Bush signing statement claims he can search our mail without a warrant

Today President Bush signed the H.R. 6407, the "Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. In doing so he added a few signing statements. One of them is particularly alarming, as it says that they can search our mail without a warrant.

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Most Important Science Stories of 2006 according to Scientific American

Brief listing: Pluto a Dwarf... new Fossil...Inconvenient Truth...Steve Irwin...Perelman Declines Fields Medal...Wine RNA...Saturn Pix...Stem Cells w/o Harming Embryos...Lucy's Baby..Overfishing.. H20 on Mars...Human Testing Gone Wrong...Dark Matter...Invisibility...Fewer Breast Cancers...Wireless Energy...Element 118...Cervical Cancer Vaccine

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2006 LifeHack Review: Best 50 hacks for your Life

"I ’ve selected the best 50 life hacks of the year, based on their popularity and contents in different categories. Invest your time - read them. Bookmark this page and mark reading them as one of your new year resolutions."

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The Universe's Dark Side: New Way To Form Black Hole Uncovered

Nature has again thrown astronomers for a loop. Just when they thought they understood how gamma-ray bursts formed, they have uncovered what appears to be evidence for a new kind of cosmic explosion. These seem to arise when a newly born black hole swallows most of the matter from its doomed parent star.

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Mac OS X start up sound volume control

I never knew how to change this or even mute it. Now I got this. It might be helpful to other Mac users.

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DIY Speech Recognition Security System

The function of this speech recognition security system is to have a system that will only unlock upon recognizing a voice password spoken by the administrator or password holder.

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Official Google Blog: How we came up with year-end Zeitgeist data

The Zeitgeist is "the spirit of time." This is why when we come up with the lists of top searches on Google.com for 2006, we do not simply retrieve the most frequently-searched terms for the period -- the truth is, they don't change that much from year to year.

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Wikipedia Page for Saddam Hussein's Execution

Confirmation of Saddam's hanging went out about 10 minutes ago and this Wikipedia page is growing as the information is made public. Nice living case study on the growth of a Wikipedia page.

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50 Dumbest Things Bush Ever Said. Wow.

This is the official list of the 50 dumbest things President George W. Bush every said.

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DREAD Weapon System: Devastating, Jam-Proof, and Silent

The gun looks like an angry flying saucer, and the ammo looks like golf balls. A flying saucer that shoots golf balls should be funny. But 120,000 rounds per minute at .50 caliber makes that not one bit funny.

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Gasoline Prices: Why $2.189 and not $2.19; Why The Third Decimal Place?

Something we see everyday but don't really care about - gasoline prices.

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VideoJug: The Online 'How To' Video Site

If you are trying to figure out 'how to' do something new you might want to search VideoJug for some visual directions.

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The NSFW Directive – An Update with Examples

An updated outline for using the REL attribute for marking content as inappropriate, with example code.

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Largest Grossing Tours of 2006

From extravagant light shows to flawless vocals, the top-grossing tours of 2006 boasted everything a fan could possibly want, from old favorites the Rolling Stones returning to the road, to friendly faces like Madonna, to other performers ranging from country stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (on tour together) to the theatrical Cirque du Soleil.

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Unabomber's Secret Code Cracked

A decade after the feds tracked him down, CBS 5 Investigates has uncovered exclusive new information about Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, including a secret code he developed, and the confessions revealed as the code was broken.

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Script.aculo.us: How to easily AJAX your site

Script.aculo.us is a tiny (140KB) javascript framework that gives you the power of effects, several dynamic data components, and all you need to know is a little bit about HTML and how to read. If you already have your own website, it is not hard to do. Follow these steps to AJAX up your site in no time...

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Family Guy: Peter Griffin Takes Ecstasy

"Ha, How you doin' that? How you doin' that?"

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RIP Mitch Hedberg, on the Jay Leno Show. Absolutely Hilarious!

Mitch Hedberg clip from Google Video. Totally funny.

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Underwater CO2 bombs - Use them before the gov. bans dry ice.

Backyard pool explosions of dry ice bombs. Multiple underwater explosions, and one detonating on the surface. The explosion is so powerful ... all » it sets off a car alarm 2 houses away

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Unbelievable Thai Mui Action ~ Tony Jaa

Tony Jaa is the actor starred in "Ong Bak", The Protector. Fascinating real life fighting action!

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The Power Of Video Editing Video

It's incredible what the technology of video editing can do these days!

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Watch Free TV Online

You can watch tv shows, anime, cartoons for free by using this site. Videos are hosted through different sites with links on this site.

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Jessica Biel high resolution bikini beach pictures

Jessica bending in all sorts of positions playing a beach paddle game. She's even reading a book in one pic, i had no idea she could even read.

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Cinematical's Top Ten Films of 2006

There were many films this year that went off in my head like bomb blasts, random and surprising and powerful. if desperate times call for desperate measures, then our time calls for powerful art -- films that can cut through cant and dogma and tradition and the way things have been to shock, provoke and entertain us.

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Saddam to be hanged by Sunday

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday, NBC News reports.

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Darwin Awards 2006

The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those who accidentally remove themselves from it. Here is the best of 2006.

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The Top 8 Earth Science Stories of 2006

Global warming as hot topic, water worlds under Antarctic ice, King Tut's alien heat source, and more...

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BREATHTAKING photos of strange cloud formations! Unbelieveable.

The most beautiful pictures of clouds I have ever seen. So amazing! A picture is worth a thousand words...

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Send Anonymous Text Messages

Ever want to text someone anonymously? Hit up AnonTxt and just enter in an alias, a subject, and the message itself, and it'll be quickly sped to the cellphone number of your choosing.

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Sniffing On Ethernet Undetected

All you need is a MAC and a device and you can sniff without sending any packets, making yourself invisible. I have been in some tight spots where I had to sniff a password or two off the wire, or sniff some packets off the wire undetected.. So I tried a few things and this is what worked..

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Keyboard Hack: Cheat sheet for typing odd characters (®, µ, æ, £, ©, ñ, ±)

No downloads or setting changes necessary. Quick reference sheet on how to type lesser used, but often needed symbols and characters.

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Basic PHP Security

Tutorial on simple prevention of SQL injections and other easy PHP security mistakes.

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Ninja Words - A really fast dictionary... fast like a ninja

Ninjas + Ajax = Ninjax?

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Torrentspy is monitored by Copyright Thoughtpolice

My coworker just got a nasty letter from his ISP (optonline) accusing him of copyright infringement. It turns out that his kid got caught downloading some warez from one of the trackers indexed by Torrentspy. It seems that someone is monitoring the Torrentspy network so be careful what you are downloading out there.

