Austrian Hans Steininger was famous for having the world’s longest beard (it was 4.5 feet or nearly 1.4 m long) and for dying because of it.

One day in 1567, there was a fire in town and in his haste Hans forgot to roll up his beard. He accidentally stepped on his beard, lost balance, stumbled, broke his neck and died!

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Hiroshima, the pictures they didn’t want us to see (This is something we must NEVER forget).

The Most Dangerous Roads in the World (Includes Nepalese roads too)

The Top of the Atmosphere (Very cool photograph of translucent moon emerging from behind the halo).

A Brief History of Religion (Comic).

Science vs Faith (Flow Chart).

Subtle Sex Ad (Looks innocent but it’s striking…).

Photoshopped Animals (Imagination gone wild with excellent photoshop skills).

Pictures that lie (Image tricks are popular everywhere — politics, war, fashion, business…).

Beautiful China (Breathtaking pictures from China).

Top 500 images in the internet (Amazing collection).

• Valentine’s Day gift ideas – from the LED Flashing Sweetheart Kit to Motorola’s pink RAZR v3.
• Advice from a Gamer Girl – find the coolest Valentine’s Day gifts, related to their interests.
• Last Minute Valentine’s Day Gifts – check out Open Table to see if you can make a reservation for dinner tonight.
• 7 geeky gifts your girl will love this Valentines Day – hand her a gift she never expected and get many thanks for it later that night
• 5 Ways to say “Be My Valentine” to a Geek – 5 ways you can tell your geek “I love you” this Valentine’s day…
• Valentine’s Day Roundup – How to avoid sleeping on the couch, Techie gifts, Green gifts and more…
• Viagra sold over counter on Valentine’s Day – Men will be able to buy impotence treatment Viagra over the counter in Britain for the first time from Valentine’s Day

The Top 50 Occupations were selected in the following way:

* A “Top 50 rating” was created by multiplying the Projected Need for Employees times the Median Hourly Wage.
* Occupations whose Median Wage is less than $20/hr were eliminated.
* Of the remaining occupations, only the top 50 were selected.

You may be thinking what do these socially awkward, checky-shirt clad specimens have to offer me? Ok, so your average geek may not be exactly Brad Pitt but, from my own experiences, geeks are perfect boyfriend material. They are honest, devoted, and faithful. They can fix your computer when it breaks. Other women are unlikely to steal them, and your parents will love them. Most importantly one day their geeky skills will earn them a mint!

Via: Digg

Like everyone else I’ve been following the wild iPhone rumors from a long time, and was really happy to see it happen today. Can’t wait to get my hands on it, although they’ll be releasing it in Asia only on 2008. This small device is packed with a lot of amazing features, it’s a:

Widescreen iPod
Revolutionary Phone
Breakthrough Internet Device
High Technology

Everything looks wonderful but I’m just wondering how effective the on-screen keyboard for typing emails and sms would be! Lets wait and see.

Useful links to give you a full dose of iPhone before you can get hold of one:
iPhone (Apple’s official iPhone page)
Watch the iPhone Introduction by Steve Jobs (video on demand, requires QuickTime)
Apple’s new calling: The iPhone (a good article by Time reporter, who got a sneak peak)
TUAW on iPhone (The iPhone category of The Unofficial Apple Weblog)
Engadget on Apple announcement at Macworld 2007
GigaOM on iPhone
Gizmodo on iPhone