<a class="postlink" href="http://www.gapminder.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.gapminder.org/</a> This is a pretty cool interactive representation of economic progress of 200 countries over the last 200 years. Heres the video about it that explains it, kinda sorta should be in the youtube thread, but it goes along with the link:
But he's so enthusiastic about it! <a class="postlink" href="http://failblog.org/2010/12/03/epic-fail-video-friday-rewind-pantomime-fail/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://failblog.org/2010/12/03/epic-fai ... mime-fail/</a>
Either this guy decided to troll Cash for Gold or he is legit crazy. Or its fake. Any way you slice it, it's still funny. http://imgur.com/or2dv
Here is a good read in the New Yorker that is essentially about slacktivism. Small Change:Why the revolution will not be tweeted by Malcolm Gladwell
That's one big bitch ! <a class="postlink" href="http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/celebrity/8177100/exclusive-amazon-eve" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/celebrity/817 ... amazon-eve</a> <a class="postlink" href="http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/worlds-tallest-model-amazon-eve-hits-coast/story-e6freoof-1225966634645" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/quee ... 5966634645</a>
Dog Fort. Spoiler More: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.reddit.com/r/dogfort" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.reddit.com/r/dogfort</a>
It's a bacon and sausage manger scene. Pretty much the opposite of a fail. http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/12/20/funny-facebook-fails-definitely-not-kosher/
I imagine that the people on this boat would be cleaning the shit out of their pants for a while... On the other hand, that's what you get for entering the Sidney to Hobart: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ars-dwarf-ocean-Sydney-Hobart-yacht-race.html
Our old aquaintance Mr. Ebner makes the list. #4. http://www.cracked.com/article_18946_the-5-ballsiest-acts-undercover-journalism-ever.html
http://www.thesmokingjacket.com/entertainment/scary-exorcism-videos Herein are six very strange (and clearly fake) videos of "exorcisms". Please note that the first is produced by the "Spiritual Science Research Foundation", quite possibly the most self-contradictory name in the history of the world.
<a class="postlink" href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/04/insanely-awesome-solar-eclipse-picture/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... e-picture/</a>
If you're like me you enjoy listening to Police and Fire scanners for my local area. You can find hundreds of them here http://www.radioreference.com/ Go to Live Audio, find your state and go.
Its been 25 years since the Chernobyl disaster, the pictures of it now are pretty creepy: <a class="postlink" href="http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/01/chernobyl-25-years-later/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/01/chern ... ars-later/</a>
A friend of mine just launched a new music distribution website and I'm trying to help him get started. The idea is that you download a song for free, and it will post a status update on your Facebook informing your friends of the song you just downloaded. Think of it as viral music. Disrupt.fm
Amusing online game. <a class="postlink" href="http://armorgames.com/play/5115/replaying-the-game" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://armorgames.com/play/5115/replaying-the-game</a>
A friend of mine has started a business aimed at digitizing textbooks so that you don't have to carry a bunch of books around and can search for keywords in order to speed studying. He's currently aimed at students in the DFW area but you can mail a book from other locations. Check out the website. http://www.litbee.net/
I know there are a lot of fans of The Wire on here, so I thought some of you might like to read this. The current Baltimore police chief labels The Wire as a "smear on this city that will take decades to overcome." David Simon's response.
Completely NSFW, Is Anyone Up? (Twitter) is a site of anonymous nude photo submissions. Think TiB Boobie & Booty threads, only, you know, with content.