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Best of 2006: Top 10 Gadgets for the Filthy Rich

Do you travel in private jets? Decorate your foyer with real Renoirs? Use the word "foyer"? Then there's no way you're going to get your gadget fix from anything you can get at Best Buy... we're talking gear so expensive you'll have your butlers pick them up in your gold-plated helicopter.

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Intelligent Design tries to rally its base

John Timmer presents a fascinating summary—from the point of view of a scientist—of a talk given by the Discovery Institute's Michael Behe at the University of Kansas.

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Cool Photos Of Cherry Icicles & Frozen Cherry Trees From Unexpected Weather

These photos look surreal: frozen cherries on the tree that have morphed into icicles due to cold weather: "These are frozen cherry trees in a place called Ceres which is 140km from Cape Town, South Africa."

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Underwater Restaurant!

Now thats geniune! I'm thinking of a place to propose to my gf and this tops it! Too bad we don't have these restaurants where I live :)

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Big bellies tied to greater heart disease risk - Yahoo! News

The message is really obesity in the abdomen matters even more than obesity overall,

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PICTURE: The Caffeine Curve

What happens to your mood when you take cups of coffee. Quite interesting.

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How Motherboards Are Made: A Gigabyte Factory Tour

Without a doubt, motherboards are the most complex and essential part of the modern PC. Take a look at how one is made and all the steps it goes through.

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Apple granted patent for ‘hybrid low power computer mouse’

This invention relates generally to low power user input devices. More specifically, the invention describes an ultra low power computer mouse having an optical tracking engine and inertial tracking engine that cooperate to provide velocity data to a computing device.

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AllofMP3.com Responds to RIAA Lawsuit

AllofMP3 takes the Ares Galaxy approach to the music industry's $1.65 trillion lawsuit.

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HD DVD Encryption Hacked!

It looks like someone finally did it! "BackupHDDVD is a tool to decrypt a AACS protected movie that you own, so you can play it back later using an HDDVD player software."

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The Crossing - Valve's New Game

Single Player! Multiplayer! Crossplayer?! Valve is coming out with a new game, yes it's an FPS, but there's something different about it. Any ideas? See this trailer and check out this week's 1up show.

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Nintendo's Wii Breaks the 3 million sales mark worldwide!!

Due to strong sales in Japan and North America in the build up to the holidays, Nintendo's Wii has now sold over 3 million copies worldwide, over twice as many as Sony's Playstation 3 in a similar timeframe.

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First Ever XFPS 360 Review - Keyboard & Mouse Really Comes to 360!

The first ever review on the XFPS 360 has been completed - a peripheral that allows a keyboard and mouse on the Xbox 360. The positives are that it works as promised, is programmable and even allows the use of Playstation/2 peripherals. The downsides are that it requires the use of a wired controller and no has no in-built headset support.

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Pirates of the Caribbean 3 images of Keith Richards with Jack Sparrow

Keithe Richards in his Pirates of the Caribbean 3 outfit next to Johnny Depp, plus a glimpse at Keira Knieghtley and Barbossa, as well as one of the Asian pirate roles' outfits. Can't wait!

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Company Logos and Their Meanings

From FedEx to Sun Micro

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Original Pledge of Allegiance Didn't Mention God

Francis Bellamy (1855 - 1931), a Baptist minister, wrote the original Pledge in August 1892. He was a Christian Socialist. In his Pledge, he is expressing the ideas of his first cousin, Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward (1888) and Equality (1897).But there is no "One Nation Under God"

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The 25 BEST things ever said, by anyone

My favorite: Those who would give up a little freedom to get a little security shall soon have neither --Benjamin Franklin

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Cheap Eats

Your guide to eating cheap including tips, recipes and techniques.

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Inventor Of Water Powered Car Murdered

Stan Meyer's had spoken repeatedly about how he was being threatened by oil companies, but refused to bow to their wishes of abandoning the project...

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Soda Can: Healed & Sealed Revealed!!

Learn how to take a crushed and empty can and make it refill and seal itself infront of your audiences eyes....!! One of David Blaine's best tricks!

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McCain's Plan Might Be Sending His Own Son to Iraq

For McCain, push for troops in Iraq is personal, the Senator ’s son, now a Marine, could be deployed if Bush OKs ‘surge’ plan

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50 Things We Know Now, That We Didn't Know In 2005

16. A new planet described as a "super-Earth," which weighs 13 times as much as our planet, exists in a solar system 9,000 light-years away. Is my favorite

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35 most outrageous fees (and how to avoid them)

CNN lists 35 most outrageous fees (and how to avoid them)Pretty neat

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US follows Roman Empire lead, Gives citizenship foreigners if they serve

The Roman Empire used this tactic in the latter years of the Empire. The Roman Army was made up of foreigners from provinces distant to Rome, who gained Roman citizenship after completing their term of service. The US has just announced the same policy.

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10 Steps to Becoming Stress Free

Bertha snapped at Ted because he did not wash out his coffee mug. Bob yelled at Lisa for not putting paper in the copy machine. Darcy left a nasty note in the ladies room explaining to all the women the proper way to replace toilet paper after finishing a roll. Sound familiar? Ten steps to becoming stress free

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Researchers identify a 'heartbeat' in Earth's climate

A few years ago, an international team of researchers went to the middle of the Pacific Ocean and drilled down five kilometers below sea level in an effort to uncover secrets about the earth's climate history. They exceeded their expectations and have published their findings in the Dec. 22 edition of the journal Science.

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On Creation

Not that I necessarily agree with the author, but this article makes for a *very* interesting read for both Christians and Atheists . Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to a so called creator of human intelligence, especially when there's no reason to believe one even exist...

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Holy crap, the first giant squid ever caught alive today in Japan!

A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live — possibly for the first time — and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said Friday.

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40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation

Now I am no grammar whiz but I know a good resource when I see it. Purdue University maintains an online writing lab and I spent some time digging through it. Originally the goal was to grab some good tips that would help me out at work and on this site, but there is simply too much not to share.

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Albert Einstein's Riddle

Are you in the top 2% of the intelligent people in the world? - Einstein claimed that 98% of people wouldn't be able to solve this riddle.

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What's Your Energy Footprint?

We now demand more of the planet than of any other time in history. Care to see exactly how we are measuring up, and how the drive for renewable fuels is becoming inevitable? Take a look at where we are now and where we hope to go.

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The World As I See It - An Essay by Einstein

"How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people..."

