Gil's LotD!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mvtLk4i6TmY It's a machine that sorts Skittles.

http://www.quora.com/Future-of-Technology/Will-it-ever-be-possible-to-control-the-weather A Quora question on how the weather is controlled around the world.

http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/gcnc/ A very comprehensive introduction to the world of home CNC machining, mold making and resin casting.

http://ipsur.org/ An introductory textbook to statistics and the R programming language.

http://blog.backblaze.com/2012/10/09/backblaze_drive_farming/ The story of how one company dealt with a worldwide hard drive shortage.

http://dyslexicfonts.com/ A font designed to help dyslexics read.

http://fd-imaging.com/the-worlds-tiniest-tiff-image/ This TIFF actually displays itself as a black and white bitmap.

http://abduzeedo.com/clever-google-maps-manipulations-christoph-niemann Clever art drawn in the style of Google Maps. I think this really shows off how well-made the Google Maps design language is.

http://www.flightradar24.com/ See flights in real-time from everywhere around the world.

http://peetm.com/blog/?p=55 The story of GO.COM, a commercially successful program with no instructions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_rem_jurisdiction In rem jurisdiction is the power a court has over property when the property itself is responsible.

http://www.pubcats.com/catmap Find the nearest pub with a cat!

http://thehighwatermarks.bandcamp.com/ Listen to The High Water Marks' latest album for free online. I'm surprised how quickly "Almost April" became one of my favorite songs.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/earliest-known-photos-apple-ipad-prototype?page=0%2C1 Here are some pictures of the earliest iPad prototypes.

Valve has released the tool used to make its animated skits. It's already been put to good use to make the impressive Falcon punch video and a parody of Kayne West's music video for his song Power. I expect some great, high-quality videos to be made by hobbyists with this tool over the next year.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2118455,00.html?hpt=hp_t2 Scientists have found why store-bought tomatoes don't have as much flavor. Here's a bonus article on the tomato industry in Florida.

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/robot-hand-beats-you-at-rock-paper-scissors-100-of-the-time#.T-oNnmOGhzI.hackernewsScience has created a robot that always wins at rock paper scissors.

http://atgreen.github.com/ggx/ A step-by-step guide to adding support to the GNU toolchain for a new architecture.

http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat There will be a leap second on June 30.

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/carthorsebooks Sometimes a person is really a horse.

http://www.dolphinbayhilo.com/cook.html A guide to cooking food with lava.

https://github.com/mirrors/perl/blob/book/perlsecret/pod/perlsecret.pod Perl's list of secret operators.

http://nationalmothweek.org/ July 23rd is the first National Moth Week.

http://static.debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/ The Debian Administrator's Handbook is an ebook now available for free on the web.

Yesterday's Gil's LotD was caught by Google's spam filter. If you didn't get an email you can always read it on the website.

http://gilslotd.com/files/katawa_crash_beta_8-36.swf Katawa Crash is the spiritual successor to Nanaca Crash. There's a wiki explaining all the combos. My high score is unbeatable.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/may/01/my-bloody-valentine-loveless-stream Stream both of the recently released remasters of My Bloody Valentine's Loveless online.

http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Mathematics_%28Bookshelf%29 Project Gutenberg has started typesetting out-of-print math books in LaTeX.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_Hat_Riot The Straw Hat Riot was a dark time in America's history.

http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/panda-three-way/ This is an incredibly awkward article about losing your virginity with an older couple.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017999538_apusfrozencows.html The Forest Service considers using explosives to remove frozen cows.