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Tuesday, March 9
Music STreaming
by
ed
on Tue 09 Mar 2010 02:00 AM GMT
Those who like the services teh Internet provide - no not those services - I mean the ones you don't have to get concerned about your wife finding, can stream legal music into your ears via this selection of music services. Grooveshark came out best, although there are now so many out there it's difficult to make a choice.
Monday, March 8
Old Bloopers
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 07:00 PM GMT
Quite an interesting collection of older Movie bloopers. In those days film cost a LOT more than it does now. Interesting to see Bogart, Edward G. and others fluff lines
Japan, what are you on?
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 05:30 PM GMT
There's something going on in Japan.
 I have no idea as to what it is, exactly, but when pictures like this (above) and (below) are posted, it makes me want to find out more.  Is this a game? A statue? WHAT is it?
Video Resume or CV as we call it in English.
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:00 AM GMT
I'm not sure if this is the WORST VIDEO RESUME or whether this guy is taking the piss.
You can find more gems here.
Wi Fi Law
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 11:00 AM GMT
"The government will not exempt universities, libraries and small
businesses providing open Wi-Fi services from its Digital Economy Bill
copyright crackdown, according to official advice released earlier this
week. This would leave many organizations open to the same penalties
for copyright infringement as individual subscribers, potentially
including disconnection from the Internet, leading legal experts to say
it will become impossible for small businesses and the like to offer Wi-Fi access.
'This is going to be a very unfortunate measure for small businesses,
particularly in a recession, many of whom are using open free Wi-Fi
very effectively as a way to get the punters in. Even if they password
protect, they then have two options — to pay someone like The Cloud to
manage it for them, or take responsibility themselves for becoming an
ISP effectively, and keep records for everyone they assign connections
to, which is an impossible burden for a small cafe,' said Lilian
Edwards, professor of Internet law at Sheffield University."
There's a professor of Internet Law?
Rearranging things
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 10:08 AM GMT
Ancient Theaters
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 10:06 AM GMT
A very interesting site about ancient entertainment establishments around the world.
Older article
by
ed
on Mon 08 Mar 2010 09:58 AM GMT
This is about Santa gifts. It's a bit worrying some of the pictures, so I posted it now as opposed to earlier in the year, so I can get the fortnight when the decorations aren't being put up.
Friday, March 5
From Slash Dot.
by
ed
on Fri 05 Mar 2010 09:55 AM GMT
santosh maharshi passes along an article on Edge by David Gelernter,
the man who (according to the introduction) predicted the Web and first
described cloud computing; he's also a Unabomber survivor. Gelernter
makes 35 predictions and assertions, some brilliant, some dubious. "6.
We know that the Internet creates 'information overload,' a problem
with two parts: increasing number of information sources and increasing
information flow per source. The first part is harder: it's more
difficult to understand five people speaking simultaneously than one
person talking fast — especially if you can tell the one person to stop
temporarily, or go back and repeat. Integrating multiple information
sources is crucial to solving information overload. Blogs and other
anthology-sites integrate information from many sources. But we won't
be able to solve the overload problem until each Internet user can
choose for himself what sources to integrate, and can add to this mix
the most important source of all: his own personal information — his
email and other messages, reminders and documents of all sorts. To
accomplish this, we merely need to turn the whole Cybersphere on its
side, so that time instead of space is the main axis. ... 14. The
structure called a cyberstream or lifestream is better suited to the
Internet than a conventional website because it shows
information-in-motion, a rushing flow of fresh information instead of a
stagnant pool."
Thursday, March 4
Tough Pigs
by
ed
on Thu 04 Mar 2010 09:31 AM GMT
Is a great site for Muppet fans.
From their March 1 news page: That Grover is such a trend-setter! First he appears as Sesame Street’s resident cute and furry monster, and then Elmo steals that mantle from him. Grover becomes a superhero, and then Elmo wants to be a superhero. Grover delivers telegrams, and then Elmo wants to deliver telegrams. And most recently, Grover appeared on Dr. Oz and now Elmo is going to appear on Dr. Oz! It’s a conspiracy, I tells ya! Wednesday, March 3
Funny.
by
ed
on Wed 03 Mar 2010 10:00 AM GMT
Man Ettiquette
Every guy makes several trips to the urinal throughout the course of an evening, and there is a ... more »
Perpendicular Dreams
by
ed
on Wed 03 Mar 2010 09:28 AM GMT
This is an interesting site, for those interested in art.
