25 Handy Words That Simply Don’t Exist In English: love these sorts of lists. {via}

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

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

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

Climbing Red Gates in Moscow: chilling and nauseating.

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}

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.”

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

An Inland Archipelago: freaking Europeans.

Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg: awesomeness just got awesomer.

Valentin Beinroth, Florian Jenett: gun-shaped licorice makes for great photos. {via}

iDish: I myself have used an iPad as a tray for a meal. {via}

“Black parents give birth to white baby”: wow, that is quite a genetic quandary.

Portable Watermelon Cooler: I assume you could use it for keeping other watermelon-shaped items cool when watermelon’s out of season, like hams, severed heads, or jugs of milk. {via}

Running from Camera: it’s the new phoon, as far as I’m concerned.

Hardcore Rollerblading: it’s too bad you couldn’t see the reaction of the motorcyclists he’s passing. Also, how does he stop? {via}

The Taiwanese News CG Reenactment: I have no idea what’s being said but this video says all I need to know about the Tiger Woods accident. {via}

Sniper Sniper!: uhh, practical jokes don’t generally end with needing to change your underwear.

Liu Bolin: very well done camouflaging, but I have a problem calling it art.

Uhh, Weird Asian Photos?: the site is in Russian but the theme is pretty obvious. This collection makes the Japanese (I assume) look both more and less exotic.

Bare Essentials of Safety: in-flight safety video from Air New Zealand. You’ll quickly notice where it differs from others in this genre. From the “Nothing to Hide” marketing campaign.

Level Crossing Man: missed it by that much.

“Zimbabwe revalues currency again”: by fiat, lops off 12 zeroes—that’s a trillion folks. Inflation is unofficially at 658 billion percent; unemployment is at 94%. {via}

“No Snickering”: okay, Penistone I can believe. But Butt Hole Road? Come on, Britishers.

Sleeping Chinese: pictures of Shanghai residents sleeping in public, though I have to wonder how some of them are even possible.

“Vicar hospitalised with potato up his bum”: I thought that only happened in the Appalachian Emergency Room. {via}

“France to halt games when anthem is booed”: “We cannot tolerate our Marseillaise being jeered.” Oh those surrender monkeys, so quick to offend. {via}

Unbeatable Banzuke: the craziest Japanese athletic game show I’ve ever seen. There’s plenty of video of it on YouTube. It makes me wish I had G4 still.

Guy Skis Down Tube Escalator: HOLY CRAP! I CAN BARELY WATCH THIS! {via}

How to Eat Durian: helpful info on an Asian fruit I’d never heard of and, from the sounds of it, I probably wouldn’t enjoy.

“These Olympics are unreal”: funny yet sad but true. At least the writer wasn’t carted off to a labor camp for applying to protest at one of the designated protest areas, for which no application was approved.

“The ‘Nuclear’ Option: Russia Threatens Poland Over U.S. Missile Shield”: HOLY SHIT. This part freaks me out: “He said the deal also includes a ‘mutual commitment’ between the two nations to come to each other’s assistance ‘in case of trouble.’” That certainly reminds me of “entangling alliances” and the last war they caused.

South Ossetia Photos Taken By a Russian Soldier: wow. I can’t understand any of it but the pictures speak for themselves.

2008 Olympics Opening Ceremony: looks like quite a spectacle. You know what else looks like quite a spectacle? This. {via}

Where the Hell is Matt?: so this thing’s been going on since 2006 and this is the first I’ve heard of it? Gosh, this Internet thing is pretty big. Definitely check out the higher-quality version. {via}

Indian Baby Dropping Ritual: why hasn’t that caught on here in the states? I just don’t get it. {via}

Pen-Spinning Tournament 2008: holy crap! I’m a pen spinner but I have a hard time saying that after watching these videos! {via}

UK YouTube: click on one of the Featured Videos. April Fool’s! Wife: “why does that bring you such joy?” Me: “I don’t know, but it sure does.” Wife: “that is more funny to me than anything else”

Chinese MC Hammer: ho hum about the actual video and the move-by-move imitation. What really gets me is the knitting lady in the background, apparently oblivious to the goings-on. {via}

Rolling Bridge: arresting concept.

Ferrari vs. Smart Car: wow, that is incredible. But it seems like it’d be unstable since it wasn’t designed to do that kind of speed. {via}

The Deadly Huashan Hiking Trail: who would willingly hike that? Oh, right. American tourists.

Dubai is Nuts!!!: 3,900 foot tall skyscraper and 107 square miles of amusement park. Yeah, nuts about covers it. There must be a lot of money in oil…

Extraordinary Breastfeeding: whoa. Just wow. Good gravy.

HEMA: I don’t think the page is rendering quite right.

Only in Russia: these are great!

“A Pregnant Man?”: I am so glad that there weren’t any pictures of the forty-year old “thing” that they removed. I don’t feel like puking this early.

Chinese Snow Sculpture Festival: wow, that’s beautiful work.

Some Not-So-Usual Photos: bizarre staged scenes in Russia.

“Magic Kingdom or Glass House?”: I’m more than a little skeptical of a bustling “free market” country based around an Islamic monarchy. Still, the policies I’ve read about seem sufficiently liberty-oriented that I’m intrigued.

Cartoons by Roodie Doodie: kind of funny comic. {via}

“Sudan Protesters – Execute U.K. Teacher”: seriously, WTF! WTHF. My mind is boggled. At least Scientology’s finally been beaten for most difficult PR job, religion category. {via}

“Sins of the father”: this was such a hard article to stomach. I cannot fathom how a father could allow this (and all the preceding actions) to occur. How is that honor?

