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5/16/2012

Super Soaker Central: my childhood would have been so much better had this sort of thing existed back then.

Man completes triathlon – juggling: come on, only two balls while biking?! You can do better than that.

5/15/2012

I might regret asking this, but Reddit break out those throwaway accounts because if you could be brutally honest with your SO what would you say?: yowza.

5/14/2012

Easy Macro Cell Lens Band: impressive and so clever. {via}

23 and 1/2 hours – What is the single best thing we can do for our health?: no spoiler here.

5/11/2012

Fetus Soap: no, not something to clean your fetus. Just click. {via}

5/9/2012

Download Kindle Best Sellers for Free – Zero Dollar Books: a surprising selection.

How to make any elevator an express to your floor: I can’t vouch for this since I live in a town (Phoenix) where most buildings have less than three floors.

5/8/2012

Zorbing: now I know the name.

5/4/2012

Throwaway time! What’s your secret that could literally ruin your life if it came out?: chilling stuff.

5/3/2012

INCREDIBOX: enh, kinda cool, I guess.

5/2/2012

The Fresh Prince of Downton Abbey: I recently got into Downton Abbey and so I naturally like this.

4/30/2012

LunchboxAwesome: I wonder if the kid appreciates it.

4/26/2012

1995 Pontiac Grand Am GT: it’s getting noticed but I doubt the people most impressed by this are in the market for a $700 busted Pontiac.

4/25/2012

I am Molly Ringwald. AMA: sure to be a crowd pleaser!

4/24/2012

What Happened? Bandages: no one will buy it, though. {via}

4/19/2012

Official National High Five Day Music Video: third Thursday in April. Hilarious video!

4/12/2012

Even in the 1870s, humans were obsessed with ridiculous photos of cats: people are people.

4/9/2012

The Dukes Of Hazzard All About Jumps: two thoughts—1) Hazzard County must have the highest per capita number of ramps of anywhere on earth and 2) I wonder if the production company behind Dukes of Hazzard also ran some sort of stunt driver training program to increase revenue.

A Show with Ze Frank: inspiring first episode.

Writers Diet: cut the flabanche.

4/6/2012

Google Maps Floor Plans: I could see retail locations participating in this, but who else would?!

Halloween Joke Blood Pillow: love it!

Liquid Body Armor Hardens on Impact: wow. I’m struggling, though, to think of non-armor uses.

4/3/2012

Learning From 11 Years of Personal Publishing Analytics: I’m a sucker for charts and analysis. {via}

3/27/2012

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON Image Generator: irritating meme.

3/26/2012

Star Wars Millennium Falcon Silicone Ice Tray: if any of my children ever get into Star Wars, I am all over this.

[UPDATE: Looking around the site, there's more. And more. And more. And more. Good gravy!]

3/25/2012

25 Death-Defying Photos by Vadim Mahorov: whoa. Just mother-f’in whoa.

Wondermark – The Cookie Pushers: this hits pretty close to home as the father of three Girl Scouts.

3/10/2012

I Hanker for a Hunka Cheese: boy does that take me back.

3/9/2012

Numbers API: cool way to assess number facts.

3/8/2012

The Personal Analytics of My Life: that is some serious tracking going on there.

3/2/2012

WTF QR CODES: funny.

2/27/2012

Hindenburg: the only thing I ever knew about it was its fiery demise. It was so much more.

2/9/2012

Creative Outlet Stickers: adorable. {via}

1/30/2012

Star Wars Uncut – Directors Cut: that is simply amazing. {via}

1/24/2012

10 Worlds Most Dangerous Airports: sweet sassy molassey! Worth watching to the end.

1/19/2012

Ask Cool Tools: the blog is outstanding and this looks to be just as helpful.

1/18/2012

cluedb: this is the Internet at its user-generated finest. {via}

1/10/2012

Angry Birds: something about this just cracks me up.

1/7/2012

Comic Sans Project: who doesn’t love a little Comic Sans? {via}

12/16/2011

Share a secret – One Time: nice little idea.

Peter Schiff at Occupy Wall Street – Full Version, Almost 2 Hours Long!: he is a very patient person.

12/13/2011

Whole Foods Parking Lot – Music Video [HD]: possibly the only rap video where you’ll ever see quinoa.

A Never Before Seen Optical Trick Creates Ultra-Secure Cash: a watermark that can’t even be seen? Microscopic holes that only let certain wavelengths through? Yowza!

12/7/2011

The Right (and Wrong) Way to Die When You Fall Into Lava: whoa, makes total sense when you think about it.

12/6/2011

Google Search for “sin(x)+0.5*sin(2*x)+0.333333*sin(3*x)”: now with graphing.

12/2/2011

Worlds biggest ever insect found called the Weta Bug: there go my plans to visit New Zealand ever.

11/29/2011

Google Maps: that is nuts—wait until Google Street View goes indoors as well. Oh, never mind.

11/26/2011

Mieders Alpine Coaster (with no brakes!!): whoa. Just whoa. {via}

11/11/2011

The Man Who Pressed His Luck … and Won: memorizing five patterns under the circumstances is still amazing.

