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Hugo Livet - Fireworks http://hugolivet.com/index.html I was originally drawn to Hugo’s work through their “Fireworks” piece, but I lost all sense of time...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - T-pylons

October 11, 2024

T-pylon https://www.nationalgrid.com/national-grid-energise-worlds-first-t-pylons This tickled the “infrastructure nerd” interest within me - #awesome to see...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Fat Bear Week

October 4, 2024

Fat Bear Week 2024 | VOTE Fat Bear Week 2024 What’s not #awesome about the whole world coming together to participate in an annual tournament celebrating...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Airfoil

September 20, 2024

Airfoil – Bartosz CiechanowskiInteractive article explaining the physics of an airfoil and what makes airplanes fly A stunning example of interactive data...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - BBC Sound Effects

September 13, 2024

BBC Rewind - Sound EffectsBBC Sound Effects Wow! You could spend hours getting lost in here! #awesome This email newsletter was hand-crafted in Naarm,...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Is My Blue Your Blue?

September 6, 2024

Is My Blue Your Blue?Test your color perception with this interactive test. Both intriguing and #awesome This email newsletter was hand-crafted in Naarm,...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - ibis foster parents

August 30, 2024

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in an aircraft are teaching it to migrate | Birds | The GuardianExtinct in central Europe for 300 years,...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Quiet.js by quiet

August 23, 2024

https://quiet.github.io/quiet-js/ Just what it says on the tin - sending data between computers via the sound card #awesome This email newsletter is hand-...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Steamrail Victoria

August 16, 2024

Welcome | Steamrail VictoriaPreserving Victoria's Railway Heritage - Steam hauled tours across Victoria. Having previously lived near Puffing Billy, the...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Running of the balls

August 9, 2024

Running of the balls – Turismo BCM | El Boalo, Cerceda y Mataelpino, el Turismo Rural en la Sierra de Guadarrama Both clever and #awesome! H/T...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - you in stock?

August 2, 2024

You In Stock?You In Stock is a stock checking tool for popular retailers like Bunnings, Officeworks, Anaconda, Big W, Myer and more to come! Because...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The Weekend - Open House Melbourne

July 26, 2024

The Weekend - Open House Melbourne https://openhousemelbourne.org/the-weekend/ I’m VERY late to this, but if you’re looking for something to do THIS weekend...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Folding Australia 2024

July 19, 2024

Folding Australia 2024 https://origami.net.au/conventions/folding-australia-2024/ That this is even “a thing” is simply #awesome. It’s happening this...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Can I eat it yet?

July 12, 2024

Can I Eat It Yet? A visual guide to seasonal fruit and vegData visualisations of Australian fruit and vegetable seasonality. An #awesome demonstration of...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Hacker Typer

July 5, 2024

Hacker Typer : Fake Coding & Hacker Simulator To Prank & Troll Your FriendsThis simulator makes it look like you're actually coding like a real pro. Just...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Which Gingernut is sold where?

June 7, 2024

Which Gingernut is sold where? https://gingernut.helvetica.systems/ TIL that Arnott’s have multiple gingernut recipes! While this fact is not #awesome, the...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Aurorasaurus

May 24, 2024

Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground UpFriends, see my real-time #aurora report on the aurorasaurus.org map! Follow us on...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Australia Post - Traditional Place names

May 17, 2024

Traditional Place names - Community hub - Australia PostCelebrate Indigenous Australia in all its diversity and join us in using Traditional Place names in...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The fish doorbell

April 26, 2024

The fish doorbellSoms moeten vissen lang wachten bij de Weerdsluis, omdat de sluisdeuren in het voorjaar niet vaak open gaan. Daar hebben we iets op bedacht....

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Do Not Reply Cards

April 19, 2024

DONOTREPLY.CARDS→ENDo use cards for better replies. Social Media is a cesspool of miscreants, and any online person will testify that a single post can...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - CACM Is Now Open Access

April 5, 2024

Communications of the ACM https://cacm.acm.org/news/cacm-is-now-open-access-2/ In their own words: By opening CACM to the world, ACM hopes to increase...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - (Not your usual) 3D Printers

March 8, 2024

Cocoa Press 3D chocolate printer Break free from the mold using 3D chocolate printing. 3D printing chocolate allows you to create personalized designs...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Melbourne Urban Forest

February 16, 2024

Melbourne Urban Forest - VisualThe City of Melbourne maintains more than 70,000 trees. This website enables you to explore this dataset and some of the...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The Password Game

