Branded Butterfly Wings
A glowing green logo drawn by scientists on the wing of a genetically altered butterfly
could herald the day that the insects are adorned with adverts and slogans
http://www.nextnature.net/research/?p=855
Top 10 Albums You've Never Heard
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2007/01/top_10_albums_y.html
Stunting a Girl's Growth to Keep Her Portable
The bedridden 9-year-old is severely mentally and physically disabled; her parents,
through doctors, have administered estrogen to stunt her growth and have removed
her uterus and breast buds to prevent menstruation and breasts.
http://www.slate.com/id/2156766/
DNA So Dangerous It Does Not Exist
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19325853.200?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19325853.200
Japanese Banquet of Cannibalism
http://www.weirdasianews.com/2006/11/08/japanese-banquet-of-cannibalism/
33 Names of Things You
Never Knew had Names
http://www.canongate.net/Lists/Words/33NamesOfThingsYouNeverKne
Example: 7. FERRULE - The metal band on a pencil that holds the eraser in place.
Jeff Russell's STARSHIP DIMENSIONS
The is intended to allow science fiction fans to get an impression of the true
scale of their favorite science fiction spacecraft by being able to compare ships
across genres, as well as being able to compare them with contemporary objects
with which they are probably familiar.
http://www.merzo.net/index.html
-AWESOME!!! Thanks Bill
Cryptomundo's Top Mystery Photos of 2006
http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/2006-cz-pix
This one is a photo of a mystery carving of the dinosaur Stegosaurus
stenops found in Ankor Wat on an ancient Cambodian temple…
more info: http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/dino-cambodia/
Bionic Hand
What's being billed as the world's most advanced bionic hand has
been fitted to a man in Scotland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6193681.stm - has a video of the hand in action
Japanese Man Survives 24 Days
of Cold Weather by Hibernation
Mitsutaka Uchikoshi, 35, went missing for 24 days while going climbing with his
friends at Mount Rokko, western Japan. He survived in cold weather without
food and water by falling in to a state of "hibernation": He had almost no pulse,
his organs had been shut down and his body temperature dropped to
22C (71F) when he was found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6197339.stm
-so, it begins… ;-)
Chet Zar's Artwork
http://www.chetzar.com/oil_paintings/ART.html
-weird, creepy, I like it
Reading Shakespeare Excites the Brain
Experts believe that this heightened brain activity may be one of the reasons
why Shakespeare's plays have such a dramatic impact on their readers.
http://www.physorg.com/news85664210.html
Realistic and Artistic Fly Tying by Graham Owen
Graham Owen creates amazingly realistic flies, spiders, and other critters,
for fishing and for art (and you know it's realistic when they gross you out!)
http://www.solarexpert.com/fishing/more-fly-tying.html
LED's for beginners
This instructable shows how to wire up one or more LED's in a in a basic and clear
way. Never done any work before with LED's and don't know how to use them? Its ok…
http://www.instructables.com/id/E9NFEFO2ZGEV2Z9QKZ/?ALLSTEPS
Coolest Gadgets Forum
A place for tech savvy gadget lovers to meet and chat about the latest technologies.
http://forums.coolest-gadgets.com/
Fire Fighter Flower
This magnetic flower decoration has a double life, full time over size fridge magnet
and part time fire extinguisher for oil fires. I wish I could offer some more info but
I'm lost in translation. Anyone out there that could offer a real translation on this
cool/hot product would be appreciated. Price: approx. $34
http://www.uberreview.com/2006/12/fire-fighter-flower.htm/
Recycled Glass Pavers and Tumble Glass Mulch
http://urbankinetics.blogspot.com/2006/12/recycled-glass-pavers-and-tumble-glass.html
Marie Antoinette Action Figure with Ejectable Head
http://www.shakespearesden.com/11563.html
:-)
Man Sues Over Deleted World of Warcraft Character
A man with almost a year of playtime on a single character in the video game
World of Warcraft has his character deleted by someone. Now he plans on
suing the "criminal" for everything he is worth.
http://www.fundular.com/Blog/4300DD5A-4B4F-495D-A007-A3E11341BC48.html
Meanings and Origins of Popular
Phrases and Sayings
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/index.html
Check the Nonsense Nine sayings.
