They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece -- not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home. A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling under great physical and emotional stress created by the around-the-clock Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment. Of course, the bloggers can work e...

Harry White designed this measuring cup with units of measure like "tyrannosaurus rex brain," "vol. of body cells that die on a good day," and "enough plutonium to make a bomb." He also has a cookbook with recipes that use these measurement units. Link (Via about:blank)...

Snipers from the British Army's 16 Air Assault Brigade with the latest weapon in their armoury, the Long Range Rifle L115A3, at a range at the Land Warfare Centre at Warminster, southern England, Thursday March 6, 2008. With greater range, power and accuracy than existing sniper weapons, the Long Range L115A3 Rifle is already being used by some soldiers in Afghanistan and many more are set to arrive in the coming weeks. At 23,000 pounds(US$47,000, euro30,000) each, including all its related ...