Campfyre Ashes

Lead paint, chemicals that turn into date-rape drugs when ingested… Chinese-made toys are being recalled at a ridiculous pace. Here is a list of more than 500 toys that weren’t manufactured in China.

101 Gadgets that changed the world

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:46pm FyreGoddess

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3119141.ece?=elements.do

It’s a fairly loose definition of "gadget", but cool nonetheless.

No translation

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:45pm FyreGoddess

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weirdworld/2007/10/23/weird-and-wondrful-foreign-phrases-89520-19993239/

These are pretty fun. Some of them may even be worth integrating…

The wisdom of Homer

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:45pm FyreGoddess

http://funny2.com/homer.htm?-

Astounding one-page origami

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:45pm FyreGoddess

http://ericjoisel.com/Site/barbarians.html?source=rss_feed

This is so cool. Check out the rest of the site to see these truly amazing creations.

10 reasons to hate cellular carriers

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:44pm FyreGoddess

Some very good points here.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/10/10-reasons-to-h.html

Top 10 most stressful jobs

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:44pm FyreGoddess

http://bulacanforums.com/Latest/Top-10-Most-Stressful-Jobs.html

Huh.

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:40pm FyreGoddess

http://weirdstuffandnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/vegetable-and-fruit-bra.html

Cinematic pumpkin carvings

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:39pm FyreGoddess

In honor of Halloween, some of the coolest movie-related jack o’lanterns.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/29/cinematic-pumpkin-carvings/

free rice!

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:39pm FyreGoddess

This is pretty cool and rather fun.

—–Forwarded Message—–

For each word you give the correct definition for, this web site willdonate 10 grains of rice. It is (for me, anyway) oddly addicting, and hey, free rice is a good thing. http://www.freerice.com

8 of the most unusual plants in the world

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:38pm FyreGoddess

http://divinecaroline.com/article/22167/37205

For the insatiably curious

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:38pm FyreGoddess

http://www.webupon.com/Web-Talk/25-Useful-and-Entertaining-Websites.54156

This has some very interesting websites. I’m sure almost everyone will have heard of at least one of these, but I doubt any of you has heard of them all…

200 Calories

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:37pm FyreGoddess

Ever wonder what 200 calories looks like in different foods? Yeah, me neither, but it’s pretty interesting anyway…

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-does-200-calories-look-like.htm

Fruit, flowers and Photoshop

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:37pm FyreGoddess

http://piczy.blogspot.com/2007/10/photoshop-fun.html

Pumpkin facts

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:36pm FyreGoddess

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/Pumpkins/facts.html

Pirate Lore

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:35pm FyreGoddess

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/22/pirate-lore-7-myths-and-trrrrruths-about-pirates/?source=rss

Hobbit chess

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:35pm FyreGoddess

Ok, this is really cool http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/hobbitchess.html

Cardboard sculptor

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:33pm FyreGoddess

http://www.chrisgilmour.com/en.opere.html

This is very cool and these are amazingly lifellike.

Close shaves in history

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:32pm FyreGoddess

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/19/close-shaves-in-history/

I’ve heard about some of these, but not all. Neat-O-Rama, indeed.

Superhero douchebags

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:32pm FyreGoddess

http://www.the-iss.com/2007/10/superhero_douchebags.php?iref=mpstoryview

Phantom vibrations (mobile technologies)

Add comment November 19th, 2007 02:31pm FyreGoddess

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2007/10/10/4565372-ap.html

Almost all of the things mentioned in this article happen to me from time to time, but the odd thing is that I’m not overly attached to my phone physically and rarely ever have it actually on my person (usually, it’s in my purse).