February 9, 2024

The Password GamePlease choose a password It's easy to poke fun at passwords, kind of like shooting fish in a barrel if that's your kind of thing, but it's...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Wombats

February 2, 2024

Wombat We need to have a conversation about Wombats We need to have a conversation about wombats - The OatmealThis comic is about a lot of things, but mostly...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Uni Wheel

January 19, 2024

Uni Wheel Hyundai and Kia introduce a new ‘Uni Wheel’ drive system that could revolutionize EV design Hyundai, Kia's 'Uni Wheel' drive system may...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Power over Fibre

January 12, 2024

Fully isolated Power over Fiber (PoF) solution that efficiently converts optical power to electrical power Optical Power Converter Isn't technology sometimes...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Usborne 1980s Computer Books

January 5, 2024

Usborne has been publishing award-winning computer books since the 1980s, and we're happy to offer free pdfs of these books to download. Usborne 1980s...

Street Library Australia

February 24, 2023

Street Libraries are beautiful homes for books, planted in your front yard

Toroidal propellers

February 3, 2023

A noise-killing game changer in air and water

Laser-guided lightning

January 27, 2023

This rapid-fire laser diverts lightning strikes

Brickvention Australia

January 20, 2023

Brickvention is the premier convention event for the Australian LEGO® Fan Community.

Digital Museum of Plugs and Sockets

January 13, 2023

Displaying an amazing collection of modern and classic domestic plugs and sockets from all over the world

Michael's Friday of Awesome - no hello

February 12, 2021

Imagine calling someone on the phone, going hello! then putting them on hold... 🤦no hello For those receiving this from a friend or a feed, consider...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The Princess Bride: Home Movie

February 4, 2021

Last summer, Jason Reitman made a lockdown version of The Princess Bride for Quibi. It’s now on YouTube in its entirety, with a ludicrous amount of celebrity...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Bernie Sanders

January 29, 2021

"Today’s US presidential inauguration brought many good things, but the thing Twitter seems most excited about is a new crop of Bernie...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - DAVIDS PERSONAL KITT KNIGHT RIDER CAR

January 22, 2021

FULLY FUNCTIONAL K.I.T.T. CAR WITH FULL CONVERSION CAR LOCATED IN U.K. LOT WINNER RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERY EXPENSE, IF HAMMER PRICE EXCEEDS 25% ABOVE RESERVE...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - 2020game

January 15, 2021

PLAY THROUGH ALL THE MAJOR EVENTS OF 2020: THE AUSTRALIA WILDFIRES, COVID-19, THE STOCK MARKET CRASH, QUARANTINE, THE RISE OF TIKTOK, THE USA ELECTIONS,...

Michaels' Friday of Awesome - Storyline Online

April 17, 2020

"... Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Botnet

April 3, 2020

"You are famous on BotnetBotnet is a social network simulator where you're the only human along with a million bots who are obsessed with...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Netflix Party

March 27, 2020

"Netflix Party is a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online. Netflix Party synchronises video playback and adds group chat to your favourite...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Rainworks

February 27, 2020

Since super-hydrophobic coatings repel water and keep surfaces dry, and since concrete changes colour in the rain ... use the super-hydrophobic coating to...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves

February 21, 2020

Rogue waves — enigmatic giants of the sea — were thought to be caused by two different mechanisms. But a new idea that borrows from the hinterlands of...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station in 4K

February 7, 2020

The silent film The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station was first released in 1895. Here’s what it looks like as a 4K, 60 frames-per-second...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Plague Inc vs Corona-virus

January 30, 2020

"The surge in interest has led Ndemic to issue a statement urging players not to rely on the app for information on staying safe from the coronavirus'...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Cyber Squirrel 1

January 24, 2020

This map lists all unclassified Cyber Squirrel Operations that have been released to the public that we have been able to confirm. There are many more...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Paris Musées

January 16, 2020

This week the Paris Musées added 100,000 digital copies of its artworks to the public domain, making them free and unrestricted for the public to download...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - 2019 Annual

December 19, 2019

Looking back on 2019's Michael's Friday of AwesomeGarage Sale Trail (October 17) drove the most traffic.Grouch (October 24) had the most "engagement".Bees...

Michael's Friday of Awesome - COBOLday 2020

December 12, 2019

COBOLday is the first Italian conference dedicated exclusively to development with COBOL. Hundreds of developers and developers from all over Italy have been...