Life Without Toast - Sibling Rivalry

• Disney's rights to young Mickey Mouse may be wrong
  The iconic end emonomous mouse may actually be in the public domain?
  (tags: news copyright disney interesting)
• The Mona Leia
  Absolutely brilliant Mona Lisa parody featuring everyone's favourite danish-pastry-haired space princess. [/Film]
  (tags: starwars art parody)
• No mo' soil, mo' problems
  Fascinating tale about farmers reclaiming the desert in Burkina Faso. Awesome. [kottke.org]
  (tags: environment earth farming)
• Stormtrooper Realizes His Failure
  What DID happen to that "these aren't the droids we're looking for" dude from Episode IV?
  (tags: funny starwars images parody)
• Wind Turbine Explosion
  Video clip shows a wind turbine exploding during high winds in Denmark [snopes.com]
  (tags: video accident nature)
• Luke & Leia & Han & Chewie
  Great remix of the "John & Paul & Ringo & George" t-shirt. I want.
  (tags: starwars tshirt)

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• Luke & Leia & Han & Chewie
  Great remix of the "John & Paul & Ringo & George" t-shirt. I want.
  (tags: starwars tshirt)

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• Old School Dress Code in Effect
  This guy has way, WAY too many t-shirts. And that's saying something coming from me.
  (tags: crazy tshirt video oldSkool)

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• The Music Nerd's Burden
  I'd hate to be a music nerd.
  (tags: music geek humour comics)
• Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
  "the battle droids all sound like Erkle from Family Matters" Wired thinks you're better off waiting to see it on TV.
  (tags: StarWars review)
• Hack Your Wii for Homebrew Apps and DVD Playback
  Hmmm... seems this is actually even easier than I thought. Might have to give it a go soonish.
  (tags: Wii homemade hack interesting videogames opensource)
• A Practical look at the information age
  Just because all of the information in the entire world is at your fingertips, doesn't mean it's actually useful.
  (tags: funny internet parody graph)
• Galactic Empire Invades San Francisco
  Imagine if George Lucas decided to re-shoot Star Wars, Cloverfield style. This would be the proof of concept. Really nice work.
  (tags: cool StarWars homage video cgi)

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• Exclusive Crazy4Cult 2 Preview
  I want that "Data" poster more than I want to continue living (that's Data from The Goonies, not the Star Trek one). And the Leon poster as well. Awesome.
  (tags: cool film art memorobilia)

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• The Milky Way Over Ontario
  "Sometimes, after your eyes adapt to the dark, a spectacular sky appears" . Incredible.
  (tags: 2008 astronomy nasa photography nature)
• Lambo Doors (image)
  Even Lambos don't have Lambo doors anymore...
  (tags: cars funny photos)
• Zero Punctuation : The E3 Trailer Park
  "Piss boiling oil into it's eye sockets". The boy Croshaw doesn't half have a way with words.
  (tags: videogames news video funny)
• Most Shocking Rock and Roll Deaths
  And by "shocking", they don't mean "died of heroin overdose" or "choked on own vomit". Some real tragedies here, most of which could've been prevented.
  (tags: music sad news interesting rock)

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• 20 Album Covers Recreated in LEGO
  I, for one, will never get bored of the "xxxx re-created in LEGO" thing.
  (tags: lego funny homage music)
• John Nouanesing
  This is, without a doubt, the coolest table you will ever see in your entire life. I don't know if I'd have it in my kitchen though. (Monoscope)
  (tags: interesting design furniture)
• Does time make the weather better? (Twenty Major)
  Twenty muses on summers the way they used to be, and wonders why they aren't so warm and carefree anymore.
  (tags: blog nostalgia 80s)
• Basic Instructions: How to Discuss Popular Music
  Personally, I don't particularly care for the Bee Gees or ABBA. But that's just my opinion.
  (tags: music comics comedy funny)
• What We Use: The Lifehacker Editors' Favorite Software and Hardware
  Probably the most useful Lifehacker post in years. I'm thinking of doing it myself, maybe I can start a meme!
  (tags: 2008 software hardware reference review lifehacker)

