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You might be wondering if this image is real. Well, it is. National Geographic photographer Robert B. Haas took this aerial shot of flamingos flocking together in the shape of a large flamingo. Unbelievable. Link [via]

It’s basic knowledge that the air bag in your car exerts tremendous force when it’s deployed. Now what if you took said air bag, put it in a refrigerator and wired it to go off when you plug it in? Take a look and find out. Watch the whole thing. When the dude goes to remove the air bag from ...

If you’ve ever dreamed of being Eddie Van Halen, now is your one and only chance. Kevin Dugan, the designer behind Eddie’s guitar from his 1986 Van Halen 5150 tour and Van Halen’s Crew Chief for 25 years, is auctioning off that very same guitar for around $35,000 to $48,000 with a starting bid of $25,000. With a price tag ...

The team over at Hackaday (my old stomping grounds) have whipped up an excellent and detailed HOW TO that shows how to make your own web server. Before you complain and state how easy it is to use your grandmother’s old HP and all that jazz, let me ask you this: Is your server the size of a business card? ...

When I woke up this morning, something seemed different. The sun was brighter, the birds were chirping louder than usual. I continued my morning routine and then the news hit me – Jack Thompson had been disbarred. Everyone likes violent games and Jack does nothing more than a disservice to those who enjoy the medium.� The Florida Supreme Court must ...

It’s a rainy, shitty Friday morning. This will make you laugh no matter how miserable you are right now. SFW. Link

Tonight, MySpace kicked off its new commercial free music service which doesn’t include any of that bullshit DRM business.� Using its ever popular Flash player, users can purchase songs or add them to a playlist. It’s now possible to create a streaming playlist of as many as 100 songs each that can be shared and ranked.� MySpace music will also ...

This made me chuckle quite a bit. Ah, the good times. DRM just plain sucks now. Link

The talk about Google and T-Mobile’s upcoming G1 phone isn’t dying down anytime soon. However, in a very stupid move, T-Mobile had capped the phone so that after using more than 1GB of data over 3G, your phone would switch to GPRS-based ‘net and email access – significantly slower than HSDPA 3G speeds. Some speculate that the ‘Mo did this ...

Hah, just kidding. Seriously though. Babies and partying do not mix. Why the hell do you think babysitters exist in the first place? More fun games for the Wii’s target demographic. Link