News Bloopers
by
ed
on Wed 03 Mar 2010 09:22 AM GMT
These are a set of some of the prime, non set up news bloopers of 2009
2009s Best News Bloopers - Watch more Funny Videos
Teacher Tube
by
ed
on Wed 03 Mar 2010 09:18 AM GMT
This is a interesting site which has videos, educational videos.
Tuesday, March 2
The Insects' Christmas (1913) [HQ] Original Russian Stop Motion Animation
by
ed
on Tue 02 Mar 2010 10:00 AM GMT
Monday, March 1
Mozarts' watching
by
ed
on Mon 01 Mar 2010 10:00 AM GMT
Interesting and slightly unnerving article
In recent years Britain has become the Willy Wonka of social control, churning out increasingly creepy, bizarre, and fantastic methods for policing the populace. But our weaponization of classical music—where Mozart, Beethoven, and other greats have been turned into tools of state repression—marks a new low. More here.
Untitled
by
ed
on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:59 AM GMT
This may be the reason people are put off professional wrestling as a career
 You can find more awful sports pwned pics here.
Best Ad ever
by
ed
on Mon 01 Mar 2010 09:58 AM GMT
Monday, February 8
Breakfasts
by
ed
on Mon 08 Feb 2010 10:40 AM GMT
one of the things about living in society is that you eat. It's a simple enough premise You eat, or you appear in teen movies.
To this end there are a wide variety of breakfasts available. English, continental, cereal or fruit. Some people just like a coffee and toast. Some people prefer tea and a bagel. It's a free world. Once you start feasting on human heads, I think you want to either question your diet or buy a bib. Following this train of thought, many new breakfasts have emerged to cater for the fast lifestyles.  This is nuts. I am sorry. To make a drink out of what is essentially mush, or more accurately eventually mush, is just time saving taken to a strange level. And then to provide a container which enables to to guzzle that mush on the bus. There's something wrong. There's more bad breakfast ideas here. Monday, February 1
Rip Torn. Master Villain.
by
ed
on Mon 01 Feb 2010 12:39 AM GMT
Apparently. I mean, the guy looks pretty rough.
From Here So much for aging gracefully. Emmy-winning actor Rip Torn was arrested Saturday for allegedly breaking into a bank in Salisbury, Conn., where he's a resident. Police described the incident as a booze-inspired bank job. In a statement, cops say they responded to an alarm at 9:40 p.m. Friday and found Torn "with a loaded revolver, and was highly intoxicated." The many charges against the 78-year-old Men in Black star include carrying a firearm while intoxicated, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree criminal trespass, first-degree burglary, and third-degree criminal mischief. Torn has had several brushes with the law over the past few years, including a dismissed 2004 drunken driving charge and a 2007 guilty plea of being "ability impaired" while operating a vehicle. He is currently being held on a $100,000 cash bond and is set to appear in court Monday.  He looks very sober, you have to admit. Sunday, January 31
Oh, those Trotters.
by
ed
on Sun 31 Jan 2010 12:31 AM GMT
The N.H.L. has gained huge attendance the last few seasons with its
annual outdoor Winter Classic, played at places like Wrigley Field and
Fenway Park. Never an organization to pass up a good idea, the Harlem
Globetrotters decided to play a game outdoors as well. Not wanting to
mess with success, they decided they too would play their game on ice.
More
"The only perfect reference work" Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia
by
ed
on Sun 31 Jan 2010 12:27 AM GMT
Oooo.
From Popular Mechanics from 1910 comes this advertisement for Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia. But does it burn?
Interesting
by
ed
on Sun 31 Jan 2010 12:26 AM GMT
Ed Felten from the Freedom to Tinker blog has written a post with Princeton senior Sauhard Sahi called Census of Files Available via BitTorrent.
The survey takes a random sample of files available on a trackerless
BitTorrent system. The article is full of caveats--discussion happening
in the comments--but does dig into the likely copyright status of the
works they found.
From Boing Boing Friday, January 29
40 years of Python
by
ed
on Fri 29 Jan 2010 05:00 AM GMT
The hilarious comedy team, taht is, not the object code language which is somewhat less mirth riddled. Life magazine is there.
Thursday, January 28
Batmobile
by
ed
on Thu 28 Jan 2010 10:00 PM GMT
Kinda cool to park it, difficult to get in and even trickier to get the word 'tosser' off the paintwork, no doubt scrawled on the side while you were in Starbucks.
