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Photography: What Would You Take If Your House Was On Fire?
I know this is a horrible thought, but if your house was on fire and you only had time to grab a few things before you got out, what would you take? It's a classic question really, and I've thought about it many times. Aside from animals of course, I would take my iPhone, my laptop, my son's artwork ...
![Canine Communication: All About Your Dog’s Bark [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Understanding-Dog-Communication-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Canine Communication: All About Your Dog’s Bark [Infographic]")
Canine Communication: All About Your Dog’s Bark [Infographic]
I've had a dog almost my entire life. I even have a couple of them now, and you can see a picture here. I call them the Oreo cookie pups. If you are a dog person like me, you know they bark sometimes like they are trying to talk to us, but what are they saying? It's always a mystery to me. You'd thi ...
Hotel Brochure Pictures vs. The Actual Hotels
It's been the joke on more sitcoms than I can count, but has it ever actually happened to you? I'm talking about when you see a hotel brochure, you call and book a room, you get there, and you feel like you are in the twilight zone because it looks so different than the pictures on the brochure.
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![The Value Of An Hour Of Your Work [Chart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Value-Of-Hour-Of-Work-optimized.jpg "The Value Of An Hour Of Your Work [Chart]")
The Value Of An Hour Of Your Work [Chart]
How many hours a week do you work? I mean, how many hours a week do you reeeeally work? I know some people who technically drive to an office for 40 hours a week, but they only actually work about 70% of the time they are there. The rest of the time they are tweeting me (yay!), talking on the phone, ...
![When Celebrities Were Young [13 Pics]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/When-They-Were-Young-0-optimized.jpg "When Celebrities Were Young [13 Pics]")
When Celebrities Were Young [13 Pics]
Over the past few days, ever since the very sad death of Steve Jobs, many photographs of him in his younger years have surfaced. When I see those pictures of him, it reminds me that he, like every entrepreneur, had a journey to take to get to where he ultimately wanted to be. Steve Jobs looks very h ...
Extreme Jacuzzing: Hang Your Hot Tub Off A Bridge
Look ma, no hands! Technically this is called Extreme Jaccuzzing. This group of adrenaline seeking adventurists had to add an extra "c" in the word Jacuzzi for legal reasons. I got a rush just from looking at these pictures; I can't even imagine what this must have been like!
It all started back ...
Living In A Dumpster: The Insane Container Conversion
I am sure that every single one of you has at some point come home to a messy home thinking you live in a dumpster, right? It happens to all of us. Usually when that happens, we get straight to tidying things up, and after a few minutes, things are as clean as our home will ever get. It's just the d ...
![The Mini Band: A Talented Rock Group Made Up Of Children [Videos]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/The-Mini-Band-Members-optimized.jpg "The Mini Band: A Talented Rock Group Made Up Of Children [Videos]")
The Mini Band: A Talented Rock Group Made Up Of Children [Videos]
Kids will be kids, unless you're these kids, then you might as well attract a big crowd and cover Metallica and Guns N' Roses. I was blown away by this band whose members are all between the ages of 8 and 10. They call themselves The Mini Band, and they are a UK rock group making quite a name for th ...
Blind People vs. American Paper Money
This is fascinating to me, and it's something I've always wondered about. Here in the United States, all of our paper money is exactly the same except for the printing on the paper. So, how would a person who is blind distinguish between, for example, a one dollar bill and a one hundred dollar bill? ...
![Cats That Play Scrabble [10 Pics]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Cats-That-Play-Scrabble-1-optimized.jpg "Cats That Play Scrabble [10 Pics]")
Cats That Play Scrabble [10 Pics]
When I first tuned into the Internet cat craze a few years ago, I thought for sure it would be just a fad. After all, how could people all around the world (especially in American culture) be collectively cat people online? Maybe it's because cats are cute, or maybe it's because they are not cute. M ...
Chocolate Covered Deep Fried Triple Double Oreos
Oh. My. Gosh. In case you've been living under a rock, you may not know that last month Triple Double Oreos hit the shelves at the supermarket. I've never seen a cookie get so much PR before. The Internet blew up about it, and even the most usually reserved websites got all gitty. These cookies aren ...
Igloo Hotel: Pure Zen In The Middle Of All The Snow
I am a real sucker for travel experiences and if I had to choose I would go for an experience rather than some gadget or a toy. The experience lasts a lifetime while a gadget only lasts as long as its technology is fresh enough to be compatible with the world. I recently wrote an article about the T ...
![Office Bliss: The Importance Of Happiness At Work [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Importance-Of-Happiness-At-Work-1-optimized.png "Office Bliss: The Importance Of Happiness At Work [Infographic]")
Office Bliss: The Importance Of Happiness At Work [Infographic]
If you have ever been subject to the limitations of office hours, you know that the inspiration they can bring is about as much as you will get action from a stone on your driveway. It can be such a boring time sitting hour after hour in an office working on something that you know you will most lik ...
Poor Little Trees: Cut Down Forest Trees With Sad Faces
Trees are living things, and each time one gets cut down, it's a little sad. Some trees grow for decades to become the huge natural masterpieces we sometimes see when we take a walk in the woods. I think that is one reason why I love hiking and camping so much, seeing that natural beauty never gets ...
Inspiration: A Tea Bag Package Folds Into An Origami Cup
Someday, when I learn how to make my own infographics, I'm going to design one about the difference between tea drinkers and coffee drinkers. I hope it will be as insightful and funny as this one about cat people and dog people. Since I work with Richard all day, maybe I notice it more than most peo ...