The Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is a fascinating animal that was discovered in 1998 off the coast of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The mimic octopus is the first known species to take on the characteristics of multiple species.This octopus is able to copy the physical likeness and movement of more...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Bedbugs Attack!
A lot is going on about bedbugs lately. I've done some posts about these creepy little bloodsuckers in the past and here's another one. Infographic: Bedbugs attack!related posts:Bedbugs Take Over USABedbugs: The Baleful Biters Are BoomingThe Bedbug ...
The Garden Of The Monsters
image creditIn sixteenth century Italy the nobility would often leave testimony of their greatness through the form of religious art. Not so Pier Francesco Orsini. He wanted to be remembered in an entirely different way - through his Park of the Monsters....
Is Google A Monopoly? A Historical Perspective
Google's search market share topped 66% in September. While there seems to be room for competition, monopolies are not all about market share. The US government filed anti-trust suits against US steel when they had 67% of the market. Could it happen...
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Bookmans Does Book Dominoes
Advertisement for Bookmans, a second-hand bookshop in Arizona. The song is 'Café Connection' by morgantj.(thanks Co...
Moonlight Cushion
This light-up colour changing cushion is made from ultra-soft plush fur. An internal light source illuminates the whole cushion with a gently shifting light that shimmers between various different colours.Powered by a battery pack that sits tucked away...
Dead Tired Pillows
That Moonlight Cushion is nice, isn't it? But tomorrow is Halloween and on that day you need something more fitting. You need some 'Dead Tired Pillows.'Blood splattered and with a matching bloodied axe to go with it on the reverse, you will certainly...
Bedbugs Take Over USA
Bed bugs are spreading across the USA. Bed bugs have overrun New York City and are now popping up in cities coast to coast. To date, high profile victims of bed bugs include the Metropolitan Opera House, the offices of the Wall Street Journal and the Waldorf Astoria.Next Media Animation, founded by...
Spooky Halloween Sounds
In need of some spooky Halloween sounds? Listen to these puppies.(thanks Co...
Human Aquarium
An amazing photo pieced together from 17 panoramic frames by Russian photographer Dmitriy Chistoprudov. The photo features 48 floors of a Russian office building called 'Federation' in Moscow Ci...
Jim And Pam's Guide To Office Romance
According to a 2009 survey, 40% of workers say they've dated a colleague at some point in their careers. 30% Say they married the person they dated at work.So, there's a good chance that you will get involved with someone from your office. Here are some...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Turn Yourself Into A Zombie
What would you look like as a Zombie? Turn yourself into a Zombie and find out.This is me as a Zomb...
Locks Of Love
image creditIt seems that locks aren't just simply used to keep property secure from theft and vandalism any more. For decades now a custom has slowly been creeping across the world whereby loving, romantic, and sometimes superstitious couples have decided...
Video Game Zombies
Gaming has a weird, gory kind of love affair with zombies. With Dead Rising 2 hitting two million sales, franchises like Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead etched into our cultural memory, it's clear that undead fever is as strong as it ever was.(thanks ...
Inception Button
We've been waiting a long time for this but it's finally here.An Inception Button.(thanks Co...
A Robot With Coffee-Filled Hands
Researchers at Cornell University, the University of Chicago and iRobot came up with an ideal robotic gripping device, a latex party balloon filled with ground coffee. They call it the Kinetic Object grippiNg Arm.It takes advantage of a physical phenomenon called jamming transition. When particles (like...
Hidden Treasure - The Socio-Political Cartoons Of Winsor McCay
image creditWinsor McCay, cartoonist and animator, died in 1934 but he set the standard in animated movie making that others, including Walt Disney, were duty bound to follow. He was also well known for his newspaper comic strips, Gertie the Dinosaur...
10 Of The Best Smells On Earth
Smell is one of the most powerful of our senses and it's also our most sensual. In all we can pick out a massive nine thousand different odours. Here are a few of the more stranger odours.(thanks Dan...
Most Dangerous Jobs In America
In 2009, 4,340 workers lost their lives due to fatal occupational injuries in the USA. Which jobs are the most dangerous, what are the risks of each occupation and what can you expect to get paid for potentially putting yourself in harm's w...
Thursday, October 28, 2010
First Photograph Of A Human Being
This is a Daguerreotype taken by the inventor of the process, Louis Daguerre, in 1838. It is a view of the Boulevard du Temple in Paris, France, and is believed to be the first ever photograph of a human being. To achieve this image he exposed a chemically...
