Tag Galaxy

|Michael Minter| If you are into photography are just enjoy looking at photographs or maybe you just like looking at amazing web sites then this site is a must.

Tag Galaxy links to flickr.com, the webs biggest photo site. You just enter a tag e.g. "dogs" and it all happens, amazing.

You can turn the globe with your mouse and just click on an image to enlarge it, click it again and it is larger. You can go to the person's flickr page by clicking "FLICKR PAGE" or click on the photo again to go back to the globe.

Unfortunately entering "yea" didn't get any results, even though I have photos of my own on flickr tagged as "yea". I'm guessing there just aren't enough of them.

You can find Tag Galaxy here.

Guess the Number

Do it here.

World's Largest Swimming Pool

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one.

It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115-foot deep end, and holds 66 million gallons of water.

The Guinness Book of Records has named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world.

See it here.

White Snake

Not the band, see it here.

How Were These Amazing Photographs Even Possible?

Stunning...see them here.

Air Force Test

The object of the game is to move the red block around without getting hit by the blue blocks or touching the black walls.

If you can go longer than 18 seconds you are phenomenal. It's been said that the US Air Force uses this for fighter pilots. They are expected to go for at least 2 minutes.

Give it a try but be careful...it is addictive!!

Play "Air Force Test" here.

EDITOR NOTE: It is addictive...after 30 tries I got up to 11 seconds...can you beat it?

Answer for a Gold Digger

Excerpt...

Okay, I'm tired of beating around the bush. I'm a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I'm articulate and classy. I'm not from New York . I'm looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don't think I'm overreaching at all.

Are there any guys who make 500K or more on this board? Any wives? Could you send me some tips? I dated a business man who makes average around 200 - 250. But that's where I seem to hit a roadblock. 250,000 won't get me to central park west. I know a woman in my yoga class who was married to an investment banker and lives in Tribeca, and she's not as pretty as I am, nor is she a great genius. So what is she doing right? How do I get to her level?

Read on here.

How Many Germs Live On Your Keyboard?

I'm too embarrassed to tell you how many are on my keyboard, but you can find out about yours here.

Play Centrifuge

Click on the wheel to get the red dots to hit the white balls. Fun if you plenty of spare time!

Play it here.

What Dog Breed Would You Be?

Find out here.

Excellent, see it here.

thanks Kath

What’s your real age?

This is very interesting...click the arrow and answer each question.

As you go it calculates your real age and your life expectancy based on your lifestyle.

Do the test here.

A Couple of Unbelievable Performances

These clips are from the English version of "Got Talent". The first is of six year old Connie Talbot singing "Over the Rainbow". It has to be seen to be believed.

See Connie here.

The second clip is of a mobile phone salesman who fancies himself as an opera singer.

Is he any good? Go here to find out.

Test your Short Term Memory

Give it a whirl here.

Lucy the Girl in the Window

Excerpt...

I once worked in an office that was separated from the building opposite by a narrow road.  All the windows on that side of the building were chest high so you could only look out if you stood up.  There was nothing to see really except the second floor of the building opposite.  Every morning I would grab my tea and stare out of the window wistfully for no particular reason other than to see the outside world. 

One morning I saw a woman looking out of the window of the building opposite and realised that she was waving to me.  I waved back. 

Read on here.

Free cancer survival/prevention handbook

Excerpt from lifehacker...

Non-profit organization The Cancer Project sells The Survivor's Handbook for $14.95, but you can download it free of charge.

Like the print version, the PDF-formatted e-book was written by renowned clinical researcher Dr. Neal Barnard. It provides "important insights into food's role in cancer prevention and cancer survival" and includes over 100 recipes; menu-planning and restaurant-eating guides; and information on immune-boosting foods.

Find out more here.

This Amazing Short Won 35 Film Festival Awards. Watch it.

This is DEFINITELY worth a look, in fact get it downloading as per our video watching instructions, get yourself a drink and enjoy. This is a superb and fascinating short film.

Watch it here.

The World's Bravest Rabbit

This video shows a rabbit...yes a rabbit, attacking a snake then chasing it up a tree.

Don't believe it, well the proof is here.

thanks Kath, Paul

"Flow" - Fight To Evolve As A Cellular Organism
(beautiful Flash game)

This is truly a beautiful game, excellent graphics and music. You drag the little organism around and swallow up smaller organisms. It seems the more you grab the more developed you become. I think the game ends when there are no smaller organisms around.

If anyone plays the game and can tell us more, please do.

Play "Flow" here.

Optical Illusion

Interesting optical illusion for your enjoyment here.

