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Twofifty - Digital. Visual. Habitual. This site is a showcase for digital artwork, strictly 250 by 250 pixels in dimensions and on various platforms including GIF, PNG, JPEG, Java, DHTML, Flash and Shockwave. It ably demonstrated that you don't need a large pallet to be creative. It's hard to quit looking at these pictures. If you want, you can become a registered member which allows you to rate the artwork and post comments. http://www.twofifty.net |
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Weather Proverbs, True or False? The new eight words you cant say on TV. How to put a ship in the bottle. Welcome to toothpaste world.
Most commercial airlines flights avoid the turbulent center of thunderstorms by flying over or around them. Perhaps more importantly, all commercial airplanes are outfitted with protective equipment. The shells of airplanes are generally made of either aluminum (an excellent conductor of electricity) or composite that contains conductive fibers so if the plane is struck, the lightning travels along the exterior of the plane then out into the open air. Sensitive electrical equipment is shielded with surge protectors and grounding devices.
On average every airplane in the United States is struck by lightning at least once a year. Lightning strikes have been implicated in only a handful of crashes worldwide. Lightning hasn't caused a U.S. airliner crash in about 40 years. More facts . . .
On average every airplane in the United States is struck by lightning at least once a year. Lightning strikes have been implicated in only a handful of crashes worldwide. Lightning hasn't caused a U.S. airliner crash in about 40 years. More facts . . .
Michigan drivers: Take a look at this site:
http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/ste_city.asp?state=MI
(Thanks George P.)
http://www.speedtrap.org/speedtraps/ste_city.asp?state=MI
(Thanks George P.)
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The Retail Alphabet Game You will be presented with 26 alphabet letterforms, extracted from U.S. product and corporate logos. Your job is to figure out the source of each. http://www.joeykatzen.com/alpha/ (Thanks Brandon B.) |
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Age Maps Two photographs of a person from different ages in their life are spliced together by photographer Bobby Neel Adams. Much of his photographic work addresses the transformation of the human body by aging and circumstance. http://www.bobbyneeladams.com/index.html |
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