Time Traveller From 1928?
This is currently doing the rounds on the Internet. Irish filmmaker George Clarke 'discovered' this footage in the extras of a Chaplin DVD boxset. The footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's The Circus shows a woman walking in the background who appears to be talking on a cell phone. In 1928!...
Wave Bookend
Wow, someone made a bookend that looks exactly like the waves in The Presurfer's logo. In fact, it is taken from the same image, 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by Japanese artist Hokusai, which was published sometime between 1830 and 18...
The Pont Du Gard Aqueduct Bridge - Masterpiece Of Ancient Building
image creditThe question 'what have the Romans ever done for us' was famously asked in the Monty Python film Life of Brian and certainly you might think that a few thousand years later that question is potentially redundant. However, one look at the...
Giant Cushion Protects Your Ears From Your iPhone
A large padded earpiece that attaches directly to your iPhone will save your delicate ear holes from wear and tear. Designer Robert Potter created his Earos concept in response to the minimalist approach to headsets by modern phone manufacturers.While...
Corruption Perceptions Index 2010
With governments committing huge sums to tackle the world's most pressing problems, from the instability of financial markets to climate change and poverty, corruption remains an obstacle to achieving much needed progress.The 2010 Corruption Perceptions...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
SwissRoomBox Portable Camper
SwissRoomBox, the world's smallest motor home set up fitting most cars.More about the SwissRoomBox.(thanks Co...
The Visual History Of Halloween
Halloween, a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31, is a mix of ancient Celtic practices, Catholic and Roman religious rituals and European folk traditions that blended together over time to create the holiday we know today.The Visual History...
New Species Discovered In The Amazon
More than 1,200 new species of plants and vertebrates have been discovered in the Amazon over the past decade - a new species every three days - according to a new WWF report, Amazon Alive.The new species include 637 plants, 257 fish, 216 amphibians,...
A Demonstration Of Newton's First Law Of Motion
Whether we like it or not, human life is subject to the universal laws of physi...
Shortest Video Ever On YouTube
What the title says, the shortest video ever on YouTube.(thanks Co...
Water Skeletons: Bones Made From Fluids
image creditWelcome to the incredible world of water skeletons. Profoundly unique in shapes, sizes and extortionate forms of movement, it's hard to believe that these skeletons are purely made from internal fluids.But how do they work? How do they move?...
Down For Maintenance?
Presurfer reader Bogdan created a site which lets visitors know if a site is down for maintenance, and how much long it will take. 'Down for Maintenance' serves two functions: it confirms whether a site really is down (sometimes, sites only appear to...
Travelogue
Travelogue is a pop-mythological and auto-biographical road movie by Robert Arnold, a journey through an imaginary American landscape, made entirely out of postcards.(thanks Co...
World Cup Oracle Octopus Paul Dies
Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of games during this year's World Cup soccer tournament, has died. The eight-tentacled cephalopod oracle died of natural causes. He 2 and a half years old. Paul enthralled millions of people around...
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A Guide On Choosing Your Best Hat Style
A guide on choosing your best hat style, because not all hats fit on all faces.(via J-Walk Bl...
Saudis In Audis
Saudis In Audis is a funny car music video parody.It has everything you need. Imitation leather seat, heater so it don't get colder, even has a mustache holder. Headlight so I see at night, cup holder for my sprite. It is flex fuel, don't you know, runs on gas and on cologne.(thanks Cora and Er...
10 Long Awaited Conspiracy Theories
What is the Phoenix Project, hoe did Mozart die, can apricots cure cancer, who was the man in the Iron Mask, is the Earth hollow, did Tom Ogle invent a vapor-fuel intake system for all automobiles?10 Long Awaited Conspiracy Theori...
Top 20 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2011
The new movies of 2011. It still doesn't sound like a real year does it? Hopefully 2011 is the year of surprises and sleeper hits, because the blockbuster line-up looks a little lackluster. And that's before we get to some (inevitable) disappointments.Here's...
Google Diagnostic Page For Malware Check
Did you know there's an easy way to perform a quick malware check on your site? Google Safe Browsing has a diagnostics page where you can find out. Just visit this URL and change the domain name in the end to the name where you host your site.Google...
