March 30, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

  

                    I’m not afraid of sweatshop workers, but they do make me puma pants. 

Top of the heap: Upload a JPG to Linify Me and it'll redraw the image using straight lines (too cool)

The Singing Road That Plays America The Beautiful

The 13th Annual Smithsonian.com Photo Contest winners and finalists

This set from the 1980 Popeye movie is now a quaint tourist destination

Gross Alert: The highly technical tricks behind all the blood and gore on The Walking Dead

Snippets of Instruction. Some really odd how-to books of the past.

45 years of Asteroid Discoveries (1970 - 2015)

19 Times Someone Gets Thrown Into the Vacuum of Space, From Worst to Best

Egghead jokes (Thanks, Melody!)
15 Big Facts About My Big Fat Greek Wedding
A brief history of body odor

10 Huge Facts About Whale Sharks

What is a Robot? The question is more complicated than it seems

Is This A Real Perpetual Motion Machine? (Well, thanks to the lame Second Law of Thermodynamics, the answer is no)

19 Things You Didn't Know You Needed Until Right Now (Thanks, Frannie!)

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March 23, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

  

 

                    I haven’t eaten an apple in days. 

                    The doctors are closing in. 

                    My barricade won’t last much longer. 

                    They’re coming. 

                    Tell my family I love th-

Top of the heap:  Astronomers stitched over 700 photos to create the most detailed image ever of our galaxy (from the Southern Hemisphere)

Here's why you should never throw out those annoying silica gel bags again

Top 10 Things Only a Fanatic of Vincent Van Gogh Would Know (including the ear thing)

Incredibly Odd Ways That Animals Communicate With Each Other

Yes, you can probably add post-it notes to the things you've been doing wrong your whole life

And, while we're on the subject, here's 30 other common objects you're using wrong
This Is What Happens When You Put Rows of Mirrors on a Shack in the Desert

The Walking Dead: 20 Easter Eggs You Probably Missed

The Best Star Trek Episodes for Science Fans and Skeptics

13 Fast Facts About Easy Rider

A Complete List of Donald Trump’s Business Disasters (not counting real estate)

Why you should really start talking to old people more
Nobody can agree on how many girls there are in this photo

The 13 Most Endangered Sea Creatures
The Social Media Glossary: 207 Essential Definitions

The World's Largest Virtual Hallelujah Chorus

Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.  
- Skip    ಠ_ಠ

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March 16, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos
(The 234,453rd Most Interesting Man in the World)
 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing tableinto the brisk digital wind..."  

            Have you seen this? The new Taco Bell 

            commercial has people dancing, doing 

            back flips, and spinning on their heads 

            after eating. Which is, by far, a stretch

            from reality where you sit on a toilet 

            and ask God why He has forsaken you.

Top of the heap:  Make A Point To Laugh. Every. Single. Day.

Top of the heap 2:  This Underwater Hotel Wants To Lead The Way In Restoring Reefs

How to Take Better Photos With Your iPhone

The (Court-Ordered) Unmasking of the Lone Ranger

The week wouldn't be complete without Navel Lint Studies

15 Things You Should Know About (the movie) Airplane!

Top Easter Dinner Recipes

Replacing the World's Most Interesting Man

100 Most Interesting Man in the World Quotes
15 Secrets of Nurses

10 Weird Pregnancy Facts

12 Quirky Treasures of Milwaukee
6 College Pranks We Wish We'd Thought Of

I've been saying this for years: The Problem With Invisibility is the Blindness

15 Fast-Talking Facts About Moonlighting
Who is The Republican Monster? (Trump. It's Trump)

Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.  
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March 9, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..." 

                      I hate it when homeless people shake their cup of coins at me. 

                    Yeah, I know you have more money than me. No need to rub it in.

Top of the heap:   This is the amazing design for NASA's Star Trek-style spaceship, the ISX Enterprise (Thanks, Robert!)

Reddit in the year 3016   – what people will be posting in 1,000 years

15 Amazing Photos from Astronaut Scott Kelly’s Year in Space

The Premature Death of the Video Store (and Why It's Worth Saving)

This is the most distant galaxy anyone has ever seen

10 Strange Attempts To Start Internet Mysteries

When's the best time to poop?

