If you’re new to Tumblr and wondering how to become a POWER USER, this handy guide should get you started. It’s full of general advice as well as handy html tricks to pull off slick moves like reblogging yourself and embedding GIFs the right way.
Before long Topherchris will be reblogging all your posts, you’ll get featured on the radar once a week, and you’ll be up to your neck in Likes.
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Grooving with Grover!
Before that little red punk Elmo showed up and started scoring all the big interviews and plum assignments, Grover was the top fuzzy monster on Sesame Street. Times change, and any monster will tell you, life out on the Street can be hard. Out-hustled and out-cuted, Grover’s just another monster on the block. That didn’t stop a California Grover fan from making this sweet Dancing Grover Robot…
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iGrow
Laser combs? Old news. The latest in laser-based hair rejuvenation is the iGrow, a stylish new wearable device from Apira Science that packs 21 laser diodes and 30 LED lights. (Pics)
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An alarming trend on YouTube.
Videos on YouTube showing cutting and other self-injury methods are an alarming new trend, attract millions of hits and could serve as a how-to for troubled viewers, a study warns.
A coal truck drives through an railroad tressel near downtown Welch, W.Va.
Nestled within America’s once-thriving coal country, 87-year-old Ed Shepard laments a prosperous era gone by, when shoppers lined the streets and government lent a helping hand. Now, here as in one-fourth of all U.S. counties, West Virginia’s graying residents are slowly dying off.
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Explosions in deep space bring heavy atoms into existence.
Two new experimental facilities, billed as the successors to the Large Hadron Collider, will recreate the supernova explosions that produced most of the elements that make up our world.
Mr Sailer records the moment a bullet enters a radish.
This is one photographer who knows what a real photo shoot is. Using a loaded weapon and a home-made camera, Alan Sailer captures the moment a series of everyday items explode on contact with a bullet. (Photos)
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Why buy standard department store jewelry when you can customize your own pieces online for around the same price?
Jewelry is one of the hottest categories in the growing design-it-yourself market because it is extremely personal and highly configurable. Jewelry is the perfect fit for an online design tool that lets you mix and match colorful jewels and precious metals.
Each piece that you design is built to order and is likely a one-of-a-kind. Custom jewelry is a great way to express your individuality and style. Thanks to online shops that offer online design tools, you can start getting creative right away. Here are six sites worth checking out…
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Pet cat Smokey is believed to have the loudest purr in the world – with piercing purrs as loud as a lawnmower. Most cats purr at around 25 decibels but Smokey’s powerful purrs average an amazing 80 decibels.
When measured close-up her purrs reach an incredible 92 decibels, equivalent to the noise of a Boeing 737 coming into land…
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Telling the time one planet at a time.
Alexander Avtanski designed a clock that can be adjusted to keep time on many different planets based upon each one’s rotation period — at the same time. Here’s what sets this clock apart from other extraterrestrial clocks, according to its builder…
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EOL maglev train concept
Move over Metro. Introducing the EOL maglev train concept. Magnetic levitation replaces mechanical components to launch this aerodynamic choo-choo to speeds exceeding 480 kilometers per hour; all while you relax or work from the comfort of your personal business class cabin in absolute silence. (Pics)
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Earth is overdue a solar storm as the sun enters its most active period
The world is overdue a ferocious ‘space storm’ that could knock out communications satellites, ground aircraft and trigger blackouts – causing hundreds of billions of pounds of damage, scientists say.
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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