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Reverse graffiti is the process of creating art by cleaning portions of dirty walls. Watch a real artist, “the professor of dirt”, at work.
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20 Strangest Things People Have Cooked in Microwaves. Fireworks? Dry ice? Batteries? Yes, and it’s all on video.
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The “solstice moon” will be visible tomorrow night. It just might be the biggest thing you’ve seen in quite some time!
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Ah, L’Amour. Just take my heart out and stomp it flat.
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The World’s Weirdest Wedding Customs. “Blackening the Bride” would be hard to top for sheer strangeness.
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TIME Magazine named their picks for the 50 Best Websites of 2008. I am ashamed to admit how few of these I am familiar with.
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How Dry Cleaning Really Works. Dry Cleaners won’t tell you, but we will.
The 50 “Best” sites?
Lets see,
one is a celebrity gossip (rumor) site devoted to African-American celebrities.
another is a mapping site which only maps 5 places in the entire world
another is a lifestyle site for “newly wedded yuppie couples”
I wouldn’t be ashamed for not knowing about these sites. I would be embarassed if I did.
posted by Florida on 6-17-2008 at 10:56 am
I agree. That was a really weird Top 50 list. I assume they were driven by the desire to bring new and different stuff to the fore, but there has to be better stuff than that. Maybe I should listen to the podcast of the author’s reasons for picking them, but I’m at work and I can’t. So I guess I’ll just make assumptions. :)
posted by kate on 6-17-2008 at 12:08 pm
Are these sites in the Top 50 because of traffic? Anyhoo-I was happy to find rate my professor-and to find that I have a 5.0! I didn’t even know about this site, so thanks for the heads up! So appropriate for the end of the semester-my recaptcha is 2,000 fatigue.
posted by frida tastic on 6-17-2008 at 6:16 pm