Pulsed Ultraviolet Cheese Cutter
Scientists right here in the Scout Project's backyard are cutting patterns into cheese slices using lasers!
(link via boingboing)
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How to Ask Questions the Smart Way
Okay, so you got a new Flurbamatic 3000 for Christmas, and no matter what you do, you just can't seem to get it to grommick. There isn't any tech support number (or maybe they're closed because it's a holiday), so you post a question to the Flurbamatic Fanatics bulletin board, but nobody answers. Why? If you read this article by Eric S. Raymond, you'll know, and, more importantly, you'll be able to post a question that will get an answer.
Pretty women scramble men's ability to assess the future
Pictures of attractive women from Hot or Not make men stupid.
Holiday Stress Basher
If you're feeling a little stressed from the 'tis the season insanity, this collection of worst album covers should bring a smile to your face. If you scroll all the way to the bottom there's a link to worst album covers II.
You're In Control: A Urinary User Interface
This paper proves that academic research has gone down the toilet, so to speak. The adaptations made to a standard urinal by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology would certainly make a particular bodily function much more entertaining. It has to be seen to be believed.
Porn Sites Use Blog Fronts, Trick Google
Those clever folks in the porn industry have come up with a new trick to boost their placement in Google: they've created fake weblogs which in turn create links to non-fake porn sites, thus boosting the non-fake PageRank of the non-fake site.
Really Slow Drawing
This Flash-based Etch-a-Sketch emulator is every bit as much fun as playing with an actual Etch-a-Sketch.
Ten Most Overpaid Jobs
In this CBS MarketWatch article, Chris Pummer gives a rundown of what compensation experts view as the top 10 most overpaid jobs in the US. Office clerks pulling in $136,000 a year? Who woulda thought?
Many Newspapers
266 front pages from 35 countries.... Updated daily.
(via kottke.org)
Ideas Unlimited
A cap of silence? A mePod? These are just a few of the ideas that eleven prominent people came up with when asked to describe a technology or gadget they would like to see invented. [free NYT registration required]