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An Amazing Chart of Foods that Heal.

This a very comprehensive chart of foods and their specific medical benefits. Eat well !!

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Asteroid to pass within 22,000mi of Earth in April 2029, NASA Brainstorms

NASA is drawing up a shortlist of ideas to be unveiled early next year for diverting a 40m-ton asteroid that is on course to pass dangerously close to Earth.

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SETI has made ET contact

"On May 9, 2006 in Toronto, Steven M. Greer said that SETI had made contact with extraterrestrials, and that the signals were being jammed by either the NSA or NRO." Check out http://www.disclosureproject.org for more info.

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PICTURES: Sun's Surface From 5000 Kilometers

High-resolution pictures of our star, the Sun, seen from 5000km.

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Cup of tea may help boost memory!

"Drinking regular cups of tea could help improve your memory, research suggests." Both green tea and black tea inhibit enzymes that help produce protein deposits in the brain which are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Green tea's inhibitive effect lasts longer. Good news for those of us who love to drink tea, particularly green tea.

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Awsome space wallpapers set

Kick ass collection of high resolution space walpapers for you on Xmas :)

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101 Amazing Facts of Earth

The following list of Earth's extremes and other amazing facts is presented in Q&A format, so you can cover the answers to test your knowledge of the home planet. Sources include the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with other reporting.

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Aurora Borealis from Space

This amazing image of the Aurora Borealis was photographed by an STS-116 crew member aboard Space Shuttle Discovery last week. City lights and stars are also visible in this image from space because of the long camera exposure.

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Awesome video of a Meteor going through the sky, very bright...

Very cool, I'm not real big into science, so I dunno if this would be considered a good video or what, but I thought it was really cool...

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Parasite turns Women into Sex Kittens

Apparently this happens with 40% of the world's population...

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Spiders on drugs

These are pictures of webs of spiders that were given drugs, the diffrent drugs are - LSD, mescaline, hashish, and the worst caffeine

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12 Secrets to Being The Perfect Human

Dean Karnazes ran 50 marathons in 50 days. He does 200 miles just for fun. He'll race in 120-degree heat. Here are 12 secrets to his success.

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12 ideas to keep off holiday pounds

The Twelve Days of Christmas bring holiday foods meant to be enjoyed, but no one wants a weight problem when the merriment ends.

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The mathematics of cloaking

The theorists who first created the mathematics that describe the behaviour of the recently announced "invisibility cloak" have revealed a new analysis that may extend the current cloak's powers, enabling it to hide even actively radiating objects like a flashlight or cell phone.

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Very Cool - 40 Ink Blot Test Wallpapers (black & white and color)

"The Ink-blot Test, also known as The Rorschach Test was originally invented by Hermann Rorschach. (1884-1922) as a psychology/personality test used by psychiatrists on their patients. A patient will look into a series of 10 inkblots (Some in color and some in black and white) and say what they see.

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Incredible CGI Special FX

This guy makes incredible CGI Special FX with his home computer. Why can't Hollywood match this guy's abilities and quality?

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Find Out if Your Brain is Male or Female

Find out more about 'brain sex' differences by taking the Sex ID test, a series of visual challenges and questions used by psychologists in the BBC One television series Secrets of the Sexes.

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Cool Star Wars Graffiti: I Am Your Father

Really cool looking star-wars inspired graffiti done on mangy old thug-corners. You see now, there is a star-wars nerd among everybody..even hooligans and crooks who lurk in the shadows.

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Google Notebook Search: Go through people's notebooks

Google Notebook Search is still a Google Labs service, but it's open to the public. It lets you search through everyone's public notebooks. Fun.

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Top 10 Wired Colleges

The most high-tech campuses in the country.

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AJAX for n00bs

Take a look on the net and you'll see endless pages of AJAX Frameworks: libraries which promise to do all the trivial and dirty AJAX work for you, leaving you free to code without actually understanding how the application you're writing really works. So lets pull back the smoke and mirrors and see what AJAX is and why it's just a simple evolution

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Don't Fire A Gun In Minneapolis, They're Listening

Minneapolis, police claim to have made an arrest within hours after installing a new system which detects and pinpoints the sound of a gunshot. Cool and frightening Technology.

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Microsoft bribing bloggers with free high-spec laptops

W...T...F... Microsoft has been sending out free top-of-the-line laptops pre-loaded with Vista to bloggers. "No strings attached". This is of course right before the launch of Vista to consumers. Make no mistake -- these weren't loans, they were 'gifts'.

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How To Boot iPod Into Secret Diagnostic Mode!

Use this video tutorial to learn how to boot your iPod into the secret diagnostic mode used for hardware testing.

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Ever Wonder How They Mod ATM Machines To Steal Your Card # And Pin?

The equipment used to capture your ATM card number and PIN is clevery disguised to look like normal ATM equipment.

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WiiRoomba

People have come up with numerous ways to control their Roombas and now that the Wiimote has been hacked to operate several non-Wii devices -- computers, home automation systems, and even an RC truck -- it's no surprise that some clever modder would make theses two great tastes taste great together.

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2006's Best in Online Video

Here's a look back at the year in online video, when people from all walks (and dances) of life put themselves in front of a camera and captured the eyes, minds and clicking fingers of millions. (Article features embedded YouTube, of course, for all videos)

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How Hackers Are Using Google To Pwn Your Site

Its wild how easy Google has made it to find hackable code and websites...

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Top 10 Point-and-Shoot Cameras

Easy to use, point-and-shoot cameras are a great choice for the casual photographer. Ratings and rankings can change due to pricing and technology changes, so check back frequently for the latest info.

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Creating fake 'Miniature' environments In Photoshop - Skill Level: Easy

Very simple but effective photoshop tutorial to make real images look like miniatures, takes 2 minutes. You will need Photoshop CS2 or better.

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Facebook creator turns down $1.6 billon offer from Yahoo

ROFL, what an idiot.

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Swiss man takes to the skies with wings and a jetpack.

The wings which have a 3 metre span have two kerosene-powered engines attached which propel the passenger. Yes please.

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67 of the Most Amazing Optical Illusions You Will Ever See

Awesome site with 67 illusions along with dozens of variations, each illusion also comes with a description of what exactly is happening.

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What the heck are these services running on my Mac and how can I kill them?

Ever wonder what all those services are when you bring up Activity Monitor? Well, wonder no more. Here is a comprehensive list of all those services that are running on your Mac with a description of what they do. Find out which services are just slowing you down and how to get rid of them permanently.

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Inkless pen- will last forever!

