A Low Impact Woodland Home

"You are looking at pictures of our family home in Wales. It was built by myself and my father in law with help from passers by and visiting friends. 4 months after starting we were moved in and cosy. I estimate 1000-1500 man hours and £3000 put in to this point. Not really so much in house buying terms (roughly £60/sq m excluding labour)." - Link

There Goes An Asshole by Shank Bone Mystic

"A video of security cam footage of a guy stealing my bike wheels set to a song I wrote about what an asshole this guy is.." - Link

How to Build a Cardboard Castle

"Arrange your boxes so that four boxes stand vertically at four corners. These will be towers. Take three other boxes and lay them horizontal between the towers on three sides. These will be tunnels that connect the towers as well as form castle walls (they will not stand up until you attach them with rivets). The illustration below, right is a "bird's-eye-view" schematic." - Link

U-Haul Knowingly Rents Deadly Trailers

"U-Haul knowingly rents unsafe tow trailers that have the potential to kill customers. A yearlong investigation by the L.A. Times found that U-Haul's practices unnecessarily expose customers to the dangers of trailer sway." - Link

The Straight Dope

"Hello and welcome to the official Internet home of Cecil Adams, World's Smartest Human Being, and his famous syndicated column The Straight Dope.

• What is Don McLean's song "American Pie" all about?
• Where do hamsters come from?
• Which will keep you drier, running through the rain or walking?
• Whatever happened to the accusers from the Salem witch trials?
• Has anybody really "sold" the Brooklyn Bridge?
• In "The Flintstones," what was Barney Rubble's job?" - Link

Get Grandpa's FBI File

"Did Grandpa Joe run a gambling ring? Did Aunt Mary ever lead an antiwar protest? Did Cousin Gary smuggle booze during prohibition? Was Great-Uncle Fred a communist organizer? Find out now by ordering a copy of their FBI files and learn a bit more about your family history. Best of all, it's free! (Well, except for the cost of a postage stamp.)" - Link

Deep Sea Chestburster at JIM SMASH!!!

"Five Fingers sent me a link to this narly Deep Sea Creature that looks like a Chestburster! Awesome. Thanks, FF!" Ain't I so proud? I love JIM SMASH!!! and I'm blushing a bit with his praise. - Link

Muffin Films

"This page and the films within it were made by Amy Winfrey for her MFA thesis project at the UCLA Animation Workshop. All films are about muffins." - Link

Squirrel Relocator

This person has either too much time on his/her hands or strong feelings about fuzzy backyard neighbors. God bless 'em. - Link

You got weird mail “boxes”

"Collection of funny and unique mailboxes from around the world." - Link

Read the numbers on your fruit

"[T]he sticker labels on fruit: The numbers tell you how the fruit was grown. Conventionally grown fruit has four digits; organically grown fruit has five and starts with a nine; genetically engineered has five numbers and starts with an eight." - Link and Link or Link

Some interesting Islands and Lakes

"Here’s a webpage where you can learn what is the largest island, the largest lake, the largest lake on an island, the largest island in a lake, the largest island in a lake on an island, the largest lake on an island in a lake, the largest lake on an island in a lake on an island, the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake, and the largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island. Which is Vulcan point in Crater Lake on Vulcano Island in Lake Taal on Luzon." - Link

Surprise!

I love nature. It's always full of wonderful surprises. - Link

Website of the Mr. Lee CatCam

"When he finally returns, I wonder where he was and what he did during his day. This brought me to the idea to equip the cat with a camera. The plan was to put a little camera around his neck which takes every few minutes a picture. After he is returning, the camera would show his day." - Link

How to Tie the 10 Most Useful Knots

"1: Overhand Knot 2: Figure-eight Know 3: Reef (Square) Knot 4: Sheet (Becket) Bend 5: Carrick Bend 6: Bowline 7: Clove Hitch 8: Timber Hitch 9: Taut-line Hitch 10: Sheepshank
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Fluorescent Light Tubes Around Power Lines

"Richard Box, artist-in-residence at Bristol University's physics department, got the idea for Field (2004) -- 1,301 fluorescent tubes powered only by the electric fields generated by low overhead powerlines -- after a conversation with a friend. 'He was telling me he used to play with a fluorescent tube under the pylons by his house,' says the artist. 'He said it lit up like a light sabre.' Box decided to see if he could fill a field with tubes lit by the waste energy emanating from powerlines. Box denies that he aimed to draw attention to the potential dangers of powerlines, 'For me, it was just the amazement of taking something that's invisible and making it visible,' he says." - Link