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• Views of Jupiter - The Big Picture
  File under "ridiculously beautiful".
  (tags: astronomy space photos gallery)

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• Energy Efficient iPod Speakers: The Vers 2X
  The coolest-looking eco-friendly iPod speakers I've seen (and made of bamboo too)
  (tags: cool ipod audio gadgets green ecofriendly)
• It Must Be A Small Moon?
  That's no moon!
  (tags: funny starwars graphics graph)
• My Baldological Clock Is Ticking
  Great t-shirt for all of us who have fathers with a lot of face to wash. It is... inevitable.
  (tags: funny tshirt)
• KODAK Zi6 Pocket Video Camera
  Very cool-looking teeny-tiny HD video camera. And not that expensive either...
  (tags: 2008 gadgets tobuy video camera)

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• Nuclear Blasts Show Terrifying Power
  "The exact moment of detonation at Nagasaki is captured in this remarkable photograph. Notice the three people in the foreground, as yet unaware that anything has happened". Japan really is the only post-apocalyptic country in the world.
  (tags: history photography nuclear japan)
• Irish Slang
  "Artist: person getting social security (drawing the dole)" Nice list. Most of it is there. Essential reading for anyone planning on traveling to Ireland.
  (tags: ireland language funny culture)
• What Medicine Owes the Beatles
  "First released as a prototype by EMI in 1971 - the year after the Beatles broke up ? CT scanners started to appear at hospitals in the mid 1970s; today there are about 30,000 in use worldwide."
  (tags: cool beatles science technology medical)

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• Ultimate Dessert
  Warning: May contain traces of beard
  (tags: funny parody comics)
• World?s Most Expensive Places to Have Sex
  And coming in at Number 1: IRELAND. Because condoms are more expensive here than ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. I'm importing mine from Shanghai in the future.
  (tags: sex news ireland world statistics)
• Recent Volcanic Activity - The Big Picture
  The photo of Mt Augustine in Alaska is my new desktop picture. The ones from the Space Shuttle are beautiful, really amazing.
  (tags: cool nature photography)

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• Asimov's 30 Laws of Robotics
  Asimovs three laws, plus a few more - "10. A robot, when given contradictory orders by two human beings, and assuming those orders do not violate the First Law, must decide which order to follow based on which human being has a deeper voice."
  (tags: funny scifi literature parody robots)
• Lightning Strike Caught On Camera
  Not just a lightning strike caught on camera, but a lightning strike hitting the person holding the camera, caught on camera. Because I know she was unharmed, I can laugh at the screaming. :-)
  (tags: crazy interesting nature video scary weather)
• GRAND THEFT AUTO: CHINATOWN WARS
  Coming this winter on Nintendo DS - I'm really liking the fact that the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection logo is present on the page. GTA Multiplayer on DS? No if they could just make one for the Wii as well...
  (tags: nintendo gta news)

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• Frank Explains The Moon
  Interesting hypothesis as to how the Moon facing a different way may have resulted in a different mythology about it.
  (tags: funny web comics space)
• Cornstarch, water and bass video proves conclusive awesomeness of physics
  "If you ever doubted, even for a second, that non-Newtonian goo (e.g., cornstarch and water) is from a totally different (and infinitely preferable) universe, behold!" [Boing Boing]
  (tags: cool science physics video)
• Tumbler Autobot [image]
  The best Batmobile-Transformer mashup ever (yes, I just called the Tumbler the Batmobile, because that's what it is).
  (tags: cool transformers batman mashup images)
• RA DIOHEA_D / HOU SE OF_C ARDS
  Brilliant, astonishing, amazing. The first music video to be made without cameras, but with LASERS. This is the future people. It's been a long time coming, but we're here at last.
  (tags: 3D video music radiohead lasers graphics)
• School of Rock 2: America Rocks
  Best film-related news I've heard all week! Assuming, of course, that the Black/White combination can work the same magic that they did last time, and the whole thing isn't just a shameless cash-in.
  (tags: 2008 movie news)

