If you eat off your desk, what does that say about your toilet seat?
… For the study, Gerba and his team separated office workers into two groups. One group used disinfecting wipes to clean their desks, phones and computers; the other did not. Within two days, the wipes users were found to have a 99.9 percent reduction in bacteria levels.
The study team evaluated a variety of office locations, environments and surfaces. Study sites included private offices, cubicles and common work areas in offices located in New York, San Francisco, Tucson and Tampa. A total of 7,000 samples were collected nationwide and analyzed at the University of Arizona laboratories. …
Average Desk Harbors 400 Times More Bacteria Than Average Toilet Seat — lifehack.org
Karamoja district, Uganda, April 1980. Starving boy and a missionary by Mike Wells, United Kingdom.
Here’s a collection of World Press Photo of the Year winners. They are all extremely powerful but unfortunately most of them are rather depressing.
World Press Photo 50 Years Gallery
Buoy Pondering by notraces at Flickr.com
Nice long exposure sky going on there.
Via FlickrBlog
There are some incredible pictures in this book.
100 Suns documents the era of visible nuclear testing, the atmospheric era, with 100 photographs drawn by Michael Light. These images show the devastating power of these nuclear weapons and all the images are emotionally impacting, which will leave you in shock after reading their description.
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Update: Here is another collection of atomic bomb pictures.
I want one. Every key has its own customizable display which can be changed depending on the currently running program.
Every key of the Optimus keyboard is a stand-alone display showing exactly what it is controlling at this very moment.
Optimus Keyboard via Digg
Storm Control by Mr. Greenjeans at Flickr.com
Looking for a recipe for all those different half full alcohol bottles you have lying around? Try Extratasy.com. It has a nice simple design with ratings, tags, and that whole Web 2.0 feel to it. Not bad.
Extratasty: Get Your Booze On! via TechCrunch
No it’s not some rip off of the Da Vinci Code
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Identifying true old masters — and spotting the fakes — is a rarefied art. Dan Rockmore wants to make it a science.
Wired 13.12: The Rembrandt Code and Wired 13.12: Is This Rembrandt Real?
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This video looks like something Dave Chappelle would have done if he was still around.
The shocking-but-false story of America’s Blackstronauts.
Old Negro Space Program via Google Video of the Day
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