Photo glossary of volcanic terms.

A KLM 747 on final approach to Santiago, Chile's airport. From a cool Google Earth Hacks gallery that's probably been linked to a million times. Still though. [via metafilter]

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Get therapy at Montana's Free Enterprise Radon Health Mine. [via jaf project]

Bicycling brunch spots in Marin County.

Nice review of this past weekend's Tom Petty shows at Berkeley's Greek Theater.

The Fish Olympics.

How Atomic Fireballs are made. [via growabrain]

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I predict this guy will soon have his own TV show. It's all about exposure.

Our thoughts go to those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Help if you can.

Colloquial American business jargon defined.

Large collection of Snow White illustrations.

2005 Burning Man survival guide. Also, fuck Burning Man.

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Thunderstorms and lightning - the underrated killers! Also, Lightning Stalker.

No drinking, no smoking, stranded in the middle of the sea - sounds like a recipe for a violent action thriller. -Working on a North Sea oil rig.

Nice collection of airport fire trucks. [thx to philippe]

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Angry Mother Nature.

Why hurricanes are named.

Gene Simmons fan gallery.

The hair, a scientific enigma. From the good folks at L'Oréal.

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Children's environmental art.

2005 Federal Disaster Declarations.

Truckers can keep on trucking.

Norwegian folk tales.

High definition J. Garcia rugs. Meh.

Allusions to classical Chinese poetry in the music of Pink Floyd. [via look at this]

Current NOAA map of climate hazards in the United States.

Kingsmill Resort's Dagwood Sandwich.

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The history of contact lenses.

This is the dark secret of reunions: They are all about mortality. About aging and the vagaries of the flesh and, you know, death -- how fast you are racing toward it, clinging to the walls of your life like a child being dragged off to bed and you feel compelled to ask yourself, Well, how are you thwarting that feeling? What have you learned? What the hell are you doing about it? -SF Chron's Mark Morford on high school reunions.

Obesity, bikes and farms in Oregon.

Great American Backyard Campout.

Photos of a US Navy hospital ship.

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AP photo of Anthony Kiedis, Snoop Dogg and Bootsy Collins.

The BBC on airline food.

Photos of the Rolling Stones' gigantic stage at Boston's Fenway Park. Damn.

Jerry Garcia on a postage stamp? Meh.

He has never been married. He feels that being married and being a good cop are incompatible pursuits. However, during the time spent in Naval Intelligence, he became seriously attached to a woman and intended to marry her. -A profile of Hawaii Five-O's Steve McGarrett

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Honolulu traffic cameras. Also, traffic incidents.

Dr. Frank diagnosed the President as a “paranoid meglomaniac” and “untreated alcoholic” whose “lifelong streak of sadism, ranging from childhood pranks to insulting journalists, gloating over state executions and pumping his hand gleefully before the bombing of Baghdad”. -Ouch. [via robotwisdom]

From Craigslist: Strange and Beautiful University Bike - $425.

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Barcelona street scams. [via growabrain]

Diego Zeman, human cannonball.

Lightning awareness posters, PSAs and streaming video.

Fire truck brand spotting guide. Cool.

Some sort of fire station themed bedroom, with snacks.

The SkidCar movie theatre.

The Kirby 505, from the Cyberspace Vacuum Cleaner Museum.

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Welcome to the fascinating world of Antique and Vintage sewing machines.

Airplane navigation in the North Atlantic.

Interesting and useful map/diagram of San Francisco's summer fog patterns.

Make your dishwasher the focal point of your kitchen with one of our all new creative designer magnetic panels. A great gift idea for anyone who spends time in the kitchen. For Mother's day, Christmas, Birthdays, Housewarming, or any other occasion...here is a gift that will bring years of enjoyment! -Dishwasher art. I did not know that.

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A few bar tricks.

Landrover 101's.

A set of photos on Flickr from Friday's explosion in downtown San Francisco which took place just a block from where I work. I'm ok.

The harbor of Wells, Maine as seen through a lobster trap.

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Kelly Osbourne Halloween costume. Yikes. [via goldenfiddle]

BBC photo gallery of African Pygmies.

All you could hear at the press site as clock ran down to "5-4-3-2-1" were other photographers yelling "Oh God they're going to launch!" The next thing you heard were people shouting "Go Baby Go!" and the sound of the roaring engines along with hundreds of motor drives and clicking shutters. -How photographers cover Space Shuttle launches.

P.E.A.R.T. - The Robotic Drum Machine. RUSH! [via thingsmag]

The MBA and the Mexican Fisherman.

Meth heads like to steal bicycles & take them apart (& do more meth). [via boingx2]

Peace Corps information on how to say "hello" and "may we dismantle your native culture and replace it with a superior Western one?" in 37 different languages.

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Mr. Gradgrind's literal answers to rhetorical questions.