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• I see... A city in the clouds...
  The view from the top of the tallest man-made structure on Earth.
  (tags: architecture cool photography dubai)

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• Help A Bald Brother Out
  Larry David calles for a cure for cancer, to increase the quality of life and amount of sympathy sex for naturally bald men.
  (tags: charity comedy funny video)
• Xo Morpion by Peleg Design
  Probablt the coolest ornament you'll never own.
  (tags: cool furniture design)
• Irena Sendler
  The story of how a woman who saved 3,000 Jewish people from the Nazis in WWII was denied her rightful Nobel Prize by Al Gore and a slideshow.
  (tags: europe history WWII)

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• Join the Muff Diving Club
  There?s a town called Muff in County Donegal in Ireland. And they have a diving club. They also have t-shirts.
  (tags: funny ireland geography humour irony)
• SIMON?S BLOG: Super Spacial Bonus
  "a personal thank you for all the phenomenal support and delightful outrage engendered by this whole saga" (the US version of Spaced, which didn't happen, thank God).
  (tags: cool scifi homage SPACED)

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• Muppets July 4th Viral Video
  Absolutely f**king HILARIOUS patriotic film from Jim Henson's fluffy friends [/Film]
  (tags: puppets funny american video)
• Christian the Lion
  Read the story and smile, then watch the video and cry. Probably the most heart-warming story I've ever seen on the internet. Genuinely brilliant.
  (tags: cool nature africa video)
• Let?s Dance
  Put on your red shoes, and dance the blues.[GraphJam]
  (tags: funny graph images)
• Planets and Fire by Moonlight
  A nice bit of planetary alignment
  (tags: 2008 astronomy space photos)

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• The Web is Agreement
  Great poster. High-resolution scan available. [via http://golez.net]
  (tags: art maps mashup poster)
• Techno Kittens
  This could very well be the cutest kitten video ever made. WITH TECHNO!
  (tags: cute cats video youtube)
• As price of fuel soars, so does a dirigible renaissance?
  I'd much rather travel by airship than by plane. Maybe not long-haul though.
  (tags: technology aircraft interesting)

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• catnip toy broke...
  ...but it?s cool... it?s aaaall cooooll...
  (tags: funny lolcat photo)
• Ugly Bug Faces
  STOP PRESS: Bugs (or "insects", as we call them in the civilised world) are ugly.
  (tags: gallery images nature)
• Video Art by William Lawson
  Utterly insane art videos, which vary between beautiful and hilarious.
  (tags: art video)
• SimplyNoise.com - The best free white noise generator on the Internet.
  What it says on the tin.
  (tags: audio tools)
• 3 Robots That Move Just Like Animals
  Interesting choice of title, considering there's actually 4 of them. Very, very cool. I, for one, welcome our bio-mimicking robot overlords.
  (tags: cool robot video nature)

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• 50 New Videogame Classics: The Top 25
  I agree with most of these, but I think only #1 and #2 will still be seen as classics in another 25 years.
  (tags: videogames bestof lists)

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• Golden Ray mass migration
  Beautiful photos of thousands of Golden Rays migrating off the coast of Mexico
  (tags: cool nature photography)
• Grand Theft Auto 4 Stunt Videos
  Conclusive proof of the theoretically infinite amount of vehicular fun to be had in GTA IV.
  (tags: funny gta video)

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• Stupid Bats [image]
  Awesome high-resolution poster for The Dark Knight
  (tags: poster movies 2008)
• Design By Humans T-shirts
  Oh no, I think I've found my new favourite t-shirt site (seeing that Threadless is a bit pants these days).
  (tags: clothing tshirt shopping)

