Great photos of a bizarre Japanese theme park with dioramas showing the various stations of Buddhist hell. Juergen Specht – Ojoyushu

“When man invented the bicycle, he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man’s convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, was a product of man’s brain that

BT has a phone conferencing system called “MeetMe.” I was rendered nearly speechless with giggles when the automated system greeted me with a chirpy female voice saying, “Welcome to BTMeetMe!”

The Washington Post’s largest driver of website traffic is Drudge, according to the paper’s editor. That’s impressive clout for Matt Drudge, given that many bloggers regard him as a has-been. I suppose he’s not technically a blogger, either. He doesn’t post stories in reverse chronological order, th

“… if everybody really did read and write and listen to a ton of poetry in a single month, American productivity would go down the drain, and our economy’s already got enough trouble as it is.” Can Reading Poetry Ruin Your Career?

You can finally stop converting all of your GIF files to PNG: the last Unisys patents have expired. GIF is NOW finally free

Talk about a hard knock life: He spent life picking himself up (via null)

You geeks with your puny HDTV sets think 1080p is sharp? Try 4320p (with 7680 pixels in each horizontal row): BBC | Europe gets glimpse of HD future

It’s not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you. – Frank Zappa

sycamore, uploaded by bitmapr. A month or two ago, we were walking through a parking lot on our way to Fresh Choice when we walked by a young sycamore tree. There were a few sycamore seed pods lying on the ground: Small, round, hard green things with spikes sticking out all over. Clara said: “Look,

San Francisco literary festival October 6-14: Litquake » The Festival

Now that Talk Like a Pirate Day is over, Clara and I are wondering: When is National Talk Like a Parrot Day?