Torres, 41, makes record 5th Olympic swim team

Torres, 41, makes record 5th Olympic swim team: "Natalie Coughlin is 25 years old, an elder stateswoman of swimming.

Dara Torres wears goggles that are older than Coughlin.

Torres is 41. In swimming, that's not old, that's Pleistocene.

Torres swam in her first Olympic Games in 1984. Last year, she came out of a seven-year retirement, practically stepping out of a museum display case, to take a shot at making her fifth U.S. Olympic team at this week's U.S. trials."

3 Robots That Move Just Like Animals

3 Robots That Move Just Like Animals : "A wall-crawling gecko, a paperclip-size fly, and an 8-tentacled jellyfish."

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill

Caloric Restriction Comes in a Pill: "Scientists have provided the strongest evidence yet that the anti-aging benefits of calorically restricted diets can be duplicated -- minus the near-starvation -- by a pill.

In a study published today in Cell Metabolism, mice given resveratrol -- the first of an eagerly-anticipated class of longevity drugs -- enjoyed dramatically improved health, even when they started taking the drug late in life."

71yr. old Marine shoots 2 criminals at a Subway restaurant

71yr. old Marine shoots 2 criminals at a Subway restaurant : "Two armed men barged into a Subway Sandwich shop shortly after 11 p.m., demanding money from the employee, behind the counter. When they tried to force John Lovell - the lone customer, age 71, into the bathroom, he pulled out a gun and shot both men, police said."

Who's on First?

Got Hail Dings? Fix them yourself for about a dollar.

Dent Removal Technique

The Amazing German Hammer Guy

Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19%

Firefox 3 Boosts Browser's Market Share Over 19%: "Firefox 3 has experienced rapid market share gains since its release in mid-June, helping to push the Mozilla browser's overall share to more than 19%, a Web metrics firm said Wednesday."

Man rips head from Hitler wax figure

Man rips head from Hitler wax figure : "Just minutes after the museum opened, the 41-year-old German man pushed aside two security men guarding the exhibit.

'Then he went over to the figure and ripped off the head,' a police spokesman said."

The Best Weirdest Fireworks Packaging

The Best Weirdest Fireworks Packaging

How to Cook a Steak

How to Cook a Steak
"Let’s face it, every man should know how to cook a steak. It should be no surprise either because after all men have been loving red meat as long as the sun has been shining. You would think perfecting the steak would be already ingrained in our DNA, but it isn’t. But fear not my friend, Ploomy’s got your back. Here are the basics on how to cook a steak."

A Muppet Musical Salute to America

Google Images DIY

Google Images DIY

Kansas City Chiefs Should Officially Retire Jersey of Hero Joe Delaney

Kansas City Chiefs Should Officially Retire Jersey of Hero Joe Delaney: "Every time the Kansas City Chiefs announce that they're retiring a jersey number -- as they did recently with former cornerback Emmitt Thomas -- it raises the same question: Why haven't they retired the number of Joe Delaney?"

U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title

U.S. champion retains hot dog eating title: "Chestnut, of San Jose, California, defeated six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the annual event held at New York's Coney Island beach.

The two were tied at 59 hot dogs a piece at the end of the regulation 10 minutes, forcing a sudden death overtime to determine which man could eat five more hotdogs in the shortest time.

Organizers said it was the first overtime in the contest's history."

Sony DVDirect DVD Burner

Sony DVDirect DVD Burner
"Do you remember back when only the super-wealthy could afford to have video cameras? Now, with today’s cheaper digital camcorders, practically everyone has one. Of course, the one trouble that everyone has is transmitting digital formats directly to DVD.

Fortunately, Sony has created the DVDirect DVD Burner, a device that is starting to gain some popularity in the consumer video camcorder market. The DVDirect DVD Burner allows the transfer of content from other media straight to a DVD without the PC middleman."

Top 10 Underappreciated All-American Cars And Trucks

Top 10 Underappreciated All-American Cars And Trucks: "Many of the most important vehicles built in the United States since the end of World War II—cars that defined new style, pioneered new technology or just plain kept companies going—are overlooked to this day. The innovations implemented by these cars and trucks seemed at the time so minor that few realized they were, in fact, revolutionary. So, this Fourth of July weekend, we celebrate our favorite unsung American car heroes."

