Monday, February 18, 2008

More Recent Stuff































The 63.02° house. [Dezeen]
10 insights from 11 months of working at Google. [Kaushik]
Want an obedient spouse? A new book says you should coach them like animals. [Newsweek]
5 common body myths debunked. [Cracked]
A license plate with nothing but the number "1" on it went for a record $14 million at a charity auction. [ChinaDaily]
The development of dubai over the years. [Dubai-Architecture]
India unveils 'people's phone' for £10 ($20). [Times Online]
























Tea bags shaped like cigarettes. [FunniestGadgets]
Used missile base: rented to highest bidder. [Discovery]
Germs may actually help our bodies fight tumors. [Latimes]
A ban on the sale of cigarettes to anyone who does not pay for a government smoking permit has been proposed for Britain. [Guardian]
Machines will achieve human-level artificial intelligence by 2029, a leading US inventor has predicted. [BBC]




















This Lego machine gun shoots a dozen 10 mm steel balls in less than 2 seconds. [YouTube]
Pictures of sunset meeting lightning meeting rainbows. [Wetter-Foto]
How we fell in love, by the brother and sister who grew up apart and met in their 20s. [DailyMail]
On Wednesday evening, February 20th, the full Moon over the Americas will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010. [Nasa]


























Funeral dinner on a subway. [OddityCentral]
Fish accused of sexual harassment. [LiveScience]
Police say the driver of a bus filled with about 40 former prison inmates abandoned the vehicle Thursday along a highway because her working hours for the day were over. [Wfaa]
Firefighter cat rescue takes strange twist. [Citynews]
The wheelchair that is able to climb stairs. [I-Am-Bored]
Astronomers discover distant solar system similar to our own. [Afp]


































A woman who has the remarkable ability to recall every trivial detail of every day of her life may be the key to unlocking the secret of how the human mind works. [Telegraph]
An entire apartment's furniture in one small box. [TreeHugger]
Chef Ben Shewry and his novel cooking technique, which involves a battery-powered, fan-forced bong (a water pipe used for smoking marijuana). [The Age]
Fish beer created by brewer. [Metro]
'Spongy' handshake with GP saves man's life after doctor recognised rare killer brain tumour. [DailyMail]
Some cool pictures of things “swallowed” by trees. [Elitefeet]
For unlikely dessert, try hot chocolate and beer. [Ptr]

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