Jetsetting Flickr user Jwilly collected an impressive set of rooftop penthouses, gardens, pool houses and more around downtown Manhattan, creating a beautiful set of wealthy excess, oftentimes hidden from view from the normals who are walking tens of stories below. Follow along with his sequel sets, Rooftops in Tribeca / LES and Rich People Rooftops NYC Part II

A little bit of WTF comes to mind but I can’t describe how much I love the thought of Sir Ben Kingsley, Oscar award winner and thespian, even knowing something like Minor Threat even exists!

Marvel, the comics publishing house behind almost every comic character and storyline that ever mattered, has finally made it much easier for you to create your own comic book hero, modeled after the hundreds of characters in the rich Marvel universe.

Our character? Supernerd who carries an iPhone and a Blackberry, wears glasses to conceal his true identity while at work, and a lights the way with his trusty torch, apparently.

Read more: Create your own Marvel superhero

Custom cake design is an art form, unfortunately one which is usually relegated to grocery store isles, practiced by high school students earning minimum wage. Thankfully, someone has take it upon themselves to collect and display some of the monstrous grocery store, warehouse shops and deli cake disasters which are gracing the picnic tables of birthday parties and baby showers worldwide.

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“Gosh, what to give a kitty that has everything?!”

I know you all have asked yourself this very question on many occasions before. Well, fret no longer because Kitty Wigs comes to the rescue! Pick from four stylish models, and sleep with one eye open from now on. I am convinced your feline companion will do her very best to claw your face off and spit out a colourful hairball after the deed.

Look at more pictures of pissed off kitties here: Kitty Wigs

Hitting up the 405 in LA, an Etnies pro decided to show his support for Go Skateboarding Day by blocking up traffic and kicking along a stretch of the notoriously overcrowded highway. He’s done us proud.

Scientists analyzing soil sample tests sent back by the Phoenix Mars Lander has found that the Martian soil to be much more alkaline than previously expected, “flabergasting” scientists. This means that Martian soil, containing traces of magnesium, sodium, potassium and other elements, could support life in it’s past, present and future forms (similar to the soil in your backyard).

The location of the Phoenix touch down is believed to hold large amounts of water-ice below the surface, however scientists haven’t been able to detect organic carbon, which is an essential ingredient for life.

You can also follow the Mars Phoenix on Twitter for up to the minute news as it happens, or at least a few minutes delay as the signal reaches Earth.

Read more Via BBC News

Lego is cool, whether you’re 3, 13, 30 or even 90 and nothing can give you that feeling of being a kid again better. Now you can get that feeling from anywhere you can carry your laptop, with the Lego Digital Designer, a brilliant digital twist on playing with colored little square plastic bricks. Version 2 has recently been released, with an improved building experience, over 760 brick types and a completely redesigned user interface.

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Yeah who knew!? We’d like to wish old-schoolers, mid-schoolers and new schoolers alike a happy Go Skateboarding Day, where Today, June 21st, 2008, skaters old and young are encouraged to go out and skate. Whether it be street or vert, or merely online with S.K.A.T.E, we hope all of you are having a great day on your boards.

Taking sci-fi to the next level, Other Timelines puts writers in control of history, presenting an alternative view of history, where specific historical events never happened or turned out a little bit different than in our history books. Through collaborative timelines, Such as What if George Washington were betrayed and Self-replicating nanobots, prepare to be taken on a weird adventure through what-ifs and what-thas.

Read more: This day in alternate history