Venus, Serena advance to Wimbledon final

Venus, Serena advance to Wimbledon final
Venus and Serena Williams won in straight sets Thursday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam championship matchup

Stanford quadcopters

80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking

80 How-To Sites Worth Bookmarking - Stepcase Lifehack: "These eighty sites are the places I turn to when I’m trying to figure out how to accomplish any particular goal. Any time I’m facing a new project, I start searching for how-tos that will help me figure out how other people did similar things and how likely I am to finish the project with all ten fingers still intact. I’ve broken them up into a few different categories, just to help you narrow down what you might be looking for. Some are simply archives full of tutorials. Some are blogs that publish how-tos fairly regularly. Some are just great resource sites. But they all have provided me with the information necessary to carry through on a project."

ABC News: Research May Yield Herpes Cure

ABC News: Research May Yield Herpes Cure: "U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday they may have found a way to flush out herpes viruses from hiding -- offering a potential way to cure pesky and painful conditions from cold sores to shingles."

NY Police Chase A Limo Going Upwards Of 150 mph

Survey: 10,000 laptops lost at U.S. airports every week

Survey: 10,000 laptops lost at U.S. airports every week - Today In the Sky - USATODAY.com: "More than 10,000 laptops are lost or stolen each week at U.S. airports, says security industry executive Richard Stiennon in a blog for NetworkWorld.com. He cites a survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute, a monitor of privacy and security issues.

About 65% of them are not reclaimed, and half the laptops contain confidential corporate information, says the survey, which was sponsored by Dell. The data results were released last month as Dell introduced its new laptop data protection services for business travelers.

Stiennon suggests a few tips. Place your laptop in the first bin at the checkpoint, and put your laptop bag in front of it. Place a second bin with your shoes, belt, purse, wallet, etc. behind your laptop. Your carry-on bag should go last. The second bin and the carry-on separate the laptop from the person behind you.

The first thing you should do on the other side is claim your laptop and put it away in the briefcase.

He also suggests marking your laptop with a sticker, so that others don't pick it up by mistake."

Why Cats Hate Water!

Why Cats Hate Water! | Little Aussie Cynic: "Ever tried to bath your cat? If you have, you will no doubt nursed your battle scars with bandages and perhaps stitches, but there is a good reason cats hate being bathed:

If it made look like this you wouldnt like it either!

Try thinking of it from the cats view point."

Universe Sandbox

Universe Sandbox | created by Dan Dixon: "Smash planets together, introduce rogue stars, and build new worlds from spinning discs of debris. Fire a moon into a planet or destroy everything you've created with a super massive black hole.

You can simulate and interact with:

Our solar system: the 8 planets,160 moons, and hundereds of asteroids

Nearest 1000 stars to our Sun

Our local group of galaxies

An unlimited number of fictional scenarios

Tinker with your creation or sit back and watch the effects of gravity unfold. It's fun, accessible, and easy to use.

Channel 4 recreates The Shining to promote its Kubrick season

Channel 4 recreates The Shining to promote its Kubrick season: "Channel 4 has painstakingly recreated the set of Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining, complete with look-a-likes of the crew and cast members including Shelley Duvall, for a TV ad to promote a More 4 season of the director's films.

The 65-second promotional spot has been filmed as a one-take tracking shot through the recreation of The Shining."

Man on the Moon, Future and Past

Man on the Moon, Future and Past - The Big Picture: "With two currently functioning orbiters, and five more missions planned in the next year, Earth's Moon may soon have seven active probes operated by five nations, with even more coming soon. NASA's plans to return humans to the Moon by 2020 are moving steadily ahead, with some concrete prototypes and initial designs beginning to emerge. Called the Constellation Program, NASA's vision involves new and upgraded launch vehicles, exploration vehicles, autonomous rovers, new spacesuits, crew and cargo vehicles, and much more. Here are seven photographs of our possible future on the Moon, and a look back, with ten images from our last visits with the Apollo missions, more than 36 years ago now."

Make Pipecleaner Man dance

Make Pipecleaner Man dance

Bar-Graphing Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Champs

Hot Dog Eating Winners

Minister sorry over prize error

Minister sorry over prize error: "A Welsh Assembly Government minister has apologised to the author of the Wales Book of the Year after announcing the wrong winner at the award ceremony."

Culture Minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has written to poet Dannie Abse as well as Tom Bullough, who he mistakenly named as the recipient of the £10,000 prize.

Cardiff-born Abse, who lives in London, won for The Presence, which he wrote after his wife died in a car crash.

Bullough said he felt "broken-hearted" following the mistake.

