City of the future?! [Pics]

Pictures of island that was comfortable and peopled, but now is fully disused.

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Grape plasma FIREBALL

Put a standard green grape in the microwave and let the fireworks begin

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A great set of little tips to make everyday life a little easier

Here are a couple of my favorites: 12. To determine whether an egg is fresh, immerse it in a pan of cool, salted water. If it sinks, it is fresh-if it rises to the surface, throw it away. 8. If you accidentally over-salt a dish while it's still cooking, drop in a peeled potato-it absorbs the excess salt for an instant "fix me up."

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Smart Folders in Mac OS X…What They Are and Why You Should Use Them

One of the most underused features in Mac OS X is the use of “Smart Folders”. So…what are they? In a nutshell, a Smart Folder contains items in the folder based on search critera that you set in the preferences of the folder instead of grouping the contained items by location, like a regular folder. This makes it very easy to be organized.

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Crazy pool tricks you have not seen.

It's tough to find a pool trick shot video that still has some original shots in it.

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The Pixar Story: George Lucas, Steve Jobs, Dick Shoup, Alex Schure, Disney

Steve Jobs still wasn't terribly interested in what was happening at Pixar, but as November 22 neared, he perked up. At a Disney gala in New York, hosted by Rudy Giuliani, Jobs was witness to the dramatic reactions to Pixar's stunning work. He soaked up praise as the night wore on

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VIDEO: CNN Debunks Claim That Obama Attended Radical ‘Madrassa’

Fox News and other conservative outlets have been playing up a report that Barack Obama attended an Islamic madrassa school in Indonesia as a boy. CNN sent a correspondent to the school and found the claims were completely untrue.

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'Grammar Girl' a quick and dirty success

Grammar lessons often are associated with high school drudgery -- diagramming sentences and memorizing obscure rules in between passing notes in English class -- but an Arizona technical writer has turned the seemingly dry subject into a popular podcast.

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Toyota plans 'ultra-inexpensive car'

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to build a low-cost car undercutting Renault's emerging-market Logan through a "radical" rethink in design and production, the president of the fast-growing Japanese automaker said. The Logan starts at about $6,200 and Toyota's will be less!

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"I TAKE ILLEGAL DRUGS FOR INSPIRATION" - Susan Blackmore

The famous British psychologist and scientist Susan Blackmore is speaking about her experiments with illegal substances and promoting the stance that calls for legalization of all drugs.

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Ripping on Simon Cowell

See three critics bashing on Simon Cowell...

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I'll never bitch about a girl taking her time putting on Make-Up ever again

Celebrities without their Make-Up.......YIKES!!

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Copy music from iPod to your computer [freeware]

YamiPod will let you finally get rid of iTunes. The KILLER feature. You can copy music from iPod to your computer, bye bye stupid DRM rules that do not let me copy music i bought from my iPod to another computer (at work for example) Works on mac/linux/windows

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Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Online test based on Carl Jung's personality types.

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An Absolute Goldmine of Web Design Education

"There is an incredible resource that some of you may not be aware of, that I wish to share."

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Fastest zip line in the world.

Tallest and fastest zip line in the world, located in Sun City, South Africa.

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Most organized college prank ever

These kids have some balls. I wish this would have happened in my classes, I never would have missed one.

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Super Mario World: Secret Laser Suit

"I'm really just posting this so no one sends it in to our tips line. While I probably would've loved to discover the "Laser Suit" in Super Mario World when I was but a young boy, the current me knows this is just a finely crafted hack."

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Toy boat floats on dense, invisible gas

Sulfur hexafluoride is over five times as dense as air. Watch this YouTube video of an aluminum foil boat floating in a tank of the stuff.

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The Pirate Bay: Sponsored by Wal-Mart

It turns out that Wal-Mart is running targeted banner campaigns on The Pirate Bay to promote their DVDs. They hereby contribute to the estimated $75,000 in ad revenues the Pirate Bay generates every month.

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Building a Niche Minisite - Part 2

The second half of how to build a niche minisite. This one goes over design, development, ad integration, SEO, and hosting.

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Listpic: A Visual Craigslist Browser

Here is a new way to browse Craigslist visually by showing all the Pics on 1 page as thumbnails like iPhoto, it makes browsing much faster. We just released a major update and added personals, pets, better job listings, search, sub-cities, and made it tons faster. Listpic makes browsing Craigslist much more efficient and fun.

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Apple's New Calling: Good article by a Time reporter who got a sneak peak

If you've ever wondered how it works, this is how it works: I don't call Steve, Steve calls me. Or more accurately, someone in Steve Jobs's office calls someone in my office
—someone at a much higher pay grade —to say that he has something cool.

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NSA Admits To Microsoft Vista "Contributions"

"According to the Washington Post, the agency which was once so secret that it was jokingly referred to as 'No Such Agency' has admitted making 'unspecified contributions' to Vista. The assistance is at the US taxpayers' expense, although the NSA says it all makes perfect sense." Innocent? Probably. But how can you tell?

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Windows Vista - A genuine imitation.

“Microsoft did not steal ideas from Mac OS X.”

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WWII Nose Art Babes

Back in World War 2, many creative and talented pilots faced danger with a sexy babe painted on the nose of their aircrafts. Some were wholesome girls next door, while others were naked nymphos ready for action! Reportedly, many of these surviving planes' artwork has been altered in order to be less offensive when displayed at airshows.

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Picture of Earth from Deep Space

"We succeeded in taking that picture [from deep space], and, if you look at it, you see a dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever lived, lived out their lives." This was posted about 100 days ago, but I thought it deserved reposting.

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Seinfeld's Soup Nazi, Mulligatawny Soup Recipe

As featured in the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld, this is Kramer's favorite soup. I've made it on loads of occasions and its simply amazing. There are copyright laws covering this so it can not be used for commercial purposes.. Enjoy!!

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50+ Free Courses on iTunes from UC Berkeley

Get free podcasts of full-fledged courses from UC Berkeley. Excellent courses from the humanities, social sciences, and physical and natural sciences. This is a great educational deal.

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