Wednesday, January 27
Children and Insects
by
ed
on Wed 27 Jan 2010 08:00 AM GMT
As ever, a lovely combination.
This is a small collection of pictures of insects and a young insectologist (thanks Wikipedia) which are quite good of the insects looking especially scared as the licoriced breathed young'un draws close. Tuesday, January 26
Comedic Quotes
by
ed
on Tue 26 Jan 2010 06:00 AM GMT
Here's a list of some memorable quotes by legendary funny men and Bobcat Golthwait.
Monday, January 25
Dinosaurs?
by
ed
on Mon 25 Jan 2010 02:27 PM GMT
According to the BBC, Dinosaur eggs have been found in India. If they wanted ancient eggs though, I would have thought it would be less trouble going to Little Chef. LOL
Previous links
by
ed
on Mon 25 Jan 2010 12:26 AM GMT
Teacher Tube Ice Driving News Bloopers Tequila! Perpendicular Tough Pigs
Oi may have posted these previously. Not sure. Enjoy anyway Saturday, January 23
Ooo, video now is it?
by
ed
on Sat 23 Jan 2010 09:53 PM GMT
Monday, January 18
Friday, January 15
Untitled
by
ed
on Fri 15 Jan 2010 11:06 PM GMT
This is a really interesting article about space exploration and theoretics.
Oceans of liquid diamond, filled with solid diamond icebergs, could be floating on Neptune and Uranus, according to a recent article in the journal Nature Physics. The research, based on first detailed measurements of the melting point of diamond, found diamond behaves like water during freezing and melting, with solid forms floating atop liquid forms. The surprising revelation gives scientists a new understanding about diamonds and some of the most distant planets in our solar system. "Diamond is a relatively common material on Earth, but its melting point has never been measured," said Eggert. "You can't just raise the temperature and have it melt, you have to also go to high pressures, which makes it very difficult to measure the temperature." Take a look! Thursday, January 14
Wednesday, January 13
How Do You Look When Merging Fails ;-)
by
ed
on Wed 13 Jan 2010 09:00 AM GMT
This is an interesting article about merging. Based on that Simpsons episode. Check out the face he pulls when it doesn't work down the bottom.
Tuesday, January 12
Chicken Pope
by
ed
on Tue 12 Jan 2010 08:00 PM GMT
This is really cool. I came home for dinner awhile ago and My wife had
made me a good meal. We had some Chicken Nuggets in it and I noticed
right away that one was staring back at me! It was Mother Teresa.
I paused for a moment and relized It really is Mother Teresa. I turned
the nugget over and it no longer looked like Mother Teresa it was Pope John Paul II
wearing his Pontiff hat. I'm sorry I don't know the actual term for the
hat. Well with my family I know it would be destroyed or eaten so I
decided to place it up for bid. This has a great spiritual meaning for
most faiths. I truly want it to go somewhere that it can be cherished
for a long time to come.
Issue
by
ed
on Tue 12 Jan 2010 09:00 AM GMT
So, after consuming pot brownies and getting a little too drunk on
thanksgiving a friend and i decided to buy 1500 live ladybugs from
amazon, which was a great idea until they came in the mail. Now they're
sitting on my windowsill and I have nothing to really do with them. If
i set them free they'll die in this weather, if I leave them on my
windowsill they'll die.
