Here’s something a little different in the wake of the anniversary of the Twin Tower collapses on September 11 2001.

Remember that photo that provoked so much outrage and an outpouring of shock and horror around the world that self-censorship in media was launched? After the initial print, the photo was never seen published again.

In the years following the attacks, much have happened, and time may have passed and moved on, but the horror of that day still remains fresh in many people’s lives, especially to native New Yorkers and families of victims who worked or may have been in that building at the time.

The falling man is now seen as the icon, or the face of people who decided to choose how they were going to die at a desperate moment with no way out. For some, it was an act of bravery, a last act of defiance, and for others, it was a betrayal of love, of trust and of hope.

Esquire wrote a fairly long article on the falling man, one of more than 200 people who decided to take their lives that day into their own hands by jumping to their deaths.

It is a lengthy read, but a deserving one.

Ever wonder how words can combine your photo into something else? Now you can by using this free online tool, Textorizer to change your photo into text form! Let the photo do the talking shall we?

ZmeScience has this article on a couple of interesting natural phenomena that might not be so common. Have you ever heard of rainbows at night, ablations in ice, perfectly round ice circles and raining fish? Well, do you know how they occur? I found a couple of interesting pictures at the site as well as a detailed explanation about each phenomena on how it came about.

The picture above is a moonbow, or a rainbow that forms at night

Here’s a picture of a water spout, a mini tornado that forms in the middle of the ocean.

This is what you would call a fire rainbow

A whirlpool in the middle of the ocean or a more scientific term,a maelstom.

Read all about these interesting phenomena and how they came to be at the site! They have a lot more other interesting articles of note such as this article, which tells you what the deadliest creature in the world is. Nope, not a great white, but a rather small little harmless looking thing.

In case you don’t know what is Google Street View, here is an introduction video by Google!

Basically its a technology released by Google on their Google map. This means that you can enjoy looking around the world with Google map. What so interesting about this thing? Well, firstly you get to see the view outside your country. Secondly, there might be some view captured by Google street view that might interest you. For example, locating digg office or stalk your celebrity somewhere in this world. Many interesting stuff going on around you that you can enjoy using Google Street View, Here are some interesting sites that show case these scenario.

StreetVieFun.com brings you some of the interesting street view that they captured on their site. Such as smoking and get caught by your boss

Or riding a bike in UK and got caught by that damn camera.

You can also try visiting streetviewgallery.com which has a bigger community that brings you all the ridicious street captured that you can imagine. This will be a good place to see the capability of Google Street view.

Q n A Section

• Does this means there will be no privacy when you walk down the streets? Yup.
• How do you get Famous? Do stupid things infront of the camera.
• Will some psyco stalk me outside my house using Google Street View every single minutes? If you are as hot as Megan Fox. Yes.
• Will Google screen out my face and important data such as car plates etc? Yes, but unless you don’t look unique, identify you by your friends will be quite a piece of cake.
• Will my boss fire me if they see me on Google Street View? Yes, if you point your middle finger at the company logo.
• Will my mum try to find me on Google Street View when i go out of my house? Yes, if your mum have nothing to do.
• Will the police use Google Street View as evidence for my crime? You have to ask?
• I feel insecure, what do i do? Stay at home.

Design Sprout is a website designed to guide readers to conform to a new way of living. 1sitedaily has seen and promoted a number of eco-friendly websites in the past. What can I say-we are doing our bit to save our planet, in bytes

What I really like about this site is that it provides everyday solutions to how to make your lives a little bit greener- recyling Fedex boxes to create wine racks, recycling your yoga mat into placemats and holiday ornaments… just simple everyday stuff that you and I can both easily do.

But what I really like about the site is that they provide new novel ideas and concepts to greening up your home. Take a look at this “PlantBot” for instance. The robot automatically seeks sunlight and moves to that spot so you won’t ever have the inconvenience of moving the pot yourself. So convenient and ultra cool!

Other notable entries include an ecosensible water pitcher,

and this flow kitchen which is very sustainable. (This is one of my favourites!). According to DesignSprout, this kitchen design is self-sustainable. The washed dishes help to water the edible herbs which then prosper, and help to nurture a dust-free environment. A win-win situation.

Visit them at DesignSprout

I’m sure many of you have heard of Annie Leibovitz by now, especially through her Disney Dream Portrait series featuring celebrities portraying fairy tale characters such as Snow White and Cinderella.

Here’s David Beckham as Prince Philip from Sleeping Beauty

And here is Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio and Abigial Breslin as Fira from Disney Fairies.

Then there were the more controversial photos of a very young Miley Cyrus (barely 15) posing topless for the cover of Vanity Fair.

She also famously shot John Lennon’s last picture for Rolling Stone before his untimely death in 1980.

However, her less famous works aren’t any less of an impact, which is why I feel that they do deserve some more attention, perhaps even more so than her more commercial photographs.

In one of her photography books simply called, “Women,” Leibovitz has managed to essentially capture the spirit and emotion of different women across the country.This picture of a young soldier girl that stuck in my mind; she was sitting down in the middle of autumn, geared head to toe in military armour and a gun in her lap, looking straight into the camera. What sort of emotions come to mind when one sees such a photo?

Other images include a drag car racer, a baseball pitcher and a performance artist. Not your everyday female gender roles, and that is why they are so inspiring.

Visit the photography site at Women@The New York Times Daily where you can view most of the photographs in the book and listen to the interview where Leibovitz talked about how the project came about.

Another site which i personally find it interesting. This is another site which you might not see everyday. What does this site do? Simple, it shows you before and after an image has been make over. Basically, it is a retouching center. What so interesting? See for yourself how long have you been deceived by the entertainment industry. That’s interesting. Let me gives you some example,

Whitening product is good when you see this,

But guess again.

If you are thinking of getting a new butter from the market that you saw from this advertisement,

Better think twice.

Saw that hot chick in the magazine staring at you?

Where?

Visiting them at photoshopbeforeandafter.com