Cliff Pickover's RealityCarnival


01/31/05) Bloggers from around the world identify 9 other bloggers with whom they most want to meet
(01/31/05) Woman explores apple-like objects in the reality carnival
(01/30/05) Man sells spherical homes, hung from trees
(01/29/05) Uterus models for sale
(01/29/05) I typed Ozymandis into Google and found woman against large disembodied leg
(01/28/05) Encyclopedia mentions the "machine elves" seen while taking the drug, DMT
(01/28/05) Man spends 9 years perfecting and patenting "simple computer keyboard" (via Presurfer )
(01/27/05) James Randi's intriguing commentaries on topics including: prayers, the brain, Richard Dawkins, e-Bay, cremation, astrology, alien eggs, and more
(01/26/05) Judge says that "Ravers Can Suck On Pacifiers & Wear Glow Sticks"
(01/26/05) Man falls in love with the square root of 2, for no apparant reason
(01/25/05) Planetwide effort to create life within networked digital ecosystems
(01/25/05) We will never meet this woman, never call her name, never know what she is thinking at this moment, captured in time
(01/24/05) Continuing discussions on: "We live in digits of pi"
(01/24/05) Who exactly was Mary Toft?
(01/23/05) Ex-atheist describes near-death experience
(01/23/05) Wearing CDs: a fashion statement
(01/22/05) World's first newsletter devoted exclusively to near-death experiences and the afterlife
(01/22/05) I typed "Semilobar Holoprosencephaly" into Google and found this page
(01/21/05) Man makes watch that contains replica of the 5,000-year-old Stonehenge
(01/21/05) A fascinating look behind the thinking of Amazon.com (PDF presentation)
(01/20/05) Visionaries ponder how the Internet will change our lives in the year 2014
(01/20/05) I typed Solenoid Love into the Google image search and found this hot photo
(01/19/05) The Sand Traveler is a rendering of 1,000 traveling particles, each in pursuit of another. Over time, patterns of travel are exposed as sweeping paths of color
(01/18/05) New math/art exhibit. Which do you like best?
(01/17/05) Sushi photo of the week
(01/16/05) Woman discovers spontaneous formation of partial Mobius strip in hat
(01/16/05) Devout Christians offer digital blessings
(01/15/05) Scientist claims that brains constructed out of Tinkertoys could be conscious
(01/14/05) Sushi clocks are unusual. What other strange clocks have you found on the web?
(01/13/05) Man uses randomness and voting to make art. Be sure to visit the "Archive of Best Random Art"
(01/12/05) "What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning Of Life, and How To Be Happy"
(01/11/05) Oxford University Research Fellow asks: "Are you living in a computer simulation?"
(01/10/05) Man invents sushi pillows
(01/09/05) Humans are mere simulations actually living in a computerized version of the world
(01/08/05) I searched for information on Digital Singularity and found this image
(01/08/05) The evolution of super-intelligence
(01/07/05) Cool science stories
(01/06/05) Eye disease causes people to enter new realities and see visions
(01/05/05) What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?
(01/04/05) The truth about author H. P. Lovecraft
(01/03/05) Man claims that the Burning Bush in the Bible was a source of the drug, DMT
(01/03/05) Most people unaware that Pope says, "Animals have souls."
(01/02/05) Happy New Year. I'll give one of my books away free and autographed to a randomly-selected person who responds here . To be elligble to win, you must post three choices for books that you would like to receive, and I'll pick one to send you within one week.
(01/02/05) People from around the world discuss stapler that does not use staples (via Boing Boing )
(01/01/05) By 2080, humans will biologically preprogram themselves to live in a paradise-like state of higher consciousness
(12/31/04) Two women wear hats to help them communicate with higher realities. Which hat is nicer? Woman Hat 1 or Woman Hat 2 ?
(12/30/04) Man's face beautifully peeled on the surface of an orange
(12/29/04) I typed Lucy Orangutan Head Computer into Google and found this web page
(12/29/04) Does God make monsters or transdimensional travelers?
(12/28/04) Two of my books published in inexpensive reprint editions. I don't make another dime from the sales, but I thought you'd enjoy them: Computers, Pattern, Chaos, and Beauty and The Alien IQ Test
(12/28/04) We will never meet this woman, wearing an odd hat. We will never know her name, never know if she is truly happy.