The past and future of competitive eating injuries. - By Jason Fagone - Slate Magazine

The past and future of competitive eating injuries:
"On July 4, six-time Nathan's-hot-dog-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi will try to reclaim his title from Joey Chestnut. Last year, Chestnut set a world record at the Coney Island contest by downing 66 hot dogs in 12 minutes. In a 2007 'Sports Nut,' Jason Fagone explained the brutal consequences of eating all that meat."

2 stunningly scary clifftop communities

living on the edge: 2 stunningly scary clifftop communities

7 Things to Look Past When Managing Generation Y

7 Things to Look Past When Managing Generation Y : "Managing Generation Y isn’t all that different from managing anyone else. You need to demand a lot, manage a lot and respect the fact that they have a life outside of work. That being said, there are some things that Gen Y employees believe that past generations may not have thought at the same age. So for all you confused managers out there, here’s a list of things you should consider accepting when it comes to managing Generation Y."

GOLIATH TIGER FISH

GOLIATH TIGER FISH SUPER HUGE - Upload a Document to Scribd

Read this document on Scribd: GOLIATH TIGER FISH SUPER HUGE

TOP 400 Freeware software!

TOP 400 Freeware software!

5 Weird And Hilarious Google Search Results

5 Weird And Hilarious Google Search Results:
"Google is our favorite search engine and it continues to help us everyday in searching through the internet. And if you ask Google for some fun, it won’t disappoint you either. Here are 5 weird and hilarious Google search results which I am sure you’re gonna enjoy !!"

Team finds language without numbers

Team finds language without numbers (7/3/2008): "An Amazonian language with only 300 speakers has no word to express the concept of 'one' or any other specific number, according to a new study from an MIT-led team."

23 Album Covers that Changed Everything!

23 Album Covers that Changed Everything!: "Long before MTV, performers expressed the visual dimension of their art through their album covers. Every music fan has his/her favorites, but several covers stand out for their brilliance, their impact and their ability to make as much of a statement as the music they represent. Every art form has its giants, and album cover art is no exception. The work of the designers featured here spans over 40 years of music.

Fireworks!

Fireworks!

Google Mobile - Talk

Google Mobile - Talk: "Stay connected to your Google Talk contacts right from your iPhone.

* Chat with contacts in real time
* View and search for your Google Talk contacts
* Update your status message on the go"

2.5G iPhone can be used as WiFi iPod

2.5G iPhone can be used as WiFi iPod : "For those of you looking to upgrade from the original iPhone to it’s 3G big brother, it looks like you’re going to have another option for your old phone. Rather than wiping the data and selling your older iPhone, it seems you can still use it as an iPod."

Wii Wheel Mount Plays Mario Kart in Stereo(types)

Wii Wheel Mount Plays Mario Kart in Stereo(types): "Using a suction cup to attach the wheel to any flat surface, the top tilts 120-degrees so you can compete old-lady or bus-driver-style."

Plugless Sink Aims to Make People Realise How Much Water they Are Consuming

Plugless Sink Aims to Make People Realise How Much Water they Are Consuming: "Maja Ganszyniec made this sink with the purpose of making people more conscious of how much water we are using and mainly throwing away. This sink shows the value of water through its volume and promotes water re-usage."

Satellite Dish that Blends in with your Brickwork

Satellite Dish that Blends in with your Brickwork: "The Sqish is a camouflaged receiver which blends in with its surroundings."

Report From First International Scent-Marketing Conference

Report From First International Scent-Marketing Conference - Advertising Age - News: "This week's first international conference on scent marketing drew attendees from 20 countries to the New York Marriott Marquis. And the Scent World Conference also showcased an amazing array of technologies for dispensing, embedding and transmitting smells in spaces as small as supermarket product packages and as large as entire sports stadiums."

Proven By Science!

Proven By Science!: "There are scientific findings that expand our knowledge and make life better for mankind. These, however, aren't such findings, but they are darned interesting. Here are a few things that science has proven:"

How to “Peel” Hard-Boiled Eggs Without Peeling

Retro Gaming in Real Life

Retro Gaming in Real Life

The seven tests every man should have

The seven tests every man should have: "Most men are notoriously bad at looking after their bodies but the fact is that they are almost twice as likely as women to die before the age of 75. CAROLINE JONES reports..."

Best Cities for Tech Jobs

Best Cities for Tech Jobs: "Tech geeks, take note: Silicon Valley is still the center of the technology universe, but if you're thinking about a career in computing and want to avoid the Bay Area's sky-high cost of living, consider another locale—say, Durham, N.C., or even Huntsville, Ala."