Build your family tree with Geni

Geni is FREE online web based genealogy program.

Review excerpt from lifehacker...

Geni has several impressive features, like collaborative family tree building and editing. If you add a new branch to your tree and include an email address, that person can visit your tree and build branches directly related to them. Geni is flash-based, so all of the tree-building is done dynamically with a really nice drag-drop-and-zoom interface for moving around your branches.

Go to Geni here.

Get free software every day

Excerpt...Giveaway of the Day gives you one free commercial software application every day. What's the catch? Each program is available for 24 hours only, and you must install it the day you download it.

To clarify, the software doesn't expire after 24 hours. Rather, you have a 24-hour window in which to nab it and load it. But once that's done, it's yours to keep. Sweet!

Read more here.

Addictive game

Try Bubbels 2, it's extremely addictive...

You can play the game here.

Dementia Test

This is an excellent test which I failed miserably, how about you?
You can do the test here.

Find It!

Find It! is an online puzzle where you are presented with a photo that has some element in it that changes gradually. You have to click the changing element before the green timer bar runs out.

This is tough...got to the pic of the front of the white house with flaky paint. Couldn't get past it.

Try Find It! here.

A Man and his Dog "Skidboot"

This is an excellent story, and is well worth the wait to watch the 9 minute program.

You can watch the video here.

Everything you ever wanted to know about your Birth Date

This site tells you everything about your birth date. Here is a part of what it tells you if you were born on 1/1/1980

Your date of conception was on or about 10 April 1979 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Capricorn.
Your Life path number is 2.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 6.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2444239.5.
The golden number for 1980 is 5.
The epact number for 1980 is 13.
The year 1980 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/28/1979 and ending 2/15/1980.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Goat.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Goose; your plant is Bramble.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Famenoth, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 12 Tevet 5740.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 6 April 1980.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 20 February 1980.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 25 May 1980.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 1 June 1980.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 11 September 1980.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 1 April 1980.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 19 February 1980.

As of 10/3/2006 7:08:35 AM EDT
You are 26 years old.
You are 321 months old.
You are 1,396 weeks old.
You are 9,772 days old.
You are 234,535 hours old.
You are 14,072,108 minutes old.
You are 844,326,515 seconds old.

Give it a try here.

What would happen if all humans disappeared from the Earth?

This shows a very interesting timeline of what would happen to our planet if we ceased to exist.

You can view the timeline here.

Technophilia: Get a free education online

Whilst this is primarily a USA based article it does supply many links to free online education resources on the net. Many of which could be useful to non USA readers.

Excerpt...Not headed back to school this fall? You could be, minus the exorbitant tuition and without even leaving your chair. The web has made it easier than ever before to get a free education, and you'd join the ranks of great thinkers in history who were also self-taught, like Joseph Conrad, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Allen, Agatha Christie and Ernest Hemingway. You, too, can be an autodidact; the breadth of free educational materials available online is absolutely astonishing.

Amazing Child Drummers - Video's

Came across some amazing drumming by three children. The first is impressive and only 4 years old, you can see the video here.

The second child is 7 years old and will blow you away. See the video here.

Still not impressed? Have a look at the 8 year old here. Take notice of the twirling drumstick at the 40 sec mark

16 Buildings Bite the Dust, Simultaneously - Video

This thrilling video shows the simultaneous demolition of sixteen high-rise buildings in Hong Kong from several angles.

View the video at you tube here

What kind of thinker are you?

A nice little multi-choice quiz found at the BBC, only takes 3-4 mins.

Excerpt from the site... "Some people have a strong preference for one style of thinking, and find some skills come more naturally than others. Other people tend to adopt different thinking styles in different situations."

You can do the quiz here.

Have fun!

20th July 2006
Food Intolerance Network

This Australian website run by Sue Dengate concentrates on all the bad things that food addtivies can do to you and your children.

From the site...

These web pages provide:

* independent information about the effects of food on behaviour, health and learning ability in both children and adults.
* support for families using a low-chemical elimination diet free of additives, low in salicylates, amines and flavour enhancers (FAILSAFE) for health, behaviour and learning problems.

Check out the Food Intolerance Network here.

Thanks Karen ND

Bug Dreams

Rick Lieder's extraordinary photos can be seen at bugdreams.com. Lieder's work is fantastic -- he patiently waits in his suburban back yard with his camera until the insects he finds there assume pleasing poses and then shoots them. This approach -- in situ, natural -- is what makes these shots so amazing.

You can Rick Lieder's insect photos at bugdreams.com here. Just click on the thumnails on the left for a better view.

Photomosaic - A must see!

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