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Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on October 24th, 2007:

• Non-lethal mousetraps by Roger Arquer – These traps might not be very efficient, but they make for great photography.
• Heckling Hare: step-by-step construction lesson – John K explains (in a video tutorial) how to draw this frame from Tex Avery’s “Heckling Hare”. It’s a hilarious scene animated by Rod Scribner.
• Fearing Crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place – Though street crime is relatively low in Japan, quirky camouflage designs like this vending-machine dress are being offered to an increasingly anxious public to hide from would-be assailants.

Can you spot where the person is hiding? Hilarious and sad at the same time…

• Gmail IMAP – Gmail now supports IMAP!
• PlusDeck – Cassette-to-MP3 converter – Still have old cassette tapes worth saving? You can easily convert them to digital formats with plusdeckEX and plusdeck2c. (or just don’t be lazy and hook up your old cassette player to your computer…)
• Chris Gilmour – Beautiful cardboard sculptures, including a typewriter, 12 speed bicycles, a grand piano, a coffee machine, and a life size car.

Have you ever had someone ask you a simple question, and you find out you’ve never really thought about that particular issue and don’t really know the answer?

One of the co-hosts of The View, Sherri Sheppherd, said she didn’t believe in evolution so co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked her if she believed the world was flat or round.

The video here, including a partial transcript.

Crazy, you’d think something like this is common knowledge.

Link via BoingBoing

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on September 23rd, 2007:

• visualsoftheworld.com – Longest page? Currently 24393.72 cm long, ready to scroll?
• Braille Graffiti – An attempt to create a unique moment for a blind person who might happen across one of these bits of braille graffiti.
• Firefly PCB – A small (around one watt) tube-based guitar amplifier using three inexpensive and readily available vacuum tubes. The entire amp can be built for less than $200.
• Ovi – The door to Nokia’s internet services – Ovi will include the Nokia Music Store, Nokia Maps and N-Gage games.
• Robotic Insect Takes Off – A life-size, robotic fly has taken flight at Harvard University. Weighing only 60 milligrams, with a wingspan of three centimeters, the tiny robot’s movements are modeled on those of a real fly.
• Build an antique style crystal radio – A crystal radio, or crystal set as it is sometimes called, is a radio that only uses the power of the radio waves picked up by the antenna to generate the sound heard in the head phones.
• The R2-D2 Wireless Web Camera – Commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original iconic Star Wars film.

Some interesting things I bookmarked on del.icio.us on August 27th, 2007:

• Interactive Frequency Chart – Easy to figure out which instruments are where in the frequency spectrum
• 20+ Free And Fresh Icon Sets – One can never have too many cool icons, right?
• Cassette MP3 Player – MP3 Player built into a standard cassette casing, letting you either use it as a uniquely old school shaped MP3 Player, or with any car cassette or cassette player to play MP3 Music
• Sony Bio Battery – Powers gadgets on grape juice and sports drinks
• 15 Ways To Create Website Screenshots – Plugins, standalone software and web based services to create website screenshots
• NOSO – NOSO is a real-world platform for temporary disengagement from social networking environments. The NOSO experience offers a unique opportunity to create NO Connections by scheduling NO Events with other NO Friends.
• Abduzeedo videocast – Ho to do water drops in Photoshop in 5 minutes
• Anywhere.FM – Upload your entire music collection and play it anywhere on a web music player
• Iconfinder – A search engine for icons.

Reuters reports about a huge Lego man, which was rescued from the Dutch sea.

Giant Lego man found at Dutch Zandvoort beach

From the report:
A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-metre (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso.

“We saw something bobbing about in the sea and we decided to take it out of the water,” said a stall worker. “It was a life-sized Lego toy.” A woman nearby added: “I saw the Lego toy floating towards the beach from the direction of England.”

Have you ever found some oddly shaped vegetable in the supermarket? Sometimes fruits and vegetables come in funny shapes naturally, sometimes they’re specifically grown that way.

Funny Watermelon faces

From PingMag:

There’s one thing you just have to enjoy in Japanese summer, and that are watermelons. Imagine mom saying “Kids, the watermelon is ready!” And “I’m coming, mom!” A big round watermelon being cut open on a table… BUT! Japanese watermelons are no longer round! Today PingMag shows off our favourite watermelon collection and gives a bit of insight into plant breeding.

Another vegatable that comes in different shapes is the cucumber. It is put into a heart-shaped container and allowed to grow, creating the Heart stick.

Star and Heart shaped cucumbers

Link via core77