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matgb Jun 01, 2008 05:34

mental_floss Blog Â» 10 Awesome Indiana Jones Facts
Lucas wrote 'The Adventures of Indiana Smith' in 73. While on vacation he spoke with Spielberg, who mentioned he always wanted to do a Bond film. Lucas told him the Indiana character was better than James Bond...
(tags: james+bond Indiana+Jones films)
Ubersite - The Ultimate MS Paint: It ( Read more... )

matgb May 31, 2008 05:30

The Usborne Book of the Future - Pointless Museum
Oh my. This is so very silly, StrangeFrontier pointed me at it in comments to the previous post, the rest of the site looks amusing as wel
(tags: books predictions science culture funny)

matgb May 30, 2008 05:32

Living in the future - May Contain Nuts
Andrew Ducker asks: When did you start feeling like you were living in the future? And if you don't - what would make you?
(tags: questions speculation progress)
Pickled Politics » Know your limits
The Govts Know Your Limits campaign, all £10million of it, is both a misplaced use of our money and ( Read more... )

matgb May 29, 2008 05:35

Sheldon: The Daily Comic Strip by Dave Kellett
Washington DC: Built by morons... (but then, London's not that much better)
(tags: rome greece architecture)
Web 2.0 and User-Generated Content: legal challenges in the new frontier
This is rather good (if a bit weighty), legal responsibity of online content, who's gets sued for libel, etc ( Read more... )

matgb May 28, 2008 05:31

10 pt test for bloggers on defamation | Liberal Conspiracy
A few assists and pointers on writing about real people online and how to avoid being sued for libel. My legal consultant talls me it's fairly accurate...
(tags: blogging writing law libel)
Motivational Posters for those who love bikes
Not a bad little selection - reposted for ( Read more... )

matgb May 23, 2008 02:30

Pants purveyor punts handset-holding undies | Register Hardware
Oh dear: Special panties for that special someone. Simply turn your phone to vibrate
(tags: sexuality stupid)

matgb May 22, 2008 02:32

Exit Warning on MySpace - Tom MySpace Blog
MySpace is infested with spammers, phishers and idiots. Rather than dump the phishers and spammers, they've decided to treat all users like idiots. And a huge number of their idiot users thank them for it. Gods I hate that site.
(tags: MySpace Phishing spam)
7 Essential Web Design Principles to ( Read more... )

matgb May 21, 2008 02:35

matgb May 17, 2008 02:31

The Orgasmic Mind: The Neurological Roots of Sexual Pleasure: Scientific American
Interesting, not had time to read fully, linking for reference: The results suggest that women are not only aroused by a variety of types of sexual imagery but are more flexible than men in their sexual interests and preferences.
(tags: sex research science ( Read more... )

matgb May 16, 2008 06:35

IM represents 'new linguistic renaissance' | The Register
I still dislike using IM, but the snobs are wrong: far from ruining teenagers' ability to communicate, IM lets teenagers show off what they can do with language
(tags: language linguistics)
Science and SF articles needed
For the science writers and reviewers out there, Nick Mamatas ( Read more... )