August 28, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Great Place to Have a Drink

Picture of the Day: Great Place to Have a Drink

GREAT PLACE TO HAVE A DRINK Photograph by PROJECTOR5 Unreal scenery in Murren, Switzerland. What a great location for a bar! The perfect way to enjoy any beverage 🙂 Projector5 on Flickr via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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August 28, 2011 at 1:00 pm

Amazing Animal Portraits by Morten Koldby

Amazing Animal Portraits by Morten Koldby

Photograph by MORTEN KOLDBY ‘Animal Portraits’ is an ongoing project by Morten Koldby, who plans to create a coffee-table book of some sort once he has enough portraits. What started out as a weekend project has blossomed into a wonderful series. Animals are captured giving human-like facial expressions; some look nervous, others look arrogant,…

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August 27, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Hurricane Irene Pool Preparations

Picture of the Day: Hurricane Irene Pool Preparations

HURRICANE IRENE POOL PREPARATIONS Photograph via REDDIT Pretty clever if you ask me! via Reddit SEE MORE ‘PICTURES OF THE DAY’

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August 27, 2011 at 9:05 am

Dear Future Self [Comic Strip]

Dear Future Self [Comic Strip]

COMIC BY LI CHEN @ EXOCOMICS.COM

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August 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: The Paris Opera Grand Staircase

Picture of the Day: The Paris Opera Grand Staircase

THE PARIS OPERA GRAND STAIRCASE Photograph by BENH LIEU SONG The Palais Garnier, known also as the OpĂ©ra de Paris or OpĂ©ra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris OpĂ©ra, is a 1,600-seat opera house on the Place de l’OpĂ©ra in Paris, France, which was the primary home of the Paris Opera…

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August 26, 2011 at 9:25 am

The Friday Shirk Report – Volume 124

The Friday Shirk Report - Volume 124

Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where you will find the 20 funniest images, 10 most interesting articles, and 5 most viral videos from the previous week of sifting. Enjoy! *For those that prefer the links open in a new tab/window, try holding the CTRL key whilst clicking a link with your mouse Stay…

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August 25, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Iridescent Rainbow Cloud

Picture of the Day: Iridescent Rainbow Cloud

IRIDESCENT RAINBOW CLOUD Photograph by ESTHER HAVENS Description by NASA: Pictured behind this darker cloud, is a pileus iridescent cloud, a group of water droplets that have a uniformly similar size and so together diffract different colors of sunlight by different amounts. The above image was taken just after the picturesque sight…

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August 25, 2011 at 9:05 am

Amazing Weapons Made from Paperclips

Amazing Weapons Made from Paperclips

Artwork by Brett, Photography by Dan4th The only thing the Sifter can make from a paperclip is a slightly crooked line. Brett on the other hand, makes incredible miniature weapons from multiple paperclips and glue. Now we just need some miniature warriors to wield these amazing paperclip weapons and office boredom would be forever…

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August 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Caracol Falls, Brazil

Picture of the Day: Caracol Falls, Brazil

CARACOL FALLS, BRAZIL Photograph by TIAGO FIOREZE Caracol Falls, or Cascata do Caracol, is a 426-foot (130 meter) waterfall about 4.35 miles (7.00 km) from Canela, Brazil in Caracol State Park (Parque do Caracol). It is formed by the Caracol River and cuts out of basalt cliffs in the Serra Geral mountain…

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August 24, 2011 at 9:23 am

This Day In History – August 24th

This Day In History - August 24th

PRESIDENT VARGAS OF BRAZIL COMMITS SUICIDE – AUGUST 24, 1954 GetĂșlio Vargas (center) and his followers pictured by Claro Jansson during their short stay in SĂŁo Paulo on the way to Rio de Janeiro after the successful Brazilian Revolution of 1930 GetĂșlio Vargas (April 19, 1882–August 24, 1954) served as President…

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