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Friday, February 29, 2008
Video: How Not To Pull Down a Palm Tree
It's almost as if the tree got some payback. [via]
Superman Blow-Up Doll
The combination of a child holding the doll and the wide open mouth is quite disturbing. [via]
Last Chance To Win A Year's Supply Of Kinder Bueno
Today is the last chance for you to enter the competition to win a year's supply of Kinder Bueno (52 bars). The competition is easy to enter and you can find the instructions here. Please note that the competition is only open to residents of the UK.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Paternal Dog Billy Takes On An Unusual Kid
A paternal dog has adopted an abandoned baby goat as his surrogate child.
Billy the boxer has become the constant companion of the 12-day old kid called Lilly. He sleeps with the goat, licks her clean, and protects her from any dangers at Pennywell Farm wildlife centre at Buckfastleigh, near Totnes, Devon.
The kid was abandoned by her mother when she was only a few hours old and adopted by paternal Billy when his owner Elizabeth Tozer began hand rearing the goat.
The unusual bond has developed over the last month and the pair are now inseparable.
The Daily Mail has more photos.
0-300mph In 30 Seconds
According to The Sun, this is the world's fastest-ever road vehicle. The turbo-charged 1300cc, 800Bhp Acabion GTBO is capable of reaching 300mph in 30 seconds and has a top speed of 340mph.
Described by its creator, Dr Peter Maskus, as a “road streamliner,” is neither car nor motor-bike, but something in between. Dr Maskus hopes to have it on the road in the UK and USA within three years. But start saving now – it will set you back a whopping £1.5million.
Hot for Teacher: 18 Sexiest Sex Offenders
Co-Ed Magazine presents "18 of America’s Sexiest Sex Offenders".
Video: Think Twice Before You Decide To Rob This Pawn Shop
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Inside North Korea
Chang W. Lee, a photographer for The Times, got a rare outsider's glimpse of North Korea during a trip he took as part of a contingent of journalists traveling with the New York Philharmonic for a landmark concert. Here's a slideshow of his images. [via]
Disfigured Woman Begs French President For The Right To Die
A French woman who is badly disfigured by facial tumours caused by a rare and incurable disease has appealed to President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow her to die by euthanasia.
The debilitating disease is so rare that only 200 cases of the disease had been reported globally in the last 20 years.
In an interview with the Agence France-Presse news agency, former school teacher Chantal Sebire, 52, begged for the right to end the "atrocious" suffering inflicted on her by the disease which has rendered her face unrecognisable because of growing tumours.
"An animal would not be allowed to endure what I have to endure," she said from her home in Plombieres-les-Dijon in central France, asking French media and Mr Sarkozy to allow her a dignified death.
Ms Sebire told AFP that she suffered from a very rare disease called esthesioneuroblastoma, which attacks the nasal cavity.
It had left her blind and had robbed her of almost all other senses, leaving her in terrible pain.
"In 2000, I lost my sense of smell and taste, and then the tumour evolved and ate into my jaws, before attacking the eye socket. I lost my sight in October last year," she said.
The disease caused "atrocious bouts of pain that can last up to four hours at a time".
Fake Leg For Landmine Elephant
An elephant that lost her front right leg when she stepped on a landmine has been given a new lease of life after being fitted with an artificial limb. The new canvas leg was created for Mocha, a female elephant being cared for by Thai vets. Link
50ft Reptile Is Biggest Found
A 50ft reptilee that ruled the sea 150million years ago has been found on the Nowegian island of Spitsbergen. The pliosaur — whose giant teeth could have crunched a car in half — is the biggest marine reptile ever found. Pliosaurs had short necks, massive jaws and two sets of powerful 10ft flippers. Link
Video: Mythbusters Felling Trees With A Minigun
How much fun is this? [via]
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The World's Largest Clam
The geoduck or gooyduck is the largest species of clams on the face of the earth. The clam grows to around 15 to 20cm but it's long siphon can reach 1 metre in length. It weighs between 0.5 and 1.5 kilograms but can grow much larger.
The organism, which can live well over 100 years is a delicacy in China and Japan where they are often eaten raw.
There are more photos here and anyway that comments on it looking like a you-know-what is just dirty!
Photos Of Hollywood Celebrities In Scenes From Hitchcock Films
Photos of current Hollywood celebrities photographed in scenes from Hitchcock films. [via]
Video: Sewing a Drawing Into My Tongue
Probably not for the squeamish. [via]
Game: Ellipsis
Protect your little circle from the squares.
20 Ridiculous Real Weathermen Names
20 ridiculous real weathermen names featuring such names as Mike Wankum, Flip Spiceland, Dallas Raines and Storm Fields (above).
Related: 6 gorgeous women in weather (videos)
Interactive Ghost Town Map
A Google mashup showing the locations of ghost towns in America (with links to images of the towns). [via]
Posters Of 80 Years Of Oscar Best Picture Winners
Movie posters from every Oscar Best Picture winner. [via]
Vacuum Cleaner Mouse
Japanese gadget specialist Thanko has created a mouse that’s also a minature vacuum cleaner. Built into the 62 x 115 x 40mm mouse is a tiny vacuum cleaner that sucks up crumbs, dust and and any other crap that may be on your desk.
