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March 13th, 2010
Looking for conversation with a London cabbie? You may be out of luck.
This man has a bear for a pet.
The CIA once added LSD to all the bread in one French town. At least according to one investigator.
Are you walking through a tube tunnel in London this weekend? Maybe you should be.
A Jackson, Mississippi prom was called off over fears of lesbians in tuxedos.
Live in London? Use the tube? Have an iPhone? There’s now an app for claiming refunds on delayed tube journeys on TfL. Not that tube journeys are ever delayed, mind you.
Sorry, Star Trek — warp speed will kill you.
The Universal Edibility Test.

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Links, now including explosions

February 20th, 2010
A school board in Pennsylvania is being sued — they are being accused of using webcams in laptops to spy on students. A suggestion that those who put the plan in place should be charged with creating a child pornography ring tickles my fancy.
Once upon a time there was no pesticide, traditional folk remedies were used. Some think it was a better time … Science Based Medicine does not agree.
A man and his banjo love.
Life as America’s Hat.
Nine out of ten dentists recommend that you do not attempt to eat your Olympic medal. The tenth is just greedy.
Utah thinks that Martin Luther King is lonely, so they’re planning to make his holiday a joint holiday with a gunmaker. Guns are in the spirit of Martin Luther King day, right?
A question: Should we clone Neanderthals?
Some criminals get a reduced sentence if they behave themselves in prison. Others get a reduced sentence for Yoga.

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Links – dancing with dinosaurs and debilitated snowmen

February 13th, 2010
Ryan Air is being sued by Easyjet. Rather than respond with a countersuit or a PR campaign, instead Ryan Air’s CEO challenges Easyjet’s CEO to a race. The article does not mention the entry fee to be charged to Easyjet’s CEO should he agree.
If your male, and your life goal is to crash your car repeatedly and survive, it is apparently better to wear your seatbelt and get fat. Women: You should wear your seatbelt and have a healthy mid-range BMI.
For those unaware, the image to the left is inspired from the absolutely incredible short film Rejected. You can be it on Youtube by clicking this link.
An interesting take on the evolution of the career of the writer. Most interestingly, writing ability does not bring success in writing. Instead, it is persistence and the ability to withstand constant rejection. One wonders how many Joyces and Irvings have never come to press, in favour of the Stephenie Meyers of the world.
Susannah Breslin on suicide.
Want to know more about the history of pubs? There is a free conference in London one week from today.
Security experts at the University of Cambridge claim that Chip and PIN is broken. I disagree. There is a means by which Chip and PIN can be compromised. That doesn’t mean that it is less secure than the traditional swipe & sign.
Is Christian Bale really Kermit the Frog? You be the judge.

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Links, featuring chainsaws, cats, corsets, and Anne Frank’s vagina

February 6th, 2010
March 20th will feature a finger gunfight flashmob in London. The best part of Edgar Wright’s blogging of it is that YouTube will not let him embed videos from his own show.
Need a flashlight? This one is … tactical?
You should not put corsets on cats:

Do you know that cats can’t wear corsets? … They can’t stand! Not at all! They just fall over.
I know because I tried!

-Jean Paul Gaultier

Also not for cats: body piercings.
A school in Virginia has pulled Anne Frank’s Diary from the classroom, following the startling discovery that a teenage girl mentioned her vagina in her diary.

The horror.

If you’re trying to avoid getting pregnant, it is apparently not advisable to give blowjobs at knife fights. You know. In case you’re into that sort of thing.
Hate getting into a cold bed? I do. That’s why I’m glad that bed warmers have now come to the UK.
Bob Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright. A cover version. On YouTube. with a ukelele.

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