11/8/10 Gil's LotD: Electric discharge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure The tree-like shapes that electric discharges create. This is the kind of thing you see on lightning victims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenberg_figure The tree-like shapes that electric discharges create. This is the kind of thing you see on lightning victims.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V2eCFsDkK0 This is a demonstration of the physics of rapidly cooled glass.
http://community.livejournal.com/thrifthorror/516306.html I love the first painting. Amazon links to prints are in the comments.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBb0zSmNevY The music video to You Could Easily Have Me by Metronomy.
http://www.esquire.com/features/food-drink/sandwiches This is an extensive list of quality sandwiches sold in America.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambiguously_Gay_Duo All about the Ace and Gary cartoons on SNL.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year Every year Wikipedia users vote on a picture of the year. Here's a list of the past results.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU Obama's a mack daddy.
http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/02/07/python-for-bash-scripters-a-well-kept-secret/ Using Python's subprocess module to write shell scripts in Python.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Yl0-1UDX0 Here's a song about private parts.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/23/national_anthem_gaffe/ The story of one mispronunciation of the Croatian national anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2OytHzZ72Y This is a replay of a very challenging user-made level in Super Mario World. Each Mario you see on the screen is the path the player took on each replay. By stitching them together you can see all the different attempts the player took in order to master the level.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genshiken This is a manga (Japanese comic book) series about otaku, the personality stereotype of those who enjoy reading manga.
http://www.leatheroaks.org/Pages/Masculine.html The story of one man's fetish: massive bulges.
http://www.n2yo.com/ LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING with Google maps.
http://www.longbets.org/ Track long term bets for charity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIMawW51cjs Little ducklings following the mother duck.
http://chris-lamb.co.uk/2008/01/24/can-you-get-cp-to-give-a-progress-bar-like-wget/ Use strace to get a progress bar for cp.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikemission/sets/72157594458248073/ Objects pressed down into asphalt.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19726404.600-lazy-option-is-best-when-waiting-for-the-bus.html Instead of walking along the bus route while waiting this paper found that the best choice is to wait.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sleeveface/ Posing with album covers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GAUnuuBkW4 The latest weapon in the rubber band war.
http://carbonmonoxiide.angelfire.com/TIME_FOR_SOME_STORIES.htm Stories from the author's childhood. This is a must read.
http://www.explosm.net/comics/1712/ The dangers of hopscotch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pube5Aynsls rms dances the Soulja Boy dance at MIT.
http://fongsongs.blogspot.com/2008/01/pinball-number-count-revisited.html Covers of the Pinball Number Count song by the Pointer Sisters. There was a famous music video of the original done by Sesame Street in the 70s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:E-mail_address#Perl.27s_RFC2822_email_regex A mighty regular expression for evaluating email addresses.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Philip_Glass Uncyclopedia on Philip Glass.
http://nymag.com/news/features/42368/ An article about sex offenders who room together for support.
http://www.nekogames.jp/mt/2008/01/cursor10.html Click to go up the stairs. Try and beat your own record.