OT: Various Fun/Interesting Links (ver.1.04)

NGC 7822 in constellation Cephgeus - your APOD (Astro. Pic. of the Day)

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090828.html

Bolivia's amazing salt flats;

http://trifter.com/caribbean-latin-america/bolivia/the-spectacular-sea-of-salt-salar-de-uyuni/

what to do with a dead oak tree;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/6106265/Dozens-of-artists-transform-a-100ft-tall-oak-tree-into-art.html

Almost too true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lSliucgygc

ROTFLMAO!

100 year old color-separation negatives of Russia digitally restored;

http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585

see if you have unclaimed money!

http://www.missingmoney.com/Main/Index.cfm

Yeah, I've checked those kinds of things before. No one ever wants to give me a dime ;)

Alan

Our local brewery releases a very special brew every year.
This year they produced a video to honor one of the greatest pitchmen ever while releasing the latest Devine Reserve.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnXIQoYmgcY

I don't understsand the language, but it appears you can use this gadget to grow buddha-shaped pears;

http://www.brogui.com/2009/09/01/como-fazer-peras-em-formato-de-buda/

awesome video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqgNagMVydU

paleo-history of flowers;

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/science/08flower.html?_r=1

yore doin' it wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KswnjMa-MQ

do you enjoy Monopoly?

http://blog.monopolycitystreets.com/

Love that goofy showering cat!!!

yeah, Woody just doesn't drink water like the other kittehs. hah!

Bach's Crab Canon is - weird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU

need to know the best time to make a potty run during a recently released movie? Check out this awesome new site!

http://runpee.com/#app=5c9d&e1bd-RunPeeID=0.0.0&d22f-selectedIndex=0

odd tree growth pics;

http://woondu.com/really-unusual-trees/

interesting ,interactive chart of changes in careers since 1850 (for instance, in 1940, there were twice as many male clerical workers than female - by about 1960 that ratio was reversed)

http://flare.prefuse.org/apps/job_voyager

APOD - Aurora over Yellowknife;

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090922.html

gallery of animal cameras;

http://www.sameasterson.com/map

Kansas farms - viewed from space!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Crops_Kansas_AST_20010624.jpg?crop

know any kids that like to build? Uberstix are designed to work with recyclable items (straws, paper/plastic cups) and other building toys (knex, legos)

http://www.uberstix.com/

new Simon's Cat video;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOHvZjiDANg

Had a bad day?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9oiLPUwfH4

maybe a repeat, but fun to watch again.

flower garden on stairs - cool;

http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/01/the-garden-that-climbs-the-steps-by-balmori-associates/

That IS cool!

thermal imaging video of bats flying

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT8vpxOxPVI

best 16 insect close-ups you'll see today I bet;

http://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2009/10/bug-pictures-incredible-insect-macro-photography.php

******Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France's Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled "The Berlin Reunion". Part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Reunion show featured two massive marionettes, the Big Giant, a deep-sea diver, and his niece, the Little Giantess. The storyline of the performance has the two separated by a wall, thrown up by "land and sea monsters". The Big Giant has just returned from a long and difficult - but successful - expedition to destroy the wall, and now the two are walking the streets of Berlin, seeking each other after many years apart. I'll let the photos below tell the rest of the story.******

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/10/the_berlin_reunion.html

http://videos.komando.com/2009/10/05/great-card-trick-tells-a-story/

amazing card trick after a hand trick

bicycling to the Yukon - in 1900

http://www.icebike.org/History/HistBroken.htm

******After being moved around several prisons, in 1849 she escaped from British captivity at Chunar Fort, leaving a note for the British: "You put me in a cage and locked me up. For all your locks and your sentries, I got out by magic....I had told you plainly not to push me too hard – but don't think I ran away, understand well that I escape by myself unaided...When I quit the fort of Chunar I threw down two papers on my gaddi and one I threw on a European charpoy, now don't imagine I got out like a thief!". Disguised as a beggar woman, she fled to the Himalayas, where she found troubled sanctuary in Kathmandu, Nepal. All her jewels and gold that had been left in the government treasure in Benares were confiscated, with the added threat that if she went to Nepal she would lose her pension as well.******

see one of the Sikh Queen's necklaces for sale - and read the entire story of her fascinating life!;

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=LotDetails&iSaleItemNo=4387717&iSaleNo=16851&iSaleSectionNo=1&sServer=http://images1.bonhams.com/&sPath=2009-08/25/94452173-14-1.jpg

This is just awesome... A whole new take on jump rope...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqI7cGM9mWs

Holy Crap, I'm exhausted just watching that, Aguane! Really fabuloso, honestly. Remember when we had that kind of energy? Me either. I was a cheerleader, but I'm pretty sure I couldn't have held up to that cardio, even back in the day. Wow!

Because it's FUNNY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzypOnklG60&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_stronger_r2-HM

******Because it's FUNNY! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzypOnklG60&feature=rec-LGOUT... ******


I want some of what you've been smokin'

'money trees' of the UK

http://trifter.com/europe/united-kingdom/money-does-grow-on-trees/

juggling in a 'triangle';

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjHoedoSUXY