Best of LotD

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/book_extracts/article6879237.ece How free sex destroyed the prostitution market.

http://lastgraph3.aeracode.org/ This website looks at a last.fm profile and visualizes its listening history.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQlpFrm5iM Bearforce1's debut single.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=5486b683e4ea62d4&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss A fascinating article about the design of a new typeface for interstate highway signs. This is a must read.

http://www.rangevoting.org/GerryExamples.html A paper on a nifty algorithm for drawing up representative districts fairly.

http://users.softlab.ece.ntua.gr/~ttsiod/buildWikipediaOffline.html This guy wrote a nifty program to index, search and display a local copy of Wikipedia.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11029793&sc=emaf A reporter tries to confirm the urban legend that cleaning keyboards in a dishwasher is safe. It works for his dishwasher but he shares warnings from manufacturers.

http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html A classic article by Ken Thompson about an exploit involving a compiler that modifies the code it compiles.

5/7/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.judgeabook.blogspot.com/ A blog all about judging books by their covers.
http://www.dantefilm.com/trailer.html Trailer for a remake of Dante's Inferno using paper dolls. It looks really cool, and if your computer can handle it view the HD trailer. Isn't QuickTime great?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvJwUFI_es The Pulp Fiction trailer with Muppets edited in to the clip. SFW

5/3/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvq3-oG5BM A preview video of Sumotori Dreams, a tiny and funny game. The link for the download is in the description and be sure to see the video.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263297 The latest scam in Japan is selling people sheep and calling them poodles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHi-ZcvFV_0 A parody Facebook infomercial.

4/29/07 Gil's LotD
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d-MYVv4tgQc The music video for Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip. Be sure to see this video, it is a really catchy song.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6559373.stm Finally a recall for those darn burning toilets.

4/26/07 Gil's LotD
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-nations-youth-all-thumbs-with-pcs/2007/04/13/1175971346787.html A story about the extensive use of cellphones with the latest generation in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-u9SzVdVGI A very funny mix of the soundtrack of the 300 trailer with footage from Anchorman. Be sure to watch this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 Incredible nerdcore rap. Be sure to view this video.
http://specgram.com/CLI.2/08.kawil.rerating.html An article by linguists rating the languages of the world.

http://similarminds.com/global-adv.html A very comprehensive personality test.
http://www.tinrocket.com/software/hyperdither/ This is an app which can do dithering with the same algorithm the old-school MacPaint used! Be sure to check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPmYbP0F4Zw Video from a wedding of the entire wedding party doing the Thriller dance. Be sure to view this one.
http://www.smithappens.com/picture/542/Leds-and-resistors-circuit-sex-positions.html Sex positions illustrated by resistors and LEDs. Safe for work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_faux_pas A Wikipedia directory of internation etiquette.
http://thefairest.info/top.html View and vote for the best images. Check this site out!

http://dieselsweeties.com/archive.php?s=1564 Torpor lifts things when asked nicely.
http://www.googlism.com/ Be sure to check this out: enter a name or thing and see what Google has to say about it.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1162206220395W643 An article about some of the funniest personals.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3JCESdFNyw This is a must see video. It's a compilation of all the psychedelic little animations this animator has done. It's amazing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-411346/The-tree-forest.html This is an aerial photograph of runoff which looks like a tree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1flVlL4Mf8k Incredible video of a depth charge being set off by the Navy. Huge explosion, be sure to see this video.
http://www.oed.com/learning/word-stories/nachos.html The story of the etymology of nachos.

http://www.myspace.com/katkonnection A Myspace profile is a LotD? OMGWTFBBQ. Check it out, its a cool local band.
http://www.fishloft.de/aufbau.html Check out the Fishloft. Instructions on how to make a plexiglass tube that goes in a pond and uses atmospheric pressure to keep itself full of the pond water, creating a loft for fishes. This is cool.

Gil's LotD
http://www.jhprod.com/mpegs/Pile_Eng_480x360.mov A Rube Goldberg machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vErJFmUF7DM A strange French cartoon about a guy who wakes up one morning as a woman.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KzmB2bI7s Cool experiment that uses speakers to lift things.
http://ransom.redjar.org/ All of the USGS topographical maps were bought by this guy and were sent over to the Internet Archive so soon you shall be able to download them for free. Check back for updates. This is cool.
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro/ USGS mapviewing software.

http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ This guy put a jet engine in the back of his Beetle. It works.
http://www.arcanegazebo.net/2006/08/measurements_of_gravity_using.html A story about an undergrad in a lab who decides to take a 230 L DeWar flask full of liquid nitrogen down a stairway in a handcar.

http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/ More from the blog that gave the bunny in the previous LotD, these are stories about eating things barely considered food. This is a link you must read.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjeMDvCdrtc The worst cover ever of the song The Final Countdown.
http://spellcoder.com/blogs/mostafa/archive/2006/08/20/317.aspx A story describing how colorblind people view color.

http://www.pacifict.com/Story/ A great story about the graphing calculator program that was included with all PPC macs.
http://www.yamipod.com/main/modules/home/ YamiPod is a program for Mac and Windows which lets you copy music to and from iPods without the iTunes program.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7979156332799754683# A video of a guy firing a pistol insanely fast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N86V90e0oRQ Giant rubber band ball vs. car. This video is epic.
http://www.imaginationcubed.com/index.php Fun group whiteboards online.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3433507052114896375# This video is about a bird that is able to mimic the sounds it hears around it, including sounds of people. This is an amazing video.
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2006-06-15-n22.html An interview with a Google employee.

http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=313 Tips on using the repair command on the Windows XP install disk to fix a broken install.
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/05/laughing_yogi.mpeg Laughing is good for you!
http://us.metamath.org/mpegif/mmmusic.html Proofs set to music.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2139555376132383479# A live version of Super Mario Bros.
http://www.archibase.net/archinews/7129.html Photos from inside a decomissioned Soviet nuclear submarine base.
http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/hammerhead-the-lego-cd-thrower A Lego device to throw CDs.