Shanghai's Boulevard of Evil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8648833.stm
Interesting fact of the day: On the 2010 World Expo site, North Korea's pavilion is right next to Iran's.

I am saving this image as someday soon it wil be very useful

http://www.27bslash6.com/p2p.html


As core77 said, stop what you're doing and go read this. V. amusing.

If it's good enough for Telly Savalas, it's good enough for me

http://www.baimfilms.com/clips/
Birmingham - that's my kinda town.

(Tragically, Mr Savalas recorded the script in the US and never went to Birmingham - but I'm sure he would've loved it anyway).

Stuff like this always exposes the seamier underbelly of the internet - where else would one seek delights but in bus-spotting?

And now for something completely different - RUGBY

http://www.arcrugby.co.nz/
It's commentary, Jim, but not as we know it. What I especially like about the ARC, though, is the imagination that goes into soe of the animated sequences.

Logging: one for the grammarians. Or possibly grammaticians.

Logging: why the timber industry is trying to take over the internet for nefarious but as yet unclear purposes.

on/off

 

 3

in/out

 

 5

shake it all about, stick in some ice, hey presto, a rat's arse cocktail.

 

 4

sign please

 

 0

Question:
(I've just been simultaneously on the facebook and HSBC websites, which have different approaches to this)

Does one log on? And then subsequently log off? Or does one log in, then out? And having logged in, is it then possible to log off? Does logging on preclude logging out? 

Should we all be signing in, instead?

Milkcrate Digest

http://milkcratedigest.com/
Isn't it a relief to know that important, dedicated people are keeping a watchful eye on those things that really matter?

I wonder where they are...

Meanwhile, here is a picture of a sofa. Or an armchair. Or maybe just a chair. Okay, it's a chair.



The brainchild of Miss Lila Jang. I think it's great. Just the thing for a small flat which needs an armchair but which would secretly like a sofa.

garfield minus garfield

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/
This has been doing the rounds recently - somebody tell me if it's already been posted by someone.

"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb"



Genius.

Watching the X-factor last night

...for the first time, and (apart from reminding me to buy a Pet Shop Boys album, just for those damn catchy tunes), I couldn't help but be struck by how much Rhydian looks like Arnold Rimmer. Maybe it was just the ridiculous uniform they made the poor boy wear.

I think I ate a bug.

I had the weirdest
dream last night.

I dreamt we had a
fishtank at work, and that there were some little fish in it which - despite
looking very much like miniature koi carp - were supposedly whitebait (for the uninitiated, whitebait are great to eat whole, deepfried in batter). At
lunchtime me and my boss decided to have sushi, so we each took three of these
little orange 'whitebait' and dared each other to eat it. He chickened out
completely; I let two of mine go, and went to swallow the third... but I
snatched it away from my mouth at the last minute. All I bit down on was a
little fragment of spine at the tail end, which tasted crunchy and
bitter.

I think I may have
swallowed a bug in my sleep.

Call for list: darn that predictive text thingy

With only one slipped digit, I just managed to turn:

Well done!

into:

Elk food!

I think that's pretty impressive. Anyone care to share any other pearls they've (almost) sent?

Call for some sort of competition: Frappucino Sculpting

Okay, so it's childish, and silly, and I should know better, but... I like to play with my food. and to be honest, I'm surprised I can't find any references to this on t'internet - crushed ice is great for making ice/sandcastles in, I'm surprised Starbucks or someone haven't sponsored some massive ice-slush-sculpting competition already

I'm calling this one 'Mocha Ice Goon Attempts Escape'. It errs on the side of simply finding out what's possible, and the answer is, actually, quite a lot. I was particularly surprised at the amount of tonal variation which was possible. I'm sure someone with actual talent must be able to do something attractive.

Anyone fancy having a go?

Call for list: Made-up statistics

1 in every 24 people can teleport using the power of their minds.

There's a greater biomass of aunts on the planet than there is of ants.

Two-thirds of Malaysia's cultivated land is dedicated to growing computers.

Intelligent Design Sorting Algorithm

http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/intelligentdesignsort.html
via my little brother, this little gem of logic.

Recipe for one sort algorithm based on the theory of intelligent design.
Ingredients:
One very large fish.
One very small barrel.
Some sort of area-effect weapon.

As the great Tom Lehrer said, not so much preaching to the converted as titillating the converted. Made me giggle, though.

'Tis the season for Christmas wish lists

http://www.core77.com/ultimategiftguide/
...and core77's combines the deeply weird and the deeply wonderful in about equal measure. Not sure how many of these I'd really want to own, but there are one or two things I can drool over in that list.

My personal favourite:

Official Seal Generator

http://www.says-it.com/seal/index.php
Here's one we haven't done (I don't think).

Generate your own, personal seal for use when you get knighted (if you're British - otherwise, just pretend you're about to become a registered charity or something, I don't know).

None of you will understand mine - it's a family in-joke, sorry.

So, what does your personal seal look like?

Graphs

http://hyperculture.org/graphs/
Silly silly.



Still not as good as these, either:

It's INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY!

Arrr. That it be. And I be nearly forgettin'. Avast, ye scurvy dogs!

What is the messiest fruit?

Are oranges the messiest fruit to eat, or what? I always make a complete mess of peeling them. 

Subfo bubble, heeheehee

..."Subfo" being a word I just made up, along the lines of 'subvertising' but not as good.

Odd

Just plain silly.



Incidentally, why does Multiply's spell checker think I'm Spanish?