I was born on a pirate ship. Arrrrrrr.
The Age Project Posted: 3 months ago by hypnotode
Try to guess the ages of other "Age Project" users based on a photo, or upload your own and have others guess how old you look.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 286 [+].
Can you name all 50 states in 10 minutes? Posted: 3 months ago by hypnotode
Took me 4 1/2. I got stuck on Wyoming.
Comments: 14 Score: [-] 290 [+].
Losing a best friend along with the house Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Animal shelter sees increase in number of animals turned in due to foreclosures.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 194 [+].
The wit and woe of the suicide hotline Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Daniel Asa Rose never really grasped what poetry was...until he started manning a suicide hot line.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 467 [+].
Hackers attack epileptic forum Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Lowlife hackers caused an unknown number of epileptic sufferers to have seizures by hacking into an epileptic support forum and leaving flashing animation screens.
Comments: 23 Score: [-] 726 [+].
Sebastopol, CA rejects free WiFi Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Mayor says citizens have voiced concerns that radio-frequency signals would cause health problems.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 255 [+].
Exploring the gap between data and anecdote in medicine Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
“Studies,” she says, dripping scorn. “Don’t give me studies. Look at Tee. Look at all the exercise she did. She never stopped exercising. Look what happened to her.”
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 136 [+].
The aging brain Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Side-by-side comparison of MRI images from 27-year-old and 87-year-old subjects. What a difference 50 years makes!!
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 256 [+].
Women through the ages Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Three-minute video morphs between images from 500 years of female portraits in Western art. Hard to describe, but worth a look.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 174 [+].
Generics: Just as good? Posted: 4 months ago by hypnotode
Cheaper, yes. But although the generic version of a drug is supposed to be the same as the brand, that's not always the case. Kind of scary.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 105 [+].
Lavatory Love Story Posted: 5 months ago by hypnotode
Nice animation of lavatory attendant looking for love.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 71 [+].
Boys on Wheels: My Balls Are OK Posted: 5 months ago by hypnotode
Music video from Norway. Marginally NSFW.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 72 [+].
Cats reduce heart attack risk Posted: 5 months ago by hypnotode
As a side note, this study used data from 1976 to 1980, before statin use was prevalent.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 240 [+].
You're a doll Posted: 6 months ago by hypnotode
This company guarantees to make you "your own 100% handcrafted, authentically unique 3D doll made to look just like you or a loved one!" Not life-sized, fortunately.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 436 [+].
No more LOL Posted: 6 months ago by hypnotode
This site was established to abolish the ever-present lie that is "LOL."
Comments: 13 Score: [-] 476 [+].
"Stereotypes" - Eric Myer photography Posted: 6 months ago by hypnotode
Interactive site lets you create new face combinations from his photos.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 305 [+].
Alzheimer's symptoms reversed in minutes Posted: 7 months ago by hypnotode
New treatment shows promise, albeit in a single patient with severe symptoms.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 256 [+].
Chicken archaeologists Posted: 8 months ago by hypnotode
These are some of the "inedibles" one man's chickens have scratched up.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 139 [+].
Cartoondom's biggest b*tches (NSFW language) Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
A salute to the 20 greatest cartoon b*tches of all time. I don't agree with all of them, though.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 89 [+].
Breaking clay figures as art Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
Martin Klimas destroys a lot of clay to make his art – photographs of falling figurines hitting the floor.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 51 [+].
Leesa Leva illustrations Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
Interesting illustrations!
Comments: 19 Score: [-] 322 [+].
Top 15 manipulated photographs Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
OK, I don't know if it's really THE top 15, but it is an interesting look at the popular history of photo manipulation. (Pic isn't on the list, I just like it!!)
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 336 [+].
The Whore of Mensa: a short story Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
"I mean my wife is great, don't get me wrong. But she won't discuss Pound with me. Or Eliot. I didn't know that when I married her...I don't want an involvement - I want a quick intellectual experience, then I want the girl to leave. Christ, Kaiser, I'm a happily married man."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 86 [+].
How to make a charred corpse Posted: 9 months ago by hypnotode
Get a "head" start on Halloween with this very realistic-looking charred corpse.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 269 [+].
Machine translation or Faulkner? Posted: 10 months ago by hypnotode
Can you tell the prose that won a Nobel Prize? Each quote is either machine-translated German text or a sample of William Faulkner's prose.
I got 33% correct.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 94 [+].