May 2007 Webscan Archives
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May 30, 2007
- 4-year-old British boy who released a balloon with a message hoping to find a pen pal in a foreign land ended up having a correspondence with the Queen.
- Here's how you can use CSS to consistently style forms buttons across IE, Firefox, and Safari. (via kottke).
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May 29, 2007
- A pie chart representation of the various countries flag that is proportional to the area of the colour on the respective flag.
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May 28, 2007
- A list of 100 words compiled by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries that every high school graduate should know. I have to admit...I know less than a quarter of the words in the list!
- What more can you expect when you turn up for Ikea's employee job test?
- Learning Ruby? You might want to check out this creative programming book that'll teach you ruby in a matter of seconds!
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May 25, 2007
- The web creative awards 2006 revealed the best mouse cursor.
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May 24, 2007
- Here's 15 unforgettable cartoon theme songs that were played when I was young. I barely recalled most of it except for Power Rangers, TMNT and G.I. Joe
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May 23, 2007
- The 2007 visual illusion contest finalist works.
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May 22, 2007
- According to this article, increasing your reading speed will not only enable one to move through books more quickly, but it'll also help one to be able to comprehend and process more of the information that have been read.
- Interactive time line of British history. (via kottke)
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May 20, 2007
- Playing at this soccer field would prove to be exciting and challenging.
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May 17, 2007
- Obesity experts have developed a vertical workstation which helps employees take exercise and shed weight as they work.
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May 14, 2007
- Google, Walt Disney Co, Apple, CIA, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft, Ernst & Young are some of the undergrads' 25 most wanted employers.
- Some preschoolers thoughts of what happens to people when they are aging. "You get older, you shrink and your body is scribbly."
- Interactive photo panoramas of London, New York, Edinburgh, Brixton, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff, St Ives, Wales, France and Cornwall.
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May 09, 2007
- Curiosity, confronting challenge, optimism are some attitudes of a highly creative people.
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May 08, 2007
- Japanese retailer Uniqlo started a store in Tokyo that is basically a walk-in vending machine that sells only T-shirts. (via kottke)
- Baldwin Street is reputed as the world's steepest street. It measures some 350 metres in length and increase in height of 1m per 2.86m travelled horizontally.
- Here's BusinessWeek's first-ever list of the highest-paid athletes 25 and under from basketball, football, tennis, soccer, Formula One, baseball, NASCAR, golf, and hockey.
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May 07, 2007
- The helter skelter is an amusement park ride with a slide built in a spiral around a high tower. Now, users at this building can slide down on from any level.
- A graphical representation of obesity around the world.
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May 06, 2007
- How much have the society changed? A comparison of the different scenarios happening in 1973 and 2007.
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May 03, 2007
- Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers. However, there are also evidence that coffee may increase the risk of leukaemia and stomach cancer, with the case for leukaemia being strongest.
- According to a recent report from ITV news, the world is walking 10% faster as compared to 10 years ago, with Singapore being ranked first among 32 other countries. "People were in the greatest hurry in Singapore with an average walking times in 10.55 seconds."
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May 01, 2007
- Hacking your body's bacteria for better health. "Modern humans are bacteria-killing machines...we assassinate microbes with hand soap, mouthwash and bathroom cleaners. It feels clean and right but scientists say we're overdoing it."
- According to this BBC news article and a third person's perspective, Asians are better at Math.