A stainless steel pen, 8cm long. However when you unscrew the top, the 'nib' is a solid piece of metal. There is no ink, yet this pen will write on virtually any type of paper.

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Spray Paint Art

Spray paint artist from Potoroz, Slovenia doing sci-fi paintings in less then 10 min.

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Digg Enters Top 20 (Most Visted Sites) In Alexa Rankings

Digg has officially broken the 20 mark for most visited websites in the United States. Digg now comes in at 19th place in the rankings where can be found here. Digg falls just behind Microsoft and IMDB while it beats out some very big names which include: The New York Times, Wal-Mart, Weather.com, Mapquest, Best Buy, and much more.

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Permanently Activate Windows Vista

"Until now, Microsoft has an upper hand, with no permanent or foolproof ways to crack or bypass Windows Vista activation request emerged."..."Now, there is new crack method that able to permanently stop the countdown timer of time left to activate Windows Vista, effectively running Vista OS in full functionality evaluation mode forever. "

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Google Predictions, 2007

Google had an exciting year in 2006 — stealing headlines with almost everything they did, even if the news wasn't particularly exciting. Will the excitement carry forward in 2007? Like most of you, I don't know, but I have a few predictions about what we can expect to happen in the coming year.

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Make your license plate disappear at the flick of a switch!

If you were all wondering how that Bullrun Lamborghini did it. This cool product allows you to hide your license plate from inside your car. Using some kind of electric glass, which is connected to your car battery. When the switch is pressed it makes your license plate invisible to all law enforcement vehicles, and cameras.Legality Questionable =]

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1 Man, 8 Stereotypes

Awesome actor portrays these stereotypes flawlessly.

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Danny Bonaduce tells a 9/11 conspiracy guy what he thinks

9/11 conspiracy guy John Conner sticks a microphone and camera in Bonaduce's face while he's eating and... just watch...

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the scale of some stuff in the universe

must see

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Charles Manson Interview - San Quentin Prison

This guy's never getting out of prison..

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SNL Digital Short - A Special Christmas Box (Uncensored)

Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg sing about a special gift idea for your girlfriend.

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White House doesn't want the press to know who visits vice president

The Bush administration asked an appeals court Wednesday to overrule a federal judge and allow the White House to keep secret any records of visitors to Vice President Dick Cheney's residence and office. To make the visitor records public would be an "unprecedented intrusion into the daily operations of the vice presidency," said the DoJ.

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What $1 Million Buys In Homes Around The World

There was a time when $1 million could buy an urban penthouse, a waterfront villa, even a mountain chalet. But those days are a thing of the past, according to Liam Bailey, head of residential research for worldwide property adviser Knight Frank. "One million dollars doesn't buy very much in the most desirable global property locations," he says.

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instructables: Hacking DVD/Videogame Physical Security

"I started this project when i my Dad bought dvd's from a Hollywood Video that was about an hour away, brought them home, and found that the cashier had left in the security bar that keeps you from opening the box. After tearing apart one box, utterly destroying it, i figured out a better way."

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Photos: 'Impossible Triangle' Scuplture built in Australia

Destined to become a bold icon for Perth, the "Impossible Triangle" has been erected in Claisebrook Square, East Perth. In order to create a bold and visible landmark for, the size of the sculpture was increased from the planned height of 9 metres to 13.5 metres.

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Building instructions for EVERY LEGO SET EVER

This site has complete instructions for building every lego set EVER. Break your box out of the closet and get building!

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Sweet hack for FF and IE users. Make web pages load much faster.

Make web pages load lightning fast.. A must-see tweak for Firefox and Internet Explorer users. Most browsers are configured for dial-up.. Tweak the settings to boost surfing speeds and minimize page load times...

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Looking for a video? Search 60 video sites (YouTube, gVideo...) at once.

Metatube is programmed to search 60 video sites to find the video you want. So if something isn't on YouTube, you can search 59 other sites easily. Which is awesome when something you wanted to show your buddies gets taken off YouTube.

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Photoshop CS3 Preview - The New Interface

Photoshop guru Deke McClelland delves into one of the biggest changes in Photoshop CS3 - the new Interface.

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Time Person of The Year: It's You!

YOU were named TIME magazine 'Person of the Year' Saturday for the explosive growth and influence of user-generated Internet content such as 'blogs', video-file sharing site YouTube and social network MySpace... You -- YES, YOU -- beat out candidates including Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, China's President Hu Jintao, North Korean leader Ki

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By Popular Demand: 50 More ’80s Commercials

Seems that Giant magazine forgot more than a few entries when they compiled their list of the 50 top commercials of the 1980's. After a lot of user submissions, they present the 50 most requested (and missing) ads!

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Top 10 Movie Trailers of 2006

IFILM picks their top 10 movie trailers of 2006. Debate and discuss!

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Gonzo--Detailed Description/Review of New Hunter S. Thompson Book

Only 3,000 printed/$300 each. This brief article offers a glimpse of the beautiful and rare book. Intro by Johnny Depp.

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The Full Length Shrek The Third Trailer is Now Online

Looks cool!

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All a TV writer wants for Christmas

A top 50 list of Christmas wishes, including one of my favourite bits of unobtanium; The Complete WKRP DVD set with the original tunes. Sadly there's some 4 letter Grinch preventing this from happening.

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TuneGlue° | Relationship Explorer

Relationship mapping of bands/artists. On site type in an artist, and click the circle that pops up representing that artist. When you expand, tuneglue will generate a web of similar-sounding artists.

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Top 50 Viral Videos of 2006

iFilm picks the Top 50 for 2006, the Year of the Viral Video. Debate, discuss and be disgusted!

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Beat Any Parking Ticket! Don't Ever Pay Again!

This youTube Video demonstrates how anyone can contest any parking ticket that they get from when a parking meter runs out of time. This exposes a serious flaw in the parking meter system. City governments are being greedy and "Taxing" citizens unjustly with parking tickets that they don't deserve, learn how you can defend yourself.

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Buzz Aldrin Talks About UFO during Apollo 11

Apollo 11 is the mission that put man on the moon. About halfway into the trip, the astronauts spotted a strange object. Buzz Aldrin talks about what they did and having to hide it from NASA to stop any panic. We hear conspiracy theorists talk about UFOs all the time, but hearing someone as famous as the 2nd person on the moon is slightly different

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Have you ever wondered where the government spends all your money?

This giant detailed graph shows exactly where all your hard earned tax dollars are spent. Did you know the army spent 638 million dollars on bullets for 2007, and 10.2 BILLION on missile defense but only 11 million for the Office of Government Ethics? LOL pretty awesome.

