On the Street and On Facebook: The Homeless Stay Wired. There are always places to go on the internet, even when there's no place to go in real life.
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How well do you know your internet sensations? Here's a series of backgrounds with the subjects Photoshopped out. Can you identify what happened there? There are 23 in all; I knew 22 right off, and the other is fairly recent.
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Escape from North Korea. National Geographic follows some who risked their lives to do just that.
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The 13 Best Obama Cameos in Comics. What other president could slip into the role of superhero as easily? Only Washington and Teddy Roosevelt come close. (via the Presurfer)
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Fifty Years of Space Monkeys. The first primates to survive space travel launched in 1959, followed by chimpanzees and finally astronauts.
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The ducks in the bathroom are not mine. They're small ducks, anyway, and will probably fly south for the winter.
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Fun with Flowcharts. The geeky way to convey information can also be used to tell a joke or two.