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Testing Out Qik

Testing out Qik. Not sure how well this will work.

Michael Knight Rides His Mini K.I.T.T.

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The 70 Stone Woman

Renee Williams became the largest person ever to have gastric bypass surgery earlier this year after ballooning to nearly seventy stone – but died 12 days later.

The bedridden 29-year-old begged doctors to perform the operation when she became so large that she couldn't hug her two children.

Her astonishing size meant that the operating table had to be specially widened for the procedure.

The operation was successful and Renee lost four stone due to her reduced stomach capacity before dying of a sudden heart attack less than two weeks later. Link

Video: Amazing Paper Airplane Flight Over NYC

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Video: BMW M6 - 194mph On An Autobahn

Great brakes!

Stunning Underwater Polar Bear Photographs

The Sun has posted a slideshow of stunning underwater photographs of a polar bear in a North Carolina zoo.

Video: Plane Hits Car On Runway During Takeoff

Amateur footage of a Boeing 737 hitting a utility car left on the running on Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest during freezing fog. The plane veered off the runway, banked powerfully on one side, and came to rest on a field 150 m from the runway. No injuries were reported.

Diddy's Top 10 Tips For A New Year's To Remember

With NYE just around the corner, Diddy has compiled 10 top tips for ensuring your party is has good as his.

Video: Cute Puppy Meets Cat

Cutest Puppy Ever Meets the Most Patient Cat Ever

Fashion Model Wears $159,000 C-3PO Leggings

Created by Nicolas Ghesquière for the Balenciaga collection, these C-3PO leggings are just one of many sci-fi inspired designs. The collection also includes Stormtrooper leggings and designs based on Tron and The Terminator. You can view the others here and there are videos here. [via]

Man Sells Snow On EBay For $3,550

A Quebec man has earned $3,550 for charity after selling a "magnificent" two-metre-high snowbank in front of his home on EBay The buyer plans to use it for a snowball fight with his family.

The winning bidder, Claude Fraser, said he and his family bought the snowbank because they make an annual donation to a charity and hadn't decided on one for this year.

"It's a good cause," said Fraser, who plans to collect his winnings in a trailer Monday at noon.

Fraser works for a telephone company and lives in a bungalow in Longueuil, Que. "We're not rich, but we feel it's part of our education as parents to teach our children to think of others and to be generous."

The proceeds will go to Operation Enfant Soleil, a Quebec charity that supports children's hospitals in the province.

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Video: Headlight Slippers

5$ Headlight Slippers ! - video powered by Metacafe

A step-by-step guide to making a pair of headlight slippers. [via]

Video: Evolution Explained by an Intelligent Design Believer

South Park's Mr Garrison explains evolution. [via]

How To Rent An Apartment In Tokyo

Gadling's guide to renting an apartment in Tokyo. It's not cheap!

Cloud Factory

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"Doctors Cut Into Wrong Side Of My Head"

A life-saving operation on a man's brain had to be halted after they realised they were cutting into the wrong side of his head. As a result, Andrew Stedman has been left with numbness and scars to both the left and right of his skull after the surgery was eventually completed successfully in the correct place.

Mr Stedman, aged 46, said: "I had only just come round from the anaesthetic when the doctor told me what had happened.

"I was still confused at the time so I didn't fully take it all in.

"But when it eventually did register I realised just how crazy it was - it was almost like a joke.

"Surely it must have shown clearly on the scans which part of the brain they had to treat."

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Video: Million Dollar Monte

Can't figure it out? Here's how it's done.

Vets Remove 11lbs Of Hair From Matted Dog

Alfie the Afghan has had more than 11lb of matted hair removed in a 3 hour operation by four vets. Alfie's coat had been neglected for so long that when he was found abandoned in Bradford he was barely able to walk.

RSPCA inspector Rachel Oprysk could not believe the level of neglect he had suffered. She said: "I was horrified at what state he came to us in.

"He was struggling to walk and cock his leg, because of the weight of his coat.

"He's probably not been groomed for months - if not years. The extent of the matting is the worst I have ever seen in a dog.

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The World's Largest Cylindrical Aquarium

Located inside Berlin's Radisson SAS hotel, Aquadom may well be the world's largest cylindrical fish aquarium. Standing at 82-feet tall and housing 2,600 fish of 56 species, this huge aquarium also has an elevator through the middle! Techblog has more photos and videos. [via]

"What The Heck Is Electronic Mail?"

An early advert from Honeywell advertising the benefits of email.

Video: Why You Shouldn't Use A Mobile Phone In A Petrol Station

Or at least when you're climbing on top of a petrol tanker.

Video: Grandma-Unit

The hip hop grannies of China.

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Teen Takes Car For A Spin On The Beach

18-year-old Sam Hamilton decided to take his Christmas present to Blackpool beach for a spin but a wheel got stuck just before the tide rolled in. The power of the waves flattened the roof and ripped off the bonnet. The boy was quoted as saying, “My dad went mad”.

The Sun has another photo.

Video: 1500 Cinematic Explosions

Elizabeth McAlpine has compiled the whitest frame from 1500 cinematic explosions into a one minute film.

"McAlpine's movie LIGHT READING 1500 cinematic explosions offers the viewer an endless climax. Splicing together hundreds of detonations from action movies the viewer is confronted by a continuous wave of white light occasionally punctuated by a blaze of yellow and an iconic building. Suggestive of a nuclear flash or the celestial vision of a born again Christian, the flickering screen could also be interpreted as a portal to another dimension."

It uses the sound from the scenes too which makes the final film almost hypnotising. [via]

The World’s Loneliest Prada Store

Located in the desert near Marfa, Texas, this Prada store hasn't sold a single item since it was build in 2005. That's because you can't actually buy anything from there. The store is actually an installation by two German artists. More pics.