Man sues his girlfriend after she
blogs about their sex life
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003497194_webscandal27.html?syndication=rss
MyTego - Skin Anything
myTego is proud to bring you the Tego, the only product that you design entirely by
yourself, with your own custom images and designs. A TEGO is a skin covering that
fits onto practically any cell phone or personal electronic device that you own. It is a
thin, tough, flexible vinyl covering that you can customized in any way imaginable!
Replace your cell phone faceplate with a new cell phone skin!
http://www.mytego.com/default.aspx?partner=MyTego&lang=en
-for those who don't know you can also do the same thing with a product called
Lasertran and your own printer
USB Phonebook Backs Up
Your Digital Black Book
It plugs into your cell phone and downloads your phonebook info so the next time
you get a new phone, you can upload your address book with the click of a button.
http://usb.brando.com.hk/prod_detail.php?prod_id=00042&dept_id=015&cat_id=038
Hydropolis: Dubai's Underwater Luxury Hotel
Currently under construction in Dubai, Hydropolis is the world's first luxury underwater
hotel. It will include three elements: the land station, where guests will be welcomed,
the connecting tunnel, which will transport people by train to the main area of the hotel,
and the 220 suites within the submarine leisure complex. It is one of the largest < SPAN>
contemporary construction projects in the world, covering an area of 260 hectares,
about the size of London's Hyde Park.
http://www.designbuild-network.com/projects/Hydropolis/index.html#Hydropolis3
Convert Cassettes on your Computer
http://www.firebox.com/product/1700?src_t=wnw¤cy_conversion=1
-check out the rest of the site, way cool
Scentuelle - 30-day supply costs $34.95
Scentuelle is an innovative aromachology product designed to help stimulate
A women's libido.
Scentuelle Libido Patch is infused with floral aromas designed to put a women's
mind into a state of arousal. You hold your wrist (where you stick the patch) up to
your nose for a whiff, whenever you need a shot of happiness.
http://www.scentuellepatch.com/
-happiness, yeah right more like the hornies (yes I made that word up)
USB to USB
A box with a built-in LCD screen that lets you hook up two
USB enabled devices and transfer files between them
http://herrington-catalog.stores.yahoo.net/a701.html
Waterjets.org
Here's a neat little PR trick from a company called Waterjets. They have used
their water cutting technology to cut a hole in a Xbox 360, and cut a prototype
Xbox into an "X".
http://www.waterjets.org/waterjet_pictures_9.html
In Search of a New Earth
CNES is to launch a satellite designed to find earthlike planets in orbit around other stars.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6203161.stm
Jeff de Boer - Artist
http://www.jeffdeboer.com/Galleries/CatsMice/tabid/63/Default.aspx
-way cool!
15 Year Aniversary Group Art Show
http://www.copronason.com/aniweb/
-gallery show in LA really cool
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Personalization Mall
http://www.personalizationmall.com/Default.aspx
-kinda cool
Wiseman's Ceiling
http://www.dwiseman.com/index2.html#
Personalized Cell Phone Strap Figurine
How about personalizing your cell phone strap with your own face. Select a figurine
from several clothing and body type options like a kimono, a monkey from ancient
Chinese folklore, a sheep, a fortune-bringing ceramic cat, or an afro-sporting,
bell-bottom wearing soul train dancer from Rakuten.
http://item.rakuten.co.jp/keitai/277-bskk-b/ (japanese)
http://www.gizmodiva.com/other_stuff/personalized_cell_phone_strap_figurine.php
Vacuum Shoes - Clean as You Walk
http://www.gizmodiva.com/home_gadgets/vacuum_shoe_concept_from_electrolux.php
Einstein's Fish Puzzle
http://www.coudal.com/thefish.php
Here's a puzzle from Coudal Partners, titled "Whose Fish?" supposedly created by Albert Einstein:
This brainteaser, reportedly written by Einstein is difficult and Einstein said that 98% of the people
in the world could not figure it out. Which percentage are you in?
There are five houses in a row in different colors. In each house lives a person with a different
nationality. The five owners drink a different drink, smoke a different brand of cigar and keep a
different pet, one of which is a Walleye Pike.
The question is– who owns the fish?
Hints:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Malls keeps birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhills.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Princes.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
There are no tricks, pure logic will get you the correct answer. And yes, there is enough information
to arrive at the one and only correct answer.
S.