The 30 Most Adorable Album Covers

The 30 Most Adorable Album Covers

Street Bikes Sell With Gas Prices

Street Bikes Sell With Gas Prices: "When hardcore cyclists think of a hot new ride, they don’t usually envision baskets, bells and headlights. But just as soaring gas prices are creating a new population of Segway believers, they’re driving bike manufacturers big and small to break all their old rules and cater to a new generation of bike commuters. A dispatch from the reinvented world of the no-fuss two-wheeler."

Pico Projector Into Blackberry Curve

Pico Projector Into Blackberry Curve: "Texas Instruments has expressed its intention to build its LED Pico tech into mobile devices before, but this is the first well-implemented example to be properly demonstrated. Crunchgear got a brief go on the Frankenberry, and it looks like it works just fine. While the small clip doesn't totally assuage our fears that such a system will produce poor images, the respectable projection size and apparent brightness are both promising for such an early prototype."

Buying fireworks often matter of loopholes

Buying fireworks often matter of loopholes : "Loopholes in state fireworks laws make a big difference in how much bang you can get for your buck. It basically comes down to where you shop and what you promise to do — or not do."

Mirror Tic Tac Toe makes me actually want to play the game

Mirror Tic Tac Toe makes me actually want to play the game: "Let's face it: Tic Tac Toe is pretty lame. As definitively explained in WarGames, given a competent opponent, the game will always end in a tie. That kind of sucks, but at least if we played on this mirror board, we could make up for the lack of fun by admiring the cool design."

medical manikins

medical manikins: "Manikins (the alternate spelling, mannequin, is usually used for the store window variety) which are used for medical training are extremely interesting devices with accurate and working anatomical elements. This list is larger than usual since the number of interesting items meant that we kept on looking."

The Kansas City Chiefs have banned fans from standing during games

The Kansas City Chiefs have banned fans from standing during games

The Kansas City Chiefs have a "Fan Code of Conduct," which is essentially a list of rules that fans have to follow when they're attending a game at Arrowhead.

10 Amazing High-Tech Barbecues

10 Amazing High-Tech Barbecues: "We've put together 10 of the most interesting grilling appliances in the world, with some concepts that practically re-invent the wheel — some portable enough to put in your pocket, some huge enough to feed a starving army. Gather your meat, fire up one of these gas, charcoal or wood-burning babies, and nobody’s going home hungry."

Polygamist Sect Opens Online Clothing Store

Polygamist Sect Opens Online Clothing Store: "The Texas polygamist sect Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) is back on the news … this time in a more positive light: they’ve launched a clothing line for children that 'meets the FLDS standards for modesty and neatness.'"

America's Regional Hot Dog Styles

America's Regional Hot Dog Styles: "As we head into the 4th of July weekend, hot dogs are everywhere. They're on our grill and on our plates. They're on our TVs (the annual hot dog eating contest on ESPN). And this being Serious Eats, they're on our mind. Let's discuss. We bring you Serious Eats' definitive guide to America's regional hot dog styles."

See-Through Animal Photos

See-Through Animal Photos

Last Egg Standing - Fun Flash Game

Last Egg Standing

w/ extra duck

w/ extra duck

Recycling is Bullshit

How a Giant Solar Tower Could Power the Future

How a Giant Solar Tower Could Power the Future: "A new energy concept called a solar tower could generate enough electricity for 200,000 homes. Looking like a giant smokestack, it would release no noxious fumes — just sun-heated air.

Demonstrated more than 20 years ago, the basic design calls for solar collectors to warm the air near Earth's surface and then channel it up the tall central tower. Turbines placed at the bottom make electricity from the updraft."

Intuition can be explained

Intuition can be explained:
"Intuition, or tacit knowledge, is difficult to measure, so it is often denigrated. A dissertation in education research shows that there is a neurobiological explanation for how experience-based knowledge is created."

Green tea protects against heart disease:

Green tea protects against heart disease:: "A few cups of green tea each day may help prevent heart disease, Greek researchers said on Wednesday.

A study published in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation showed further evidence of the potential health benefits from a brew already linked to a reduced risk of a range of cancers and other conditions."

Wood density holds key to Stradivarius sweet sound

Wood density holds key to Stradivarius sweet sound : "Researchers using a medical scanner have worked out why a Stradivarius violin sounds so good -- it is because of the remarkably even density of the wood.

For the past 300 years, musicians and scientists have puzzled over the unparalleled quality of classical Cremonese violins made by Italian masters like Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu.

Now a Dutch doctor and a violin maker from Arkansas think they have cracked the mystery after comparing five classical and eight modern violins in a computed tomography (CT) scanner normally used to examine patients."