Pictures of the day: 4 July 2008 - Telegraph via kwout

Credit: Reuters

I came across those very creative flower girls designed by Elsa Mora via haha.nu.

Elsa Mora: Flower Girls via kwout

I came across this amazing optical illusions that are album covers for a band called Soulwax. Here are some hints to see the hidden text:
• squint your eyes• make your vision blurry by ”flexing’ your eyes• cross your eyes just a little bit• raise your eyebrows & stretch your eyes tight

The Monkey […]

A funny cartoon from NGenius:

Its NGenius! » Blog Archive » The reason I ask the Question via kwout

I just came across Tag Galaxy a great web site that allow to search flickr photos by tags. I end up with the display below searching for the tag Guadeloupe:

Tag Galaxy

phd050508s.gif (Image GIF, 600×260 pixels) via kwout

MSNBC published a slideshow that shows how some celebrities are aging:
We asked Dr. Tony Youn, a Michigan-based board-certified plastic surgeon, to weigh in on what work, if any, celebrities may have had done. (Youn hasn’t treated any of those featured.)

Pursuit of youth isn’t always pretty - Buying Time?- msnbc.com via kwout

The picture illusion below is interesting. What do you see?

doublepicillusion.jpg (JPEG Image, 805×1138 pixels) - Scaled (66%) via kwout

Check the explanation after the jump: http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh275/pizzler/doublepicillusion.jpg
I just summarize the result: Adults see a couple in an intimate love position whereas children see nine dolphins in the picture.

I came across an amazing phone service called Jaxtr which mixes phone and social networking:
Jaxtr links your phone to the web, so you can hear from callers worldwide while keeping your existing phone number private.

jaxtr - link your phone via kwout

One interesting feature of Jaxtr is the ability to send free Worldwide Text […]

Daily writing tips posted a funny (at least for a French reader) post discussing some French words or expressions “mutilated” in English:

Pique: Often spelled “peak” or “peek”

Voilà: sometimes spelled “Walla”

Chaise Longue: That can become “chase lounge”

The author provides some advices to avoid mistakes with some other words/Expression:

Chic
Coup de grâce
déjà vu
faux

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Reader Piqued By French […]