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• Hedgehog Launch
  Launch a hedgehog into space! But not before equipping said hog with rockets and parachutes. Great way to waste a half hour.
  (tags: fun flash online games)
• Introducing the amazing... SHIT BOX
  The incredible collapsible re-usable portable cardboard toilet. Ideal for all your summer festival needs
  (tags: 2008 funny festival portable toilet)
• I wand u 2 meet my fwend Falcor
  "hez a luck dragonz" Best LOLcat/Neverending Story mashup ever.
  (tags: funny LOLcat fantasy mashup)

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• What is a crapvendor?
  1. A retail dealer in crap, especially wholesale consumer electronic crap from Asia. 2. Archaic. A physical outlet that sells such items.
  (tags: funny boing language word)
• In the Center of the Trifid Nebula
  "Clouds of glowing gas mingle with lanes of dark dust in the Trifid Nebula, a star forming region toward the constellation of Sagittarius". Beautiful.
  (tags: space photography astronomy)

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• James Dyson on Engineering and Design
  Dyson proves his vacuum cleaners are the best, by picking one up and repeatedly smashing it on the ground, and then doing a bit of hoovering.
  (tags: cool design engineering business video)
• Martian soil appears able to support life
  "Flabbergasted" NASA scientists said on Thursday that Martian soil appeared to contain the requirements to support life - "There is nothing about the soil that would preclude life. In fact, it seems very friendly. There is nothing about it that is toxic."
  (tags: mars nasa science cool space)
• Characters For An Epic Tale (image)
  Oh my GOD somebody, somewhere, please make this into a t-shirt immediately. IT HAS TO HAPPEN.
  (tags: cool tshirt design images)

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• Airport-style security for UK rail stations blocked
  "A trial found that introducing airport-style checks would be impractical and antagonise the public" No all they need to do is figure out that "airport-style" security doesn't really work in AIRPORTS, as it's impractical and antagonises the public.
  (tags: stupid security news)

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• ONE GIGABYTE
  Twenty years ago, and today. My question is this: WHY ARE WE NOT LIVING ON THE MOON ALREADY?
  (tags: cool data evolution geek history)
• Ammonite washbasin shaped as a fossiL
  I DO WANT.
  (tags: cool furniture architecture design)

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• Water Ice Found on Mars
  Right, that's it, I'm going.
  (tags: cool space mars nature news)
• Big Lebowski 8-Inch Figures
  Big Lebowski ACTION FIGURES! With authentic bowling and pot-smoking action! (Actually, that last bit is a lie. Pity that.)
  (tags: lebowski toys cool funny)

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• Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields
  The formation, measuring 150ft in diameter, is apparently a coded image representing the first 10 digits, 3.141592654, of pi. "The tenth digit has even been correctly rounded up. The little dot near the centre is the decimal point."
  (tags: cool weird cropcircles physics math)

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• Tiny origami folded with telesurgery equipment
  What better use is there for a several-million-dollar piece of equipment than folding REALLY TINY pieces of paper into bird shapes?
  (tags: cool robots video health interesting origami)
• How to nap
  "Relish the benefits of a sharper mind, improved accuracy and perception, quicker motor skills, keener coordination, and enhanced mood and memory". Zzzzz...
  (tags: 2008 blog biology interesting howto health)

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• The Sopranos: Definitive Explanation of ?The END?
  A long, long, LONG explanation detailing why the author is 100% sure that Tony Soprano was "whacked" in the final second of the final episode of The Sopranos. It's a pretty convincing argument.
  (tags: tv conspiracy interesting sopranos toread)

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• Battlestar Galactica vs. Star Trek
  "In a very concrete sense, Battlestar Galactica descends from the sci-fi community?s realization that darker and more complex times demand darker and more complex science fiction"
  (tags: bsg startrek scifi toread)
• N.Y. poised to OK marijuana for medicinal use
  "They would be allowed to grow up to 12 plants and to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana". Everybody in the world should be entitled to do this.
  (tags: health newyork cannabis law)
• Mirror neurons control erection response to porn
  STOP PRESS - Watching porn gives men erections, say eminent scientists.
  (tags: sex science research interesting)