You can buy the mouse from Geekstuff4you for around $30 (£15/€22). [via]
Monday, February 25, 2008
Review: Hotel Chocolat Mother's Day Chocolates
Twice a year, Hotel Chocolat challenges it's chocolatiers to create a new collection of chocolates to reflect the feel of that part of year - in tune, well balanced and fresh.
They certainly have excelled themselves this year. The Season 2008 contains "36 gorgeous hand-finished chocolates with a balanced selection of fresh, seasonal flavours, including mint & strawberry, white rum, fruit & nut, red currant, melon martini, salted caramel & more…"
I received a box on Friday and whilst I haven't had a chance to sample all of the chocolates yet, I've had a good try (along with the help of a few others).
Almost every chocolate in the box is unique, something you wouldn't find in a box of Thorntons or Cadbury's.
There's the White Night - "a deep ganache softened with a generous splash of West Indian Rum". Notice the emphasis on generous. A few of these could easily make you feel tipsy.
The Raspberry Refresher is an "uplifting natural raspberry and cream ganache with a hint of mint". The addition of what tasted like natural mint is something I've never experienced in a chocolate but complimented the raspberry.
No box of Hotel Chocolat chocolates would be complete without some truffles and this Edition comes with some bite-sized Kir Royal Mini Truffles that contain a mix of blackcurrant punch and champagne.
I could go on but all this chocolate talk is making me want to open the box again.
If you are curious to know just what's inside, here's an image of the very well produced and much larger than normal tasting guide that outlines all of the chocolates in the Edition.
Whilst slightly more expensive than chocolate you can buy from a supermarket or Thornton's, The Season 2008, or any of the other boxes of chocolates that Hotel Chocolat offer make a great Mother's Day gift. And if you enter the Easter egg contest that's currently running you can get a free shipping voucher.
Win A Hotel Chocolate Easter Egg
A Welsh View has teamed up with Hotel Chocolat to offer you a chance to win some of Hotel Chocolat’s extra special, extra thick Easter Eggs. To enter the contest you must hunt around the Hotel Chocolat website to get a code.
You can find more information about the contest here.
Note: Every successful entry in the Easter Egg Hunt will qualify for a free shipping voucher.
The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 - 2007
The NYTimes has an extremely detailed interactive map showing how well movies have done at the box office between 1986 and the start of 2008.
Improv Everywhere’s Mobile Desktops
The ever creative ImprovEverywhere get three agents to enter a Starbucks with their own desktop PC and CRT monitor. One was so old that it still had Windows 95 installed on it. More photos and videos here. [via]
The Game Boy That Survived The Gulf War
This Gameboy is on display at the Nintendo World Store in NYC and still works despite getting damaged during the Gulf War.
Here's a video of it in action:
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Woman Stores 75 Hibernating Tortoises In Her Fridges
A mild British winter has meant that many tortoise owners have resorted to storing them in refrigerators including Shirley Neely who has been using two fridges to store 75 of the creatures at her sanctuary. The fridges help regulate the temperature and ensure that the tortoises won't awake too early.
A great idea; you just have to be careful what you pick up when you raid the fridge after a night on the town. Link
Guess My Crime
Can you 'guess my crime'?
Video: Russian GMail Art
How cool is this GMail advert created by Saatchi in Moscow? They even show small details such as the mailbox space counter. [via]
Budgie And Kitten
A cute collection of photos of a budgie and a kitten.
Video: Very Bumpy Landing
From the comments on Liveleak:
Its a BAE146 'Whisperjet' one of the only jets certified to land at London City as the runway is in the heart of the city and noise levels are super tight. Its also a very short runway and the 146 has excellent short landing stats. The landing looked very hard almost like a microburst event. I'd say the folks inside were all looking at the oxygen masks and luggage after that.
The Times Machine
Last time I visited the NYTimes archive it had a clunky interface with links to PDFs of the articles/pages. It has now changed and they have a slick interface that allows you to browse electronically through the pages and read the intro of each article without viewing a PDF (you can choose to go through to the full article).
TimesMachine can take you back to any issue from Volume 1, Number 1 of The New-York Daily Times, on September 18, 1851, through The New York Times of December 30, 1922. Choose a date in history and flip electronically through the pages, displayed with their original look and feel.
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Sunday, February 24, 2008
Video: World's Biggest Nerd?
He gets extra nerdy towards the end.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Video: Hyena Eats Giraffe From The Inside Out
Looks cosy.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Video: iBand
A track made from 2 iPhones and a Nintendo DS. Not bad.
Hello From Atlantis
A very cool photograph.
Eye-Gazing Parties
Forget speed-dating, the new dating fad is eye-gazing. [via]
Man Dives Off 80ft High Diving Board
The photo above show Joe Egan diving off an 80ft diving board at the Marin County Fair in Florida. It takes two seconds to hit the water at 60mph.
He's got a long way to go to beat the world record though which stands at 200ft. The diver who managed that broke his spine in the process. Link
