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Criss Angel walks through glass, and someone on the internet offers an explanation of how.
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Extra! Extra! Read all about it: Spiders are getting bigger! (May cause anxiety for arachnophobes).
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Underwater photo contest winners
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Speaking of the ocean, the secrets of a monster wave revealed with this amazing slow-mo video.
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From the Annals of the Ridiculously Cute: a slow loris loves getting tickled. I wonder if there is such a thing as slow loris slow mo. It would probably be imperceptible to the human eye!
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For those who long to talk to their computer, a new invention may pave the way. To me, this sounds a lot like what Ask Jeeves was supposed to accomplish (but never really did).
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After hearing reports last week that two men who reportedly had swine flu were, in fact, just hungover, this “informative” website is made all the funnier. (Thanks Kolja!)
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Wisdom may be drawn from many places. The answers to life’s deepest questions may come from unexpected locales. Such as, for instance, a urinal.
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Need to get your quote on? Flossy friend Larry provides a video link to the 100 Best Movie Lines (or at least most recognizable movie lines) in 200 seconds. How many of those films have you seen?
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Bringing the outdoors in with a glacier sofa and a peacock chair, for the adventurous. (Many thanks to Jan for that find)
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Are using goats as lawn-mowers the green approach to grass care? Anything’s possible in Chicago. (Thanks Daniel!)
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Ah good, a new way to pawn off responsibility: the anger gene is found! (Maybe she’s born with it / maybe it’s anger gene)
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From the Annals of the Ridiculously Cute Part II: Flossy reader Ben has sent in a short video on his little rock star kid. The final pose is worth the wait.
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Calling all Trekkies: “On his English sitcom “Spaced,” Simon Pegg affirmed the geek truism that only the even-numbered Star Trek films are decent, and the rest are crap (or words to that effect).” So does the odd/even rule hold up? Find out and weigh in!
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A nice reminder that Wikipedia is not the fact source we all secretly pretend that it is.
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To fill your “aw shucks!” moment of the day: a picture of a tiny puffer fish! Yes, the photog did toss him back into the ocean afterward.
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Finally, the weirdest thing found on the internet today: keyboard cat (Courtesy of my friend Declan)
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Many thanks as always to the Links Army – but we always need new recruits! Send in your internet findings to FlossyLinks@gmail.com for love of Floss, for love of the web, and for (of course) the Greater Good.
An explanation of the Auto Keyboard Cat would be great, because I have no idea what it is supposed to do.
posted by D on 5-10-2009 at 11:18 am
D:
As in the Vaudevillian days, the cat plays the act off the stage because they are so bad.
You can substitute YouTube clips and you can set the timer for when Auto Keyboard Cat jumps in to end the show.
posted by Tom in GA on 5-10-2009 at 10:19 pm
Kindly check link to ensure that you are safe.
“Airdrop Lincolns?” Yes, please! But could you make them Franklins instead? Much more convenient for me.
posted by grover on 5-11-2009 at 4:07 am
The Loris footage has become my kids’ favorite youtube clip of all time.
posted by jeff on 5-11-2009 at 12:53 pm