Make Your Own Comic Strip

The site stripgenerator.com will let you make your own three panel comic strip by dragging and dropping characters and objects.

Here is an example that I put together in about a minute:
http://stripgenerator.com/strip/63742/

Great Elevators of the World

Another post from DeputyDog, this one about seven amazing elevators.

A Beer Bottle that is also a Brick

Here is an interesting idea, apparently back in the 60s Heineken tried the idea of making beer bottles that could be reused as bricks. I'm not sure how environmentally friendly that would be compared to modern day recycling but it is interesting especially since the second use wouldn't get in the way of the first.

Comic Covers

For the comic book fans out there here is a site that has the covers from a large number of old (and not so old) comics. They even have links from each cover to check and see if there are any for sale on ebay.

A Band in Flash

For those of you who have always wanted your own band, here is a flash site that lets you control a drummer and singer/accordionist. Amusingly, I found this app while flipping through a magazine at a friends house.

The Oldest Domains

jottings.com presents a list of the 100 oldest .com domains.

Lunar Landing Licenses

Slate has an article that answers the question of whether or not a private company would need permission to land a spacecraft on the moon. The short answer is no but they need permission to take off from Earth.

Holes of the Day

Deputy Dog has a blog post with pictures of seven amazingly large holes. I have seen a few of the pictures before but it is neat to see them all together.

Frog photo

National Geographic has a nice picture of a tree frog. There's nothing more to it than that - I just like tree frogs.

NASA is hiring

According to the Houston Chronicle NASA is hiring a batch of new astronauts. The job requirements are list as well in case any of you are interested.

via slashdot

Things You Can Print

Today we have a blog post with a huge list of things that you can print out and use. I really liked the paper toys and of course I am a big fan of the hipster PDA but there are all sorts of fun, and some rather odd, things on the list.

A Whack on the Head

Danger Room has a blog post that links to a video demonstrating a new gel that can be used to protect against impact. It looks like an interesting material but it is a bit disconcerting to see the guy being hit on the head with the shovel.

Will People Use the Passage?

Canada.com has an article arguing that even with reduced amounts of ice, no one will actually use the northwest passage.

Comic: War of the Worlds

Dark Horse comics has put their version of the War of the Worlds online.