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‘Engrish’ is a term coined for the hilarious and often ridiculous English errors found on Japanese signboards, products and advertising. Engrish.com features hundreds of humorous examples of English that has badly gone wrong, and promises to keep us amused endlessly with a new Engrish every day

The Rubix cube has often been solved blindfolded, now this innovative cube is made specifically for the blind. Designer Zhiliang Chen, from Hong Kong has given the old Rubix cube a new twist. His cube is made using six unique materials of varying textures - metal, wood, textile, stone, rubber and plastic, enabling the blind to touch and play.

You don’t have to “bend” your perception to bend this spoon. Just stir your tea with it!

A part of its handle is made using Nitinol, a shape-memory nickel titanium alloy. This alloy bends when brought to its transformation temperature and then returns to its original shape on cooling.

Julian Beever, a British artist, uses his art technique to create incredible 3D illusions on completely flat and ordinary sidewalks. What looks like a man on a ledge waiting to be rescued, is in fact a two dimensional chalk drawing on a pavement!

Go here to witness more of Julian Beever’s incredible 3D imagery and if you are still with us, here’s a time lapse video of Julian Beever in action!

Playfully interact with thousands of images from Getty’s stock imagery, in this series of 10 visual experiments @ Interact10ways.com . Two you simply must not miss: Information & Light by Sumona.

Great places to work group conducted this survey this year around, and the Economic times article in today’s newspaper in India confirms that Google is indeed the 2nd runner up in the race for the Best place to work in India for 2008.

Here is the article. And if you were wondering which companies are the top 2, there is the list.

1. RMSI (based in Noida)
2. Marriot Hotels India
3. Google India

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Think Differently
An ad by Apple computers. Very inspiring. I’ve watched it a hundred times in the last 2 days now.
While you are at it, you may even wanna watch Steve Jobs at the Apple Keynote in 1983. He is good !

Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
They push the human race forward.
And while some may see them as the crazy ones,
We see genius.
Because the people who are crazy enough to think
they can change the world,
Are the ones who do.

Stuff white people like is one of the most hilarious blogs I’ve come across in the recent past. It talks about various trends, and things white people usually like.

This is a scientific approach to highlight and explain stuff white people like. They are pretty predictable.

And my favorite post from the site is asian girls. This is where I learnt the meaning of yellow fever.

Are you a Adobe Photoshop user? If yes, think of how many times have you seen that name? And stared at it. Wondered how he might look like?

Here is an interview with Seetharaman Narayanan, the man whose name people can’t miss while Adobe Photoshop is loading.

Users have wondered since a long time now, who this entity is. And now we know.

Hello people! You must have had to use a lot of tubes to get here. Spending way too much time on the Internet? Well then spend some more. Welcome ye all. Find things of interest here, taken from the web.

Keep coming back for some interesting blogs/posts/news/gadgets/porn? links here.

Let the fun begin !