May 27, 2009

The boys and I had such a great time over the
holiday -- first we took turns mixing various
combinations of 2% and 1% milk to see if we
could taste-guess the resulting milkfat levels,
then we examined each others' sunburns to
see if we could ascertain the SPF of the
lotions we selected while blindfolded.
How did *you* spend you Numerial Day?


Top of the Heap: 100 Most Creative Business Cards (Once again, mine must've been #101)
http://www.cracktwo.com/2009/05/100-most-creative-business-cards/


The utter awesomeness of Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles
http://skiptucker.blogspot.com/2009/05/brown-sugar-bacon-waffles.html

Winner: The Best Visual Illusion of the Year
http://illusioncontest.neuralcorrelate.com/2009/the-break-of-the-curveball/

Addicting game-of-the-week: Learn to Fly (thanks, William!)
http://www.bubblebox.com/play/action/1380.htm

NASA video of descent onto Titan - incredibly cool info display
http://www.nasa.gov/mov/148081main_PIA08117_titan_data.mov

Here's another one - male or female?
http://ineedfile.com/optical_illusion_twins.html

40 Useful and Creative Infographics
http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/40-useful-and-creative-infographics/

Crossword puzzle got you stumped? Try Crosstips
http://crosstips.org/

What to Buy If You are Homeless - Budget Suggestions for the Extremely Poor
http://www.squidoo.com/what_to_buy_if_you_are_homeless

The Problem With Young People Today... (language is a little salty)
http://crabbyoldfart.wordpress.com/

A List of Band Name Etymologies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_band_name_etymologies

Sorry, No Moustache - famous people without facial hair
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2804

Common English Errors
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html?

Very possibly the coolest astronomy picture you'll see this week
http://seedmagazine.com/slideshow/the_long_shot/#8

Except for maybe this one
http://www.christensenastroimages.com/clusters/m45_large.html

Or this...
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090526.html

The Drama Button - for all of life's unnecessary drama
http://www.dramabutton.com/

May 20, 2009

Nutritionists claim that you can reduce the
calories in a dish by substituting applesauce for
the fat in the recipe. Maybe I'm picky, but the
French fries I boiled in applesauce *sucked.*



Top of the Heap: The Camera That Changed the Universe
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2009/05/the_camera_that_changed_the_u5.php

RunPee will tell you when it's safe to make a bathroom run during a movie, and what you missed
http://runpee.com/#app=3e1a&e1bd-RunPeeID=0.0.0&28e1-selectedIndex=0

Funny Science T-Shirts
http://teenormous.com/lists/funny-science-t-shirts-23

Better late than never
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2009/05/08/better-late/

25 Messages With Hidden Logos
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/hidden-logos-in-graphic-designing/

Everything You Need to Know About Slings & Slingshots
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about.html

Wanna know how the new Star Trek film reflects the previously established continuity? Click here...
http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/05/12/star-trek-movie-annotations/

Eye Candy. Just click and enjoy. Probably better if you're a bit buzzed...
http://bestiario.org/research/eyecandy/

More maps than you'll ever need
http://mapscroll.blogspot.com/

The Top 8 Methods of Sneaking Out of Work Early (and Often)
http://www.examiner.com/x-3040-Minneapolis-Life-in-the-Cubicle-Examiner~y2009m2d4-Top-8-Methods-for-Sneaking-Out-of-Work-Early-and-Often

100 Best Blogs for Gadget Lovers
http://becomingacomputertechnician.com/?page_id=39

Forget the destruction of you-know-what and the loss of you-know-who. Spock's lowest point was this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04

May 13, 2009

I wonder when McDonald's is finally going to get
around to finishing that second Arch in St. Louis?


Top of the Heap: Susan Boyle will still probably win Britain's Got Talent, but Stavros Flatley is going to give her a run for her money
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tu0PAbW75A&e

Want to see the Hubble Space Telescope & Shuttle? Just enter your zip code.
http://www.spaceweather.com/flybys/

This coming Friday is "Skip Tucker Day" at the Marvelwood School.
http://www.marvelwood.org/news/15814/Campus-News-Skip-Tucker-Day-08.htm

The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
http://fravia.com/realicra/basiclawsofhumanstupidity.htm

Make a Mess
http://www.messmaker.com/

Cool keychain gadgets
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/05/cool-keychain-gadgets.html

Trek Yourself
http://www.trekyourself.com/

33 Rules to Boost Your Productivity
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/33-rules-to-boost-your-productivity/

Interesting read - Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

The Best and Worst Brain Foods
http://health.yahoo.com/experts/eatthis/31477/best-and-worst-brain-foods/

Star Trek's Six Most Ridiculous Alien Races
http://www.cracked.com/article_17317_star-treks-6-most-ridiculous-alien-races.html

Ever wonder what the Chinese curses in "Firefly" and "Serenity" mean?
http://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/

Awkward Family Photos
http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/

Fanciful Fads of the Fifties
http://www.webphemera.com/2009/05/fulminant-fads-of-fifties.html


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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

Coolest Schoolbuses
http://www.coolcarsandgirls.com/2008/10/coolest-school-bus.html

Quad (super fun)
http://www.norbain.com/games/quad/play

May 6, 2009

Haikus are silly.
I would never waste my time
counting syllables.


Top of the Heap: The New Math
http://www.morenewmath.com/

Slang From the 1920's
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

"My God, it's full of stars!"
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/04/30/chandra-cuts-through-the-fog/

Timeline of a Car Crash
http://www.lonegunman.co.uk/2009/02/23/timeline-of-a-car-crash/

Underwater Photography Contest Winners, 2009
http://rsmas.miami.edu/support/advancement/uw-2009/uw-2009-winners.html

The World's Largest Stuff
http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/04/worlds-largest-stuff.html

May be a bit of an oxymoron, but here are some Great Redneck Inventions
http://interestingemailforwards.blogspot.com/2009/04/great-redneck-inventions.html

50 Tools Everyone Should Own (With Tips!)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/tools/4314786.html

Maybe You Shouldn't Buy That - a collection of the most expensive and most worthless items in the world.
http://maybeyoushouldntbuythat.com/

Well THIS will have you feeling all chipper: "Where Are You in the Movie?"
http://www.amberdigital.com/where/

For the adolescents among us... How to Make a Booger Ball
http://www.averyswellidea.com/swellideas/BoogerBall.html

"My father was a locksmith..."
http://craigslisting.tumblr.com/post/87642523/unhappily-married

13 things that are probably impossible, except they are supported by scientific evidence.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524911.600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense.html?full=true

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And, from Jack's Sunday Paper...

The Size Of Our World
http://www.gifbin.com/982041
Greyhound Vs. Amtrak
http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2007/10/29/greyhound-vs-amtrak/