"I can think of very few things with the Pavlovian response that hearing the bells of an ice cream truck brings, as I kid I can think of no other sound I welcomed more on a July afternoon than that tinkle of the ice cream truck. Even though in the end what it gave you was just ice cream, it seemed to promise so much more." -Interesting article on ice cream trucks.

The Orca Adoption Program. Also, detailed information about killer whales.

Rolling your own sushi.

BBC: Painkillers addictive.

The current status of the United States Navy.

Wall mounted cockpit cabins. Wow.

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Aeronautical high frequency radio map.

Photo gallery of Newfoundland's Gander International Airport.

The early days of aeradio on Lord Howe Island.

Short video clip of an aeronautical position report, 1950's style.

Volcanic activity reporting form. Just in case.

Neat satellite photo of the breakup of Antarctica's Laresen B ice shelf.

Rough sketches of how Ricky Gervais will look in an upcoming Simpsons episode.

On August 16th 2005 at 8:35 am Nashville time, the angels in heaven stopped singing for a moment, as they heard the most beautiful music approaching from a distance - the high lonesome sound of Vassar Clements' fiddle. -RIP.

Two part audio interview with John Perry Barlow.

Pro cyclist Bram Tankink receives his podium kisses after winning the first stage of the Tour of Germany.

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A virtual field trip to New Zealand's Alpine Fault.

Top 10 windiest cities in the US.

How to build a fly powered airplane. I think.

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Photo tour of an Antonov 225, the world's biggest airplane.

Lots and lots of live air traffic control audio feeds. Drool.

Photos from an African aero safari.

Sugar Magnolia restoration project.

Fried doughnuts around the world. Also, the partially true history of the doughnut.

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Great donut movie quotes.

Surviving a Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan. [via yakitori]

The Yak, Second Edition.

The key is to relax your jaw. Say "Mainer." Notice the tension in your jaw and how it opens only slightly. Now say "Mainah," letting your lower jaw drop on the "ah" paht (er, I mean "part"). Practice saying it in an exaggerated manner to get the feel. -How to speak like a Mainer.

A giant lobster, location unknown.

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Spent a very enjoyable week in New England and followed it up with a 104 mile bicycle ride yesterday. Legs and mind a bit sore today but should return to normal tomorrow.

Cool flashlights.

Everyone probably has a personal definition of "Super-Hair." Here's what we're using at this site: Any woman can have perfect-looking hair as she walks out of a salon. But it takes effort to keep a style looking good day after day, week after week. And it takes extra skill to keep hair under control through wind and humidity. -The Super-Hair site.

0900 Through Protective Goggles on the USS Appalachian. -One of many paintings of the 1946 nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll. Part of a much larger collection of Navy art.

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What do short track speed skaters wear?

Guide to the exotic species of the San Francisco Bay.

Robert Campbell's beautiful aerial photography of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Airport homes. Also, flying pictures.

You will believe dogs can fly.

A persistent image I have of Jerry which seems strangely resonant with his coming and going: a brilliant sunny day on a boat bobbing above the abyss of Molokini where the floor of the ocean suddenly drops off a cliff and plunges to unknown depths, I watch him check his gear then sit on the edge of the boat and tumble over backwards into the water, which is clear to a depth of several hundred feet. I watch him dwindle in size as he descends further and further, spread eagle and motionless, until he is only a speck to the eye, then disappears altogether from view and there is no more Jerry, only ocean. -Robert Hunter on Jerry Garcia.

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Musicians remember Jerry Garcia.

Jerry Garcia blotter art.

No updates for a week or so as we're off on The Annual Trip to Boston and Maine™ for some family visitin', seafood eatin', and much needed general relaxin'.

The miniature zoo.

Kitchen appliance jargon translator. Also, Kitchen Spanish.

Anatomy of a blimp. Cool.

A photo gallery of submarines under ice, from the Arctic Submarine Laboratory

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Illustrated history of the rocking chair. Cool.

Assassination attempts on Hitler's life.

Seattle's Fin Project.

Lance Armstrong is the eye of the hurricane and he's headed straight for the Jan Ullrich trailer park. -Bob Roll quotes from last month's Tour de France. [via chariotaku]

'Song for a Glass Half Full' -One of many, many musically themed paintings by artist Mark Keller.

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The burden of being Jerry Garcia.

Grateful Dead poems. Also, Jerry Garcia factoids.

Test your etiquette awareness.

'Self-portrait', by Sana Mohamed Eltaib. Part of a large collection of work by Sudanese artists.

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How a dinner is served in Madagascar.

BBC: Lovesick teens turn to junk food.

2002 statistics of drownings in the United Kingdom.

Cowsnus - A totally cool website for teens and the cows they love and sometimes eat. Ah, kids today...

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Natural Grass Fed Raw Dog and Cat Food BARF Diet . . .The Intelligent Choice. -Luxury pet food.

Interesting look at the baseball card industry. [via robotwisdom]

Two photo galleries of the European Space Agency's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.

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A Jerry Garcia bronze portrait, medallion, and sculpture of some sort.