November 19, 2008

A couple hundred years from now, when they're teaching students about me, they'll probably call this my Website Wednesday period.

Top of the Heap: Cool spy gadgets for the James Bond within you!
http://www.walyou.com/blog/2008/11/18/cool-spy-gadgets/

Hey, troops! Today is World Toilet Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Toilet_Day

A Collection of the Strangest Toilets from Around the World!
http://www.offbeatearth.com/the-strangest-toilets-from-around-the-world/

Bizarre Toilets - a tribute to Joe the Plumber
http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/bizarre-toilets-joe-the-plumber

The Legend of Thomas Crapper
http://www.repwars.com/PSP/crapper.html

A list of common misconceptions (Thomas Crapper is, indeed, mentioned)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_misconceptions

Solar System Visualizer
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/SolarSystems/

The Stupidest Exercise Machine You'll Ever See
http://www.burbia.com/node/2113

The Earth at Night
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1084777/The-Earth-night-Stunning-images-cities-light-globe.html

Stonehenge Demystified (tip o'the hat to Skip D'Amico)
http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/moving_big_rocks

70 Things to Do Before Having Children (I managed 45 of 'em)
http://www.marcandangel.com/2008/08/25/70-things-to-do-before-having-children/

Need a light? All you need is a potato, salt, some toothpaste, 2 wires and a cotton ball
http://holy-web.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-need-light-all-you-need-is-potato.html

10 Cool (and Weird) Watch Concepts
http://devicedaily.com/gadgets/10-cool-and-weird-watch-concepts.html

The 8 Worst Wedding Theme Ideas
http://www.omglists.com/article/104954/the-8-worst-theme-wedding-concepts/

What did your town look like according to Penny Postcards? (thanks to my right-wing love muffin George)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

Peering into the micro world - incredible pictures
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/peering_into_the_micro_world.html?

Yes, we can learn a lot from the Chinese...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/15/china-ministry-culture-music-miming?No_Mimes

Bathroom mirror prank
http://www.break.com/index/absolutely-hilarious-bathroom-mirror-prank.html

Meh...
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/meh--the-really-boring-buzz-word/2008/11/17/1226770336183.html

The coolest picture of the Moon and Saturn you'll see all day
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/OddPics/Eclipse.html

Fanboys (a movie featuring Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, Jay, Silent Bob, and Captain James T. Kirk) is going to be either hysterically funny or incredibly disappointing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntzYG9t5zi0

But Star Trek, on the other hand, looks AMAZING
http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/star-trek-xi/trailer

This is pretty cool - want to sent a messages to the inhabitants of Earth in the year 52,010 (or 52,011)? Go here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEO

The "How to Spot a Tourist in New York City" Quiz
http://www.citypass.com/97th/spot-a-tourist.html

Oh great. And I just left Seattle today, too.
http://social.moldova.org/stiri/eng/165393/