Considering this was published 1979, it's actually reasonably accurate.
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Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Cool Self-shifting Digital Algorithmic Paintings [Pics]
Combined his training in fine arts and computer engineering to meld painting with algorithms. It occurred to him that a computer or TV screen would be a better "canvas" for bringing his pictures to life, so he wrote a software program to automate the image generation and transformation.
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[PICS] Whats Better Than a Wig? A Wig You Can Sleep With Everywhere.
"Pillowig" is hand made wearable pillow comforting trieness of people in daily lives, enabling users to sleep comfortably whenever and whenever they’d like. When user test is done in public spaces - subway, airplane, library, class room and laundromat, viewers commented: “I would like to have it for my trip.”, “Very funny.”
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Monday, August 20, 2007
Blue-Footed Boobies (PIC)
Among the animals Darwin spotted on the Galapagos Islands were the blue-footed boobies (Sula nebouxii excisa). The males show off their blue feet to potential mates with high-stepping dances.
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Panhandling For Halo 3 [PIC]
So, I needed money for Halo 3...so I did what I thought was best, hit the streets.So to sum it up..$36.7419 Middle fingers8 Tokens2 arguments- One with an MGS fanboy-one with a Gears of War FnaboyOh, I also danced for a hot girl.
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How to Wash Your Clothes (PIC)
As seen on a clothing tag: Machine wash warm, inside out, with like colors... or...
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Phtotos ~ How can Spider Webs Be so Beautiful ~
three are not photoshopped or the work of some fashion designer or artists - these are real -live spider webs, the morning dew or light rain showers even enhances the effect s to look like jewels
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Best. Phishing email. Ever. [PIC]
This is probably the crappiest attempt at phishing ever, but you know that there are idiots out there who are falling for it.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
It's not a cookie. It's a math joke. [PIC]
I did not get this. See below for some insight on the joke from a couple fellow diggers.shifty2- Leibniz and Newton were famed mathematicians. now they are immortalized as snacks. to see them next to each other on a store shelf is the joke.faithhealer- More than that, they were rivals, each claiming to have invented/discovered calculus. There is still disagreement to this day as to who should get credit for calculus.
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[PIC] Crappy Mercedes
Lol literally crappy, looks like someone has thrown a bucket of poo through the window of the Mercedes. EWWW
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Lightning hitting tree (pic)
Great picture taken from the moment a lightning hits a tree. The photographer was lucky it didn't hit him...
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Really Cool Aquariums (Pics)
A well-designed and maintained aquarium is a treat for the eye, a conversation piece, and a satisfying hobby. Some are much more than that.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The Cutest Photo You'll See All Month On The Internets/Tubes /Web(Photo)
Adorable, cute and just plain luvin' it. I mean it, this is one of my net favs.
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Short Circuit 3?
Click here for the pdf
Digg would not let me submit the link to the pdf. Sorry for the blogspam.
Digg would not let me submit the link to the pdf. Sorry for the blogspam.
We are all just a Simulation [PIC]
The Joy of Tech has the last laugh on the concept that we're all living in the Matrix.
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America is Not at War (photo)
America is at the Mall... The photo looks like it was taken from somewhere in Iraq, but you can't really tell.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
The Internet Has Always Had Loud Dumb People..
..but I've never seen anything quite as bad as the people who comment on Youtube videos.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Stephen Colbert's portrait, made from of 768 Rubik's Cubes! (PICS)
David Litwin, the Picasso of cubes: "What does one do with 768 cubes once you’ve made your company logo? I spent way too much time getting them stickered properly to just leave it at that. No, you move on to doing other pictures. I had considered great works of art (Mona Lisa, etc.), but thought a tribute to Stephen Colbert would be more fun."
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If You're a True Geek, Raise Your Hand // pic
Simply a great picture that I'm dedicating to all the geeks on Digg. Oh, and I declare today, August 11th, "Geek Day". Why? Because I can. That is all.
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Friday, August 10, 2007
World's Largest Ice Caves [pics!]
There are many ice caves throughout the world, but the Eisriesenwelt Ice Caves in Austria are some of the largest known to man. They are located within the Tennengebirge Mountains near Salzburg and stretch for a remarkable 40 kilometers. Only a portion of the labyrinth is open to tourists but it's enough to get a taste.
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Building's glass reflections (PIC)
This is what happens when a designer forgets which way the sun goes and puts glass in the shape of a parabolic mirror on a building.
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"You may carry HIV" Stickers Placed On Unwitting, Random Pedestrians [PICS]
"Hundreds of Volunteers Went Out Into the streets of Lima, discretely tagging these stickers on numerous unknowing pedestrians, whom, were later to discover the stickers pasted on their backs." Really clever marketing or a campaign gone too far?
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Minutes from Death with a Rattlesnake Bite (PICS)
On July 21, 2002, just after my 13th birthday, I was bitten by a Northern Pacific rattlesnake. From this point, an amazing rescue took place. Here's the associated story and the pictures. WARNING: The linked photos are not for the faint of heart.
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Thursday, August 9, 2007
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The biggest carpet in the world! [pic]
That's seriously huge. I cannot imagine how long it will take to clean that thing...