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The rising use of SWAT teams is bad, but it's about to get worse.

In 2005, for example, Baltimore's Cheryl Lynn Noel, a mother and churchgoing woman, was shot to death when she mistook raiding police officers for intruders. She was holding a legal handgun when they kicked open her bedroom door. That raid was conducted after police investigators found marijuana seeds in the family trash.

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Largest Order Ever of Rolls Royce Phantoms Delivered (Pics)

"The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong has been shuttling guests to and from the airport and around town in Rolls-Royce automobiles since 1970, when it took delivery of a then-record seven Silver Shadows. Today, the Peninsula outdid itself, taking delivery of fourteen long-wheelbase Phantoms built to custom specifications through RR's Bespoke program."

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Over 25% of Legislation Passed in 109th Congress Was Renaming Buildings

“Of the 383 pieces of legislation that were signed into law during the two-year 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renaming federal buildings and structures — primarily post offices after various Americans.”

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Man buying 400 POUNDS of pot gets 18 months.

A 26 year old man tried to buy 400 pounds of marijuana for $455,000 in cash. He faced 40 Years in prison, but only got 18 months. Why? He's the police chief's son.

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Antidepressants to get new suicide warnings

Antidepressants can increase the risk of suicidal behaviors in people up to age 24, federal public health officials warned Wednesday as they decided to expand a drug warning label that now applies only to children and adolescents.

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Why Knuckles Crack and Joints Creak

Some peoples' bodies play a percussive symphony of cracking and creaking, thanks to the large orchestra of noise-making human joints. But what's behind it all?

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Marijuana Reform Ads

Thes are the latest Marijuana Reform ads refused in Washington D.C. “Marijuana Laws Waste Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Lock Up Non-Violent Americans.”

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How do I get experimental drugs?

On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration proposed expanding access to experimental treatments for patients with life-threatening diseases. Pharmaceutical companies and government agencies conduct thousands of studies every year to test drugs for commercial use. How can you get your hands on these new drugs?

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Taco Bell Recipe Released. Make your own Taco Bell Meat!

Well if the E. Coli Scare Has You Staying Away From Taco Bell Here Is The Recipe For The Meet.

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How to photograph Christmas Lights

Photo-enthusiast blog Strobist shows you how to capture dazzling photos of Christmas-light displays. This tutorial isn't so much about the method of nighttime shooting as it is framing your shot well and shooting your scene at the optimal time: The problem with 98% of Christmas-lights photos is that most people wait until way too late...

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DiggStatus - How do you compare to the rest of the Digg community?

"DiggStatus is a small utility that calculates the average usage statistics of Digg users and compares them to the statistics of a selected user. It utilizes PHP, MySQL, Flash, and XML." Type in your Digg user name and see how you compare to other Digg users, in terms of story submissions, Diggs, comments, friends, etc.

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Photoshop CS3 For Windows Cracked!

Yep, it works just fine now, no trial period no nothing.

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Jot This Down! An Overview of Popular Note-Taking Applications

"The brain can only hold so much throw-away data at one time. In this age of digital overload, there ’s little room left over for temporary phone numbers, phone messages, notes from a conference call meeting, reminders that aren’t big enough to be full-blown tasks, etc."

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Ten Bad-Ass Bots, with eight bad-ass videos

Robots like Cylon centurions, RoboCop's ED-209, Tom Servo, and the toughest of the Replicants, all in action. I defy you to find a bot more bad-ass than these.

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The end of "The Real World" is near!

What was once an insightful, thoughtful exploration of race, class and gender is now nothing more than a big ol' 'ho camp. Witness the beginning of the end of The Real World.

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'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Sentenced for Filming Girls Under 18

'Girls Gone Wild' Founder Sentenced for Filming Girls Under 18

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The Father From "Everybody Loves Raymond" Had Died

Peter Boyle, the father in TV's "Everybody Loves Raymond" passed away in New York on Wednesday.

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Seinfeld Horror Spoof

Seinfeld recut into a horror movie. This has to be the most amazing editing job I've ever seen for one of these spoofs, really well done and funny!

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Roller Coaster Tycoon massacre!

remember when all you ever tried to do in this game is create as much havoc as possible?

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Amazing! Snowflake magnified from 93x-36000x in 8 increments.

Low temperature SEM magnification series for a snow crystal. Really cool, has 8 images of a snow crystal continually zoomed in until 36000x

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Why Teens Do Stupid Things

Teens smoke, take drugs, have unprotected sex and ride with drunk drivers, not because they think they are invulnerable or haven't thought about the risks, says a new Cornell study.

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Dr. Shameless: Why I take handouts from drug companies

"My drug-company habit started innocently enough —a pen here, a lunch there. But soon I hit the harder stuff: a trip to Italy in exchange for attending a symposium, tickets to a Mets game for my sons and me (and a chatty drug rep). Et cetera. There's a moment when each of us knows we have gone over the edge."

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Wicked Looking Fish Dredged Up From The Depths

"Many species of deep ocean fish have special adaptations to living in extremely high pressure, low light conditions. Viper fish are some of the most wicked looking fish dredged up from the depths. Some of them are black as night all over with light organs in strategic places on their bodies, including one on a long dorsal fin that serves as a lur

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Possible Fingerprint of Alzheimer's Found

Scientists appear to have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer's disease lurking in patients' spinal fluid, a step toward a long-awaited test for the memory-robbing disease that today can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy.

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Sweet Periodic Table Picture

Very cool Periodic Table of the Elements picture. Let me know if anyone knows where I can get this one in poster form.

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New Forecast: Severe Space Storm Headed to Earth

Space weather forecasters revised their predictions for storminess after a major flare erupted on the Sun overnight threatening damage to communication systems and power grids while offering up the wonder of Northern Lights.

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11 Misconceptions About Marijuana

Analyzes the marijuana information presented on the Drug Free America's website and finds it to be factually, statistically, and logically flawed. The author provides sourced counter claims to disprove some of the most common fallacies concerning marijuana.

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iPod once again to be Top Selling 'Most Wanted' Holiday Gadget

8% of those polled expected to buy one of Apple iPod digital music players this holiday shopping season, with only 3% planning to buy a Nitendo Wii or Sony PlayStation 3, while just 2% have their sights set on Microsoft's Xbox 360. The findings suggest that for a second straight year, the iPod will be the top selling "must have" holiday gadget

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HP getting a little worried

MacBooks show up at HP meetings and their executives kind of freak out.

