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  • How greeting cards are made

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    Cute animation plugging Hallmark’s Shoebox brand, and explaining how greeting cards are madeA bunch of links about bubble wrapPlay fetch with a three-legged seal-dog.For Lord of the Rings fans: One does not simply walk into Mortor.Finally, Barry Schwartz (Gel 2005 speaker) and his student Dan Keys have just begun a study that is intended to…

  • Montage-a-Google

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    Montage-a-GoogleIf you’ve ever had trouble opening a stuck door, here are some ideasVery cool sidewalk chalk artPeople who look like their dogsMeat-scented air fresheners.  “Funky fresh!”Create your own monster via email from Good Experience newsletter.

  • Potter Potter Potter Potter

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    Potter Potter Potter Potter…Bizarre lip-syncing Converting the first 10,000 digits of pi into a musical sequenceWhoa… dude. (Large collection of art and animation.)Top ten Atom Films of 2004 Old government and school films! Dating, hygiene, etc.  (See “Most Viewed Films” on the right side.)Quick ice fishing clip A fan created his own movie trailer for…

  • Interesting Trivia

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    A new list to go with More Totally useless information (‘facts’ from Weird News)Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented.  It was ruled “Gentlemen Only…Ladies forbidden”…and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.It…

  • Hear George

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    What’s the difference between a chicken?  One of its legs is the same.Hear GeorgeWhich takes us back to additional stunning examples of interesting questions.  Be sure to check the comments as well.

  • It’s a bunniful life

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    Next up, what’s the holiday season without watching “It’s A Wonderful Life?” Watch it here in 30 seconds, acted out by bunnies.Panoramic photos from France.Fish highway. Fish highway! (Click on photos.)Alice in Wonderland, told in Flash.SpiderMan 2, told in Legos (thanks to Mark Chackerian).Noether’s second theorem for graded Lagrangian systems of even and odd variables……

  • Waste Time

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    My new Uncle Mark 2005 Gift Guide and Almanac is here – with tips on buying technology (and other stuff), for non-techies.The 25 weirdest things you can buy on amazon.com: (like 9,000 ladybugs)Bubble wrap, for wrapping those weird gifts.  Try manic mode!Awesome prank at the recent Harvard-Yale game:Finally, I have to thank Lisa Napoli who…