Here’s a hint: It doesn’t bounce.
Category: Interesting
Michael Jackson Was An Inventor?
The late King of Pop apparently also had a patent in his name.
Being Homeless In The Sims 3
One I got my ‘net connection back (over two hours later after it went out), I spent my lunch break reading this fascinating story of the life of a homeless family in Sims 3. It’s a bit long, but start at the beginning — it’s well written and worth the read.
He Probably Had The Three Wolf Moon Shirt On
Ten Twenty (sorry, brain fart) years later, have things really changed in China? Nope.
There’s a great Frontline piece on Tank Man and some great stories from photographers who were there have been posted on the NYT Lens blog. I would love to know what happened to that guy, as would many, I’m sure.
(And if you don’t understand the joke in the headline, read up.)
Update on 6/8: The NYT Lens blog has another never-before-seen angle of the events.
Secrets Of The Deep
New York’s Hudson River is a treasure trove of really weird stuff.
What lies beneath the surface of New York Harbor? For starters, a 350-foot steamship, 1,600 bars of silver, a freight train, and four-foot-long cement-eating worms.
Remember That Guy On The Ball Video? Here Comes The Science
Remember how I didn’t know how this guy didn’t crack open his head? It is all just a bunch of crazy physics.
Why Bother With LivePerson…
…when LiveZilla will give you most of the same features for free? I’m mostly book marking this one for my reference, but I’m sure I’m not the only one who has thought about something like this.
Lost And Found
I thought I lost a big collection of links, but they were found when doing some cleaning on the hard drive. So here are a few of them.
- 21 Condom Ads You Never Saw Coming.
- This guy loves bad punctuation as much as he loves Jesus.
- Malo: A small CSS Library base for building web sites (related: Girdr buildrrr).
- Street With A View introduces fiction, both subtle and spectacular, into the doppelganger world of Google Street View.
- Worth1000 Movie Poster Anagram contest.
- The Missle Defense Shield.
- Obama logo designs that weren’t chosen.
- Power outlets and power strips can look cool and be more functional.
- Linus Torvalds (Linux creator) tears C++ apart.
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read.
Oh, and here’s a time-killing game for the evening to get you really frustrated going into Monday. I got up to 5630 on my first try before my eyes were starting to bleed.
Bandwidth Suck Time
Time to dump some videos (all after the jump — and there are quite a few of them):