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If You Can Hum It, Nayio Might Find It

This morning, the music software and remixing company Nayio is launching its Humming Search feature in the U.S. This tool is supposed to be able to identify songs by listening to you hum a few bars.

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How to login to an expired Windows

Thanks to Microsoft, if you do not activate your Windows after 30 days of use, you will be locked out of your own computer! Find out how to bypass this and login without downloading anything!

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A MySQL Cheat Sheet

"The MySQL cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing useful information about MySQL. It includes a list of the available functions in MySQL, as well as data types. It also includes a list of MySQL functions available in PHP, and a list of useful sample queries to select data from a database."

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FTC says stealth marketing unethical

The Federal Trade Commission said in an official opinion that trying to build "viral" marketing campaigns by paying "ordinary people" to use products was a violation of the agency's endorsement guidelines.

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How to Have an Overnight Internet Success Story

The near overnight success of companies such as YouTube, Facebook, Flickr and Digg has motivated a slew of us into believing that we too can create the next big thing on the Internet. But does your idea truly have the potential to attract millions of monthly unique visitors in less than two years time?

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Ars Technica's first look at Firefox 3.0

The recent release of Firefox 3.0 Alpha 1 provides insight into the future of the popular open source web browser. With the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine, Firefox 3 now leverages the powerful Cairo vector drawing library and passes the Acid 2 test.

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Top 3 Internet Speed Test Sites

If your Internet connection seems slow, the first step is to actually benchmark it at an Internet speed test site. An Internet speed test can give you a fairly accurate indication of how much bandwidth is available to you at the current time.

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Geek to Live: iTunes power tips

We've posted boatloads of iTunes hacks, workarounds, features, screenshots and tips over the past 2 years. But today I'd like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version.

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Xbox 360 Compare: DVD vs. HD-DVD

"The difference between HD DVD and regular DVD is astounding, and really offers a true next gen experience. The price, at only 200 bucks, is a steal, and the fact that it comes with a great movie makes it even sweeter."

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The 15 Best Places to Waste Time on the Web

It's first thing in the morning and you're at the office. You're sipping your coffee and sifting through e-mail, but you're not quite ready to delve into the real work of the day. So what are you gonna do? Fire up your Web browser and distract yourself by wasting time on the Internet.

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VIDEO: Jon Stewart Says Goodbye to the 109th Congress

Last night Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team put together a touching farewell to the outgoing 109th do-nothing-Congress. The "where are they now?" part at the end is classic.

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Time Presents: The Best Photographs of 2006

Time Magazines presentation of "The Year in Pictures". From the Tour de France, to the bloodshed in Lebanon. A compilation of photographs of the events of 2006.

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Group of Lions Marooned on an Island 'Evolve' into Super Lions

A group of lions were marooned in a small island fifteen years ago when the course of the river changed. Instead of perishing, they ’ve learned to swim and became strong (as well as large and smart) enough to hunt the only prey available: the giant buffalo. Thus, the island has become a unique, ecological experiment.

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How to Take a Punch

Taking a punch is very important if you are fighting. If you can't take punches, you will more likely lose in a fight. Here are some instructions you can use to help you take a punch.

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POT Refridgerator Uses NO Electicity & Prevents Food Spoilage

How a VERY VERY simple invention saved the Crops of Poor Third World Areas

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30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets

1. Browse Digg in pictures, 2. Read 4 rss feeds in tabs, 3. Grow virtual flowers . . .

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Ali G - Who Wants To Win An Ounce

Ali G spoofing "Who wants to be a millionaire" .Pure genius work!

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First Amazing Gameplay Footage of ASSASSIN'S CREED on XBOX 360 (From X06)

The first live game footage of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, coming out in 2007. It looks truly amazing. Sorry for the QuickTime direct link, it had the best HD video quality. [note: was Submitted months ago in low-quality resolution from You-Tube with no fanfare; this video shows off the real experience.]

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How to deal with a heckler at a comedy show

Joe Rogan shows how to silence a heckler... Completely owns this woman and until she just has nothing to say...

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Magic Exposed

several different card tricks to impress your friends

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Saudi Ambassador Abruptly Resigns, Leaves Washington

The abrupt departure is particularly striking because his predecessor, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, spent 22 years on the job. The Saudi ambassador is one of the most influential diplomatic positions in Washington and is arguably the most important overseas post for the oil-rich desert kingdom.

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How to run Windows and Mac apps side-by-side with Parallels

The Parallels beta includes a new feature, called Coherence, that hides the Windows desktop and allows you to run Windows apps in their own windows on your Mac desktop. The result is that you can intermingle all your Mac and Windows apps on the same desktop. I know what you're thinking: Disgusting! Unnatural!

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The NEW "MacBook Thin" Revealed - SPECS INCLUDED

We've been talking about a "MacBook Thin" since before Apple transitioned its laptops to the Intel platform -- and it looks like the long-awaited Macintel ultra-thin, ultra-portable speed king is heading to market at last!

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Calacanis: Top Digg Users Are Getting Paid By a PR Firm

According to Jason Calacanis, "a significant PR/marketing firm has confirmed that they had a number of the top 50 users on digg now on the payroll."

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Add Text Bubbles To Videos (YouTube, MetaCafe, GoogleVideo and others..)

Brand new Israeli startup BubblePLY has created an easy tool for adding text or link comic-book style bubbles to videos from popular video sharing sites. Tell it the link to a video on YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe and others, and then add your own content. The video is saved and can be shared via a link or embedding on a web page.

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Most Amazing Guitars You Will Ever See!

From unconventional instrument luthier Brian Eastwood, comes a collection of some of the fanciest, creative, and most outlandish guitars ever built. My personal favorites, are the Benders, and the VoxAmp guitar.

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Muscle and Bone From an Ink-jet Printer

A Pittsburgh-based research team has used an innovative inkjet system to print unique "bio-ink" patterns that directed adult muscle-derived stem cells from mice to differentiate into both muscle cells and bone cells.

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Wicked scary walking table!!!

I found this thanks to the other crazy table that hit Digg today... This thing scares the crap out of me, I wouldn't want it anywhere near me!!

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Wikipedia Founder Giving It Away For Free

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said on Monday his for-profit company, Wikia Inc., is ready to give away -- for free -- all the software, computing, storage and network access that Web site builders need to create community collaboration sites.

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The Librarian's Ultimate Guide to Search Engines

Most searchers are very inefficient, and use only a tiny fraction of the operators and tools available to them. This is a detailed guide to becoming a "power searcher".

