“You may not be a vampire, phlebotomist or hematologist, or even know what all those words mean, but you can still learn about blood!” – and this excellent (and huge) infographic does just that, teach you a LOT about blood.

As a regular donor I thought I knew my stuff but there are some pretty cool and suprising facts burried within this easily consumed sheet (did you know that cats have 11 different blood types, and Cows over 800?) so click through the jump and take a look at the ful sized version.
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Tales of a LSD tripping Cycle Messenger – great read

Whole mice created from skin cells – Hell yeah. Science bitches, It works!

What not to do with your goatee – ?

Human pylons – Designs for new human form electrivity pylons to dot Iceland

downforeveryoneorjustme.com – Excellent little tool

How to deal with a suicide threat in an online community – community management Ronseal

Wanky Balls Festival – Journalism vs Wikipedia

We found this Han Solo carbonite cake (cakeonite?) over on the cakewrecks blog and thought is was just adorable! Can we have one please!

NOOOOOOOOO!! *Omnomnomnom* NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! *nomnomnom* *Burp* Nooo. Well ok then, maybe just a bit more.

So many Star Wars Cakes!

This week’s walk down memory lane revisits a surprisingly creepy video from late 2007 in which a series of everyday chocolate rabbits meet a disturbingly grizzly end.

Some people prefer the heavy metal remix… we included it after the jump so you can decide for yourself. Enjoy!
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In order to advertise the extra security that comes with IE8 Microsoft set up shop in New York city and performed their very own version of the 419 Nigerian scam – with excellent results.

It’s an advert so of course they are only going to show the good results but still… I thought we were all supposed to know better by now! Would you have been as easily taken in?

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Turkish ice cream juggler – YouTube video

Cooking for Geeks – Cookbook for the geeks amongst us

Sometimes It’s OK To Steal My Games – A developer’s view on piracy

Cannabinomics–The Marijuana Policy Tipping Point – Interesting video about whether America’s war on drugs is about to take a radical change in direction.

How to make a viral – Mormons, Mullets, and Maniacs. Slides from the talk by Jonah Peretti

Liquid pencils!! – Awesome proof that we live in the future

Cat armour – gorgeous body armour for kitties

Meet the puggle! Awwwwwww!

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Mashable’s (sponsored) roundup of beautiful social media infographics really is just that… they are some excellent graphics. Take a look for yourself.

Our favourite is No.4 the “conversation prism” – an infographic that has developed and grown more beautiful and more detailed for a few years now – but if you’ve spotted one that really caught your eye or even have a favourite infographic not listed here of your very own, let us know in the comments.

This is excellent, more mini-g! (oh and Sony? Please port GoW3 to the PC… pretty please?) QSD86RFJDUP8

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The key to success in Social Media isn’t just understanding the tools, but, more importantly, the culture as well. Most people can work out how to send a tweet, for example, but it takes more study to know when, why or what to say – and to whom.

When used correctly Twitter can bring a myriad of rewards to brands.

They can harness it to improve customer services, as Best Buy have with their Twelpforce; a unique crowd-sourcing tool sharing their staff’s knowledge with the web.

Similarly small or niche companies, such as online spare parts store eSpares, can use Twitter to greatly increase their customer base. ESpares use targeted Tweeting, combined with YouTube tutorials, to provide on the spot advice to users with appliance trouble; the personalised approach and aftercare support brings in new customers and turns a catalogue site into a community.
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