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This sounds like it might be worth checking out, even though I don't entirely grasp the concept yet.

Tags: search, weird, via:mashable, check_this_out on 2008-08-29 and saved by4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.oriango.com

This is frankly something it never occurred to me to think about. This is a badge that tracks your logins. If you fail to log in for a specified amount of time, the status changes: Alive, Possibly Alive, Probably Dead, etc. After a certain amount of time,

Tags: del.icio.us_import, tools, web, weird on 2008-03-31 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.lifestatus.com

Tags: del.icio.us_import, humor, journalism, media, opinion, post:twitter(source), weird on 2008-03-24 and saved by4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.washingtonpost.com

Mudskippers are fish that can actually crawl out of the water and get around. "Things are still coming ashore," as Loren Eisley said in 1957.

Tags: animals, del.icio.us_import, fish, weird on 2008-03-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromhomepage.mac.com

In a vault underneath a major Tokyo office building, there is a 1000-sq.m. organic rice and vegetable farm, utilizing LED lighting, computer-controlled temperatures, and hydroponics. Intended to give jobless young people some agricultural experience.

Tags: agriculture, cities, del.icio.us_import, food, science, via:psfk, weird on 2008-02-29 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more frommarukuwato.multiply.com

Randomly generates some text about all the great things Barack Obama did for you: wrote on your FunWall, gave you a puppy, loves your laugh, made you a mixtape, told me to tell you hello.

Tags: art, del.icio.us_import, politics, random_sh!t, weird on 2008-02-18 and saved by11 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more frombarackobamaisyournewbicycle.com

I have a hard time believing this is good, but on the other hand, I do love a good peanut-butter-and-pickle sandwich, so maybe I'd like this too.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, food, pickles, random_sh!t, via:buzzfeed, weird on 2008-02-03 -All Annotations (0) -About

more frompicklesickle.com

Tags: del.icio.us_import, mp3, music, rock, weird on 2008-01-31 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.thatsplenty.com

I recently came across someone using this expression in conversation, so I had to look it up.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, language, literature, random_sh!t, weird on 2008-01-30 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.ditl.info

One of the weirdest news stories I've read in some time. Apparently some criminal gangs are smuggling dwarves in duffel bags into the luggage compartment of long-haul buses, where they loot the other passengers' bags.

Tags: crime, del.icio.us_import, europe, news, post:facebook(clip), travel, via:twitter, weird on 2008-01-24 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.telegraph.co.uk

This is one of the weirdest concepts in novelty gift items I've ever come across. They also have a flea, a louse, a "bookworm" (actually the larva of a common furniture beetle, a wood-boring beetle), and a very cute dust mite.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, product, random_sh!t, via:twitter, weird on 2007-12-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.giantmicrobes.com

Account of a freakish and very gruesome accident on an oil exploration rig.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, random_sh!t, weird on 2007-12-12 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromen.wikipedia.org

What genius dreamed this up? A German thief jammed a flowerpot under the wheel of a Porsche. When the driver got out to remove it, the thief jumped in the car and drove it away.

Tags: crime, del.icio.us_import, news, post:facebook(clip), weird on 2007-12-07 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.reuters.com

"During normal operation, your computer may play 'Fur Elise' or 'It's a Small, Small World' seemingly at random." What?!

Tags: del.icio.us_import, software, via:twitter, weird, windows, xp on 2007-12-01 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromsupport.microsoft.com

This is very weird. "I'm gonna send your ass on a Chinese vacation... I'm feelin' really gay 'cause you're a million miles away." Heard in Steel City coffeehouse.

Tags: country, del.icio.us_import, music, weird on 2007-11-25 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.poltz.com

The face on CPR dummies was apparently modeled on this deathmask. (See http://snipr.com/1tr52)

Tags: art, del.icio.us_import, history, random_sh!t, weird on 2007-11-16 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromen.wikipedia.org

A few days ago, a 13-year-old middle school girl was punished with detention for hugging several friends. A few Google searches later, I find that bans on hugging (along with other restrictive policies about physical contact between students or on public

Tags: children, del.icio.us_import, education, jetpak, law, links, post:facebook(clip), weird on 2007-11-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.jeteye.com

One of the weirdest and yet coolest random gadgets I've seen yet. If I had a spare $180, I'd get one. It looks fun.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, geekery, i_want_this, post:tumblr, product, toy, weird on 2007-11-06 and saved by4 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.thinkgeek.com

Is the yawn a "mini-orgasm"? One Dutch researcher claims it is.

Tags: del.icio.us_import, psychology, science, via:twitter, weird on 2007-10-31 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromeducation.guardian.co.uk

Huh!? Couldn't the CIA afford a decent graphic designer?

Tags: del.icio.us_import, government, gwot, weird on 2007-10-26 and saved by2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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