Top Gear Tiny Car Review: reviewing the world’s smallest production car, the Peel P50. I love the part where he drives through offices.

Dreamy Concept Cars at Tokyo Motor Show 2007: these are definitely some of the coolest cars that will never ever see the light of day. Fo’ shure. {via}

Lost Cities: yeah, it’s linkbait but it’s good linkbait.

Top Gear’s Carbage: why must people ruin cars with their mods? Because they can? Oh, okay.

How’s My Parking?: I parked it just fine every time!

Prince Charles Reviewing the Troops: we had a head of state like that about a decade ago.

Three countries use non-metric measurement systems: from the metric system article on Wikipedia. I think this is supposed to make Americans feel backward or something, but I just can’t muster up any concern.

Mr. Lee CatCam: German cat gets wired. Must’ve removed all the photos of him licking himself. {via}

Japanese TV Tetris Game: this game looks designed to put people in the water. {via}

2012 London Olympics Logo Unveiled: at first it was ghastly but now I can only see this when I look at it. {via and via}

[UPDATE (6/6/2007): Apparently, the logo is an abstract rendition of 2012. That makes it marginally better but still dreadful. And I desperately want to stop seeing that logo because of that animated version linked above.]

Search Without Boundaries: wow! Wow. I feel like another page has turned for Google today.

Broadcasting House, 1932: scan of a book about the BBC’s Broadcasting House circa 1932, a lovely example of Art Deco in London. {via}

Google Maps – Classic Mini: looks to be an art installation near Rotterdam, The Netherlands. {via}

Ninja Warrior – Makoto Nagano: I’ve mentioned this series before, but this is the best run I’ve seen. {via}

The Treehouse at Alnwick Garden: 6,000 square feet of tree-based luxury living. {via}

Karoshi: death from overwork. That’s a pretty tough condition from which to recover.

Mini Turbo: 220 HP on a classic Mini!?! I can’t even imagine.

Rent a Village: your company can lease an entire village in Switzerland, Austria, or Germany or the entire country of Liechtenstein. {via}

“Home becomes an ‘island’ in building row”: the picture says it all.

Sophie Cat: billed as the “cutest cat in the world.” I don’t know if that’s official, though.

Dynamite Surfing: but what about the little fishies? {via}

World Mapper: interesting maps that purport to show exactly how bad the United States is. Because we’re bigger on the maps. It’s disgusting, really. {via}

The VOCO Clock: has 50 phrases recorded by Stephen Fry to wake you up politely. I have no idea who Stephen Fry is (even went to his IMDB page) but he sounds British and I know there’s some Brits in my reading audience.

Mini V-8: guy took an old Mini pickup chassis and reconstructed it with a V-8 engine. Sadly, no video or real stats on the dramatic change.

Subtle Ad: oh boy! {via}

Britain for Americans: a cheeky guide to England.

Miss Russian Nuclear 2007: I just like the idea that there’s somewhere in the world where being associated with nuclear energy is a-okay. Too bad it’s in a rapidly-devolving authoritarian state.

Venture Vehicles: this looks crazy slick. I could see owning one of these for a daily commuter except that I can’t seem to discern any cargo space whatsoever.

[UPDATE: Apparently, there's a similar site for the same car at Fly the Road.]

La Chute: dancers captured mid-dance. Looking at some of the images, you have to wonder about the rest of the dance they were performing. {via}

Let VA Fly: I sure wish we had a “choice in air travel” so I signed.

World’s Most Complex Origami: uh, holy crap! {via}

Snack Characters: that is some wild packaging. {via}

eLivestock: buy and sell Australian livestock online. I love the Internet.

Astronomy Picture of the Day – February 5: wow, I love these sorts of pictures where several unnotable events in themselves are captured in a single frame (okay, so this is a stitching of three panoramas, but still). Awesome.

ZCars – Single Engined Mini: holy crap! {via}

Plen: “desktop hobby robot.” Who doesn’t need that?

[UPDATE (1/26/2007): $2,000!]

[UPDATE (2/3/2007): Here's some video of it in action.]

Soviet-Era Roadside Bus Stops: is it just me or do a lot of these bus stops seem to lack a concomitant road? {via}

GDP Map: that is so cool! It is quite illustrative of what a powerhouse our economy is. {via}

Normal Room: this is the kind of thing I love the Web for. The site is a photo gallery organized by room so that you can see what the same type of room might look like around the world. Skews heavily towards Boise, Idaho at this point. {via}

Weirdest Japanese product ever on Flickr: yeah, that’s pretty weird. The comments have translations of the package.

Top 15 Fountains: what no Fountain Hills?

Alternate Uses for Everyday Items: it’s all in German, though. With all the German names for these gizmos, it reads like an Ikea catalog. A bizarro Ikea. {via}

Words of a Man’s Mouth: guy bought a diary (of sorts) in a Hong Kong shop, scanned it in, and is looking for help on the Web to translate it.

Ninja Warrior: just caught this over the weekend. It is amazing and wonderful to watch. Sadly, they’re half-hour shows and it takes forever to get through one round of challenges.

gDiapers: flushable diapers. Plus all the tree-hugging, landfill-filling propaganda you’d expect.

Hydropolis: project page for Dubai’s underwater hotel. {via}

Most Dangerous Roads in the World: holy hell, why wouldn’t they just fix the roads? {via}