- Brought to you by Virgin Comics - The Devi & The Sadhu - the story of one man's choice between his spiritual oath and his human instincts.(first issue) - via
- Brent Kovar got investors and employees to believe his invention was the next big thing, but nobody's ever seen it. Mister Kovar had also been appointed in 2003 to the Business Advisory Council of the National Republican Congressional Committee by then-Congressional Majority Leader Tom Delay. Apparently, a DC-9 they co-owned (painted to resemble aircraft from the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security) was busted in Mexico with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. - via
- Dirk Dieter, an industrial and exhibit designer, paid $101,000 in 1999 for a 250-square-foot house built on a triangular lot at the end of a dead-end street in Pacifica. Built in 1954, the little house was probably a warming shed for local fishermen, but Dieter's modest yet dramatic renovation has transformed the house into a marvel of space-saving design, inspired him to formulate strategies and design furniture for streamlined living, and brought a recent appraisal of $375,000. Previously on MetaFilter: Tiny Footprints. - via
- World Clock SWF application showing the time of day expressed in actual time, the number of species passed into extinction, barrels of oil produced, the temperature of the earth, prison population, world population, and deaths by various causes. Because, y'know, you weren't depressed enough already. Site also offers a number of free games, calculators and applications for your own site. - via
- The Etch-A-Sketchist draws pictures on a travel etch-a-sketch. Examples: Street Fighter II, Chewbacca and Han Solo, Iwo Jima, Optimus Prime, & MegaMan. - via
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- Had seen another version of this before too... absolutely mind-boggling that this is the lifestyle of teenagers in this country!
- Burj in Dubai...tallest building in the world....is almost ready.
- Super-woman: This woman can live without her two hands. This woman can catch crabs, drink wines and do other regular things like everyone else. Actually, she is one of the strongest person I have ever seen. Chinese program, but no need of translation.
- The authors of a new book, Hungry Planet, set out to see how families in 24 regions feed themselves each week. See this slideshow of what’s on dinner tables from 15 different homes around the world. (Its not a new book - I see there was a NPR feature story about this in Nov 2005)
- Beautiful & stunning pictures - Water figures. Also more liquid sculptures by Martin Waugh were posted in this earlier thread.
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