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Mining the Deep Web: Search Strategies That Work

The Deep Web contains valuable resources not easily accessible by automated search engines but readily available to enlightened searchers. Here's how to become one.

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How to Turn an Ordinary Photo Into an Extraordinary Photo

A simple Photoshop tutorial that will show you how to liven up an old image and transform it from ordinary picture to an Extraordinary photo!

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101 Ways to use Google's New Website Optimizer

Google has just released a powerful tool that allows you to test changes to your website. Here are 101 tips to improve your web site based on the information it reveals.

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Blu-Ray for the PS3 was a "mistake"

Forcing PS3 punters into buying a Blu-Ray format player with their consoles might be backfiring on Sony.

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Piratebay strikes back - blocks Swedish ISP!

The Swedish ISP that decided to block allofmp3.com a couple of days ago didn't know what they had coming. Now they're being blocked by Piratebay and The Pirate Party are calling for other sites to do the same.

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iTunes sales 'collapsing'

iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to Forrester Research. While the iTunes service saw healthy growth for much of the period, since January the monthly revenue has fallen by 65 per cent, with the average transaction size falling 17 per cent.

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Top 25 Food Hacks

Hacks...tasty, tasty hacks...

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New User Interface coming to Apple's Leopard, dubbed "Illuminous"

Relatively unknown Apple Gazette is claiming that Apple will be replacing Aqua with a new user interface supposedly dubbed "Illuminous," which will be previewed at MacWorld 2007.

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The Atheist Delusion

God is real. And he's unbelievable.

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Richest 2% own more than half the world: study

Two percent of adults have more than half of the world's wealth, including property and financial assets, according to a study by the U.N. development research institute published on Tuesday.

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Man Makes Own False Teeth of Stainless Steel

This guy really should be inducted into the Maker hall of fame. If that doesn’t exist, they should create one. Just for him.

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Study say marijuana no gateway drug

"Marijuana is not a “gateway” drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year University of Pittsburgh study."

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Research indicates teen marijuana use does not predict drug, alcohol abuse

Marijuana is not a "gateway" drug that predicts or eventually leads to substance abuse, suggests a 12-year study. The study calls into question the long-held belief that has shaped prevention efforts and governmental policy for six decades.

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New York City becomes the first city to ban trans fats in restaurants

New York today became the first city in the United States to prohibit trans fats in restaurants, a shift that will affect eateries from the corner deli to the brasserie and ultimately may influence how food is prepared at restaurants around the nation.

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100 Amazing Tornado Photos

From the national severe storm laboratory album...many of these tornadoes are from the 1970s.

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Explore planet Earth in near-real time

MIRAVI is a data-driven system for real time image rendering and quality analysis of satellite data.

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HUGE Mars NEWS! There is water on Mars - flowing water!

This Digg goes to the live video stream of the conference. here are pics and info: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/mgs- 20061206.html

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Skyguard, a Star Wars like defense system that is here now.

Sounds too futuristic to be true? Check out the video of the Skyguard system taking out mortar rounds, artillery shells and rockets. Pretty cool and at $150 million a piece, Bill Gates might even pick one up for his place.

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Geek to Live: Visualize your hard drive usage

"..Free tools for Windows, Mac and Linux map your hard drive usage so you can get a birds-eye view of what's taking up most of your coveted hard drive space.."

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James Kim's Last Cnet Video

In honor of James Kim, I thought I'd posted to the last Cnet video he did. It was recorded on November 22. It's his Christmas want list. He mentions his family and wanting a Wii for his "kids". You'll be missed James...

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How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In

What if you could rig it so that competing with your flagship product was against the law? Under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), breaking an anti-copying system is illegal, even if you're breaking it for a legal reason. Technology called "Information Rights Management" combined with Vista enabled Microsoft exactly this.

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James Kim's Path. Google Earth Images showing James Kim's Path

A collection of Google Images that show the path James Kim on his quest to get help. The view from various vantage points shows the terrain and change in elevation he encountered.

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Digg Cheaters Get Caught

Scammers, schemers, and cheaters watch out! Over 700 of you just got caught. Recently, some “entrepreneurial” folks have built systems designed to exploit - or cheat - social networking sites like Digg, Reddit, and Delicious. These exploit-the-social-network-sites have even received attention from the likes of TechCrunch and CNet.

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Digital Trends: Optical HD Battle Is Over, HD-DVD Wins

Right now it appears impossible for Blu-Ray to gain a substantial lead on HD-DVD, even after massive investment, they likely could only close the gap. The killing blow may have been done by Microsoft who decided to bring to market a $200 HD-DVD option for their Xbox 360. With a 6x advantage by year end, you’d have to conclude that HD-DVD has won.

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Two Years of Digging!

"Hard to believe, but two years ago today, Kevin decided my code was bug- free enough to take down the beta sign and unleash Digg upon the world. It's been a crazy and exciting time since then, and we owe it all to you - the loyal and passionate members of the Digg community." Thanks everyone and Happy Birthday to all! : )

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BitTorrent merges with uTorrent

BitTorrent Inc. has just bought (merged with) the popular BitTorrent client, uTorrent for an undisclosed sum. Both CEOs are available for discussion on IRC.

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Amazing multiplication trick makes it simple!

My son personally finds multiplication quite difficult. After seeing this trick, I taught him this method and he loves it. Before he was getting all the answers wrong but not he's getting them all right. Great method and well executed.

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Professor reports amazing amount of media bias through President's speeches

A Virginia Tech professor demonstrates that the mainstream media is an 'anti-Democratic' institution through its reporting on the President's speeches regarding the War on Terror...

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Increasing minimum wage to $.7.50/hr US hurts teens, creates disemployment

Chicago School Economist Becker and Judge Posner blog that the majority of minimum wage earners are wives earning pin money, part-timers, retirees supplementing incomes, teenagers getting work experience (References svp). Raising minimum wage will hurt the "really" poor. Is this Freakonomics? Friedman's long shadow darkens future of most vulnerable

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The BMI Myth

It's long been accepted as the most accurate indication of good health, but now the efficiency of the body mass index is being questioned.

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10 most intelligent / least intelligent dogs

How smart is your dog?

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What is the insane secret of this painting?

A Russian professor has posted a picture of a painting done by someone with a severe mental disorder. A single detail of the picture shows that they are insane, but in 15 years, only a single person has figured out what it is. Can you?

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Glaciers may preserve viruses for millions of years

Evidence shows that viruses, bacteria and fungi may be preserved in glacial ice for up to 140,000 years, so could this be how the world ends... Just a little global warming.

