Activity Corner

• Just in time for the Labor Day Weekend, it's the comparison chart of airline fees.


• "Captchas" are those mechanisms on web pages that are, basically, "type in the letters you see to prove you're not a software bot." I've covered some bad ones before, but here are the worst captchas of all time.


• It's a long read, but an interesting study that asks, Is Sleep Essential?


• How do you get that tobacco buzz without smoking? By brushing your teeth with Ipco Creamy Snuff.


• While some are known (such as "a murder of crows") and some are silly, check out the list of collective nouns by subject (A – H and I – Z).


• Are user-action sites the next big wave on the web? Find public bathrooms in New York City, using your cell phone, from the self-proclaimed "premiere toilet search engine" Diaroogle.com.


• I don't know if it's art or viral marketing, but exploding bananas and a balloon fetish are showcased by William Lamson.


• 13 of the biggest, strangest, and most devastating sinkholes on Earth.


• Clever painting and clever subject placement results in "camoflague" (sic).


• 10 creatures people didn’t think existed.


• The name might throw you, because it's safe for work, even if most of the hairstyles aren't. It's Sexy People.


• Home Alone + I Am Legend = Legend Alone.


• Flowchart of things to say during sex.


• 20 of the world’s weirdest endangered species.


• From the "Wow, That's Specific" department comes the antique poison bottle hall of fame.


• Last, but not least, it's the weekend! Plan your extended couch-potato time with the list of Labor Day weekend TV marathons.