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Giant Lego man found in Dutch sea - w/PIC
SOMEWHERE OUT AT SEA, THERE'S A LEGO CRUISE SHIP WITH A GIANT GRIEVING LEGO WOMAN ABOARD
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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Global Warming is Shrinking Hollywood Sea Creatures! [PIC]
I am sure most of you are tired of hearing the same stuff over and over about global warming. The effect of global warming on Hollywood sea creatures is one aspect of global warming that the media has yet to investigate. So we decided to conduct an in-depth, very serious analysis… check it out!
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A stop sign location that's probably not necessary. Pretty amusing. [PIC]
Pic and caption go together. Dry humor. (Not for everybody.) For those who like the ordinary oddities of daily life....
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Monday, August 6, 2007
Humor In Uniform - Military Signals Deciphered [Pics]
The Signals the Military uses may be for a different purpose but here they have been given a different interpretation altogether.
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Can you see it? (Give it a sec, you will...) [PIC]
I recognized this immediately as I was walking through my front room... can you see what my son made? As a geek dad this made me laugh and almost made me cry.
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Sunday, August 5, 2007
Now THIS is a Swiss Army Knife! [PICS]
Make James Bond, MacGyver and Inspector Gadget look like ill-equipped buffoons with the jaw-dropping Wenger Giant Swiss Army Knife. As awesome as it is ridiculous, this incredible triumph of engineering is packed with 85 fully functional implements and is said to have over 100 functions.
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Saturday, August 4, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
First Fully-Armed Robots Patrolling in Iraq; First Shots Imminent [PICS]
There have been robots patrolling the sunny sands of Iraq since the initial invasion, but until now, they've merely been there to scope stuff out. That was then, this is now. The military has just deployed their new SWORDS robots, some bomb-disposal bots armed with M249 machine guns. Oh man, robots with machine guns.
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Interesting License Plates (Pics)
Here are some license plates, which we don't come across in our day-to-day life. Some of these letters & numbers combinations used on vehicle license plates are straightforward until you view them in your rear-view mirror, which adds a new dimension to it.
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Picture: In Case of Zombies, Break Glass
You never knew when you'll need to blast away zombies, so it's quite handy to keep one of these around.
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Building Demolished from the Ground Up Looks Better than New
A 15-story office block in the heart of London is being demolished backwards in order to build a skyscraper in its place. Demolishers are working up from the ground level upwards, dismantling each floor to reveal the concrete core of the P&O building.
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Incredible Nacreous Clouds in Southern Norway [PIC]
These vivid clouds blazed in the sky over the Southern Norway twenty minutes after sunset January 31st 2005.
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Murphy's Law // pics
They say that "whatever can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time" and these hilarious pictures definitely prove that. I realize this isn't the newest thing around but I'm sure many people haven't seen it before and it's certainly still a good laugh.
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Wives Of The Billionaires
Billionaires usually have their pick of brides and often chose to marry some of the world's most beautiful and glamorous women. (Article has link to Pics)
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HUGE Optimus Prime Cake [PIC]
I wanted to do something special for my Husband Tim for his 30th b-day so the obvious choice was to have a giant Optimus Prime cake made for the party. The thing is the size of a toddler!
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Beware -- Mad Scientist! [PICTURE]
Gary Histand began working at Bethel College in 2001. Before that, he served as assistant professor of chemistry at Delaware Valley College. He has also taught courses at Muhlenberg College, Eastern College and Widener University.
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Now That's Camouflage [image]
A convincing grass pattern on a rifle. Almost invisible save for the flash reflection.
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Thursday, August 2, 2007
Oops, iPhone Display Needs to Reboot, Runs Windows XP [PIC]
Hey PC fanboys, now you can use this shot of a Windows XP display at an AT&T store when those smug Mac worshipers tell you about how such-and-such Zune commercial was made on a Mac, and how "all media types and artists" use Macs. Windows runs the world, baby.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2007
★ The Most Dangerous Drugs [bar graph] ★
You might be surprised to know that alcohol is far more dangerous than both Big Puff and Puff the Magic Dragon. Check out this graphic guide to the most dangerous substances humanity ingests (and imbibes, snorts, shoots and sniffs).
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Best Mug-Shot Ever
Meet Amanda Lynn Bailey. The Florida woman, 41, was arrested early yesterday on a drunk driving charge, her second DUI bust in the past three months. Bailey, a dealer at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, was booked into the Hillsborough County jail at 4:41 AM.
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When Gamers Have Babies: Level 1 Human (PIC)
This is what happens when gamers have babies, they start out as a "level 1 human", and gain experience points daily to reach the next level.
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Where English Is Spoken Only For A Surcharge [PICTURE]
This is a sign in Russia. People who speak english are directed to a different entrance, a more expensive one.
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Is this a painting? [pic]
Too good to be true. This is a photograph showing a flower-splashed hillside near Tehachapi, California.
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We Need Your Help Ladies (Some Guys): Impeach Bush // pic
So let me get this straight, George Bush has a 25% approval rating, Americans everywhere are protesting against him, and over well 50% of the American population wants him impeached a.s.a.p. Then why has that not been done yet and why is it so complicated? I just don't get it. (I'm not American by the way so I have no idea what the procedures are.)
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