Bicycle Airbag
Swedish designers have created a cycling 'collar' that is worn around the neck with an airbag hidden inside. When sensors in the device determine a crash has happened, an airbag, called Hövding, instantly inflates around the cyclist's head to form a...
Dimensions
Dimensions is an experimental prototype for the BBC. Dimensions brings home the human scale of events and places in history. The D-Day landing beaches measured from London to Norfolk in the UK. How far would the Titanic stretch down your street?Dimensions...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Why Does The Web Love Cats?
If you haven't noticed, cats are big on the Internet. Even though the occasional panda, turtle or slow loris gets a slice of the viral action, cats are, and always have been, the prevalent species to be found online.Why is it that the collective web...
The Most Dangerous Cities For Walking
Cities where pedestrians happily walk to their destinations instead of driving everywhere are our dream, but what if walking means taking your life into your hands? This is a look at a handful of cities around the world, and how often their pedestrians...
How to Be A Couch Potato
It was on July 15, 1976, we are told, that couch potato came into being, uttered by Tom Iacino of Pasadena, California, during a telephone conversation. He was a member of a Southern California group humorously opposing the fads of exercise and healthy...
Touch-Screen Devices Can Harbor Flu Germs
A squeeze, a flick, a touch - but keep those grimy, germ-infested hands off that iPhone. Who knows where those fingers have been? Personal touch-screen devices - iPads, BlackBerrys and Droids - are now seemingly everywhere, potentially harboring the...
Belgium
What do you know about Belgium? The country was inhabited in ancient times by the Belgae, the region was part of the Roman and Carolingian empires before breaking up into a number of feudal states during the Middle Ages. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium was given to the kingdom of the...
End Of An Era: Sony Stops Manufacturing Cassette Walkmans
Sony announced it will stop manufacturing and selling cassette Walkmans in Japan - after 30 years. Sony says the final lot was shipped to retailers in April this year, and once the last units are sold, there will be no cassette Walkmans available anymore.The...
Pictures Of Muslims Wearing Things
Former NPR analyst Juan Williams, among other ignorant people, has an irrational fear of Muslims, and thinks you can identify them based on what they look like. Here I will post pictures of Muslims wearing all sorts of things in an attempt to refute...
WheelchairNet
WheelchairNet is a community for people who have a common interest in wheelchair technology and its improvement and successful application. It's a community organized along the lines of a real town.This virtual town is inhabited, visited and managed...
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Ecuadorean Crowned Spanish Siesta Champion
The first national siesta championship was held in Madrid, Spain, and was organised by the National Association of Friends of the Siesta. Participants were monitored as they rested on bright blue sofas in the middle of a shopping mall for a 20-minute...
The Undead Side Of Sears
Sears is an American merchandising company, historically one of the world's largest retailers. Now Sears targets a new group of customers: Zombies. There are special shops for female and male Zombies.There's a Zombie gift guide, and a Zombie Friend Maker...
A Wooden Car
This wooden car apparently rides on a 1986 Toyota truck frame and gets power from a Chrysler 318 engine. It is driven by an automatic transmission and has just 1,800 miles on its odometer. The whole body is made of cedar and its interior is just as cool...
The Bed Moat
The Bed Moat is a sleek, new, innovative and effective bed bug monitor to assist in the battle against bed bugs. The Bed Moat monitors should be placed under each leg of the furniture where people sleep. The leg of the furniture should rest in the centre...
The Giant Norias Of Hama
image creditThe Norias of Hama in Syria have been turning for hundreds of years. There are still seventeen of these enormous waterwheels in the city.At the time that Dante was writing The Inferno, the minds of Islamic engineers turned in this ancient...
8 Dishes Inspired by TV Shows
image creditIf you're the parent of a tween, you're probably familiar with 'spaghetti tacos.' For those not in the know, the idea for this newfound dish - literally spaghetti piled into a hard taco shell - was sparked by a recent episode of Nickelodeon's...
Baby Monkey (Going Backwards On A Pig)
Have you ever seen a baby monkey riding a pig backwards?After seeing this video you can say you have.(via Humany...
10 Unforgettable Children's Fads
They're shaped like everything from a ballet slipper to a dinosaur, and you've probably seen kids, teens, even adults sporting the colorful bracelets on their wrists, making Silly Bandz the 'it' accessory of the moment. But this isn't the first time...
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