Gil's LotD!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_phone_booth This phone booth out in the middle of nowhere gained a cult following.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3501952/GNUs-Not-Eunuchs esr and rms slash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidents_with_facial_hair Wikipedia's list of presidents with facial hair. You can sort the table by sideburns!

http://www.slate.com/id/2282768/ Oh my.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdj6deraQ6k You are not expected to understand this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMmG9TrYyAE The best of gushers.

http://my.ilstu.edu/~jrcarter/ice/diurnal/extrude/ Forming tiny ribbons of ice by freezing water in pipes with a slit in them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgf4AwHJoUU teh rei

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY Watch quickly rising flood waters in this video.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McBarge The McBarge was the world's first floating McDonalds!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU An electric organ wired into an 8-bit synthesizer.

http://samuelsidler.com/2011/01/08/chernobyl/ Pictures taken from a recent tour of Chernobyl.

http://input.mozilla.com/en-US/opinion/1014697 omg mormons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOwMW6agpTI#t=6m50s A lecture on reverse engineering Stuxnet, a very sophisticated virus. This video is very entertaining and informative.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/cheney-waits-until-last-minute-again-to-buy-sept-1,2521/ "Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Gifts"

http://www.visual6502.org/JSSim/index.html This is a 6502 CPU simulated at the transistor level in your browser!

http://tartley.com/?p=1267 Git is simple!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art_scaling_algorithms Multiple algorithms are available to upsample pixel art (frequently found in old video games). Wikipedia's article compares several algorithms and shows some impressive results. This paper was also recently released and also gives excellent results. The supplementary material link lets you visually compare different algorithms.

http://sysadvent.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-15-down-ls-rabbit-hole.html Tracing the steps needed to run ls.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L4M8m4d0 A parody of Bad Romance by the graduate student staff of a research lab.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1MyVZEKbew Pia Fraus - Moon Like A Pearl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line-crossing_ceremony The Line-crossing ceremony is an ancient naval tradition.

http://www.infrastructurist.com/ Infrastructurist is an excellent blog covering news stories about America's transportation systems.

http://www.sporcle.com/ Sporcle is just full of short quizzes.

http://asianssleepinginthelibrary.tumblr.com/ Finals might be over but there's still plenty of sleeping Asians in college libraries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-gjk39lds A Nintendo DS demoscene demo.

http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/12/915879/new-york-subway-map-wars-continued An article about a panel discussion over New York City's subway maps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_code Wikipedia on the laws of the high seas.

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/Holiday-Spirits/ba-p/3553 The proper Russian method of drinking vodka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising_of_Chicago In the 1850s Chicago's buildings were raised up from ground level.