It's not every day an article mentions "Ranald MacDonald" and "clownish propaganda" without having any connection whatsoever to the fast food industry. Oh BBC, how thou doth amuse us./edit: I noticed this change several weeks ago, but just wanted to mention how cool it is that the BBC is finally treating the countries of the UK a bit more equitably ( Read more... )

http://images.google.com/imagelabeler/

Go play. It's fun. There's also an article about it on the BBC.

Here's an interesting article I found on the NYTimes online. Yay Maine for pioneering non-petroleum energy sources ... but somehow the logic of this sentence escapes me:
Because hydrogen is flammable, the electrolyzer and eight cylinders with an overall capacity of 2,080 cubic feet of the gas are stored in a wood and concrete shed in the woods ( Read more... )

Auswertung: Sie haben 2 Punkte


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The FDA has just approved Plan B for over-the-counter sales to non-minors. And, astonishingly enough, Bush issued a statement saying he agreed with the decision ( Read more... )

This morning I woke up at 6:30 AM for the express purpose of running 6.2 miles. I must be crazy. The Beach to Beacon 10k happens every year here in Cape, and I've run in it five or six times ... this year I was less-prepared than ever before, so I started this morning planning on taking it easy. That actually turned out to be a good strategy, since ( Read more... )

These made me laugh rather a lot.
Courtesy of Lisa:
Zidane head butt game
Video clips as seen by different countries

... Hast du geglaubt, hast du gehofft, dass alles besser wird ( Read more... )

This is a little silly, but I'm all for nerdliness, so have a click:
Mathematical Pi

In other news,
i've got my tinfoil hat onto insulate my brain ( Read more... )

Your Quirk Factor: 67%

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