9/21/11 Gil's LotD: List of songs deemed the worst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_deemed_the_worst Wikipedia's list of songs named the worst in opinion polls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_deemed_the_worst Wikipedia's list of songs named the worst in opinion polls.
http://www.cartalk.com/content/about/credits/credits.html All of the made-up credits from the Car Talk radio show.
http://www.inventables.com/ An online store to buy all kinds of cool little materials.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y How to peel a hard-boiled egg without peeling.
http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-intuitive-guide-to-imaginary-numbers/ An explanation of how imaginary numbers work as a rotation.
http://omahamakergroup.org/2011/06/29/5-flying-wing This is a single sheet of plastic which easily flies with a tiny motor and can be steered remotely. Pretty cool.
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/FtpMustDie A list of reasonable criticisms of FTP.
http://codepoint.tumblr.com/ One Unicode code point a day.
http://citizenbrick.com/index.html All kinds of custom Lego bricks and minifigs!
http://www.humansinvent.com/#!/889/5-fake-sounds-designed-to-help-humans/ A list of fake sounds used to improve user experience.
http://wgo.signal11.org.uk/html/album-index.htm Every single recording error in every Beatles album.
http://www.ginandtacos.com/2011/06/03/npf-infiltration/ During the Cold War a teenager was able to fly his plane into Russia and land in Red Square.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/nyregion/23tunnel.html A story on the divers who work around the clock to repair NYC's water mains.
http://devstructure.com/ Blueprint figures out your server's configuration so you can reproduce it later.
http://www.arscives.com/bladesign/tamahagane/main.htm Pictures of the creation of a homemade Japanese knife starting with the construction of steel.
http://www.chrisdidthis.com/?p=948 Japan at night.
This is also Gil's Link of the Day's 7th anniversary! Happy birthday!
http://vimeo.com/24492485 Time lapse photography. Bonus.
http://zimoun.ch/works/2009/woodworms1/woodworms1_mov.html Listen to the woodworms!
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/underground.html A long, multi-part blog post about underground activities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratoma Teratomas are the creepiest tumors. Warning, creepy images.
http://codemonkey.org.uk/2011/06/01/red-star-kernel/ North Korea has released its own Linux distribution. I'd love to see the source.
http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/blog/?p=24 This blog post walks through the contents of a private key and shows how to do RSA with it.
http://www.camp-cook.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1720 You can use electrolysis to clean up rusted cast iron. Scroll down for followup pictures.
http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm00076.htm When you're indicted for treason the government fills out this bit of paperwork.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcXJqZgLFII A little girl covers Cake's The Distance.
http://www.panic.com/extras/audionstory/ The story of a has-been mp3 player for the Mac.
http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/2007/09/appreciation-of-stereolabs-blue-milk.html A review of Stereolab's Blue Milk.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6376594 The Dog Who Loved to Suck on Toads
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBSQf0wWiKw A video of some pretty incredible basketball shots.