awesome beard bonazza

here is a sample.

http://www.drivl.com/posts/view/466

tour of Number 10

Virtual Tour of Number 10 Downing St.

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/page41.asp

Another shockwave distance game ... but

with some weird Japanese / Anime twist to it.

http://www.learnhax.net/f/src/nanaca_crash_v107.swf

My PB so far is 2509.99m. Try to press your left mouse when you get the special power-up. And don't bounce the bloke into the geeky girl.

More Gran Turismo HD videos...

But this time insanely huge and high quality:

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/data/movie/20061222_gthd/gthd_replay_lancer_evolution.mov

http://www.gran-turismo.com/jp/data/movie/20061222_gthd/gthd_replay_yamauchi.mov

(if I made those links clickable then you wouldn't be able to save, download or whatever... only watch in the browser... so consider my laziness a favor).

Hm, time to buy a high def tv and a PS3?

Christmas Photo Tips for Newbies and Pros

Just in time for all the Christmas happy snaps...


16 Digital Photography Tips for Christmas [via Gizmodo]

Lacing up your shoes with no hands

From digg...

Clip: Little Girl Wii-Boxes Grown Man

Clip: Little Girl Wii-Boxes Grown Man

can't help wondering if they wii remotes are actually doing anything ?? she looks kinda cute standing there waving her little armies.

Geogreeting for y'all

http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?zfNZMZj7+dLbu7MS+izJ0LrL+g.c

SI.com Most Interesting Photos of 2006

a round-up of 41 photos that are interesting for some reason or another...

Smokin' Man's Flash Diffuser

If you want to DIY a flash diffuser for your DSLR flash...

Cigarette Packet Flash Diffuser [via Gizmodo]

Google tells us the truth ....

about what the moon is made of  ; go to http://moon.google.com/ and scroll to the maximum zoom.

What Happens To Your Body If You Drink A Coke Right Now?

(sorry to spoil your afternoon soda.... - dp)

Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant.

• In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
  
• 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
  
• 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dialate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
  
• 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
  
• >60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
  
• >60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
  
• >60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.

This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) But, hey, have another Coke, it’ll make you feel better.

 

http://healthbolt.net/2006/12/08/what-happens-to-your-body-if-you-drink-a-coke-right-now/