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Inside the Navy’s Armed-Robot Labs. A gallery of the mechanized soldiers of the future. Like in the Terminator movies.
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Does online match-making really work? I’ve not heard enough success stories to make me want to try it.
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30 Things to Do to Keep From Getting Bored Out of Your Skull at Work. Because the last thing you want your boss to see is how boring your job is. They could always assign you more work!
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America’s Most Miserable Cities, according to Forbes. The people who choose to live there may have some disagreements with the criteria, since misery is a state of mind that we can often control.
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You can make your own Light Emitting Pegboard Display. Change the design or message whenever you want, just don’t leave it on the street in Boston!
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How to rip someone’s heart out and then rip off their head. For cinematic special effects, of course. What did you think I meant?
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Take a look inside the brains of mice on drugs, in an interactive cartoon made by scientists. It’s a Mouse Party!
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Here’s to you: Mrs. Webb. The strange life and wife behind the author of The Graduate.
The LED display article is cool, but it seems odd to use ‘VD’ as an abbreviation for Valentine’s Day. It took me a couple of glances to figure it out. ;-)
posted by Roger on 2-1-2008 at 10:01 am
Who posts the articles first, you guys or neatorama?
posted by question on 2-1-2008 at 10:43 am
It depends on what time of day it is. Since I surf for both blogs, it’s difficult for me to say which site doesn’t deserve a particular link if it is appropriate. Even so, the crossover is only a fraction of what I use for various sites.
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-1-2008 at 4:29 pm