(12/27/04) Behold the mysterious Naree Pon
(12/26/04) DMT in the brain causes us to interface with aliens
(12/26/04) As you type, Google helps you by providing intelligent suggestions
(12/25/04) Google explains unexpected search results for "Jew"
(12/25/04) I typed Google backwards (elgoog) into Google and found 72,800 web pages
(12/24/04) My 2005 Mind-Bending Puzzles Desk Calendar is available. You can also get it from Amazon.com
(12/24/04) Recent images of the Russian psychedelic revival
(12/23/04) The latest mind-blowing art at wwwcomcom.com
(12/23/04) Scientists from around the world attempt to decipher mysterious words and lettering on woman's shirt
(12/22/04) Mohammed, prophet of Islam, has supported crucifixion . He also forgives a man who impales his pregnant wife and fetus. Scholarly question: did other famous prophets condone crucifixion as punishment?
(12/22/04) Is it possible for people to determine if this is a knot, simply by looking at the figure?
(12/21/04) The psychedlic art of Danny Gomez. Which is your favorite?
(12/21/04) A group of 90 scientists, artists, and futurists create site that invites extraterrestrials who log on to establish a dialogue with humanity
(12/20/04) Cloud scluptures at Zymoglyphic museum
(12/20/04) Anosognosia for Hemiplegia: A Window into Self-Awareness
(12/19/04) Man creates long page on pi, his obsession and his love
(12/19/04) People claim they can boost your Internet Explorer pleasure, with tabbed browsing
(12/18/04) Man obsessed with gum wrappers cannot escape gumlike prison
(12/18/04) Jews are geniuses due to "overclocking" of their brains
(12/17/04) Researcher discovers "The Aphex Face" , a mysterious entity, in a spectrograph (visualization of the sound spectrum). More information Here
(12/17/04) Ohunnyo and Danielle continue to list Reality Carnival as their favorite site
(12/16/04) Vladimir Aniskin, a specialist in microminiatures, places caravan of camels in the eye of a needle, and places shoes on a flea
(12/16/04) Stephen Wolfram -- genius, mathematician, entrepreneur -- provides scrapbook of his life and interests
(12/15/04) Woman with hi-tech shirt (via Boing Boing )
(12/15/04) A list of the today's biggest thinkers on topics including: cyborgs, time, networked humanity, singularities, death, the 10,000-Year Library, and consciousness
(12/14/04) Unknown female researcher seems nervous about the fungal growths arising from her bath tub
(12/14/04) The musical score for the Death Waltz mystifies world (via Presurfer )
(12/13/04) Man collects 100s of thought-provoking photos
(12/13/04) High school teacher collects interesting words to move the mind
(12/12/04) Paris Hilton a fan of Reality Carnival?
(12/12/04) Peripatetic man enters world of mathematical art and never returns
(12/11/04) The Skeletar: electric guitar made of bones
(12/11/04) Researcher draws anatomically correct skeleton of Charlie Brown
(12/10/04) A magnification of Hell
(12/10/04) The latest mind-blowing curiosities from the mysterious and eclectic Michael Coleman
(12/09/04) Scientist devotes life to the mysteries of the large number called "googolplex"
(12/09/04) Man searches photo of (12/08/04) and finds mysterious, disembodied man
(12/08/04) Artwork that opens the gates of hell
(12/08/04) Find two women in the world's largest digital photo
(12/07/04) The official pink tank appreciation page: Aleksandra, Polly, Nina, Shama, and Alia paint a tank pink, for no apparent reason
(12/06/04) Mysterious Georgia Guidestones confound viewers
(12/05/04) "Why read H. P. Lovecraft?"
(12/05/04) A very large, delicious sushi platter for you to enjoy
(12/04/04) Cool woman says Reality Carnival is favorite web site
(12/04/04) Who invented the word "cyberpunk"?
(12/03/04) People from around the world speculate on the future of watches
(12/03/04) Cartoonist explains the complex and surreal life of visionary author William Burroughs
(12/02/04) Which hoax image is your favorite?
