Exploring the Infinite
Ever want to know what religion your favorite superhero believes in? This website is dedicated to providing an accurate listing of the religious affiliations of fictional comic book characters. Some Top Super-Heroes: Superman – Methodist Spider-Man – Protestant Batman – Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed) Wonder Woman – Greco-Roman Classical Religion Captain America – Protestant The Hulk – Non-Religious The Thing – Jewish
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Here is a site that contains an enormous encyclopedia of mythical characters from A to Z representing many different eras. Who knew there were so many gods!? Now I don't feel so bad for not being up to par on my Greek mythology because I've been taught only Christian mythology all my life. Also, the search feature is oh so
Everything you ever wanted to know about Lorem Ipsum plus a generator… I'm such a dork for liking this.
Google Mars is pretty neat, indeed! They provide a shaded relief map that is color-coded by altitude, It also points to mountains, canyons, dunes, plains, ridges and craters in true Google maps fashion. What's cool is that each of the pointers offers an article that tells about that particular place on Mars. Keep up the good work, Google!
I stumbled upon a site displaying this beautiful lamp made of paper and couldn't take my eyes off of it. It was created by Kouichi Okamoto and is produced by Kyouei Co. Ltd., Japan. When the lamp is folded, the thickness is about 2 cm. Check out this link to find out more information and see beautiful pictures of this
How would you like to find this in your fridge, or perhaps have it given to you as a gift? Drew Olbrich has one of these sitting in his office at work. He calls it “thing in a jar.” omigod. gross. (but it sure beats the candybar in a jar of apple juice gag)
Here's a free game by Steve Taylor called Plasma Pong that combines surreal colorful graphics with fun, fast-paced pong. You can inject colorful plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum effect, and blast shock waves into the playing area. Every action has fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball which makes it harder to predict and control. I played this
As a software reviewer, I've seen many a Sudoku game, but nothing quite as cool as this! Flickr Sudoku lets you type in any picture tag and it brings in 9 corresponding images that you use to fill in the puzzle instead of the usual numbers. Weeee! Lots of fun!
Artist David C. Roy has always been fascinated by mechanics and motion. He graduated with a degree in physics that led him to the creation of these unique kinetic sculptures. He has handcrafted over 90 limited-edition and one-of-a-kind scupltures that require no battieries or electricity; they just need winding, then the spring-driven mechanism takes over, providing 3 – 20 hours
Johns Hopkins researchers have announced the development of a web based program that helps to simplify the steps in designing artificial DNA. GeneDesign automates the process of determining which building blocks of DNA should be linked together in a particular order to make a gene. “GeneDesign not only guides the user in designing the gene, but also automatically diagnoses design
At the age of 81, Benoit Mandelbrot, recognized for originating the field of fractal geometry and applying it in mathematics, science and engineering, has joined the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is a DOE Office of Science laboratory that solves complex problems in energy, national security, the environment and life sciences by advancing the
This place is a bloody freaking joke, miscast, poorly directed, poorly selected plays, dirty conditions, run down appearance, etc. Basically they are frustrated wannabe thespians who were denied real parts in high school. Now they are desperately seeking their second chance at any pathetic local fame they can achieve as they ruin the nights of theatergoers who would like to
February the 15th is very special to me, because three years ago I saw the lovely Sya for the first time after a long 15 years away. Finding her has changed everything in my life and given me the greatest sense of completeness and wholeness I have ever experienced. So for that day we usually plan something special, and time