For the first time, ovulation was caught on camera.  These images taken by Jacques Donnez were captured by accident when a woman was undergoing a partial hysterectomy. 

Link to article and set of images

We have yet to get our greedy little hands on our economic stimulus check, but it's been interesting reading about how others have been spending their checks over at How I Spent My Stimulus.

In January, Congress approved $152 billion in economic stimulus checks for millions of American households, intended to boost the economy and avert a recession. Just how this money will be spent remains to be seen. We hope this website helps shed some light on where the stimulus money is going.

Maggie spent $50 of her check on lottery tickets.  Too bad she didn't win.  How will you spend your check? 

Native Brit, Ian Usher, is auctioning his entire life in Perth, Australia to the highest bidder.

Mr Usher emigrated to Australia six years ago, and became an Australian citizen in 2006. "My life here is absolutely fantastic," he said on his website. "But I just want to make a clean break and start again, so I am selling everything, lock, stock and barrel, from the contents of my wardrobe to my kettle, and from my cutlery to my car. Laura and I chose the house together and intended it to be our family home. Despite my life being busy and fulfilled, I still miss my wife so much. Everything around me is simply a reminder of the wonderful past we shared."

The auction will begin on June 22.  In the mean time, Ian has started the website ALife4Sale.com, which gives details of the auction and what's up for grabs. 

Link to article

Alan Weisman, an award-winning journalist, theorizes what would happen to the planet if humans suddenly disappeared.  Roll over each block to see more details.  Link.  [via digg]

A State Street Family Album is an interesting photo essay about the homeless who live on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin.

This photo-essay is about some poor people who live on the street. They are not cardboard cutout poor people; they are real, living, breathing, human beings. They have problems and feelings.
           State Street in Madison, Wisconsin is a pedestrian mall that runs from the capitol building to the University of Wisconsin campus. It is home to some of Madison's least fortunate. These are the discards of our society: the poor, the veterans, the homeless, the drug addicted, the alcoholic, the runaways, the abused, the unemployable, the people that nobody wants. They deserve something better than the lives they lead now, but these photos are not about how bad their lives are. These pictures are mostly about how good their lives are.
          Stop and talk to these folks that you have previously been ignoring. You will find out something that you didn't know before. You will discover that they are just people.

[via MeFi]

Answer a few questions and figure out your "real age" and life expectancy with the Poodwaddle Real Age Calculator.  This is purely for entertainment purposes, so, if the calculator says you are going to die tomorrow...  I wouldn't take it too seriously.  [via meshly]

The Encyclopedia of Life is a new project in which the objective is to catalogue all known species of life in a single, online database:

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike. To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species. And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

[via meshly]

By attaching GPS devices and lie detector sensors to volunteers roaming around cities, Christian Nold creates "emotional maps":

First, he outfits volunteers with global positioning system devices and the sensors used in lie detector tests. Then, he sends his subjects out to wander their neighborhoods. When they return, Nold asks them to recount what they saw and felt when the polygraph recorded a quickened heartbeat or an elevated blood pressure.

"Tried to stomp on some pigeons," one tester recalled after a stroll through the chic bohemian Mission District of San Francisco, California.

"House right here, it reminded me of flowers at a funeral," another said of what he saw a few blocks south.

"Security guard at a business giving lollipops to kids. I think I wanted one," still another volunteer observed.

Nold, a London-based artist, calls his work "emotional mapping." Having mapped settings as varied as industrial areas of Bangladesh and the red light district of Brussels, Belgium, he recently arrived in San Francisco for his first U.S. project.

He's the first to acknowledge that the intimate portraits that result from his endeavors won't help a confused tourist get from Fisherman's Wharf to Golden Gate Park.

Related:
Bio Mapping - Christian Nold's projects

An Indian woman ended up marrying her Groom's brother when the Groom came to the ceremony stinking drunk.  The family chased the Groom away and then asked the Groom's brother to marry their daughter.  He accepted and now his drunken brother is worried he will never find another bride again.

Adam over at Lifehacker writes this about outsourcing site, DoMyStuff:

Web site DoMyStuff lets you outsource your tedious todos to businesses and individuals in your area who bid on your errands.

All you have to do is list a chore you need done with DoMyStuff - things like picking up your dry cleaning, getting your groceries, arranging dinner reservations, etc. - and then watch for bids on your stuff. On the flip side, if you're looking to pick up a little extra cash as an assistant, you can bid on errands people list on DoMyStuff. There's no fee for "employers" using DoMyStuff, but assistants pay a 7-10% fee on what they earn. If you need a little assistance every now and then but don't have the cash to hire your own personal assistant, DoMyStuff might be worth checking out.

I just might get someone to do some weeding in my yard while I sit on my porch sipping a tall, cold glass of lemonade.