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Michael's Friday of Awesome - Purple Isn't Real
April 11, 2025
Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up.You might say it’s just a pigment of your imagination The more we learn about the world...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - touch grass
March 28, 2025
decrease your screen time … touch grass https://touchgrass.now/ With a federal election looming in Australia, this app may be useful! #awesome Statement of...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Owls in Towels
March 21, 2025
‘Rocket’, melter of hearts https://owlsintowels.org/ What is says on the tin #awesome Statement of Authenticity This email newsletter was hand crafted in...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - List of Common Misconceptions
March 7, 2025
Example of a Common Misconception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions I can’t believe that I have missed this! Perhaps mandatory...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Gulf of Map Explorer
February 28, 2025
Gulf of Map ExplorerCreate and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest Timely, petty, trivial and #awesome Statement of Authenticity This email...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Running Doom on Lightning to HDMI Adapter
February 14, 2025
Check Out Doom Running on Apple's Lightning to HDMI Adapter - MacRumorsInstalling Doom on a range of unusual hardware devices has become a fun challenge for...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - cardboard human friends
January 31, 2025
Japan: Aquarium sticks human photos on tank for 'lonely' sunfishStaff members believe the sunfish stopped eating when the aquarium was temporarily closed...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Building Electrification – Regulatory Impact Statement
January 24, 2025
Building Electrification – Regulatory Impact Statement | Engage VictoriaHave your say on proposed options to progressively electrify residential and...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Online marketplace safe exchange sites
January 3, 2025
Online marketplace safe exchange sites | Victoria PoliceFind your closest police station with a Safer Exchange Site to exchange items you've bought or sold...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - How to spot a rip?
December 20, 2024
Can you spot a rip current?Be safe this summer by learning the latest rip survival guidelines with this 5-minute quiz. Timely advice (being summer in...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - IMAX Film Festival 2025
December 13, 2024
BBIFF - BEST BIGGEST IMAX FILM FESTIVAL https://imaxmelbourne.com.au/movie/best-biggest-imax-film-festival My goodness, there are a large number of films on...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Gamer role introduced in children's hospital
November 29, 2024
Gamer role introduced in children's hospitalSteven Mair is the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's new gamer in residence What a wonderfully #awesome idea!...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Superb City Wrens
November 22, 2024
Melbourne-wide bird bioblitz coming up! – Superb City WrensYou can be part of our first ever Melbourne-wide Urban Bird Bioblitz from 24th-30th November!...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Metro Tunnel VIP Experience
November 15, 2024
Win a Metro Tunnel VIP experience - Victoria’s Big BuildAnswer 5 quick questions and you could win one of 15 exclusive VIP experiences! The prize includes a...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Corpse Flower Livestream
November 8, 2024
It’s important, in these “interesting times” (1) to have a distraction, and this qualifies as an #awesome distraction indeed! (1)...
Michael's Friday of Awesome - Hugo Livet
October 18, 2024
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...
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