World’s Biggest Bugs

According to AtlasObscura –

For Bug Week, Atlas Obscura has rounded up some of the world’s largest insects. From the goliath beetle to the Amazonian giant centipede, they all have one thing in common: they are the behemoths of their species.

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Composting Currency [video]

 

Three Friends Celebrate Their 100th Birthdays Together

The Washington Post reported –

It’s not every day that someone turns 100 years old. And it’s really not every day that three childhood best friends hit the centenarian mark together. On Saturday, three D.C. women, best friends for nearly a century, celebrated reaching triple digits during a ceremony at Zion Baptist Church in the 16th Street Heights neighborhood of Northwest Washington — the church they have all regularly attended since childhood. They were all born in June or July of 1916. They had hoped a fourth close friend, Leona Barnes, would be able to take part in the festivities, but she died in May, two months shy of her 100th birthday. The ceremony paid tribute to Barnes, and a large portrait of her sat on the church bench beside her friends throughout the ­90-minute service.

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Tiny Worlds In Bottles

From LaughingSquid.com –

Tokyo-based artist and architectural model maker, Akinobu Izumi, has created the series “A Tiny World in a Bottle”. Using intricately cut paper, little pieces of cork and when necessary, liquid paraffin for a floating effect, he fills thumb-size bottles with creatures, ships and curious scenes. He sells a variety of these miniature works of art in his Etsy shop.

The Octopus Brain [video]

GFXplorer – FreeFile Review

GFXplorer is a utility that gathers information about your Windows PC along with shortcuts to many Windows tools and utilities. It is only available for Windows. The program has a clean, simple, tabbed interface. The first three tabs contain information about the software and hardware on your computer. An ‘Export’ button allows you to save all of this info as a text document. The fourth tab, ‘Tools’, is the really interesting one. It has shortcuts to 18 of Windows’ tools and utilities.

The good – The ‘Tools’ tab is what makes this application a keeper. All of these tools are built into Windows, but finding them without a program like GFXplorer can be challenging. Some of the tools, such as ‘Display color calibration’ and ‘Malware Removal Tool’, are incredibly useful ones that Microsoft has decided to hide. Having all of these tools in one location can be a great time saver. The.zip download is a stand-alone program that doesn’t require installation; just unzip and run.

The bad – I found nothing to dislike about GFXplorer, but I have two suggestions to improve it. More system information (such as Windows keys and more details about storage drives) could be displayed. Since the ‘Tools’ tab is most useful, it should be the first tab, the tab that the program opens to.

— — — — The Bottom Line — — — —
Every Windows user should have GFXplorer. Having all of these tools available in one location is very handy. Shortly after I installed GFXplorer, I pinned it to my Start menu. I rarely pin programs to my Start menu, so that is a very strong endorsement from me. Get it today.
Download GFXplorer HERE

Read more FreeFile Reviews at DanKostecki.com

Old Media Suffers From Yet Another New Media Problem – Sharing Newspapers Must Stop

The Telegraph reported –

It is a familiar sight in any pub, cafe or train carriage – newspapers being left on seats for others to read, passed from friend to friend,  or even handed over to curious strangers. But in Morocco, the practice has been banned after publishers complained they were losing millions in revenue because people kept sharing them. Members of the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers (FMEJ) said the habit of “leaving newspapers behind in public places” was costing their industry $150m each year in lost revenue.

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Yes!! Now I Can Buy Pickle Juice In Cans

Gordy’s is now selling their Fine Brine in 12oz cans – only $16 for four. Or, I could (or, maybe not) drink it straight from a jar of pickles for free.

Get yours HERE.

25 Most Romantic Places On Earth

CoolDigitalPhotography presents a set of very nice landscapes from around the world. Heidelberg, Germany shown above.

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Rejected Father’s Day Cards

Shoebox Cards presents a few rejected Father’s Day cards.

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Old Soviet Work Safety Posters

 

Enjoy this set of old safety posters from Russia.

Artwork Made From 10,000 Wood Species

de zeen reports –

Architects Zeller & Moye and artist Katie Paterson have installed a public artwork in the grounds of Bristol University, England, which is made up of samples from more than 10,000 tree species. Entitled Hollow, the installation’s exterior structure, made of Douglas Fir, is designed as a forest canopy, with the arrangement of posts representing the varying heights of trees.

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