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Dollar Bill Art

Well the mighty US dollar may be going down the tubes but at least it's a currency that lends itself well to artistic expression.

Via Digg

Grand Theft Auto IV Review

Grand Theft Auto IV is certainly one of the most anticipated games of 2008 and early impressions don't disappoint. Video gaming site IGN reviews the newest installment of the Grand Theft Auto franchise and gives it nothing less than a 10 out of 10, a score which they last gave out for a console game in 1999 for Soul Caliber.

Big Mac From a Petri Dish?

Link: In Search of a Test-Tube Hamburger - TIME.

Skip breakfast to have a baby girl?

Maybe Cate Blanchett had fry ups for breakfast to pop out her baby boy.

From BBC News: High calorie diet linked to boys.

Têtes à claques

Ok so you will need to know French to get your laughs on for this one (and even there, we're not talking the snobby Parisian kind either, think more Québec in Canada). Here are a couple of gems from the Têtes à claques crew: "Willi Waller" and "Le pilote".

Wii Fit or Miss?

The BBC asks, can the Nintendo Wii make you fit?.

mochee wall decals

How can you quickly add a personal touch to the space around you? One way to go is through removable, self-adhesive decals like the ones from mochee. There are a variety of designs to choose from with custom colors available for selected products. You can even order decals of your own design. Prices range from 20 to 60 USD depending on the item selected.
 

Flickr Snooping

Apparently, photo sharing site Flickr is a great place to bring out the voyeur in you.

Zoo Tricks

The world's first cheerleading bear?

The Godfather Movie Poster

Stunning poster of the classic Francis Ford Coppola film The Godfather. The image of Marlon Brando is entirely composed of hand written words, which, incidentally, also happen to spell out every line said in the movie.

Via Digg

Support Unworthy Causes

Looking for ultra generic greeting cards, stickers to support unworthy causes or used racing pidgeon necklaces?  Boy does this site have you covered.

Top 5 Drug Experiments

Link: Top 5 Recreational Drug Experiments | Wired Science from Wired.com.

The True Face of Da Vinci?

Has the true face of Leonardo Da Vinci been revealed? Dutch illustrator and activist Siegfried Woldhek presents a compelling case at TEDTalks of what the famed artist really looked like. Woldhek, helped by his 30 years experience in drawing faces, used image-analysis techniques to reveal what he claims is the definitive face of the Italian master.

Watch the presentation after the break.

From Crops to Widgets, China's Instant Cities

Image: National Geographic

The National Geographic site has a great feature story on the phenomenon of China's instant cities- former rural areas that have transformed themselves virtually overnight into manufacturing powerhouses, helping to fuel China's economic boom.

Virtual Bimbo Game

You know, young girls these days just don't get enough reinforcement about the importance of not eating, getting boob jobs before they're old enough to drive or how becoming the most popular gal in Hollywood must be, LIKE SO TOTALLY OMG LOL BFF!!!!!, their life long pursuit. Thankfully, an online game known as Miss Bimbo is here to bring out the best in each and every aspiring Paris.

Mad Magazine Fold-ins

For all the fans of MAD magazine, the New York Times is showing the great Al Jaffee fold-ins from the 60's to the present in interactive form.

T-Mobile: There is Such a Thing as Bad Publicity

Can you trademark a color? Yes, and Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile is making sure no one forgets that they are the kings of magenta. Last week, influential publisher Weblogs, Inc. received a nice letter from T-Mobile's legal team kindly urging them to change the color of the logo of their popular Engadget Mobile blog.

Classic April Fool's Hoax

On this day in 1957, the BBC broadcast its highly respected Panorama documentary show which contained a segment about pasta sprouting trees in Switzerland. From the BBC web site:

 

1957: BBC fools the nation

        The BBC has received a mixed reaction to a spoof documentary broadcast this evening about spaghetti crops in Switzerland.

The hoax Panorama programme, narrated by distinguished broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, featured a family from Ticino in Switzerland carrying out their annual spaghetti harvest.

It showed women carefully plucking strands of spaghetti from a tree and laying them in the sun to dry.

But some viewers failed to see the funny side of the broadcast and criticised the BBC for airing the item on what is supposed to be a serious factual programme.

Others, however, were so intrigued they wanted to find out where they could purchase their very own spaghetti bush.

See the complete BBC article and video clip of spaghetti farmers.

Also check out an extensive article on Swiss Spaghetti Farming at the Museum of Hoaxes.

You Tube Goes Rick Roll Mad

The Rick Roll monster keeps getting bigger thanks to YouTube's April Fool's contribution, where every featured video on their home page today leads to... you guessed it, a funny looking bloke wearing Ray Ban's and trying hard to swing his arms while lip syncing to the music. Will this finally propel Rick Astley's cheese fest to the top spot on YouTube's most viewed clip? Only time will tell.