Launched in 1977, the Voyager spacecraft contains a gold-plated phonograph record, which contains sounds and images selected to protray the diversity of life on Earth. Hoping that it finds it’s way into the hands of intelligent extraterrestrial life forms, the Voyager spacecraft will take about 40,000 years to come near another star, if it survives that long of course. The contents of the Golden Record are well documented throughout history, but now, thanks to the internet, you can listen to the audio contained on the record directly through your browser. The more I listen, the more I imagine a late-night 70s sci-fi film, tracking humanities history through it’s low-quality sound effects and recording techniques.

Hear more: The sounds of Voyager’s Golden Record | Golden Record entry @ Wikipedia

Watching David Lynch work is always a hugely interesting trip, the smoking, the glassy-eyed look and the creepy finger twitches, I love it. DIVX has constructed a wonderful digital documentary with David Lynch describing his creative process using digital film, following him on-set of the production of his latest short film (a film which already looks quite odd). You’ll need the DIVX web player plugin (you should be asked to download it on page visit) to watch, but, it’s definitely worth it!

Watch it: David Lynch on digital film production

Put your aluminum foil caps on and get yourselves ready, because the battlefield is changing. According to ex-military writers, conspiracy theorists and lots of internet publishers around the world, the upcoming oil wars will be fought using electromagnetic waves. Discovered by Nikola Tesla (what he called “radiant energy”, scalar waves have been tested as weapons since the cold war, when the Russians reportedly suffered a giant scalar EM incident in the Urals, which devastated the area. Now though, according to some ‘experts’, military-grade scalar EM weaponry are in use, creating a whole slew of scary implications and potential new scary ways to kick start the rapidly approaching next cold war.

Read more: Scalar Wars: The Brave New World of Scalar Electromagnetics | Scalar field theory (psuedoscience) entry @ Wikipedia

Get your save on, thanks to online e-coupon search Retail Me Not! Retail Me Not collects coupon codes from around the web, giving you % discounts at everything from NewEgg.com to PapaJohns.com, tracking everything from success rates to user ratings. Why pay full price?

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Christopher Walken, being all things interesting and cool, naturally loves food and loves to cook. He loves it so much in fact, that he recently auditioned for the Food Network, an excellent channel which caters to the needs of foodies day in and day out in the US of A. Though I don’t see “Cooking With Walken” (my name, not theirs) making it on the air anytime soon (though I’d love to be pleasantly surprised), the audition video has been added to YouTube! I can only think of what a real budget would allow Walken, the video is full of dry humor and quirky Walkenisms, which make me wish this were on 24/7! Someone needs to start a write-in campaign or something and get Walken elevated to the ranks of the Puck’s and Emeril’s of the World.

Always wanted to start a gang but couldn’t get past how to make ID cards for everyone? Problem solved! Big Huge Labs have a nifty little web-tool which can help you make hot looking ID cards for your club, gang, workplace or pets using your Flickr photos! It’s not free unfortunately, but, there’s always that 3 day pass, FREE, wink wink. Say goodbye to secret handshakes!

Badge it!: Badge Maker

Can’t…contain……the cuteness! Jessica is a young hippo in South Africa, who has decided to take up residence with a small family, who live by the waterway where nearby wild hippos roam. She’s practically trained as a pet, eating together with the families dogs, opening doors on her own and even walking through the house, heading for the kitchen to beg for more food. Hippos and dogs living together, awwwwww.

Armchair astronomers and space freaks listen up! The amazing developers behind Stellarium have accomplished quite some amazing things. Used by many real planetariums for their projection showings, Stellarium is an amazing feat of open source software development, giving the user a realistic, 3D sky on a desktop environment, allowing users to enter coordinates, browse the night sky or even beam it onto your ceiling before going to sleep. The educational usage and possibilities of this is amazing and I for one am considering purchasing an HDTV projector simply to see Uranus on my ceiling at night!

Download: Stellarium – Open source planetarium for your computer

When money isn’t an object, a toilet is an object you’re too good to touch. Thankfully Toto comes to the rescue, with their luxury model toilet, the Washlet S400. Featuring a remote open and close lid AND remote flush, built-in air purifier, 5 types of ‘cleansing’ modes, heated seat(!), warm air dryer (oh!) and a built-in air purifier, the S400 gives the discerning user the peace of mind one needs when entering a bathroom. I haven’t found any price points yet, but, if you’re honestly considering a purchase, I doubt that matters much to you anyways.

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With world peace all but a memory of the past and revolts popping up throughout oil producing nations, the Economist takes a look at petrol consumption throughout the world in a lovely graph format. Though the results aren’t shocking, it’s still laughable (in a sad sort of way) the rate at which the US is consuming petrol, out-consuming many of the world’s largest nations combined.