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Japan Has the Most Remarkable Hi-Tech Toilets in the World (959 diggs) The Japanese once sat (or squatted) with the rest of us. now, Thanks to a small-room revolution, they are cosseted by heated seats, warm air, piped music and jets of water. Why, then, hasn't the rest of the world fallen for the charms of the hi-tech toilet?

Amazing Ice Sculptures [Pics] (1,148 diggs) Some of these great ice sculptures are from Harbin, China, Alaska. And some from the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. Seems, creativity is cross-cultural and universal!

Tech Geeks Gone Wild... With Dorm Lights (3,405 diggs)

Zodiac Killer's Identity Confirmed? (1,982 diggs) FBI looking into a new suspect in the Zodiac killings. Possible murder weapon and other evidence being analyzed with results pending any day.

18 Incredibily Effective Camouflage Photos (PIC) (1,404 diggs) Someone tell me where the guy is in #3.

7 (More!) Awesomely Geeky Ways to Create Graffiti [PICS] (720 diggs) What exactly makes graffiti geeky? In some cases it is the content but in many instances it is the methods employed in its creation. Here are seven particularly geeky to the creation of very cool graffiti.

7 of the Biggest Women You Have Ever Seen! [PICS] (1,268 diggs) Not at all what you were expecting eh?

Video of 3038 Photos Shot in 3 Days of Life in Boston (777 diggs) Robbie shot 3038 photos with his Canon 5D over a period of 3 days of his life in and around Boston. He then created a video of all of the photos played at hi-speed in the order they were shot, set to the song “Dry Lips” by Lightspeed Champion.

Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival (881 diggs) On average, 425 posts on Craiglist's "Casual Encounters" area appeared on the first three Sundays in August. But this Sunday, when tens of thousands of people had arrived for the convention, 763 posts appeared -- an 80 percent increase.

In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth (684 diggs) A new crop of science fiction novels focus on what it would mean if Intelligent Design turned out to be the truth. Jay Lake's Escapement is a perfect example, as is Walter Jon Williams' Implied Spaces — both are novels about people in clockwork worlds designed by some kind of higher power associated with spiritual realms.

What an Elephant Can Do at 18,000 KM from Earth [PIC] (1,669 diggs) Sculpture by Daniel Firman at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. "At a distance of 18,000 km from the earth, the elephant Wursa could balance on her trunk. The hyper-realist sculpture borrows from the skills of a taxidermist which gives us the opportunity to seesaw between a proven scientific phenomenon and the physical world in perspective"

The Truest Graffiti Message You'll See All Day (3,789 diggs) “go to work, send your kids to school follow fashion, act normal walk on the pavements, watch T.V. save for your old age, obey the law Repeat after me: I am free”

Top 10 Most Endangered Languages in the World (1,085 diggs) There are more than 6,900 languages used around the world today, ranging in size from those with hundreds of millions of speakers to those with only one or two. Language experts now estimate that as many as half of the existing languages are endangered, and by the year 2050 they will be extinct. Here are 10 of the most endangered languages.

30 Greatest Works of Light Graffiti [pics] (936 diggs) Cast your mind back to childhood celebrations when sparklers lit the night air. Through time-lapse photography artists are able to capture the ephemeral, organic qualities of light making it seem somewhat more real, more alive. We ’ve compiled a list of our favorite light graffiti images for you . . .

Kids can't "go out and play" anymore (2,313 diggs) Thirty years ago, the "going out to play" culture coexisted with other culturally sanctioned forms of independence for even very young children: Kids as young as 6 used to walk to school on their own, for instance, or take public buses or -- gulp -- subways.

42 Spectacular Flickr Collections of Abandoned Places [PICS] (992 diggs) Meticulously researched and compiled by category, here are 42 amazing collections of tens of thousands of photographs of awesome and eerie deserted buildings and other abandoned places - a must-bookmark resource for anyone who appreciates the art of photographing incredible abandonments.

The 20 Worst Toy Makeovers (792 diggs) Yes, we tell the world we had kids "because we wanted them," but we also had an ulterior motive: to fill our house with all the toys we loved as kids. Then the toy marketing companies went and ruined it ...

F is for fans who scare me sometimes (1,884 diggs) Ok, that was weird. Bu it reminds me digg a lot. Don;t ask me why. that's just crazy

Banksy: The Thing I Hate Most About Advertising... [PIC] (3,361 diggs) Banksy: "The thing I hate the most about advertising is that it attracts all the bright, creative and ambitious young people, leaving us mainly with the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern art is a disaster area. Never in the field of human history has so much been used by so many to say so little." ------------- Discuss.

Sexy bikini girls rock gorilla masks at L.A. art bar (video) (795 diggs) Girls + Beer + Bikinis + Gorilla Masks =1 Pervvy Art Class. "Alot of these girls are used to putting on bikinis and doing things that are completely inappropriate -- even to themselves. So I think that they're happy to put on an ape mask and do something cool for the sake of art." -- Fiora Boes, organizer of Bronx Zoo in downtown L.A.

How to draw anything (in 1 step) (3,427 diggs) I can't imagine a situation where the difference between my life and death depends on my ability to draw a horse, but still, it's haunted me for years.

'I'm going to die on Monday at 6.15pm' (1,907 diggs) When a Dutch writer's mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she chose euthanasia. Here, we publish his shockingly frank diary of her final days.

Librarian Fired for Writing About Bizarro Patrons (824 diggs) A library employee in this Lake Michigan resort community has been fired for writing a book that describes a range of unpleasant patrons, from the merely unpleasant to online sex fiends.

Amazing Gutter Art (1,050 diggs) Most of us would never think that a gutter could be a piece of art. Here in Brazil, some people are using these parts of urban scenery to bring a little bit of color to the commomly grey sidewalks.

35 Greatest Works of Reverse Graffiti [PICS] (1,643 diggs) Welcome to the world of reverse graffiti, where the artist ’s weapons are cleaning materials and where the enemy is the elements: wind, rain, pollution and decay. It’s an art form that removes dust or dirt rather than adding paint.