Earth, observed: Satellite photos of Earth. Pictures like this never fail to make me feel how small I actually am.

419 Scam: I know I shouldn’t laugh, as this guy has ruined his life, but how does this happen? Not only did he fall for it, but so did all his family? Why didn’t he even get a lawyer to verify it was legit?

Tintin: Insanest of the Insane: Hilarious look at an old Tintin comic strip.

HavenWorks.com: I shouldn’t really be giving this site the traffic, but I can’t resist. It has to be the worst designed webpage ever. It’s like someone shot the page with a double barrel shotgun of primary colors and default fonts. I suppose I should be glad its not in comic sans

Desert Bus: A game for all those people who don’t want kids playing violent video games

Padlock USB key: Pretty cool and innovative idea.

The American Form of Government: Interesting video on Democracy and what it really is.

Startup Delayer: Really cool application that I’ve just started using myself in Vista. It lets you set the startup time of applications at boot up, rather than letting the OS trying to load everything at once. The only thing I need at startup is the button mappings on my mouse, so I’ve set everything else to have a start up that’s staggered. With some applications only starting a good 20 minutes after I’ve booted.

Yahoo! Answers – Bebo Profile Names: Hilarious response to a question asked on Yahoo! Answers

Faceball: Great idea for a game, that can be played anywhere, and doesn’t require batteries.

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Image of the internet and communication cables that are beneath the worlds seas and oceans: I remember studying communications in college and the look of disbelief on individuals faces when they where told that there are cables that run the entire length of the Atlantic ocean, in fact there are cables underneath the worlds oceans that are encircling the globe. This is a good image to show people exactly how many cables there are.

Graffiti Artist selectively cleaning walls: I absolutely love this. I mean is it illegal to selectively clean walls so that it displays your message? Great idea and the only way to combat it would be to actually clean the whole wall, so its a win win situation.

Nerd Tests: Sadly, I ace way to many of these tests

Stupid Computer Tricks: Working as  a sysadmin and doing a bit of desktop support I also come across my fair share of odd problems that people encounter with their PC. This individual was smart enough to get photographic evidence to prove them.

Cheap Perpetual Calendar: Great use for some spare coins you have lying around. Build a Binary Calendar that will never expire.

160 Creative and Inspiring Print Ads: Personally I abhor marketing and advertisers but sometimes they portray their ideas so succinctly and vividly that you can’t help but notice them.

Web 2.0 Calc: Online calculator, handy if you are on the go or in an internet cafe where they’ve locked down the built in calculator.

Half Life 2 – Cinematic Mod: One of the best games of all time just got a facelift.

XKCD – I know you’re listening: I love XKCD’s comics, especially when he does ones about things I also do myself.

Ex-E.T: Very cute CGI short movie

Ninjai – The Little Ninja: Very good series of short flash episodes about a little Ninja

CG Koenigsegg CCX: looks real huh… its generated using the game engine for the driving sim GT5.

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