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• The Immaculate Extinction Theory
  Having kids is awesome, they believe anything you tell them.
  (tags: funny blog comics)

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• Cassini Nears Four-year Mark
  Article containing at least four of my favourite astronomy photos ever. The backlit Saturn one needs to be blown up huge and put on my wall, now.
  (tags: 2008 astronomy blog images space nasa photography)
• LOLCats Break Star Wars Down
  Best LOLcats/Star Wars crossover ever.
  (tags: starwars lolcat mashup funny)
• EPISODE III
  Digital Matte Paintings from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith. Some high-resolution, all very nice indeed.
  (tags: StarWars art cool images scifi)
• Big Buck Bunny » Download
  Creative-Commons licensed CGI animated short film, made with open-source tools (Blender), with all animation files also available for download. And it's pretty good too.
  (tags: 2008 cgi animation opensource free video download cartoons)

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• Google Result Offers You to "Skip Intro"
  Google adds "Skip Intro" button in search results for pages with annoying Flash Intro pages. Best geek news I've heard this week.
  (tags: google flash news geek)

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• fbCal.com - Facebook Calendar Generator
  Creates a URL for a public calendar that you can subscribe to in your calendar of choice (iCal, Gcal, Outlook, etc). Great for never forgetting birthdays again!
  (tags: cool facebook calendar generator mashup)
• Moog Unveils Badass Guitar with Infinite Sustain
  Every guitarist in the entire world wants to spend $6,500 on this beauty. Other-worldly sound from a guitar without using any synthesizers. Lou Reed is impressed too.
  (tags: cool music technology news video)
• TomTom says navigation app already runs on iPhone
  Is this what they call "admitting defeat"?
  (tags: iphone news)

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• Life Imitates Art
  Wesley Crusher may have sucked, but Wil Wheaton rules.
  (tags: funny physics science startrek parody)
• Naked Gun intro done in GTA IV
  Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. EPIC WIN, as Wesley Crusher said.
  (tags: funny videogames tv parody video)
• Are photographers really a threat?
  Only if you're in a movie.
  (tags: 2008 censorship photography stupid)
• Early movie reviews
  Movies reviewed, in 1895, by people who had never seen a moving image before.
  (tags: film history technology review)
• Bumble B-Boy
  Someone cleverly copied that Citroen robot car ad, with an actual Transformer toy. Very well made too.
  (tags: toys video advert parody)

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• Google News... But not as you know it...
  If only every last one of these stories were actually true. That's the world I want to live in.
  (tags: 2008 news parody irony)

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• Abstinence-only Sex-Ed for Boys & Girls
  "Iron Hymen!" and "Sex Is For Fags!". Sex education the way it should be. :-)
  (tags: funny sex education parody)
• Sunset On Mars
  Our sun, setting on another planet. Not, surprisingly, taken by the Phoenix Rover, but by the Spiorit Rover in 2005. Still amazingly beautiful though.
  (tags: space photos nature photography)
• Wellington Grey -- Miscellanea -- One-Child Policy Formula
  According to renowned physicist Wellington Grey, the One Child policy in China, together with the overwhelming preference for male children, will be "terribly sexy", but only because of the robots.
  (tags: funny comics china)

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• 10 Unfortunate Facts of Life
  "2. If you cover your face with piercing jewelry, you may not be able to find a job. This also goes for doing weird things to your hair, and getting tattoos in conspicuous places."
  (tags: funny interesting lists)

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• The Miracle Fruit, a Tease for the Taste Buds - NYTimes.com
  ?It was like no holds barred in terms of what people would try to eat, so they opened my fridge and started downing Tabasco and maple syrup? I gotta try me some of this Miracle Fruit. Flavour Tripping is the new regular tripping.
  (tags: cool nature food weird)

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• .:troopies365:.
  One of those "one photo every day for a year" things, but with Lego Stormtroopers to make it AWESOMER.
  (tags: lego starwars p