(12/02/04) Star Trek, religion, and beyond
(12/01/04) Man discovers best way to picture infinity
(12/01/04) Man devotes life to studying and journeying along Route 50
(11/30/04) Before Eve, Adam was married to Lilith
(11/30/04) Technology that reminds us of science fiction
(11/29/04) Factorions, like 40,585, are hard to find
(11/29/04) Undulating square numbers are hard to find
(11/28/04) Photo hoax showing "personal computer of the future"
(11/28/04) More dreamlike fractals
(11/27/04) A few unusual surveys. Which interests you the most?
(11/27/04) My vegetarian friends are haunted by this surreal photo
(11/26/04)
I typed Infinity Girl into Google and found this image. We will never meet her, never know her name, never know if she is truly happy. (11/26/04) I typed Infinity Girl into Google and found this image. Is the central woman satisfied with the behavior of her robotic friends?
(11/25/04) Notable drug-related deaths
(11/25/04) People have always dreamed about cars of the future
(11/24/04) Man sells deadly piranhas of all kinds
(11/24/04) Unusual patent involving a urinal
(11/23/04) I typed Alien Eyes into Google and found this page
(11/23/04) Difficult puzzle: can you "find Waldo" among the Jews?
(11/20/04) Man catalogues pictures of newspaper front pages, for no apparent reason
(11/20/04) Man catalogues pictures of women smoking, for no apparent reason
(11/19/04) People eat live sushi
(11/19/04) Eye sculpture
(11/18/04) Difficult to believe this alien-looking thing is really alive
(11/18/04) Man catalogs all the ways the world may end
(11/17/04) Artwork from beyond the grave
(11/17/04) The latest from jellybath.com -- featuring a patented, viscous substance in which to bathe
(11/16/04) Cool curves. Any turn you on?
(11/16/04) Woman named "Flux" says she likes Cthulhu worship and admires these authors: Borges, Heinlein, Lovecraft, William Gibson, Pynchon, Phil Dick, Bucky Fuller, García Márquez, Neal Stephenson, Kafka, Vonnegut, Nabokov, T.S. Eliot
(11/1504) "Johnny beinArt" makes haunting sculpture by repeating fleshy body parts
(11/14/04) Denizens of an invisible empire
(11/14/04) Entire car made of Lego
(11/13/04) Woman paints detailed world map on man's butt
(11/13/04) More accurate maps of the Bush/Kerry election
(11/12/04) I find it curious that many short web site names exist that lead to sites that do nothing: Pig.com , Echidna.com , Red.com , Purple.com . How many others can you find?
(11/11/04) Triple-neck guitars increase in popularity
(11/10/04) Computer graphics reveals true Bush mandate by showing election winner by county
(11/09/04) Psychedelic patterns mesmerize viewers. Gaze in awe. Point your cursor. Descend.
(11/09/04) Scientist crams M&Ms into Klein bottle
(11/09/04) Man genetically engineers crab woman
(11/09/04) I typed Kabbalistic Brooklyn Encoding into Google and found this odd page
(11/08/04) On death and eternity
(11/08/04) Would you prefer to kiss someone passionately on This or on top of This . Assume that it is with the person of your dreams. You may discuss your answer at my Group
(11/07/04) Remarkable flame fractals
(11/07/04) Lovely spiral staircase from andybaird.com
(11/06/04) "Jumping Jesus": Our psychic universe is expanding even more rapidly than the physical universe
(11/06/04) The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones
(11/05/04) Scientists visualize the mystic thinking of a machine
(11/05/04) Nice web page design at eccentris.com
(11/04/04) Experiment with a spider
(11/03/04) World's oldest pencil
(11/02/04) World's "hottest" sauce
(11/02/04) An even hotter sauce
(11/01/04) An unusual directory of haunting atomic bomb blasts
(10/31/04) Wikipedia, an open-source Encyclopedia , educates and delights. Enlighten us with knowledge. What are your favorite articles?
(10/31/04) Biblical inconsistencies
(10/30/04) The visionary imagery of Stevee Postman
(10/29/04) Mad scientist begins quest to build huge robot (click 1st photo to magnify)
(10/28/04) Unusual pairs of hands
(10/28/04) Man obsessed with how to tie his shoe
(10/27/04) Nimble man and woman make largest paint ball in world
(10/27/04) For some reason, I like this cartoon of a coffee mug
(10/26/04) The Official Phyllodocida Appreciation Page