Visual Dictionary

Like the visual thesaurus, only with deeper meaning

clipped from www.visuwords.com Visuwords™ online graphical dictionary — Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate. Great for writers, journalists, students, teachers, and artists. It’s a dictionary! It’s a thesaurus! The online dictionary is available wherever there’s an internet connection. No membership required. �

Satellite snaps first images of mysterious glowing clouds

clipped from space.newscientist.com A new satellite has captured its first views of enigmatic glowing clouds whose proliferation may be linked to climate change. NASA launched the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite on 25 April on a mission to investigate “night-shining” or noctilucent clouds. These clouds float 80 kilometres above the ground and are made of tiny ice crystals. Because they are so high up, the Sun still reaches them and makes them glow after sunset and before sunrise, when the ground is in darkness. The clouds have been observed since the 1800s, but in recent years they have brightened and grown more numerous. They were first observed above Earth’s polar regions, but have now spread to latitudes as low as 40�. Some scientists suspect their proliferation is related to increasing greenhouse gases, which can actually cause the upper reaches of the atmosphere to cool.

Periodic Table of the Internet

I like Periodic tables of stuff

clipped from www.wellingtongrey.net

Call him “LEGO ARTIST” not “LEGO BUILDER”

How much practice does my 3-year-old need to get to this level?

clipped from www.gearfuse.com What’s the difference between a Lego builder and a Lego artist? The answer is simple. Nathan Sawaya. Formerly studying law, Sawaya decided his life needed to go in a different direction. That direction happened to be a professional Lego artist. He currently displays his “brick” works in exhibitions. Legos have never held this much cultural significance. Or something like that. I dunno, just trying to sound artsy. But wow, take a look at more of these pics after the jump.

Steve Jobs announces free iPhones to 17,787 employees!

The question should really be, how many of those 17,787 will still be using the same phone in a year. And how many are going to be sold on eBay.

clipped from www.thinksecret.com June 28, 2007 - At a town-hall meeting with employees Thursday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that all full-time Apple employees will receive a free 8GB iPhone, while part-time employees who have been with the company for more than a year will also receive a free iPhone. The phones are expected to be delivered to employees by the end of July, after initial consumer demand has subsided. According to Yahoo! Finance, Apple has 17,787 full-time employees. This is not the first time Apple has givenfree product to its employees; in early 2005, the company rewarded all employees with a free 1GB iPod shuffle.

What is a Billion?

clipped from by124w.bay124.mail.live.com A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases. A. �A billion seconds ago it was 1959. B.� A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. C.� A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. D.� A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet. E.� A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government��is��spending� it.

Video of guy counting to 1 million

I. Can’t. Stop. Watching. … Help.

clipped from millioncount.com � Watch Me Count To 1 Million � I am approximately on number: 135328