http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KzmB2bI7s Cool experiment that uses speakers to lift things.
http://ransom.redjar.org/ All of the USGS topographical maps were bought by this guy and were sent over to the Internet Archive so soon you shall be able to download them for free. Check back for updates. This is cool.
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro/ USGS mapviewing software.

http://mediadesigner.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=19756 How to give people hair in Photoshop. Jake, this has your name written all over it.
http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=29_0_2_0 An interesting article drawing comparisons between the movie Fight Club and the cartoon strip Calvin and Hobbes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novgorod In Soviet Russia, we have stainless steel copy machine. It fall and crush worker in Novgorod...
http://www.demoforge.com/dfmirage.htm DFMirage is a fake video driver which can be used in Windows to accelerate the speed of VNC.

http://www.portablefreeware.com/ Portable versions of common programs (portable means that you can copy them to a flash drive and they will work off of that flash drive from any computer you plug it into). Very nifty!
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/bizfinance/biz/features/10816/index1.html A very interesting story about the creation and marketing of the Grey Goose brand of vodka.

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246366.html On the topic of mainframes, IBM's Redbook, a introduction to mainframes and how they work for the people who work on them.
http://mainframe.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/mainframe_meets.html Internal videos made by IBM poking fun at their mainframe sales divison. "Excuse me, do you have 5 minutes and 1.5 million dollars to spare?"

http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ This guy put a jet engine in the back of his Beetle. It works.
http://www.arcanegazebo.net/2006/08/measurements_of_gravity_using.html A story about an undergrad in a lab who decides to take a 230 L DeWar flask full of liquid nitrogen down a stairway in a handcar.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/photos/gallery/survival/food/2006/08/make-survival-kit-out-altoids-tin-and-two-more-life-saving-diy-?# A very useful survival kit that fits in an altoids can (but be sure you know how to start a fire if you're going to pack firestarter).

http://www.thesneeze.com/steve-dont-eat-it/ More from the blog that gave the bunny in the previous LotD, these are stories about eating things barely considered food. This is a link you must read.

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000550.php A very furry bunny.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/usb-powered-bbq--wtf-196087.php The underwhelming USB powered barbeque. Well, it's more of a hot plate.

http://www.andreaharner.com/archives/2006/08/geek_joke_and_cute_puppy_recipe.html AUTHENTIC PHOTOS OF A REAL FIREFOX.
http://lifehacker.com/software/top/hack-attack-top-10-ubuntu-apps-and-tweaks-195437.php A top ten list of programs for Ubuntu.
http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ Save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!