet seat.(via Grow-A-Bra...

Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the 'solar tsunami.'Years ago, when solar physicists first witnessed a towering wave of hot...

The Fort Hood shootings were shocking, but hardly an anomaly. Mass killings have had a long and painful history in the United States. The motivations for these occurrences vary and Newsweek asked experts about the various motivations that can lead to...

The Ten Best Post-Apocalyptic Survival Vehicles

Here are the best post-apocalyptic survival vehicles.Take a look at these zombie-fighting machines-o-w...

The Rings Of The Earth

How would the Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn?A 3D Studio Max animati...

10 Weird Facts About The Brain

Ever wonder how you can react so fast to things around you or why that stubbed toe hurts right away? It's due to the superspeedy movement of nerve impulses from your brain to the rest of your body and vice versa, bringing reactions at the speed of a high powered luxury sports car.The human brain is...

An aerial virtual tour of London. Use your mouse to click and drag your way over famous landmarks and buildings and give yourself a birds eye view of one of the worlds busiest and vibrant cities.(thanks Co...

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody

The Muppets with their own version of Queen's Bohemian Rapso...

Philadelphia artist Ed Bing Lee has been knitting for 25 years. He uses ordinary macrame to create objects that look like food.(thanks Co...

The challenge of Prefab 2020? Create a sensation - something more than just a working space to live. Ideas that will inspire others, to be planted within the dizzyingly dense cores of the major city centers. Use design to show the incredible potential...

The most comprehensive list about Twitter you've ever se...

Is 'Coma' Man Communicating Or Not?

Yesterday I posted about the Belgian man who was trapped in a 23-year 'coma' but who was conscious all the time. He is now able to communicate via a computer keyboard.Presurfer reader dbsmall pointed my attention to an article by James Randi of the James Randi Educational Foundation who doesn't buy...

The past decade was often defined by rivalries. This rings most true in the digital world, where new products and ideas changed the way we interacted.This list from Newsweek recounts the top ten heated rivalries of the past decade including Facebook...

Most celebrity-backed tech commercials of the 1980s were pretty terrible. These 10 were pretty awesome. Or at least, in some cases, awesomely terrible.(thanks Dav...

From a bird boasting a paprika bikini tan to a roaster wrapped in bacon, these seven Thanksgiving turkey creations are for hosts that just want to have fun. See seven unique incarnations of this holiday dinner main attraction.(thanks Jess...

Voice Of Florence Nightingale

A rare historical recording of the voice of Florence Nightingale, 'The Lady with the Lamp' and a pioneering nurse, writer, and noted statistician. It was recorded on Edison's Parafine Wax Cylinder, on July 30th, 1890.(thanks Co...

Approach slowly. Do not startle the pony. When up close, gently stroke its head. If you have any dead mice in your pockets, feed them to the pony. This establishes trust.How To Ride A Po...

Man Trapped In 23-Year 'Coma' Was Conscious All The Time

A car crash victim has spoken of the horror he endured for 23 years after he was misdiagnosed as being in a coma when he was conscious the whole time. Belgian Rom Houben, now 46, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them - but could make no sound.Doctors used...

Ketchup is good on just about anything. Whether you call it ketchup, catsup, catchup, tomato ketchup, tomato sauce, red sauce, Tommy sauce, Tommy K, or dead horse, everyone has tried it, and most people love it.Here's all the information you will ever...

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EZ Cracker

Cracking an egg is easy. Unless you're a culinary klutz. Then you need the EZ Cracker. The multi-functional EZ Cracker cracks eggs, separates egg whites and strips shells from hard boiled eggs in seconds.(via Boing Boi...

The majority of drivers are courteous to cyclists but a small minority treat them with contempt. Here are just few of the most annoying habits we see on the road today.(thanks Dan...

It's easy to forget about your body's needs when you're deep into your work or the net - until your body offers a painful reminder.Save your physical shell some strain with these cheap, customizable ergonomic workspace upgrad...

How To Keep Your Mouth Clean And Shining

For this demo, I have chose Colgate Total 12 to eliminate all the germs and keep my mouth clean and shini...

image creditThere is a darkness in humanity masked under the cloaks of fine living and personified ideals, and through history those ideals were characterized as the fabric of life.Murder has evolved over time bringing out the beast in those that see...

Lichtenberg figures are branching, tree-like or fern-like patterns that are created by high voltage discharges along the surface or within electrical insulating materials.The first Lichtenberg figures were actually 2-dimensional patterns formed in dust...

Sent Forever is a Britsh company that transmits your personal message (standard messages cost $15) which includes a Certificate of Transmission being posted to the receiver of your message into deep space. Once that message starts travelling, it will...

Robotic Ant

The A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot with a total of 25 servos. This video demonstrates body movement and mandible control. The music is from Trifonic with Lies.(thanks Sterli...

Ex libris, meaning 'from the books' is a Latin expression attached to the art form of bookplates. These are stamps or labels that appear inside books to denote ownership, and range from the simple to the decorative and elaborate, to the obscure or even...

Do you like having clean teeth? Do you like stellar reports from the dentist trip after trip? Do you like tasting crispy, delicious bacon? Now you can do all three at once!Introducing bacon flavored dental floss. This standard, waxed floss comes with...

Using publicly available information, for the first time in the world, we have precisely and scientifically calculated the weight of the Internet. Obviously this information is only really useful to someone attempting to work out the cost of posting...

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