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    Website of the Day: 02/09/10

    io9 has posted photos from astronauts Twittering in space.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/08/10

    473,588 Grand Slam breakfasts at Denny's: AdWeek posts what one could purchase for the cost of a single Super Bowl ad.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/05/10

    "Everything That is Done by Me is Done by Me for You": Hit Singles from the 1990's in Passive Voice by Jim Rodovich at McSweeney's.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/04/10

    Crack Two has posted 125 rare photos of famous people.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/03/10

    Hillbilly rockers Hayseed Dixie perform the Queen classic "Bohemian Rhapsody" from their new album "Killer Grass."

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/02/10

    Jason English at Mental Floss asks, NFL placekicker or world leader?

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 02/01/10

    TreeHugger has posted nine human parasites you don't want along for the ride.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/29/10

    Threadless features Murray Mullet's artwork of Peanuts characters using hand-painted peanuts. (via)

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    Website of the Day: 1/28/10

    Kiplinger has posted the eight ways the Feds will pay you to go "green."

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/27/10

    Steven Gettis posts illustrations of authors and scenes from literature at Hey, Oscar Wilde, It's Clobberin' Time. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/26/10

    1980's sitcom relic Alf is on Twitter. He's only following cats. (via)

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    Website of the Day: 1/25/10

    The "Miracle on the Hudson" airbus, piloted by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, is for sale at Chartis Aviation Salvage. (via)

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    Website of the Day: 1/22/10

    Comic artist Cliff Chiang takes classic record album covers and redraws them with superheroes. (via)

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    Website of the Day: 1/21/10

    Unreality has compiled a gallery of celebrity photobombs.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/20/10

    Muggezifter places his camera's self-timer on two seconds, then tries to get as far away from it as possible. The photos are at Running From Camera.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/19/10

    Brand New discusses Obama's campaign graphic, the redesigned Northwest Airlines logo, and other major identity works of the decade. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/18/10

    Follow the efforts to assist injured Haitians by Doctors Without Borders in their Field News.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/15/10

    LifeHacker offers 10 winter survival tools and tactics, including how to make shoveling easier and keeping your heating bill from soaring.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/14/10

    Mental Floss offers a quiz asking you to match an esteemed actor (like Jimmy Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, et al) with their not-so-esteemed final movie.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/13/10

    Share your funny Facebook fails at Failbooking.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/12/10

    Adam Bertocci, inspired by the works of William Shakespeare and the Coen Brothers, has created the five-act "Two Gentlemen of Lebowski." (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/11/10

    Kevin Holesh memorializes those unsung victims of our arctic winters, buried bikes, at his Tumblr blog. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/8/10

    ComputerWorld compiles the 6 hottest skills IT pros will need in 2010.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/7/10

    DiscoveryNews honors the best space probe photographers of the decade with a gallery of their amazing work.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/6/10

    "My Frumpy Valentine" and other Jazz Substandards by Lucas Klauss at McSweeney's.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/5/10

    Neven Mrgan has posted a recipe for astronomer Carl Sagan's Apple Pie at Outstretched Arm. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 1/4/10

    Real Simple touts 101 uses for everyday things, including coffee filters and Velcro. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 12/25/09

    Bowing to fan demand, Twin Cities singer Tay Zonday lends his baritone to "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch." (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 12/24/09

    Kseniya Simonova mesmerized the audience of "Ukraine's Got Talent" by drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.

    Posted by MinnPost staff

    Website of the Day: 12/23/09

    Illustrator Matt Kish is creating one drawing for every single page of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. One hundred out of 552 so far. (via)

    Posted by MinnPost staff


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    In the course of their day, MinnPost's editors come across all kinds of fascinating news items, quirky websites and provocative blog posts. Each day they highlight some to share with MinnPost readers as the Blog of the Day, Website of the Day and the Editors' Pick of a noteworthy story of the day.  Here their choices are archived for later viewing.