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Tweeting Pictures Of Earth From Space

Posted 2/05/2010 8:00 am by Ron Hogan

It’s amazing just how popular Twitter has become.  It’s such a big deal that even astronauts use it!  Not only are they using it, they’re also using the power of Twitter and Twitpic to beam images of the Earth back from space!  Just check out io9’s gallery of Tweeted space photographs from Astronaut Jose and […]

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The Strange Worlds Of Matthew Albanese

Posted 2/04/2010 10:00 am by Ron Hogan

It looks like a photograph of Mars, but it’s not.  That’s actually 12 pounds of cinnamon, charcoal, paprika, thyme, and chili powder artfully arranged into a harsh, desert landscape.  It’s one of the many strange worlds depicted by artist Matthew Albanese in his collection titled (appropriately enough) Strange Worlds.   Albanese uses everyday materials to […]

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Predators, Prey Choose To Play Rather Than Fight

Posted 2/04/2010 7:30 am by Ron Hogan

Three young cheetahs on the prowl manage to separate a young impala, a deer-like member of the antelope family, from the rest of the herd.  I’ve watched enough nature shows to know what happens next, and I imagine phototographer Michel Denis-Huot knew what was supposed to happen next, too.  That little impala is destined to […]

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Pierced, Gothic Kittens

Posted 2/04/2010 7:00 am by Ron Hogan

Holly Crawford, a 35-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, had an unusual online business.  She sold kittens.  Lots of people sell kittens, so Holly differentiated herself via good marketing by picking up her piercing kit and marketing pierced, customized gothic kittens.  She used a 14-gauge needle, the likes of which are normally used on cattle, to do […]

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The Internet, In Graph Form

Posted 2/04/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

Who doesn’t love a good infographic?  I know I do.  Whenever possible, I like to consume my information in chart or graph form.  Not only is it easier to read and make instant comparison, sometimes it comes in pie chart form, and that makes me think of consuming delicious pie alongside my delicious information.  For […]

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Po The Viper Or A Smoking Snake

Posted 2/03/2010 8:30 am by Ron Hogan

Cigarettes are dangerous, but don’t tell that to Po.  After all, he’s addicted, so he won’t take kindly to your criticism, but more than that, Po is also a snake.  Even snakes can get addicted to cigarettes, apparently!  Apparently, Po picked up the habit because his owner, Sho Lau, has a 20 cig-a-day habit, and […]

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Frankenbears On The Loose

Posted 2/02/2010 8:00 am by Ron Hogan

Some might call the subject of Kent Rogowski’s photography cute, but that’s before Kent has his way with them.  Kent’s photography book, Bears, contains a whole lot of pictures of stuffed teddy bears.  They’re a classic, even iconic, children’s plaything, so what better way to get some shock than to take a teddy bear and […]

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Hercules, The Largest Living Cat On Earth

Posted 1/29/2010 9:00 am by Ron Hogan

See Hercules up there?  He’s yet another Guinness World Record holder.  In his case, he’s the largest living cat on earth, and a wonderful example of the principle of hybrid vigor (the principle behind the world’s largest housecat breed).  His father was a lion, and his mother was a tiger, which means Herc is a […]

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Motorcycle Gets 214 Miles Per Gallon!

Posted 1/28/2010 10:00 am by Ron Hogan

It looks like some kind of futuristic travel pod, doesn’t it?  Well, it’s not.  Behind that aerodynamic shell is a simple Honda Wave Innova motorcycle that has been customized to get over 214 miles per gallon of fuel by velomobile designer Allert Jacobs.  Not only did his design make the vehicle more fuel conservative, it […]

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The World’s Largest Bottle Of Wine

Posted 1/28/2010 9:30 am by Ron Hogan

Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to be a really tiny person?  Well, wonder no more, because the vineyards of Wang Chen Wines have made the world’s largest bottle of red wine.  Stand next to that, and you’ll know what it feels like to be as tall as a coffee cup!  The bottle […]

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The Sphinxa Hut

Posted 1/27/2010 8:30 am by Ron Hogan

Pizza Hut delivers to the Pyramids.  It might sound funny, but it’s actually true.  The image you see there isn’t Photoshopped.  Giza, Egypt, has grown so great that it now encroaches on the location of the Great Pyramids, and that view you see is from the Pizza Hut that’s basically across the street.  Apparently, the […]

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The World’s Ugliest Endangered Fish

Posted 1/26/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

It’s quite possibly the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a whole lot of ugly fish (and forced others to look at them, too).  However, the blobfish is in his own category.  Still, just because it’s a horridly ugly fish doesn’t mean it deserves to be fished to death, and right now poor […]

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50 States Of Equal Size

Posted 1/25/2010 9:30 am by Ron Hogan

It’s one of those fascinating experiments that will never happen.  What if the United States was composed of states of equal size?  Well, it’d look like the map above.  Go here to see it in full view.   That’s 50 US states, all of which are roughly 5,617,000 people in population.  That means they would […]

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The World’s Most Disgusting Candy

Posted 1/22/2010 7:30 am by Ron Hogan

For a lot of people, finding candy with bugs in it is bad.  I mean, who’d want a maggot-infested chocolate bar?  Certainly not me!  However, for the company Hotlix, bug-filled candy is how they make their living.  Just look at this gallery of their offerings:  maggot-covered candy apples, chocolate-dipped scorpions, and lots of other horrible […]

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Man Builds His Own Rolls Royce

Posted 1/21/2010 6:30 am by Ron Hogan

Like most guys his age, 24-year-old Ruslan Moukanov has a love of cars that doesn’t match up with his budget for purchasing them.  When he saw his first Rolls Royce Phantom, he was instantly smitten.  I can’t say I blame him; it’s a gorgeous piece of equipment with all the features money can buy.  However, […]

