4/1/06 Gil's LotD
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7346572842215042236# This is what happens when you put CDs in the microwave.
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://www.g2p.org/ Use this website to find MP3s via Google search or to use Google as a proxy to get around Internet filters.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/09/magazines/fortune/cubicle_howiwork_fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes The inventor of the cubicle explains his original design.
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.olsenhome.com/gif/ Finally, the correct pronunciation of the GIF image format.
http://dotnetmasters.com/historyofbasic.htm A humorous look at the history of the BASIC language.
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://www.tiltomo.com/ This website analyzes pictures from Flickr and lets you search for others that are similiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFj_i6HtebM From the video's description: A man throws boiling water into the air in Saskatchewan during a typical mid-winter, -40c(-40°F) day.
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.scene.org/awards.php Awards given to demos, which are small computer programs designed to push the capability of a computer's hardware to the limit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgPmaNMReKQ A Japanese commercial for tea. I think this video is really funny.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/puzzle-alarm-clock-presents-mild-challenge-wakes-you-up-157999.php An alarm clock which has a puzzle on top you need to solve in order to stop its alarm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoETMCosULQ Drivers go the speed limit which blocks off all traffic. A good, short documentary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uxS5cW-1Co Hilights of crazy drivers from a video from a camera in a tunnel in Moscow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsxcKbLIR5M Hard drives in action.
http://www.hiddenpassageway.com/ A company who actually makes hidden bookcase doors and the like. Be sure to see their video of the secret doors in action.
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://www.horae.dti.ne.jp/~fuwe1a/newpage5.html A japanese page linking to pictures of dolls set in poses mimicking the diagrams from a Russian military manual.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1842850215102200838# A commercial illustrating the importance of paying attention.
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.vintagetooncast.com/ A blog streaming vintage cartoons.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIUt75Im1go The title frames of a ton of popular movies.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6530039596888956061# Soccer on bicycle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleptocracy A government that exists to steal.
http://nkhstudio.com/pages/amen_mp4.html The history of the Amen break, a frequently used loop used in many songs.
http://www.archive.org/details/ptc1978-11-18.flac16 The FBI's audiotape of the Jonestown massacre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA1rC0GPAWA Tennis in anime.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1858640896825067657# Soccer in tiny cars.
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://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3673535584603524925# A computer generated music video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1491476232576090493# A homemade helicopter with four rotors.
http://www.rahoi.com/2006/01/now-with-10-more-manglish/ Mistranslated English products.
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://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1013028449198268721# The world's fattest cat.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1757803256836451754# Cat playing with a hammer.
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=310525832158046051# One of the earliest clips from the Transformers movie.
http://www.garbagescout.com/ Map interesting things found curbside in New York.
http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/63 A review of a mod of Super Mario Bros 3.
http://homepage.mac.com/helipilot/PhotoAlbum31.html Aerial photographs of Mexico City.
http://quicktime.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:High_quality_at_low_bit_rates Using QuickTime to get high quality video with low sizes.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8926325136071596338# Half-Life 2 Rube Goldberg device.
http://www.cuddleparty.com/ Find a cuddle party in your city today!
http://toastytech.com/guis/chic58.html Screenshots of a very early version of Windows 95.
http://osswin.sourceforge.net/games.html Open Source games for Windows.
http://news.cnet.com/2300-1033_3-6035611-1.html?part=rss&tag=6035611&subj=news A map of the world's undersea cables.
http://acarol.woz.org/ A difference engine made out of Legos.
http://www.typenow.net/themed.htm Movie fonts.
http://rense.com/general67/street.htm Streets painted with 3d illusions.
http://udpix.free.fr/ Find dead pixels.
http://www.differentdistrict.com/movies/ A ton of Apple's commercials and videos.
http://www.cabel.name/2006/02/retail-secrets-best-buy-wall-numbers.html The story behind the numbers by the Best Buy register.