23 Inside Jokes You’ll Only Get If You Can’t Sleep

J.K. Rowling is giving us a week-long lesson in North American wizarding

15 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Airline Pilots

The Barbarian’s Guide to Parenting

40 Actors And Celebrities You Didn’t Know Who Appeared On ‘Star Trek’


Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.  
- Skip    ಠ_ಠ

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March 2, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..." 

                   me: *puts earphones in*

                   me: 

                   me: 

                   me: 

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                   me: 

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                   me: 

                   me: 

                   me: 

                   me: oh right

                   me: *plays music*

Top of the heap:  If you've been wondering what happened in the years before The Force Awakens, allow me to present Modern Solo Adventures

RELATED: Questions the Star Wars Expanded Universe Can Answer About The Force Awakens

10 Amazing Facts About The New 9th Planet

And yet ANOTHER health reason for why you should be drinking more coffee

15 facts that really aren't 

10 Reasons to Never Smoke Weed (Thanks, Josie!)

What's the best way to invest a single dollar?

Watch the International Space Station as it flies overhead

10 Surprising Ways NASA Technology Has Improved Life On Earth

6 Weird Realities Of Life On The Set Of The Walking Dead

Scary stuff: How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable

The Problem With Bottle Deposits

5 Weird Facts About Leap Years  (7, if you consider they're always Presidential Election and Summer Olympics years)

Getting ready for Spring: 12 Grilling Mistakes You Don't Have to Make (But Probably Do)

15 of History's Greatest Mad Scientists

Hilarious Comb-Overs

NASA Says It's Possible to Reach Mars in a Few Days

          ~ and, finally ~

Audio Recordings Document "Weird Music" Heard By Apollo Astronauts On Far Side Of Moon   (I, for one, welcome our new Lunar overlords...)

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February 24, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..."

                    Krispy Kreme is to donuts  

                    what freebasing is to cocaine

                    

Top of the heap:  13 Things I Found On The Internet Today

Whatever you do, don't set your iPhone to 1970

The truth about expired medications

The Perfect Republican Stump Speech. And the Perfect Democratic Stump Speech. With annotations.

10 Fascinating Facts About Black Holes

A quick quiz to see which side of your brain is more dominant

The Surprising Science Behind What Music Does to Our Brains

The Secret to Learning New Skills Twice as Fast

Unethical Life Hacks that you should never, ever, use.

103 Easter eggs, secret cameos, and references in the Deadpool movie
7 Easy Organizing Hacks

The 6 Most Embarrassing Historical Artifacts Ever Discovered

11 Amazing Spiders, Man. Different species have varied (and creepy) talents



Love you, mean it. Let's do lunch. Have your people call my people. Ciao, bella.  
- Skip    ಠ_ಠ

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February 17, 2016

Website Wednesday
a subsidiary of Skip's House of Chaos 
"From the Large Intestine of the Internets,
through the Sphincter of Electronic Mail, 
peeing like a baby on a changing table
into the brisk digital wind..." 

                                                                                                                                                                                         

                    I just donated $10 to Bernie Sanders’ campaign.

               Don’t worry though, I also donated $7.80 to Hillary.

Top of the heap:  One Awesome Gmail Tip You Don’t Know about. Seriously.

Somewhat apropos for this week: The DOs and DO NOTs of Running Your First Marathon
How to convince your wife (or girlfriend) that a home urinal is a good idea (Thanks, Jackpack!)

Top 30 Biggest And Best Comedy Movies Of 2016

The fascinating and terrible things that would happen to you if you tried to fly on other planets

The definitive, scientific answers to 20 health questions everyone has
The Radiooooo Project aims to revolutionize the way you listen to music on the internet.

What some of the best minds in the world had to say about extraterrestrial life

10 Tragically Funny Facts About North Korea

36 Easy Self-Improvement Tips for a Better 2016

NASA’s Visions of the Future Poster Series

What Ever Happened To Waterbeds?

For us geeks: The Quest for a Unifying Theory of Time Travel in Star Trek

Listen to the Great Stalacpipe Organ, the world’s largest natural musical instrument

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