Trip shows slowing down boosts mileage but can make you unpopular on the road
"But hardly anyone is talking about -- or practicing -- a surefire way to save on gas: Slow down. Drive 55."
How to Buy Your Own Private Island
"Considering the amount of money that you have to spend to buy a private island, it's critical that you are aware of the following issues."
The Company Cookbook
I'm not ahsamed to admit that I've had, and liked, several of these dishes. And most of the rest of them don't sound so bad. This must be from one of them uppity California peeple.
LeakFrog Water Alarm
Now you can buy a $13 frog that will tell you if you have water in your basement.
Stroke Test: Is It a Stroke?
Three simple test anyone can do to determine if someone is having a stroke -- and every minute does count in these situations.
Shopcat.com
"On the following pages you will find stories and pictures of all kinds of cats who work in stores, libraries, hotels, and so on."
SIMON OF SPACE
A very excellent science fiction novel presented via blog; the ending isn't even avaialble yet.
My Favorite Word
"Zephyr? Gossamer? Love? Chocolate? Wisteria? Dividend? Freedom? Sleep? Everyone has a favorite word. What's yours?"
Exploratorium -- Science Of Gardening
A very well put-together site showcasing interesting facts about gardening, facts about vegetables, and alternative gardening methods such as hydroponics, Antarctic gardens, median gardening, etc.
IBM tells employees it will pay them to quit and become teachers
"International Business Machines Corp., worried the United States is losing its competitive edge, will financially back employees who want to leave the company to become math and science teachers."
IBM tells employees it will pay them to quit and become teachers
"International Business Machines Corp., worried the United States is losing its competitive edge, will financially back employees who want to leave the company to become math and science teachers."
Power-dressing man leaves trail of destruction
"An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building. "
Handsfree Carpet Cleaner
I'd like to be the first to welcome our new robotic carpet-cleaning overlords.
Quote of the Day
"Unless you become more watchful in your States and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges, you will in the end find that the most important powers of Government have been given or bartered away, and the control of your dearest interests have been passed into the hands of these corporations."
- U.S. President Andrew Jackson, farewell address, 04 March 1837.
Quote of the Day
"America's security comes from our freedoms. For more than two centuries, we have maintained a delicate balance between freedom and the opportunity for crime. We deliberately put laws in place that hamper police investigations because we know we are more secure because of them. We know that laws regulating wiretapping, search and seizure, and interrogation make us all safer, even if they make it harder to convict criminals."
- Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Internet Security, "Fingerprinting Visitors Won't Offer Security", Newsday.com, 2004-01-14.
Free Speech: Going, Going ...
"Corporations' efforts to curb free speech through lawsuits are unfortunately succeeding. "
The Anti-Sit Archives
If you ever need to go to New York City, be sure to rest up first. They apparently don't want you resting while you're there.
Trying to Translate What My Girlfriend Is Saying in Swedish While She's on the Phone to Her Mother.
"Have you been swimming in dorky rivers, logger?"
Cats In Sinks
"What is Cats in Sinks? It's obvious. It's about cats. And kittens. Who like sinks. And basins. And that's it."
Quote of the Day
"I've lost count of the number of assurances politicians have
offered us that they will, truly they will, ensure the creation
of a reliable and nationally acceptable form of proportional
representation the moment we vote them into power.
"So we do and lo and behold, the magic dust of the Great
Parliamentary Fairy is thrown into the eyes of the winners, and
they forget all about their pre-election promises. They just
get more and more drunk bingeing on the headiest drug there is.
Power. And bugger what the voters really want."
- "Agony aunt" Claire Rayner, in "Liberal Democrat News", London,
20th May 2005.
The Great American Jobs Scam
"It’s the Great American Jobs Scam: an intentionally constructed system that enables corporations to exact huge taxpayer subsidies by promising quality jobs – and then lets them fail to deliver. The other benefit often promised – higher tax revenues – often proves false or exaggerated as well."
Men do have trouble hearing women, scientists find
"'The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice, due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between men and women, and also due to women having greater natural 'melody' in their voices."
Bottled water is evil
"... read Tom Standage's excellent NYT piece on the total absence of any benefits to drinking bottled water over tap water -- it's not better for you, doesn't taste better, and is rotten for the environment..."
Come on Baby Light My Fire
"Want to make your AC more powerful without touching the knob? Stop heating your house with your light bulbs." A regular lightbulb converts only 10% of the electricity it uses into light. The rest goes toward heat.
Guess-the-google
This game preents you with 20 images found by Google in an image search -- your job is to figure out what single search term was used to find them.
Naomi -- Internet content filter
"Naomi is an Internet content filtering program, intended for families and parents in particular. It constantly monitors all Internet connections for inappropriate materials, and immediately closes down the browser if encountered. "
What to do if a nuclear disaster is imminent
A serious and comprehensive discussion of how to be safe.
Google Help : Search Features
No search engine is perfect, or knows about everything everywhere, but Google's pretty cool. This page shows some of the special searches Google can do. For example, if you enter as a search term define:habitue, Google will return definitions of the word. Much more found at the link.
Spray on mud
"Sprayonmud is a specially formulated spray-on product for anyone that wants to give friends, neighbours, colleagues or just anyone at all, the impression that they have been off-road or, at the very least, out in the country for the weekend."
Drive-In Theater
"Please remember to place the speaker on the post before you leave the theater." Is there a drive-in movie theater near you?
Real-World Warnings Keep You Safe Online
"Many of the warning phrases you probably heard from your parents and teachers are also applicable to using computers and the internet. "
PublicRadioFan.com
"PublicRadioFan.com features program listings for hundreds of public radio stations around the world. Follow the audio links to hear your favorite programs and discover new ones. "
Big toys for big boys at this theme park
"So I looked around my lot and saw all this equipment just standing there idle and thought to myself, gosh, a lot of guys would pay good money for the chance just to sit in one of these things. That's how the idea was born."
Today's Front Pages
"... Flash-based interface to let users see the front page of over 425 newspapers across 45 countries. "
One-minute vacations
"One-minute vacations are unedited recordings of somewhere, somewhen. Sixty seconds of something else. Sixty seconds to be someone else."
Experts Remove Bees, 450 Pounds Of Honey From Home
"The family said they first discovered the bees living in the walls of their home... when honey started dripping from the ceiling."
South Korea bans baseball players from wearing cabbage leaves
A stunning blow to the cabbage industry.
Consumer Vertigo
"A new wave of social critics claim that freedom’s just another word for way too much to choose. Here’s why they’re wrong."
Possible Link Between Diet Soda & Obesity
"People who think sipping diet soft drinks will help keep their waistlines svelte could be taking the wrong approach in controlling their weight. "
Livio De Marchi
"Can you imagine a house made out of books? A house in which even the table, the chairs and the bed seem to have been made of pages to turn and bound covers?"
Japan unveils "robot suit" that enhances human power
And when you're not wearing it, it looks for Sarah Connor.
Guess Which Movie
This site will present you with 4 still images from a movie; you guess which movie it's from.
VoteBook Citizenship Test
"The VoteBook Citizenship Test is based on an actual test administered by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service"
Change Is in the Air!
Who even knew birds had cars? They way they treat *my* car you wouldn't think they'd care so much about keeping them clean.
Genetic Savings and Clone - the leading provider of pet gene banking and pet cloning services.
If your pet is great, then 14 of him would be excellent!
Crying, while eating
Have you ever caught yourself crying while eating, then wanted to share your misery with the world by sending in a video clip of it to a web site that would share them? These people have.
The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
Very excellent blog by Darth Vader. In the manner of all blogs, begin at the end (use the archive links at the right). Moving and funny.
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