Month: January 2011

http://snipurl.com/1xhxf7

Collection of photos on the Flickr site – these are all magnified images of various stuff.

http://magenergy.us/

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

“Some foods have significantly more Calories than others but what does the difference actually look
like. Each of the photographs below represents 200 Calories of the
particular type of food; the images are sorted from low to high calorie
density. When you consider that an entire plate of broccoli contains the
same number of Calories as a small spoonful of peanut butter, you might
think twice the next time you decide what to eat. According to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average adult needs to consume about
2000 – 2500 Calories to maintain their weight. In other words, you
have a fixed amount of Calories to “spend” each day; based on the
following pictures, which would you eat?”

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html

Various tests which should reveal key psychological traits in yourself.

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/30-longest-tongues-ever

I’ll refrain from making some arbitrary dirty comment about this page..Although if these are for real then I’m not sure how these people manage to actually fit their tongues inside their mouths..

http://snipurl.com/1wobdd

We are still a long way from being familiar with all species of fauna on this planet. Many new species are still being discovered every year in remote forests and the depth of the oceans. This page is a selection of the ones discovered last year.

the Tube-Nosed Fruit Bat or “Yoda Bat” found in Papua New Guinea

http://goo.gl/eLrJA

Recently revealed photos taken of the Pearl Harbour Bombing.

…with one letter!

http://www.engrish.com/

For the vast majority of the world’s population English is not their first language and I think all native speakers of any language will always find amusement in folks stumbling attempts to try and speak it

It’s no different for English speakers…

http://www.worth1000.com/contests/2131/contest
http://www.worth1000.com/contests/1645/contest

Photoshop contest to make the most fun out of household brands…

http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/

Available as a web page, iPhone app and PC/Mac app as well. This thing does actually tell you the correct time!

http://www.rcs.k12.va.us/csjh/japanesename.htm

Input your name and through the magic of Javascript it spits out the Japanese equivalent into a new browser window.

This is what it said to me: ‘Your Japanese name is Riamu nichirasu.’

http://snipurl.com/1velme

Don’t think people could make jokes out of fonts and typeface?

Think again…

http://www.fubiz.net/2010/11/15/apple-destroyed-products/

Pictures of mangled Apple devices..

http://www.bankrate.com/calculators/index-of-calculators.aspx

Use
Bankrate’s calculators to compare mortgage, home equity and auto loan costs, perfect your budget, pay down debt, and plan for your retirement and investing goals.

Many of these are real but some are clearly fakes..

http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/excuses.html

Collection of “actual excuse
notes from parents (including spelling)” from the Office of Educational Assessment
at the University of Washington.

“My son is under a doctor’s
care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.”

“Dear School: Please ekscuse
John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31,32, and also 33.”

“Please excuse Tommy for
being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.”

http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/subtitles.html

“I am damn unsatisfied to be killed in this way.
“

“Quiet or I’ll blow your
throat up.”

“I got knife scars more
than the number of your leg’s hair!”

http://snipurl.com/1tr0tg

 – “A Committee is a group of people who individually can do nothing, but as a group decide that nothing can be done”

 – A college professor asked his class a question. If Philadelphia is 100
miles from New York and Chicago is 1000 miles from Philadelphia and Los
Angles is 2000 miles from Chicago, how old am I.
One student in the back of the class raised his hand and when called upon said “Professor your 44..”
The Professor said “you’re absolutely correct, but tell me how did you arrive at the answer so quickly?”
The student said. “You see professor I have a brother, he’s 22 and he’s half nuts.”

More of this at above site..

http://snipurl.com/1tmkh7

Many of these contain “words” that did not exist when these books were originally written – now with a modern lexicon it has led to some unfortunately named books..