Gil's LotD

Gil's link of the day!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4605202.stm Science has given us glow in the dark pigs.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/how20/b39fea1a2b097010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html Description of how a guy made a linux powered keg refrigerator.

12/10/05 Gil's LotD!
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html From the Annals of Improbable Reseach: A study showing Kansas is flatter then a pancake.

12/3/05 Gil's LotD!
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1884818,00.html The latest in airplane design.

4/10/07 Gil's LotD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLQRv0RjBBM Kermit the Frog's cover of "Hurt."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fredmeyer_edit_1.jpg Photo of a supermarket.
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/index.html A very comprehensive reference page for constants.

4/2/07 Gil's Link of the Day!
http://mapofscience.com/ An
interactive map showing all the connections between the different branches
of science.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snoezelen
The Snoezelen is a room designed for children with severe mental
disabilities and features soothing (read trippy) visual stimulation.
http://www.papertrail.com/mountain_of_toilets.jpg
lol, toilet mountain

http://www.damninteresting.com/rapatronic-nuclear-photographs Information about the high-speed camera which took pictures of the first nuclear explosions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CL2hetqpfg Mouse vs. GIANT CENTIPEDE.
http://www.fusor.us/lockpick.html How to crack a Masterlock lock.
http://www.damninteresting.com/lake-peigneur-the-swirling-vortex-of-doom This lake drained into a salt mine. Whoops.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/03/26/thin_mints_can_be_cheaper_by_the_troop/ Apparently, Girl Scouts charge more for cookies depending on how much they need.

http://www.2spare.com/item_49476.aspx From the title: Top 10 Movies that went wrong
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/frames/selltextbooks/index.asp?z=y See what Barnes and Noble will take for your books!
http://www.funmansion.com/pics/lego_arena.html A giant model of an area made to the scale of the little Lego people (minifigs).
http://www.forbes.com/free_forbes/2006/0410/084.html?partner=yahoomag New technology to tell what you are thinking by observing tiny nerve signals you send to your voicebox subconsciously.

http://www.libo.ru/i84.html Russian soldier models made out of Cat5 cable.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5804139819441997248# Without giving away the ending, it's a gymnast with super fast reflexes.
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980907140525data_trunc_sys.shtml http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/19980907140525data_trunc_sys.shtml Interesting facts about Albert Einstein.
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/games/Rock%20Scissors%20Paper%20Multiplayer/ To compliment the MMO Pong link, here is Multiplayer Rock Paper Scissors!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7346572842215042236# This is what happens when you put CDs in the microwave.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-08-feudal-island_x.htm?csp=34 Apparently this island followed the feudal system until this year.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2313437742679492340# This is an incredibly cool video of a bird who moonwalks. You definitely need to see this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3851430460146324700# This is what happens when you put a toothpick in a microwave.

http://www.sylloge.com/5k/entries/162/ The Universal Decision Maker takes on your yes/no questions.
http://www.lunchclock.com/ The lunchclock will add extra time during the hours you specify so if you can convince your boss to use the clock you can get a longer break.
http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies_eyes.php This is an overview of how to tell what people are thinking about by analyzing where they are looking.
http://www.animatedknots.com/ This website has animations showing how to tie knots.

http://www.damninteresting.com/watch-the-skies-in-the-year-52007-ad Apparently, there's a plan to send a satellite up around Earth and have it eventually reenter in fifty thousand years. You can submit a message to be put in the satellite, the link is at the bottom of the page.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8972478390980130889# A Japanese ad for noodles.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2428643356101239067# An ad which depicts Bill Gates wandering the halls asking for change because he wants to buy a pop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzfP0Ig7eVQ A six-legged wall climbing robot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lwf3G5eiwo A video of a water balloon being popped in space.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-760820435866344019#/ A really cool video of a guy fishing by knocking on the side of his boat, making them jump out of the water. This video is incredible, at one point he has to protect his face from the jumping fish!
http://www.dooce.com/ Dooce is a very humerous blog about daily life. Be sure to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j9-O5sToW4 A video of a guy who just starts randomly dancing in a Korean shopping mall.

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2006-02/save-snowflake-decades How to preserve snowflakes in superglue.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4237751840526284618# A very entertaining and informative video about the double slit experiment. You should see this video.
http://www.prosper.com/ A website which lets individuals buy and sell small loans.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.astroseti.org/vernew.php?codigo=1984&langpair=es|en&hl=en&ie=UTF8 A picture of some of the most brilliant scientists ever together at a single conference.
http://www.getpaint.net/index.html Paint.NET is a free, opensource replacement for that Paint program that shipped with every copy of Windows. It's also very similar to Photoshop in its design and capabilities, its one of my favorite Windows utilities.
http://imagesavant.com/index.html Pretty pictures.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5103734067071730450# Jenga interview.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skinnycoder/sets/72057594067730271/ Video game scenes recreated in Lego.
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392742 George Washington's face reconstructed.

http://www.uselesspickles.com/jsballs/ A ball physics simulator in Javascript.
http://www.piettes.com/fallingsandgame/index.html The Falling Sand game.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8718 Scientists have attached a slime mold to a robot's sensors and motors.
http://www.rattysghost.com/deadrat/buriedrat/slime_mold_lore.html Slime molds in Nethack.

http://www.space.com/images/bestgalactic_sombrero_02.jpg The sombrero galaxy.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7708253091442488270# What happens when you microwave a Furby.
http://www.unitednuclear.com/ Buy nuclear lab supplies online!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=322626543016815054# Darth Vader shows his turntable skills.
http://www.stormtrack.org/humor/wrf/ Mr. T explains weather models.

http://www.copyscape.com/ Search for websites which have copied your content.
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/main.html Java applet that models galaxy collisions that you specify.

http://www.photon-echoes.com/sunspot696.htm Photos of solar activity from fancy telescopes.
http://www.dropshots.com/pockyrevolution#date/2006-01-21/19:38:45 Students hijack motorized chalkboards in a lecture hall and set them to music.
http://www.brandonbird.com/svutines.html Law and Order: SVU valentines.

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/blindspot1.html See your own blind spots.
http://www.arbitron.com/home/ratings.htm Look up local radio station's rankings.

11/18/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://www.troybrophy.com/projects/solarsystem/index.html#venus
The webpage is a scale model of the solar system.

11/15/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Both links are about research done at MIT on tinfoil hats.
http://zapatopi.net/blog/?post=200511112730.afdb_effectiveness

Gil's link of the day!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusticle It's a rust icicle.

11/4/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://sci-toys.com/scitoys/scitoys/electro/railgun/railgun.htmlMake a simple railgun.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2005-10-06-man-made-diamonds_x.htm A news story about a new company that produces perfect man-made diamonds.

10/19/05 Gil's link of the day
http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_ArchimedesResult.html?kari MIT students test Archimedes' solar powered death ray.