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I Like Your Flaws, Hallmarks of Felinity, Cat vs. Hair Dryer, and Binder Clips of WIN

I Like Your Flaws
If only we could all love our own flawed selves as much as the speaker of this article loves another human being with flaws…

Hallmarks of Felinity
As a cat owner/lover, I can tell you that all these comic strips are TRUTH and nothing less. LOL!!

Cat vs. Hair Dryer
Speaking of cats…watch this cat fight an epic battle with hot air. (very giggle-inducing)

Binder Clips as Cable-Wranglers
I would have NEVER thought of this, but it works (just tried it!)

Most Dangerous Molecule, Buttersafe, Sketch of Voronoi, and Free Software

The Most Dangerous Molecule on Earth
Alert, this molecule is found everywhere–we need to learn to protect ourselves! (Also, we need to learn to be less gullible…read on!)

Buttersafe
A series of funny one-page comics…every day, a new topic, and a new laugh.

Sketch of Voronoi
Explore with your mouse cursor deeper and deeper into this interactive flash artwork of silvery cobweb-like lines…

100 Free & Open-Source Applications
Nearly a comprehensive list of all the cool software that’s available on the Web these days.

Rained So Hard the Oceans Fell, 2011 Baby Recall, Mind-Blowing Dancing, and QWERTYBeats

It Rained So Hard the Oceans Fell
Sounds like a line out of a high-fantasy novel, but it literally did in 2011. :O

Massive Recall of 2011 Version of Babies
Because, apparently, there’s a major malfunction in last year’s models. 😛

Mind-Blowing Dancing
Dancing that looks like stop-motion videography…except that it isn’t. How he do that?!

QWERTYBeats
Use your entire computer keyboard as a beat synthesizer with this awesome Flash tool.

Creative Writing Exercises, CakeWrecks, Dubstep Dancer, and Internet Suffixes

Exercises for Creative Writers
Want to try your hand at creative writing, or get back into practice? These exercises will help you! (I like the exercise in which two characters each have a secret, but neither the readers nor the other character ever finds out what it is.)

CakeWrecks.com
This just proves that when you order a cake from the bakery, you’re never assured of the quality you’ll get…but you might be in for a laugh!

Dubstep Dancer Gets It Right
Um, wow, this guy either broke all his bones to dance like this, or he has joints I’ve never heard of. WOW

Internet Suffixes
A list of all the possible domain suffixes you could get–great for creating full domain names that spell something, like del.icio.us used to spell.

Dumpster House, Cats’ House, Mixes and Mashups, and Body Clock

This Guy LITERALLY Made a Dumpster into a House
Talk about recycling!!!

The Cats’ House
A complete virtual tour of a house built for felines to enjoy (and take advantage of, lol).

Mixes and Mashups @ Soundcloud.com
Amazing combinations of songs–who knew that the Beatles, Green Day, and the Jackson Five would mesh together in song like this? LOL!

Body Clock
It’s a Flash body clock. Except it’s probably not exactly what you’re thinking of. (Click to see the awesome)

Born to Learn, Moving with Dogs, Musical Wall, and 8Tracks

Born to Learn
We were all born to learn…see this awesome series of philosophical animations that explain how and why we learn.

Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts, Like Moving
Read the story of this poor, simple dog and the misadventures of moving…told in a hilarious, Microsoft Paint-style series of pictures.

A Wall that Plays Music when It Rains
You read that right. Look at the intricate piping along the wall and you’ll see what I mean!

8Tracks.com
Make your own playlists and mixes of your favorite songs, just using this site!

Beethoven’s Music while Deaf, Hobo Pies, Lookalikes, and Handwriting Fonts

How Beethoven’s Deafness Affected His Composition
Compared to his early career, Beethoven didn’t write music the same way while his hearing was going…but find out what happened to his music after his hearing was completely gone!

Hobo Pies @ CookingComically.com
Follow these step-by-step hilarious directions to make your own “hobo pie” with random food, a cookpit, and some aluminum foil…heck, you could make it a neighborhood cookout!

Celebrity Lookalikes
Some from recent history, some from ancient history…check out all the famous people who suspiciously look like each other. (Be ready for your jaw to drop on some of these)

Free Handwriting Fonts
25 examples of handwriting-style fonts, great for designing those casual layouts and graphics.

Workplace Myths, SmartPhOWNED, Altered Thrift Store Art, and YouShouldHaveSeenThis

10 Workplace Myths–Busted!
10 myths that are still widely believed (even I thought the “bad boss behavior = I win in court” myth was true!)

SmartPhOWNED.com
Sometimes, technology just hates you. This website chronicles all the ways technology can thwart even our best plans, from autocorrects to sending fails and everything in between.

Altered Thrift Store Art
See the creative–and funny–additions folks have made to otherwise bland art found for cheap.

YouShouldHaveSeenThis.com
A list of 99 Internet phenomena you should be aware of, as a savvy Internet user.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Illness, Whiteboard Unicorns, Gospel Version of Lose Yourself, and OpenTape

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Illness Deciphered
A possible medical reason why the 19th-century writer was bedridden most of her life.

Whiteboard Unicorns
Fanciful drawings on the wide, white expanse of a whiteboard.

Gospel Version of Lose Yourself for Chrysler Commercial
Eminem’s song + gospel choir = AWESOME…!

OpenTape.fm
Make your own playlist for your website with this web software–host the music files on your own server, and OpenTape does the rest.

The World Before 1000 BCE, Incredible Art, The Love of Sun and Earth, and Tone Generator

The World Before 1000 BCE
Relive the history of the ancient world through this webpage. 🙂

Incredible Art
The intricacy hidden in a huge painting…look at the background! And the background beyond that background! :O

Even after all this time…
The love between the sun and the earth…it lights the whole sky. (Beautifully quoted from a 14th-century Persian poet as part of a mural)

Wolfram Alpha Tone Generator
Make music in a crazy and fun new way using this awesome internet tool based on mathematics. You can even make yourself a snazzy ringtone!