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POPSFree File Format Conversion No need to download any software. Excellent resource to convert quickly between common picture, music, and document files. Have used it several times myself, so far, no spam has been sent to my email address because of this site.
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POPSThe Humungous Fungus See wikipedia: Largest Organism Armillaria ostoyae (Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Armillaria_ostoyae.jpg)
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POPSWatermelon Art I got all jealous and tried one myself with my nephews :D http://s3.supload.com/free/watermelon_art.JPG/view/
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POPSImage files hold hidden data Hidden data in JPEG/JPG images may say more about you than you intend. This useful article helps explain what types of metadata to look for and how to manage it. Discusses fingerprints of digital cameras and watermarking and also lists some *very* interesting cases where people have fallen foul of JPEG's metadata.
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POPSThe Strengths of Nations Project Description: In this impressive poster developed by Dick Klavans and Bradford Paley, with the help of Kevin Boyack and ISI data, one can see the variations in how different nations pursue science. The concept is not only ingenious but also takes full advantage of the page layout where it's quite easy to make sensible comparisons between the nations placed side-by-side.
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POPSHiding Files in Jpg Images (jpeg) You will find a Video Tutorial for the complete explanation... #1 Gather your image and the files you wish to lodge into it. Here I have a meeting.txt which which I will slap inside my secret.jpg #2 Add the files you want to hide into a new RAR archive #3 Open Command Prompt #4 Go to the folder where your files are located, in this case 'C:\hidden' #5 Type 'copy /b secret.jpg + meeting.txt.rar lizard.jpg' where secret.jpg is the original picture, meeting.txt.rar is the file to be hidden, and lizard.jpg is the file which contains both. #6 Test the JPG by opening it, and verifying it still opens. If it does, try opening the file with WinRar! #7 The completed RAR file! #8 Here is the image I created when making this tutorial!
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POPSMars canyon in HD Hebes Chasma is a very prominent Mars feature just north of the huge Valles Marineris system (a.k.a. the "Grand Canyon of Mars"). Hebes is described as an enclosed trough, with a high, flat-top mountain range right in the centre. The canyon is over 8 km deep in places, and the central mountain ascends to this height, at the same level as the surrounding plains