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Conan O’Brien’s Craigslist Ad

Posted 1/19/2010 9:30 am by Ron Hogan

For those of you who didn’t see The Tonight Show last night, Conan O’Brien just continues to be absolutely hilarious when discussing his plans for his post Tonight Show career.  Last night, he actually put himself up for sale on Craigslist, picking up where he left off last week when he put the show up […]

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Ben Affleck IS Boris Yeltsin, And Other Odd Russian Lookalikes

Posted 1/18/2010 7:30 am by Ron Hogan

One of the things the old Soviet Union is famous for is their knock-offs of Western things.  From cars to blue jeans, the Soviet engineers stole the designs of pretty much everything the US put out, assuming they could get their hands on it, of course.  However, did the Soviets come up with a way […]

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Holy Toast Picture, Or The Crustafix

Posted 1/15/2010 6:30 am by Ron Hogan

Reverend Felicity Couch, a minister in the Anglican Church, wanted something to get attention for her parish, the Church of St. Peter in Great Limber, Lincolnshire, England.  So, she turned to artist Adam Sheldon, who promptly picked up his butter knife and started scraping. Maybe he was inspired by naan bread Jesus, I’m not sure.  […]

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World’s Tallest And Shortest Men, Together At Last!

Posted 1/15/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

When Sultan Met He.  It’s like When Harry Met Sally, except they’re both men and there’s a huge height difference.  To celebrate the laungh of Guinness World Records Live, the world’s tallest man got to meet and take pictures with the world’s shortest man.  The world’s tallest man is 8′1 Sultan Kosen from Turkey; the […]

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Nature, Red In Tooth And Claw

Posted 1/14/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

In the clash between humanity and nature, no place in the world straddles that fence quite like South Africa.  It’s one of the few places in the world with modern paved roads and massive predatory animals within a few miles of one another.  Still, the image of a lioness fighting to bring down a buffalo […]

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I’m With Coco

Posted 1/13/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

In the continuing drama between NBC and Conan O’Brien over the heart, soul, and yes, survival of the venerable Tonight Show, NBC officially made the offer to move Conan and Tonight to 12:05. Conan refused, and in the process released a public statement on the matter for the first time. Rather than making light of […]

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Blessed Are The Antivirus Makers

Posted 1/12/2010 10:30 am by Ron Hogan

In a modern world increasingly bereft of spiritual enlightenment, religions all over the world are doing their best to grasp the attention of busy modern people.  At the St. Lawrence Jewry Church in London, the Rev. Canon David Parrott performed an unusual benediction on Monday.  Given that his church is the official church of the […]

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Indian Food Jesus Appears In Naan Bread

Posted 1/12/2010 8:30 am by Ron Hogan

So you just ordered a chocolate prawn curry for you and your girlfriend, and you’re in the mood to do a little fornicating.  Well, you dig out a piece of naan bread and prepare to take a bite and there you see it.  Jesus’s face looking up at you, as if to say, “Dude, lay […]

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Information Hog Americans

Posted 1/07/2010 9:00 am by Ron Hogan

Americans are more information saturated than ever.  If you believe the research from the UCSD Global Information Industry Center, the average American soaks up 3.6 zettabytes of information in a single 24 hour period.  That’s about 34 gigabytes of new info per day, so artist Robert Vargas turned the numbers into an easily digested infographic.  […]

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Funny, Gory, And Twisted Snowman Sculptures

Posted 1/07/2010 8:30 am by Ron Hogan

Tomorrow, we’re supposed to get our first real snow of the season.  Weathermen, in their accurate way, are saying we’re going to get anywhere from an inch or two to six inches.  All that matters is this snow is supposed to stick, which means that we’ll finally get to have our first snowmen of the […]

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Modern Whaling Wars In The South Pacific

Posted 1/06/2010 10:30 am by Ron Hogan

In the latest battle at sea, the whaling industry and the anti-whaling protest industry continue to up the stakes.  In recent years, the fights between ships have become physical.  The anti-whaling protest groups, like the Sea Shepherd Conservation society, use their boats to block the paths of anti-whaling ships, lob stink bombs, and lay down […]

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Jesus-Shaped Bruise

Posted 1/06/2010 9:00 am by Ron Hogan

Jesus is turning up in the strangest places these days.  For some reason, people are seeing him everywhere.  I don’t just mean in Christmas decorations (where he’s gunning down Santa Claus) but on the bottoms of irons and, in the latest sighting of Christ, a woman’s bruise.  As a diabetic, Florida resident Mary Massa is […]

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Strawberry Crabs Forever

Posted 1/06/2010 7:00 am by Ron Hogan

It’s amazing the diversity in the world’s oceans.  When people ask me how I can believe in Nessie and Bigfoot and all those other cryptids in spite of all the hoaxes, I simply point out that every day some scientist somewhere is finding some undiscovered new species of bug or plant or animal in thoroughly-traveled […]

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The World’s Tallest Building Gets Grand Opening Despite Not Being Done

Posted 1/05/2010 6:00 am by Ron Hogan

It’s the shining jewel of the Arabian Peninsula.  It started life as the Burj Dubai, but after a $25 billion dollar bailout from Abu Dhabi’s ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, it is now the Burj Khalifa.  Either way, the tallest building in the world had an appropriately massive grand opening ceremony yesterday, complete with […]

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Avoiding Camera Loss, The McDonald Way

Posted 1/04/2010 8:30 am by Ron Hogan

This weekend I watched a really good horror movie on SyFy called Midnight Meat Train.  It’s based off a Clive Barker short story and is directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, who did Versus.  The hero is a photographer named Leon (Bradley Cooper), who tracks a serial killer through the subways of New York thanks to a […]

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