So, if you have a greenhouse or some kind of animals to feed them to it'd be awesome. I don't want to ruin 1500 lives. Email me and tell me what your'e gonna do with them, and if you can come pick them up. And they're yours. Monday, January 11
Perinneial (or however you spell it) Bargain
by
ed
on Mon 11 Jan 2010 08:26 PM GMT
From Fark
by
ed
on Mon 11 Jan 2010 11:27 AM GMT
Note for women on Craigslist
by
ed
on Mon 11 Jan 2010 09:00 AM GMT
From here
Memo to Female Readers -- I'm just curious if you know this -- guys will do pretty much anything in order to play with your boobs. You know this already, right? Sometimes I wonder, given all the emotional and logistical acrobatics you go through. In fact, if you end your MC posts with ..."oh, and you can play with my boobs, too," you'll most likely find what you're looking for. That's when the real misery and disappointment begins, however, but that's outside the scope of this quick, heartfelt, holiday memo. Okay. Carry on. Love, Michael
Auction of The Day
by
ed
on Mon 11 Jan 2010 05:15 AM GMT
Advertise on my Double D's in Las Vegas
 Doesn't mention postage. Friday, January 8
Anti_Leather protest
by
ed
on Fri 08 Jan 2010 03:12 PM GMT
A complaint
by
ed
on Fri 08 Jan 2010 09:08 AM GMT
The following letter appeared on Radio Station Talk360 KSTC
Listener Doesn't Like "Boner Ads" Friday, January 8, 2010
Jack and Joe,
I'm a 68-year-old female retiree. I thought the general consensus was boner ads are a really bad idea. It's hard to imagine a more avid fan of your program than I am. I am a writer and I drop in a cassette each morning. Yes! a cassette! I record your show each day because I do my best thinking and writing in the morning. At 3 PM when Michael Savage comes on I play back your morning program while I do dishes and tidy up the house. I believe I've been doing this the entire time you've been on Talk 650. I love you guys. BUT! I'm turning off Talk 650 until you get rid of those boner ads. After about 7 PM when Talk 650 turns down their power, KFI in Los Angeles comes in clearer,640. Do you know how many boner ads KFI has? Zero. Joe, you have a young daughter. Isn't it embarrassing to her to hear ads about Grandpa's boner? Why should this crap be crammed down the throats of kids? It's about as welcome to hear, as another 9 year old performing oral sex on your youngest daughter. My theory is that men are so in love with their junk that they think the world revolves around their dicks. They need a reality check. The world doesn't. And it shouldn't. Jack and Joe, as grown men, how would you like to hear ads about whether Grandma's virginia gets juicy or not during sexual arousal? Yucky, huh? Young people don't want to think about Grandma's juiciness or Grandpa's boner. They don't want to think that they are even sexual beings anymore. I'm turning off Talk 650 and once a week I'll check back in to see if your station is really so crass, classless, and desperate that it really needs to advertise boner ads. I'll miss you guys a lot, but I won't have Grandpa's Boner shoved down my throat. Goodbye (but I hope it's not forever) Katie Thursday, January 7
Wednesday, January 6
TOP FMLs
by
ed
on Wed 06 Jan 2010 10:00 AM GMT
from the FML Website, some of the funniest FMLs.
Today, I forgot to do my French homework, but since it was an online worksheet, I told my teacher my internet wasn't working. I told her with an e-mail. FML Today, I babysat 3 year old twins. They have a huge dry erase board hanging inbetween their beds. After they fell asleep I drew a very detailed and large drawing of a penis. When I went to erase it I realized it was in Sharpie. FML Today, I thought it would be funny to fart in my roommates mouth while he was asleep. I walked over to him and pulled my pyjamas down and let loose. To my surprise it was a very wet one and I accidently took a dump on his face, he woke up and beat me until I was bleeding. FML Today, I woke up a little after seven. I felt sick to my stomach because last night was my bachelor party and I drank more than I ever have before. I checked my phone, and I had received 42 missed calls. It was seven o'clock pm. Today was my wedding day. FML
Agony Aunt of the week
by
ed
on Wed 06 Jan 2010 07:55 AM GMT
Dear DoubleTake,I have been in a relationship with a
man for about two years now, and I fear I am wasting my time. He has
three kids by three other women, and he's only been married once.I guess my question is, am I wasting my time? He is a good man but is very selfish.I
also have a son by him, which makes four children for him. He hasn't
mentioned anything about being marriage. He did ask us to live with
him, but to me that's still not good enough.He's never bought me
jewelry, which to me symbolizes how special a person is. I'm not sure
if this makes sense, but I really don't feel this man cares for me like
he should or even plans on making a future with me.What do you think?
What would you do? I can guess. Read the reply here.
I am sorry?
by
ed
on Wed 06 Jan 2010 07:53 AM GMT
I knew companies sponsored events, sports etc.
I wasn't aware they sponsored demolition, but... IRVING – Texas Stadium will come down this spring in a "Cheddar Explosion." That's the name that Kraft Foods has given to its promotional campaign for the implosion of the iconic structure. In its last act of 2009, the Irving City Council on Thursday unanimously approved Kraft Foods as the official sponsor for the demolition. "It's a good deal for us and a good deal for them," council member Rose Cannaday said during the 15-minute special meeting. <more> Tuesday, January 5
Monday, January 4
Outtakes
by
ed
on Mon 04 Jan 2010 12:00 PM GMT
Half with good beaviour
by
ed
on Mon 04 Jan 2010 09:04 AM GMT
10 of the Longest Prison Sentences on Earth
Computers
by
ed
on Mon 04 Jan 2010 09:00 AM GMT
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