http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdose Some fascinating information on the biological process of heroin “overdosing”, as unearthed on one of my Wikipedia tours. (My, but my interests are wide-ranging!) If you know of anyone with an addiction, wising them up to this research may be the next best thing to wising them up to quitting entirely. Canadian researcher Shepard […]
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Rubiks Cube used to get on right side of octopuses – Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/earth/2008/07/07/scioctopus107.xml It may be an infuriating puzzle which has baffled and defeated countless children and their parents over more than two decades, but this octopus appears determined to solve the Rubik’s Cube. The three-dimensional puzzle, which became a huge success in the early 1980s, is among toys being given to the intelligent sea creatures to […]
Dark Roasted Blend: Geoducks Are Strange
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2008/06/geoducks-are-strange.html Behold, the Geoduck! Or, as I prefer to call it, the Inferiority Mollusk. (Pictures after the click are technically SFW, but potentially only after a very detailed explanation, and a follow-up visit to Wikipedia as proof that you’re not lying.)
Each Grain of Sand a Tiny Work of Art | Earth Science | DISCOVER Magazine
http://discovermagazine.com/photos/01-each-grain-of-sand-a-tiny-work-of-art?dupe Magnified views of sand turns out to be the best Stumble I’ve seen all day. Many, many thanks, LewisGrimshaw for the speck-tacular contribution.
An Engineers Guide to Cats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4 Funny even if you’re not a cat owner, but downright hilarious if you are.
Gorillas Photographed Mating Face-to-Face — A First
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/02/080212-gorilla-sex.html Gorillas discover the missionary position. From the looks of the female in the picture, she’s already lost interest, and is instead fantasising about all the great shoes and lingerie her silverback will buy her…
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Drive cradle makes it easy to swap around SATA drives – Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/05/drive-cradle-makes-i.html Swappable cradle for un-enclosed hard drives. This is such a cool idea.
Creation “Science” Is the Christian Rights Trojan Horse Against Reason | Civil Liberties | AlterNet
http://www.alternet.org/rights/49811/ This article – pilfered from RedShift13 – is actually a refutation of Creationist indoctrination methods, but the description of exhibits reads like one of the best comedies Hollywood has never produced. If it weren’t for all the Creationist loonies that no doubt frequent these “museums”, I think I’d have it would make for a […]
Motorola KRZR TVC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcejnYsgif4 Fear not – the thumbs up for this Motorola ad is not for the product or the ad itself. Instead, it’s for the ad company’s choice of song. Anyone who has ever experienced the awesomeness that is Grand Rapids, MI’s indie band, The Icicles, is revelling in the double-awesomeness of their Sugar Sweet being […]
Rubens Tube
http://wohba.com/pages/ruben1006.html The iTunes visualiser’s got nothing on this.