Last night seraphs_folly and I were discussing the "glamorous Bavarian" who wants marriage to be automatically legally ended after seven years. (that's the link to the original Reuters report I mentioned last, luv)

It gives me a nice feeling to report that The Pirate Bay are now able to utilize legal remedies against the media companies who were paying to have ( Read more... )

• Can a 12" inch tube halve your power bills?
• A Czech speedway driver knocked unconscious in a crash stunned ambulance drivers when he woke up speaking perfect English.
  Is this what happened to wyldcard's character Marrow in jarratt_gray's Mage game ?
• To gain a better understanding of ice-sheet disintegration, Kansas researchers are building an unmanned plane with ( Read more... )

Jimi Hendrix Burns (A piece of fun music-related ephemeral art that that burners especially might like)

Snake Regurgitates entire hippo

And rather long piece about Japanese "host boys" that seraphs_folly waved in front of me. I think I have a new career goal! I must buy expensive accessories and develop an aura!

Finally, this makes almost no sense, but it ( Read more... )

Ticketek refuses to sell fetish ball tickets
It's so nice to see that they care for their staff so much they don't want to subject them to all those horrible kinky people coming to buy tickets.

How to advertise men's underwear Slightly NSFW.

How to steal a credit cardThis no longer works in New Zealand, you may have noticed the little additions ( Read more... )

US Customs busts Coke-smuggling submarine

Industrial action goes virtual

Microsoft and Yahoo capitulate to China.

Gonzalez finally resigns! Yay!

Low-energy solar neutrino's detected at Borexino.

Interesting discussion about new filming technology being used by the Wachowski BRos on the Speed Racer movie

An interesting decision over open ( Read more... )

Just a few things I wanted to store a reference to which I thought other's might enjoy.

The story of Loyal Dog Hachikō

Neutron star found near Earth (if your definition of "near" is "within a 1,000 light years").

Blind Woman Hits Hole In One.

Battlefield laser weapons get closer to a reality. Hammer's Slammers here we come ( Read more... )

Arachnophobes should probably not look at this article:A man who lived in his own “zoo” of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow spider - then eaten by the other creepy-crawlies.

So, was this mystery bride that Neil linked to stella_demone? It sounds like something that might happen to her! :)

These unfortunate combinations of adverts are quite amusing.

And would you go and get some cigarettes from the gas station in your Ferrari naked except for your high heels and tats? Cos this woman does. Regularly.

Have a look at these body tricks. Worth a crack, Nigel?

And while Live Earth is going on, how about looking at five things that are worse than global warning?

In the pre-history of robotics, Hero made a robot that was programmed using rope.

Sun has released the Open Document Format Plug-In for Microsoft Word. This means no-one has any excuse to ( Read more... )

This is cool! : Five Thousand Years of History in Ninety Seconds

From Psychology Today we learn that procrastination is a problem.

And from the same source, an article entitled The New Trophy-Wife. It's probably not what you think, but it did contain the following ending quote which I wholeheartedly agree with: "Being involved with these women ( Read more... )