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Convert anything to anything

Convert pretty much any format of anything to any other format. Online. Free. Without downloading anything.

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Ars System Guide: December 2006 edition

The Ars System Guide returns just in time for the holidays. Whether you're looking to upgrade your own system or gift someone with a new system, Ars has you covered

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Firebug 1.0 Beta is out! Great Day for Web Developers!

Firebug is an amazing extension for web developers. It has js debugging, css editing, dom manipulation, network monitoring, and more! If you develop for the web, this extension is for you!

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Stunning Comparison Between 360, Wii, and PS3

Video showing the difference between the PS3, 360, and Wii in Call of Duty 3. Is it just me, or does the 360 look far better than the PS3?

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Tour of the International Space Station

Think know the International Space Station? Take this NASA tour to learn more about one of the most challenging projects in the history of exploration! There's more information at www.nasa.gov/station.

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Why Pop Music Is Soul-less and Wrong

This clip is from the movie Before The Music Dies, about how pop stars are created and packaged as marketing tools. No musical talent? No problem!

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Scientology: Orientation- How Crazy Are They? Part 3

A guy sneaked a camera into a scientology orientation, the video isnt the best quality but this video is just well creepy. The video is 4 parts, the first part is in the link and here are the others Part2-http://youtube.com/watch?v=YSgenUBJi38 Part3-http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jk7wTRd7XwI Part4-http://youtube.com/watch?v=0fcjjW61NCs

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Best Porn Star Interviews Ever!

WARNING! Adult Content! Usually I wouldn't be very interested in Porn Star interviews, but this guy basically harasses them until they hang up on him. Funny stuff.

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Google Spreadsheets now lets you use live stock quotes

You can get stock market quotes and other data updated to your spreadsheets by using the GoogleFinance function.

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This took Bill Gates 90 minutes to solve - how fast can you do it?

In the September/October 1977 edition of "Personal Computing" magazine, Henry Gilroy provided the following report on the introduction of the Petals Around the Rose brain teaser to his fellow travelers on the return journey.

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North Korea offers Uranium in exchange for Russian support

North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for open support at the six-way talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, a Japanese daily said on Sunday. The report said Moscow and Pyongyang had been in secret talks since 2002 over a plan for Russia to import, enrich, and sell as nuclear fuel.

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Send your atheist friend an "I Told You So" card after the Rapture

Just write your letter and it will be hand-delivered immediately following the exodus of the pure from the Earth. But you must be thinking to yourself, "How can the letters be delivered after the Rapture?" The answer is simple. The creators of this site are Atheists.

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Dustin Hoffman Says Bush Has Manipulated 9-11

Acclaimed screen star DUSTIN HOFFMAN has slammed US President GEORGE W BUSH for manipulating the 9/11 terrorist attacks to facilitate the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

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Best Divorce Letter Ever

Guy goes out in style.

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You won't hear this in the US news: Nasdaq chief lacks skills in economics

Bob Greifeld, the chief executive of the Nasdaq stock market, admitted under oath that he did not understand how to calculate gross profit margin, one of the most rudimentary formulas in business accounting. The admission is humiliating for Mr Greifefld, an MBA graduate who is in the thick of a hostile bid to take over the London Stock Exchange

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Bush Can't Stop Opium Production in Afghanistan

Opium production in Afghanistan, which provides more than 90 percent of the world's heroin, broke all records in 2006, reaching a historic high despite ongoing U.S.-sponsored eradication efforts, the Bush administration reported yesterday.

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Amazing Repository - 5000 Downloadable Corporate Logos

A comprehensive list of nearly 5000 corporate logos in Illustrator format that can be downloaded for free: "All logos are available in Adobe Illustrator format and are compressed by ZIP."

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Google’s Secret Evaluation Site

Google is well know for keeping things hidden. Eval.google.com is yet another addition to the long list of hidden domains from Google. Some say the this website is Google ’s Secret Evaluation Lab. They say, students and part time employees were recruited from all over the world to avoid spam results and keep good results at the top.

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Free Advertising For Blogs, Business or Personal Websites

adgridwork totes itself as being the "First Free Targeted Ad Network." You advertise for other sites on the network and they in turn advertise for you. Kinda like BitTorrent for website promotions and advertising. Cool idea for startups and small blogs that want to get the word out about themselves.

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Amazing GUI Interface Detailing How People Are Feeling Around the World

A really creative way of displaying and making data really interactive. I've spent hours clicking through the information here. Figuring out how people are feeling has never been cooler.

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Free access to +55,000 résumés

Headhunter's dream

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Truly Awesome Beautiful OSX P.O.S. system

Xsilva LightSpeed is a ground-breaking new multi-user Point of Sale system built exclusively for Mac OS X and designed expressly to accelerate small business. Xsilva LightSpeed harnesses the most powerful OS X and SQL-based technologies to deliver unparalleled performance and reliability under its crisp, polished OS X interface.

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Grow Your Brain in 22 Different Ways

I just found out that the brain is like a computer. If that's true, then there really aren't any stupid people. Just people running DOS.

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21st Century Technology Cracks Alchemists' Secret Recipe

A 500-year old mystery surrounding the centre-piece of the alchemists' lab kit has been solved by UCL (University College London) and Cardiff University archaeologists.

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Must be 21 to drink in the US? Not necessarily true in some states...

Great map and supporting facts from NIH that show many states in the United States where consumption of alcohol by those under 21 is not necessarily prohibited. In others, there is a "location exemption," where minors can drink at home, for example. The yellow states don't have exceptions whatsoever. You still must be 21 to purchase alcohol.

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50 Uses for Vinegar

Title says it all. =)

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The largest superconducting magnet ever built - Picture

The largest superconducting magnet ever built, in the Atlas detector at the Cern lab, has been powered up succesfully. Engineers sent a current of 21,000 Amps round the coils. Atlas will analyse collisions in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will recreate conditions just after the Big Bang.

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A "You are here" in the tree of life

The relationship between over 3000 species, presented in a 54" wide printable graph. This is a brilliant presentation of information.

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What It's Like To Travel At The Speed Of Light (video)

"Impossible in real life, but feasible in a computer simulation: A tour through the city centre of T übingen illustrates what we should see when moving at such a high speed."

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13 things that do not make sense

What scientists still don't understand about the universe and life.

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2OO MPH Nitro RC Car

You cannot even tell what it is.

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10 OS X Apps You Might Not Know About But Should

Here are 10 OS X apps that you might not know about but probably should. With literally thousands of apps out there begging for your attention, this article should help weed through some of the clutter.

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