• Jul
  • 04

Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of ‘87 Mustang

The car hasn’t traded power for miles per gallon. Pelmear said the car has 400 horsepower, goes well over 100 mph and can go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.

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  • Jun
  • 02

Ask Calvins Dad

Calvin’s Dad often makes up outlandish answers to Calvin’s questions. Here is a collection of some quotes from the comic strip.

Q. How come old photographs are always black and white? Didn’t they have color film back then? A. Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs are in color. It’s just that the world was black and white then. The world…

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  • May
  • 14

Lab-on-a-Chip Made of Paper

By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard’s Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world.

A pinprick of blood or drop of urine soaked up at the edge of the Whitesides device moves naturally through the paper, in much the way that wine will spread through a paper napkin. But the paper is treated with a hydrophobic polymer, which directs…

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  • May
  • 08

Follow the Rainbow: 101 Color Resources for Web Designers | WHDb

More color advice then you ever thought you needed!

Many monitors still display only 256 colors, and this is why Web-safe colors still remain an issue for many designers. However, as those monitors slowly meet their demise (thanks to age more than anything else), other newer monitors…

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  • May
  • 05

53 Killer Photoshop Illustrator Effects and Tutorials

Its always fun to experiment different techniques and learn how to work with various aspects of Adobe Photoshop to spice up boring pictures and make them into works of arts and masterpieces. So, if youre interested in learning some new skills, whether youre a beginner, intermediate or advanced user, these Photoshop and Illustrator tutorials are

Swirl Mania in Illustrator & Photoshop- This tutorial will show 4 ways to create swirls, and by mixing them you will learn some very powerful techniques that will allow you to easily make tons of different styles of swirls and crazy…

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  • May
  • 03

Watching the World Go By

A virtual guided tour of an orbit around the Earth.

Southern Canada is covered with a myriad of small lakes. If the sun is overhead, you can see the sun glint off the lakes, rivers, and streams—briefly lighting them up as the reflection point moves across the surface of the Earth with…

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  • Apr
  • 24

Stapeliads: The Unparalleled Beauty of Nature [PICS]

Below is a stunning set of images of Stapeliads taken by Martin Heigan, plus a few other random flowers as well.

Photo by Martin Heigan A Few Other Colorful Flowers

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  • Apr
  • 15

Celebs Who Spent Time On Soaps

Before they were big-time, these celebrities spent some time on soap operas.

NBC.com | MSNBC.com | CNBC.com | Universal Studios | Access Hollywood | iVillageBravoTV.com | USANETWORK.com | SCIFI.com | NBC Stations | REELTALKTV.com

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  • Apr
  • 09

Damned Interesting: The History of Flight Simulation

A pretty comprehensive history of flight simulation, with video and photos.

With the advent of the personal computer, home flight simulation became possible for the first time. Beginning with rudimentary replications of flight simulation, home flight simulation has progressed an incredible amount in the past twenty five…

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  • Apr
  • 07

The Most Forbidden Color

The fiery color red has long been controversial ? so controversial, in fact, that it is commonly banned outright lest it inflame strong emotions, spark revolution, kindle anger, inspire boldness, instigate bloodshed, arouse lust, or provoke pain.

Daniels Farm Elementary School in Trumbull, Connecticut banned its teachers from using red ink to grade student homework. Apparently, parents objected to red as being “too stressful” and symbolic of negativity. “The…

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