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Article about quasi-perpetual motion technology
Randell Mills, founder of BlackLight Power, claims to have invented a reactor that makes hydrogen atoms drop to an energy state below ground level, which causes them to release "100 times as much energy as youd get by just burning the hydrogen." IEEE Spectrum interviewed several physicists about it, …
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Evolution of Technology, From Dinosaur Robots to Modern Androids
Evolution of Technology, is a fantastic ad created by ScholzFriends Group for the German electronics store Saturn that shows an evolutionary process from dinosaur robots to modern androids. via AdFreak This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twi …
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Scout Earned All Merit Badges
If his dedication to the Boy Scout is any indication, Shawn Goldsmith will surely go far. He has accomplished a rare feat: he earned all 121 Boy Scout merit badges available! You only need 21 to get the title "Eagle" Scout. "If I run into a stranger, theres definitely something to talk about. I have …
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Big Kitchen With Food: a five-year-old's cooking show
Julian Kreusser is an adorable foodie five-year-old with his own cooking show, "The Big Kitchen With Food" on Portland cable access TV. He cooks others' recipes and his own ("Yummy Yummy Citrus Boy") and he's absolutely fabulous. BrooklynTwang sez, "his story is full of win - there is the coolness o …
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Sea ice area returns to 1979 level
Based on satellite observations, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center reports that the amount of sea ice on the planet is the highest in 29 years, when satellite record-keeping began. Earlier this year, predictions were rife that the North Pole could melt entirely in 2008. Inst …
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Robotic Evolution
Scott Beale over at Laughing Squid recently posted this amazing commercial from Germany. Scott writes: Evolution of Technology is a fantastic ad created by Scholz&Friends Group for the German electronics store Saturn that shows an evolutionary process from dinosaur robots to modern androids. E …
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Stephen Fry on the beauty of "incorrect" language and the stupid futility of linguistic pedantry
The latest Stephen Fry podcast, "Language," is an outstanding rant on the absurdity of being a pedant about the English language, that most glorious, reeling drunken bastard of a tongue that has neither academy nor dictator to rule on "correctness" and so has blossomed into a million variegated subf …
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Absinthe lollipops
Lollyphile, makers of unusual suckers, offers absinthe lollipops. They're around $2 each. No information on the thujone content, if any. Absinthe Lollipops (thanks, Eric Paulos!)
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Bikers wearing pumpkin helmets
Some Nigerian motorcyclists are attempting to get around a new helmet law by wearing dried pumpkins shells on their heads. The shells, called calabashes, are commonly used as vessels for liquid. So far, 50 motorcycles have been impounded in the city of Kano after their riders were caught wearing pum …
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No Pants Subway Rides Being Organized Around The World
This Saturday, January 10th No Pants Subway Rides are being organized around the world. The event was started 8 years ago in NYC by Improv Everywhere. REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION 1) Willing to take pants off on subway 2) Able to keep a straight face about it Heres more information on the San Fr …
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"Citizen videos" spread online showing BART police officer shooting unarmed man to death
(Warning, explicit content: the video above shows a man being shot to death). In the early hours of New Year's Day, 27-year-old BART police officer Johannes Mehserle shot and killed 22-year old Oscar Grant. A number of people who were riding the BART train that night witnessed the shooting, and shot …
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Acclaimed animated movie can't be shown because of licensing costs for 80+ year-old music
Animator Nina Paley's brilliant film, "Sita Sings The Blues," has been wowing the festival circuit but you're probably not going to see it anytime soon. That's because the company that controls the synch rights to the 80+ year old music in the film want so much money for licensing that Paley can't a …
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Caption Monkey 54: Mr. T and Nancy Reagan
Photo: Mary Anne Fackelman/The White House - via The Sly Oyster Hooray! Its time for the Neatorama and Hobotopia Caption Monkey game. Yes, your eyes arent deceiving you. Thats Nancy Reagan sitting on Mr. Ts lap (Santa T?), giving him a smooch, at a White House Christmas party in 1983. The First Lady …
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Understanding Islam Through Virtual Worlds launch in NYC, Jan 29
My pals Rita King and Josh Fouts have just completed an ambitious public diplomacy report on using virtual worlds to create understanding between Islamic and western societies. The book itself is presented in Understanding-Comics-style graphic novel format. They're holding a public launch in New Yor …
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Amazing Cityscape Art Made From Unusual Objects
Most of us played with building blocks to create our own make believe buildings and cities. Fortunately, not all of us outgrew this habit. Here are some cityscape artworks made from unusual objects like egg, cookware, and Jell-O. Yes. Jell-O. (Yes, we've featured many of these artists before on Neat …
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Logic Test
Can you think logically? Take the armchair logic test! There are only 15 questions, and it doesnt take very long -if you are logical! I scored only 87%, which disappoints me. Link -via the Presurfer (image credit: Flickr user loquenoves)
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Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive success
A UK campaign to raise money to buy London bus-ads to promote atheism was a massive success -- 800 of the busses took the streets today, and the campaign is spreading around the world. Today, thanks to many Cif readers, the overall total raised for the Atheist Bus Campaign stands at a truly overwh …
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Apple Introduces The MacBook Wheel, A Laptop Without a Keyboard
Apple has just announced the MacBook Wheel, an innovative new laptop with a touch-sensitive click wheel instead of a traditional keyboard. This is a blog post from Laughing Squid For more content like this, subscribe to the RSS feed, Twitter & FriendFeed. Apple Introduces The MacBook Wheel, A Laptop …
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Al Franken vs. Ann Coulter
Senator Al Franken zings the everloving crap out of Ann Coulter in this sweet little clip. Funniest 1:22 I've seen all day. Ann Coulter and Al Franken at The Connecticut Forum (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
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10 Sci-Fi Books That Even Non-Geeks Would Love
The following is reprinted from Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into the Universe. The question of which science fiction books are the best ever is a pointless one for most people, since many of the "greatest science fiction novels" are books that no one but science fiction fans will read. A be …
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