Antarctic Base Staff Evacuated After Christmas Brawl

Two scientists working on the remote US-operated Amundsen-Scott South Pole station in Antarctica had to be airlifted to New Zealand after they got injured during a "drunken Christmas punch-up". One man suffered a broken jaw and was discharged from a hospital in Christchurch whilst the other flew back to the United States. Link

Frozen Sea

Apparently, this frozen sea is located somewhere in Russia. Lots more photos here.

Panasonic To Introduce 150-inch Plasma Television

Gizmodo are reporting on a story in the Daily Yomiuri about Panasonic being set to unveil a monster 150-inch plasma TV at CES next month.

According to the Yomirui, the 2m x 3.5m TV is big enough to display a full-scale adult. It won't be available until 2009 and will surpass the current largest plasma - 103" and also from Panasonic. No pricing is available yet but you can bet it will be very expensive.

"I Had To Leave Work Early Today"

you don't want to be seeing one of these whilst doing your job.

Priests Brawl At Bethlehem Birthplace Of Jesus

Seven people were injured on Thursday when Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests came to blows in a dispute over how to clean the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

Following the Christmas celebrations, Greek Orthodox priests set up ladders to clean the walls and ceilings of their part of the church, which is built over the site where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.

But the ladders encroached on space controlled by Armenian priests, according to photographers who said angry words ensued and blows quickly followed.

For a quarter of an hour bearded and robed priests laid into each other with fists, brooms and iron rods while the photographers who had come to take pictures of the annual cleaning ceremony recorded the whole event. Link (w/ video)

Rare 'Jenny' Stamp Sells For $825,000

One of the most famous flawed postage stamps has sold for $825,000 at auction, slightly less than the record price ($977,500) another "Inverted Jenny" copy fetched at auction last month.

The rare 1918 24-cent stamp, depicting an upside-down Curtis JN-4 biplane known as "Jenny," was sold privately this week to a Wall Street executive who did not want to be identified.

Heritage Auction Galleries president Greg Rohan, who brokered the sale, said the buyer is the same collector who lost an auction last month in which another "Inverted Jenny" sold for $977,500. Rohan said his client, whom he described as not being a rare stamp collector, was glad to get another chance at the prized misprint.

"I suspect he's going to enjoy owning it and showing it to a few close friends," Rohan said.

Maybe he'll stick it on a postcard and mail it ala Brewster's Millions.

Girl, 2, Survives Screwdriver Through Skull

A 2-year-old girl is expected to make a full recovery after running with a screwdriver and stabbing herself in the head, just above her eye.

Neither her eye nor her brain was damaged, and doctors did not need to perform surgery to remove it, although it did take four hours to extract the tool from her head. Link (w/ video) [via]

Boeing 737-700 Knocks Over Truck Whilst Taxiing

Read more here. [via]

The Ultimate Animated GIF Background

The ultimate animated GIF background? Maybe even better than this one. [via]

Santas Go On Rampage

A 50-stron gang of rampaging drunken Santas ransacked a cinema frightening customers, damaging property and swearing.

Police believe the Santas, who went on the rampage in New Zealand, were a group of university students. (Link w/ video)

Video: Jamie Lynn Spears Talks About Her Pregnancy

glumbert - Pregnant Jamie Lynn speaks out

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Minivan Crashes Into TV Studio

News story here.

52 Weeks 52 Questions

How well do you know what has happened over the past year. Have a go at the BBC's annual '52 Weeks 52 Questions' quiz. Part 1, 2, 3 & 4.

Video: Weird Japanese Gameshow Involving An Octopus

Any ideas what this show is all about? [via] (btw, clicking on the 'Pornkolt' logo will take you to a porn site)

WeDigTV - Online Quiz Shows

If you are unfortunate enough to be in work today, why not pass the time away with WeDigTv. The site has a collection of interactive quiz shows like Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, Countdown, Bullseye, Catchphrase and The Price Is Right and are all really well produced.

Canary Wharf Disappears Under A Blanket Of Fog

A thick blanket of fog that covered London yesterday left just the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf poking through. [via]

Newspaper Accidentally Identifies Thief on Front Page

A man has appeared on the front page of a local paper doing both good and bad.

The December 14th issue of the Lewiston Tribune, page 1A ran two substantial photos: In one, a husky man in a black-and-blue checkered coat is seen hanging Christmas decorations in a shop window. In the other, a surveillance camera shows a convenience-store customer’s unattended wallet being swiped by . . . a husky man in a black-and-blue checkered coat. Local police noticed the similarities, and quickly arrested the hapless criminal mastermind for felony second-degree theft.

Here's a PDF of the newspaper. [via and via]

Video: The Beer Tree

A Christmas tree built from 1050 stubbies (250ml bottles), equivalent to 462 pints. Tied together with 300 meters of wire and decorated with 200 lights, with a bubble lamp in the centre. Tree stands 2 meters high and 1 meter wide at the base.

Family Of Spiders

Imagine finding these in the corner of one of your rooms. [via]

The Top 10 Weirdest Guinness World Records

10 of the weirdest Guinness World Records including, the loudest burp.

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Video: Deer Gets Revenge On Deer Hunter

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Isometric Pixel Map Of Hong Kong

Insanely detailed isometric pixel map of Hong Kong. [via]

Video: Italian Guy Plays Jingle Bells On A Graphics Card

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Video: Very Long Zipline

It's a pity that this very cool zipline is in Haiti, a country that you'd be crazy to visit.

The Million Euro Mobile Phone

Available as a limited edition of just 3, the Goldvish Le Million mobile phone is available in red, yellow or white gold and is studded with diamonds and crocodile skin. It is available in Russia now and costs 1 million Euros (or $1.43 million). [via]