10 Most Amazing Temples in the World

More than a quarter of all people in the world belong to Eastern religions, which include Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism. These people worship in temples, which are architecturally as diverse as the religions are different from each other. From the ancient ruins of Ankor Wat to the distinctly modern Wat Rong Khun, there are hundreds if not thousands of amazing temples in the world.

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10 Secret Locations Around the World (That Aren’t Area 51) …and 2 extras

I had some fun making this one.

I wanted to make a little exhibit, if you will, of some interesting open source imagery. Every location listed here is described much more fully in plenty of other places on the internet (some more than others, of course). Nothing here is “secret” in any meaningful sense of the term… and yet, these locations – or perhaps more accurately their referents – are indeed secret. What does that mean? It’s an interesting thing to think about, and I did for a few minutes, but then realized it was just a lot more fun playing around with Google Earth and putting this together.

Couple of things: One, click on the images to see a larger version. Also, I’ve marked all the spots here in a single Google Earth overlay file for downloading.

And… on with the show…

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Stealing Mona Lisa

The shocking theft of the Mona Lisa, in August 1911, appeared to have been solved 28 months later, when the painting was recovered. In an excerpt from their new book, the authors suggest that the audacious heist concealed a perfect—and far more lucrative—crime.

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37 Utilities I Wish Came Shipped With Windows

Have you ever downloaded and installed a new Windows utility and wondered why Windows didn’t have its features inbuilt? I have. Over the last few years, I’ve tried hundreds of apps that have solved common inadequacies in Windows.

This is a list of 37 handpicked Windows utilities that I think will help us in fixing the missing pieces in Windows. Give them a try – these utilities will beat those common Windows annoyances. Good luck. Before reading this post, make sure that you also check out our post on lifesaver windows utilities as well.

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My First Dictionary

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AlternativeTo

Find better Windows, Mac, Linux and online applications

AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you suggestions on great alternatives! Instead of listing thousands of more or less crappy applications in a category, we make each application into a category. Think of it like forever evolving blog posts about good alternatives to the software that you're not satisfied with. And the "blog posts" are generated by you through suggestions, comments and votes.

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Linux Shell Scripting

Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial v1.05r3 A Beginner's handbook

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