11/8/2011

Not an animated GIF: nice. If you want to prove to yourself that it’s not animated, look at it at a high angle. {via}

10/26/2011

I see what you did there Pixar: that is so awesome! {via}

10/20/2011

Chuck Lorre Productions – Vanity Cards: the full archive of all those messages that Chuck Lorre appends at the end of his shows.

LaunchRock: this is bubblicious.

10/18/2011

Teenage Mutant Ninja Noses: I hope this never turns into the arrow in the FedEx logo for me—meaning I can’t not see it when I look. {via}

10/14/2011

10 Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science: excellent list, I held a few of them that I clearly need to research more.

The Light Cycle: whoa. {via}

10/13/2011

Shit That Siri Says: this reminds me so much of the old Apple—the one that produced Clarus the Dogcow and had Easter eggs all over its software.

10/11/2011

WeatherSpark: man, that is a rich interface to put it mildly.

10/10/2011

Ladies and Gentlemen, the best pet Halloween costume of all time: agree wholeheartedly. My dog, however, would be the fastest damn AT-AT you ever saw.

Better Than Plumbing: come to think of it, why was Mario a plumber? There must be some backstory that I never got.

Ask Jon Skeet: for when you don’t care what anyone else has to say on StackOverflow.

10/6/2011

This Is Why I’m Broke: this is some sweet stuff!

10/5/2011

Wine Cellar: I hate wine but I love trap doors.

I think he nailed it: hah!

Storage on the Ceiling – Kiss Garage Clutter Goodbye: this is an awesome idea.

10/4/2011

Division of Labor: funny work signs.

Sea Captain Date: my that’s niche-y.

9/25/2011

This is What Happens When Your Dad’s a Graphic Designer: haha. My wife and I once co-opted George and Lorraine McFly’s backstory to explain how we met.

9/22/2011

Climbing Red Gates in Moscow: chilling and nauseating.

9/21/2011

Wolf Urine Lure: read the one entitled “One for the cellar.” Also, enjoy the reviews for fresh whole rabbit and the Luke Skywalker Ceremonial Jacket.

9/14/2011

Berkshire triple murder suspect arrested: once you’ve done that to your face, you have to go “entrpreneurial” as no one is going to hire you.

9/13/2011

Nerdy Day Trips: nothing in Arizona?! Well, I guess that’s probably true.

9/3/2011

When Bieber Fans Read The Onion: heaven help us.

8/29/2011

Gold Coins – The Mystery of the Double Eagle: utterly fascinating.

8/25/2011

New Apple CEO Tim Cook: I’m Thinking Printers: too soon.

8/24/2011

Steve Jobs’s Best Quotes: his impact on computing cannot be overstated. Also, watch his Stanford commencement speech for more inspiration.

The Mindset List: 2015 List: man, I feel old. {via}

Urban Dictionary – get an inbox: very useful term.

Blisteringly sexy, she killed Nazis with her bare hands and had a 5 million-franc bounty on her head. As she dies at 98, the extraordinary story of the real Charlotte Gray: quite the headline. The film adaptation is available on Netflix streaming.

8/23/2011

Scientists undo evolution to create a chicken with a maniraptora ‘snout’: not allowed “for ethical reasons” to hatch the animal?! Come on, maybe it’s delicious! {via}

Hangman’s Rope: read the reviews. Also, if you search for “noose” on Amazon, you get another way to kill yourself.

How to get $12 billion of gold to Venezuela: the proper response to a dictator trying to get his inflation hedge as he simultaneously tries to wreck his economy? “The gold stays put.”

8/14/2011

Fuck You Yelper: amen!

8/5/2011

Things That Look Like Other Things: neat stuff. {via}

6/30/2011

Goodbye to Chuquisaca: look at the hamburger joint sign a little more than halfway down the set of photos.

6/24/2011

8 Facts You Didnt Know About The Ice Cream Man: I did not know that.

6/23/2011

Should I Change My Password?: check your email address against recently-hacked databases.

6/21/2011

Cat Cake: nice!

6/17/2011

Dear Photograph: these are so touching. I wish I had more childhood photos so I could make these juxtapositions.

6/10/2011

BMW Powered Twin-Rotor Hoverbike: one step closer to the speeder bikes from Return of the Jedi.

6/9/2011

Roswell Martians Might Have Been Nazi Kids From Mengele’s Lab: that crazy Stalin.

6/5/2011

AirDisaster.Com: whoa. Just whoa.

5/31/2011

Birthing Dolls: this is why I have a category called WTF on this blog.

5/30/2011

Police Brutality at the Silent Flashmob at the Jefferson Memorial: this is really hard to watch, especially given that it transpires in a shrine to our most liberty-loving Founding Father.

5/27/2011

“Literally Unbelievable”: this is great stuff.

5/26/2011

xkcd wikipedia steps to philosophy: furthest I got (aside from the loops) was 22 steps.

5/20/2011

An Inland Archipelago: freaking Europeans.

The Legion of Super-Groomsmen: and I thought our Toyota jump photo was cool. Damn!