Activity Corner

• Data are cool. Like using them to plot maps of Starbucks and Wal-Marts per capita by state.


• The top 10 ways to get cables under control.


• A "captcha" is the box displaying some weird text that you have to type in. Captchas are used to trip up programs which often do things we don't like (such as spam). Unfortunately, us humans have to deal with captchas too. Here are the top 10 worst captchas.


• I'm not the only one that does cooksperiments: eggnog pancakes.


• 41 hilarious science fair "experiments".


• Bluetooth is awesome technology for your cell phone. Now you don't even have to get out of bed to answer your phone with the Bluetooth purCushion.


• Need to squeeze more space out of your small apartment? Then get yourself a collapsible kitchen and a Trunk Station desk.


• This has been all over the intertron, but it's too cool if you haven't seen it. Someone imagined the original Star Wars movie credits in the style of renowned designer Saul Bass, Saul Bass vs. Star Wars.


• The FantaSuite Hotels in Burnsville, Minnesota don't go the regular hotel room route. No sir, they focus on fantasy theme rooms.


• The movie Be Kind Rewind has invented a new term for making low-budget home movies of blockbusters: sweding. Since the movie's release, life has imitated art... imitating art. Check out the top 10 fan-made "sweded" films.


• The pet food taste tester.


• The baffling Dyatlov Pass incident.


• How NOT to re-release a bear into the wild.


• For those that make fun of my McPizza, here's the Big MacChicken. Hey, it's Atkins-friendly!


• You might be hard pressed to figure out that Amy Walker is from Seattle when you listen to her 21 accents.


• Thought bubble barrettes. Some of them are pretty geeky!


• Leetspeak + hex color codes = leet colors.


• WARNING: The following is not an animal-friendly link. But it just goes to show you the breadth of weirdness on the intarwebs. And you'll find out what an "Assquatch" is. Make your own redneck art.