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Remember how popular these were a few years ago? I could almost never see the hidden picture.

This type of single image stereogram has a hidden image within it. Thus, the name. All the Hidden Image Stereograms in this 3D Art Gallery are set up for parallel-viewing. If you already know how to PARALLEL-VIEW choose from the stereograms below and enjoy. Otherwise, you might want to learn some of the Secrets of Seeing 3D first.

(Thanks Veronica)

Very nice videos of the robotic snakes but I wish the webpage had more detail about how he made them.

This site describes my own snake robots as well as giving links to important lists of other snake robot research projects. The robots shown below were created as part of my private research project into snake locomotion started in 1987. Click below to see more information about each of the prototypes including video clips in MPEG format.

And other vehicles with insufficient wheels.

A few weeks ago I linked to a story in the NY Times that was about a guy golfing across Mongolia. I just found the website that went with it. (God forbid that any newspaper link to the website they are writing about)

An interesting article in Fortune about a man who is attempting to visit every Starbucks.

Winter is on a mission to visit every Starbucks in the world. On this day alone, he has mapped out four more stores around Phoenix and two in El Paso that he needs to hit. A contract computer programmer, Winter works just enough to fund his obsession, for which he has laid out specific rules: He stops only in Starbucks that the company owns—eliminating the more than 3,000 licensed spots in places like airports and grocery stores—and he has to drink caffeinated coffee in each. In the seven years that the 32-year-old has been on his quest, he’s been to 4,122 stores in North America (including some that have since closed), 114 in Britain, and 53 in Japan. Starbucks operates 4,025 stores in the U.S. and 846 internationally. So Winter is doing pretty well. Except for this one problem: The company opens an average of 10.2 new, company-operated Starbucks a week around the world and has no plans to slow down.

He has a website that catalogues his excursions complete with a gallery.

These are very funny.
(via Bifurcated Rivets)

These are the stories of those who have gone up against the giant, who have felt and taken the heat and who survived. Please add your story if you would like to share your experiences.

Because it is good to have rodents living in your computer. Ask this guy.

Let’s put it this way. The picture above is of raw horseflesh ice cream. More flavors here.

(via Pop Culture Junk Mail)

This picture makes me feel all warm inside.