http://www.xerxy.com Putting the fun back in web surfing Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:49:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hummer, the automobile brand from GM that we loved for the raw power and hated for its opulence, will soon be history after the sale to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery fell through. Its falling sales and environmental concerns meant that General Motors was having trouble deciding the fate of the ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/11/end-of-hummer/ Which way does the wheel spin? Don't keep it open for too long or it may induce seizures (vomit all over your keyboard is a possibility). I wonder if the direction of the spin has anything to do with which side of brain you use more, as was the case with ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/10/nauseating-wheel-illusion/ Slate is featuring a collection of photos from Saddam's private photo album. Photos like this one where he appears as some sort of a mafioso (seems he was a big Godfather fan). The late Iraqi dictator was overthrown by the US invasion and subsequently hanged for crimes against humanity. The album ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/09/saddams-private-photos/ This hauntingly beautiful painting is the work of Hory Ma (real name Sveto Teksty), a Russian artist who paints using light and a technique known as lightgraphics. There isn't much detail available on how this works, but it looks like he uses long exposures in dark conditions to create and capture ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/08/hory-ma-light-painting/ This mass of tentacles washed up on a beach in Wales and was over 6ft long. It could just be a log covered with barnacles or a horrific creature of the deep, looking for some humans to suck on. Goose barnacles often cling together, forming masses like this one, but first ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/07/weird-sea-creature-found/ Maybe this stone case for your iPhone will prevent you from throwing it around eveytime you need to vent out your anger. Or it may just end up causing even more damage. In any case (no pun intended), cool thing to be seen carrying around. And it looks bulky enough that ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/06/iphone-rock-case/ Most of us can only dream of owning even a single Bentley, or any luxury car for that matter. Jay Leno has a whole garage full of the hottest cars you can imagine. And from the looks of it, these aren't ordinary luxury cars which you can simply collect with a ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/05/jay-lenos-awesome-car-collection/ This picture is driving me mad since all I want to do is pull that rug out from under the wall. Only the rest of it just isn't there. It's a nice trick to play on unsuspecting visitors, especially moms. Perfect for pushing your obsessive girlfriend (or guy) over the edge, ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/03/confusing-joke-rug/ How many of us have wished there was more time than 24 hours in a day? Well, it's time to start panicking since the recent earthquake in Chile has actually shortened our days. According to NASA, the 8.8 magnitude quake which resulted in the deaths of hundreds, has affected the Earth's ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/02/days-shortened-by-chile-quake/ Enter with all your wait and leave without most of it. Here's a clever and funny ad for a weight loss and fitness program. Hope you don't really lose that much body mass in a single session. Probably can't be done without liposuction. Be wary if they also sell high-quality soap. ... http://www.xerxy.com/2010/03/01/funny-weight-loss-and-fitness-ads/