If anyone wishes to post off topic links on the net, feel free to add them in this thread and maybe we can 'clean up' the top level a little.
here's few;
plans (and some parts for sale you might not need) for castles and stuff for kids (or grandkids!!!) to play in!
http://www.mrmcgroovys.com/ideas.htm
moths feed on tears from sleeping birds;
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10826-moths-drink-the-tears-of-sleeping-birds-.html
all made from a single piece of paper;
http://www.oncotton.co.uk/peter/text/link.html
another penguin flash game;
http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/holiday2004/
OT: Various fun/interesting links
Very interesting article regarding the moth. My kids would love it if I would bulid them a castle.
marie, I suspect duct tape or other fasteners could work as well as the ones he sells - still, I'm gonna bookmark that site for the future - maybe make a sleigh next year!
Carl
maybe its because of the Christmas season? (grin) but Komodo Dragons have virgin births!;
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061218/full/061218-7.html
well that's no fun!
Wow, how interesting. I understand the desire to continue the species but what good it would do with male only colonies? You would think that nature would take care of providing at lease one female, wouldn't you? Nature is fascinating.
Rodica
They might mate with their mother or perhaps just wait around hoping for females to show up from somehwere.
I have kept and bred tropical fish in the past and had a female turn into a male! And I think there are some fish species that only exist as female but breed with a different specie's male!
'life will find a way'
Carl
very interesting Professor!
there are also 'sneaker' males that will maintain female coloring/morphology in order to hang around a dominant male's territory and mate with his harem!
I used to concentrate mostly on African Rift Lake Cichlids but also had some neotropical cichlids as well as some odd non-cichlid fish here and there. Very cool breeding/parental behaviors.
Carl
star-nosed moles (and likely other critters) can smell underwater!;
video - http://media.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/av/dn10834V1.mp4
article - http://tinyurl.com/yfbqey
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photo of a fox after a snack;
http://www.hiren.info/desktopwallpapers/animals/Chasing-a-Snack_Red-Fox.jpg
slideshow from earthshots.org ;
http://funhouse.bubble.ro/257/Best_artistic_photos/
tiny critters on fingers! ;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/specklet/sets/72157594204828139/
never knew folks thought mistletoe was a medical treatment!;
http://tinyurl.com/ye8y66
the planets and stars march by in scale;
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c99ba638dc
I AM SANTA CLAUS !!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sliXgquMcmo
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amazing optical illusions!
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
winter fun from Calvin & Hobbs
http://www.drurywriting.com/david/05-SnowmanArt.htm
cool newly discovered marine life slide show;
http://tinyurl.com/uo2zq
xmas cats;
http://pet-fun.blogspot.com/2006/12/cats-in-hats-for-christmas.html
12 days of indian xmas;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE
little girl collects pictures of cats - in 3D flash animation. If you can do that whole - 'relax your eyes to see the dolphin in the messed up looking picture'-thing click to use 'parallel' or you can select 'cross' your eyes and see in 3D as well.;
http://flash.2ch.net/rw03/rw03take/nnsj.html
Carl
the Web is still a teenager;
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/FAQ.html#Examples
Carl
cool photos/videos of aircraft at/near Mach 1 and weird condensation effects;
http://pic1.funtigo.com/valuca/?g=26731427&cr=1
everything you need to know about snowflakes;
http://tinyurl.com/y92fkl
best cloud pics 3V4R !!!
http://pic1.funtigo.com/valuca/?g=25544746&cr=1
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fun visual music generator;
http://www.ampledesign.co.uk/va/
a few fun snowmen! ;
http://extremefunny.blogspot.com/2006/12/assorted-snowmen.html
surreal pic of Tiger's Nest Monastery!!!
http://www.leopalmerphotography.co.uk/tiger.htm
landslide caught on video by kayakers;
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2df45ee843
top 10 astronomy images of 2006;
http://duggmirror.com/space/Top_Ten_Astronomy_Images_of_2006/
Carl
Really enjoyed the astronomy images, especially the number 1 image. Wow!
Yeah, I'm always running across 10 best this or 15 best that, but the Saturn image alone was worth posting. I also think the space station silhouetted against the sun was neat.
Carl
these are great Carl!! Keep them coming :o)
cute, fun stop motion on chalkboard;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3iyAFFElb4
Carl
I may have posted this link in the past. Nice photomicrography. Select a subject, then click on an image - if there are different magnifications, there will be a 'slide show'. Be sure to select zoology image 4. 4 levels of magnification of butterfly wing scales!
http://www.eyeofscience.com/eos2/english/gallery/zoolog/frame.html
Carl
more science pics;
http://www.princeton.edu/~artofsci/gallery2006/
Carl
for Mary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5uSkDLBJ24
Carl
ROTFLMAO! But, why is it called Robot Chickens? Anyway... might have been for Mary but sure made me laugh...
Me too! I hope Google doesn't change a thing with YouTube.com
So funny, Carl!
here's a very challenging puzzle-type game (navigate the character through difficult circumstances)
http://www.vivalagames.com/play/gateway/
also, I have a coupla suggestions for any of you who need malware programs. I have been VERY happy with the free version of AVG (from grisoft). It has blocked 4-5 viruses here at home and even found 2 at work that Norton missed!
http://www.avgfree.com/doc/1
And I also use AdAware from lavasoft (I realize AVG has an anti-spyware program too, I just have no experience with that one - I'm sure it would be fine). If you have never run a spyware program, be prepared to be shocked (shocked!) at how many tracking cookies it cleans up the first time you run it!
http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php
Carl
Make sure to update them and run them often.