Oysters, names, and the most influential people.

The best 2009 oyster wines. Why Chinese people have English names? The world’s 100 most influential people, according to Time.

Google yourself, live off the land, and eat on $100 a month.

Google wants you to google yourself. Ummm ok…. Live off the land - in the city.  Could you eat on $100 a month? Do you mean, wine alone?!?!?! The article is ok but the comments are pretty interesting.

Beer, Mona Lisa, and butterflies.

Does beer affect whom we find attractive? The Mona Lisa theft of 1911. Where did the butterflies go?

NextGen, super bra, and out of Japan.

NextGen the proposed new air traffic control system that will help make flying less of a living hell. Maybe. A woman avoided serious injury when the underwire on her bra deflected a bullet shot at by a neighbor. The Japanese government is offering $3,000 to Latin American workers to go back home and never come back.

Planet Earth #2, cartoons, and Hurricanes.

European astronomers found a planet close to the size of our Planet! Awful secrets of 25 cartoon characters. Every 15 minutes this satellite acquires a new image of the Northern Hemisphere looking for hurricanes.

Fancy wedding, cricket, and a London performance.

A very “fancy” wedding, Indian inmates go on hunger strike over a cricket match. 350 dancers performed routines at London’s Liverpool Street station. Super cool!

Jesus, Yellow Tail, and shoes.

Why was Jesus crucified? How Yellow Tail crushed the Australian wine industry. Throwing a shoe at someone is considered an insult in India, so politicians have asked party workers and journalists to remove shoes at meetings.

Lucha Libre, red mercury, and talking objects.

Interesting Lucha Libre pictures. People believed that old sewing machines may bring fortune because they contained an elusive, and probably mythical, substance known as red mercury. Talking objects in NYC. Weird but kinda funny.

Awesome animation, Mac, and the 50 States Project.

This animation made in Argentina is very, very cool and original. I have been using PC’s for over 20 years and Mac’s for about 10. I like both for different reasons but this Mac parody is very accurate. For the “50 States Project” each photographer lives in one of the 50 States and during the year long project each photographer will represent the State where they live. Every two months each photographer will be sent an assignment by e-mail, they then have two months to produce one image in response. The images must represent both their style and the State in which they live.

Amazon, Netflix, and sharks.

Inside an Amazon distribution warehouse, behind the scenes at Netflix, and very cool looking sharks.