Hands down, Relient K do the best version evaaar of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'.
Especially the bit in the final verse, where they spontaneously break into death metal to sing (or more like scream) 'fiiiiive goooooolden riiiings!'!

I'm a great lover of lyrics that are both entertaining and thought-provoking at the same time ( Read more... )

Because I'm having fun with such things at the moment, an old-school geek link for you.
Here's how to build a cantenna for your wireless network. Famously first done with a Pringles can, but you can apparently get better results with different tins. Costs around $5-10 to build, yet buying one costs about $150. Nice ( Read more... )

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day, all you scurvy sea-dogs and landlubbers out tharrrr! Avast!

1-2 Hours Extra Sleep Helps Kill PainAn amusing little article... I'd agree in principle that sleep can help things, but there's a couple of things painfully wrong here ( Read more... )

An awesome mention off Slashdot the other day for those that didn't see it ( Read more... )

Beckham "Slower Than A Dinosaur"

The image of David Beckham being taken by a Velociraptor is a thought that makes my dark sense of humour smile.
But you know, if karma had its way, I have a feeling that the raptor would go after Beckham's wife first. :D

DNA Vaccine Helps Sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis

And might even end up producing similar work on Type I Diabetes, Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis. This is nothing but good. Having had acquaintances that suffer some of them, the world without these four diseases would be a better place.

Need a new mug?
Make your own with your favourite animal off the cover of the O'Reilly books on the side!*

* For the not-so-geeky, this is any programming book called '[BLAH] In A Nutshell', among other titles.

Last night I finally got through the last few pages of the last of the Narnia books.
'The Last Battle' is the book out of the seven that won all the awards, and rightfully so. It's a bit darker and a bit trippier than the rest, but ties the series together brilliantly, and (probably intentionally) manages to make some pretty scathing commentary on ( Read more... )