Ed Parnells' Interesting Links

Hello!

ed — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:25:21 +0000

Welcome to my list of stuff. Stuff I found interesting. Enjoy.

Best Picture of a burning sky you'll see today

ed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Music STreaming

ed — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:00:00 +0000

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.

Old Bloopers

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

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?

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:30:34 +0000

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.

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

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

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:00 +0000

"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

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:08:08 +0000

So they look like other things

For example

More from the Excellent chuckle manufacturers at b3ta.com

Ancient Theaters

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:06:18 +0000

A very interesting site about ancient entertainment establishments around the world.

Why?

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:04:20 +0000

Older article

ed — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:58:41 +0000

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.

From Slash Dot.

ed — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:55:46 +0000

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."

Tough Pigs

ed — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:31:26 +0000

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!

Tequila Bot

ed — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:27:25 +0000

Funny.

ed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Man Ettiquette

Every guy makes several trips to the urinal throughout the course of an evening, and there is a ...

Perpendicular Dreams

ed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:28:28 +0000

This is an interesting site, for those interested in art.

News Bloopers

ed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:22:39 +0000

These are a set of some of the prime, non set up news bloopers of 2009

2009s Best News Bloopers - Watch more Funny Videos

Paignton Ice Skating

ed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:21:06 +0000

Teacher Tube

ed — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:18:22 +0000

This is a interesting site which has videos, educational videos.

The Insects' Christmas (1913) [HQ] Original Russian Stop Motion Animation

ed — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

Mozarts' watching

ed — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

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.

ed — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:59:16 +0000

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

ed — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:58:35 +0000

I still have no idea what this is for.

Got to be honest, I don't care.

Breakfasts

ed — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:21 +0000

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.

Lyndon Johnson

ed — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:39:29 +0000

Rip Torn. Master Villain.

ed — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:39:25 +0000

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.

Charlie Brooker News Training Corps.

ed — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:29:40 +0000

Oh, those Trotters.

ed — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:31:57 +0000

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.
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"The only perfect reference work" Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia

ed — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:27:53 +0000

Oooo.

From Popular Mechanics from 1910 comes this advertisement for Nelson's Perpetual Loose-Leaf Encyclopaedia.

But does it burn?

Interesting

ed — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:26:16 +0000

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