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Wu Xing

Marisa Stole the Precious Thing — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:04:56 -0800

Behind Chinese medicine, feng shui, acupuncture, diet, music and cosmology itself is the concept of Wu Xing. Created by Zou Yan in the third century BCE, it is a unifying idea of the universe, often called the "five elements". Although the term is generally translated as "five elements", this is incorrect. The word Wu does indeed mean "five". But there is no simple translation for Xing. Translations such as "five elements", "five agents", "five qualities", "five properties" "five states of change", "five courses", "five phases" and "five elementals", are all used.* Wu Xing in diagram format.

"Let's go to Africa and elope!" "Okay!"

divabat — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:43:03 -0800

Two German kids attempt to head to Africa and elope, bringing one's sister with them. They're five and six.

Metronomic syncage enjoyability

TheDonF — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:00:15 -0800

Very pleasing video of five metronomes syncing

Spot the Five Differences.

brain_drain — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:06:48 -0800

Spot the Five Differences. It is fun. [flash]

Five Minutes to Kill Yourself

XQUZYPHYR — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:38:05 -0800

Five Minutes to Kill Yourself. The object is... well... pretty self-explanatory. Possibly NSFW due to graphic violence, and that it's a Flash game about killing yourself because you hate your job so much.

National High Five Day 2006

XQUZYPHYR — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 07:44:00 -0800

HIGH FIVE! (See also)

Life immitates art, with Aloe!

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:30:14 -0800

"F*ck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades." Gillette's annoucment that they're making a five-bladed razor, complete with two aloe strips, is only humorous given its similarity to the Onion article that made such a device famous.

Lists of five things.

xmutex — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:23:04 -0800

A lot more than five lists of Five Things.