Faeries Aire and Death Waltz. (Playable?)

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I think not.

Conspiracy Theory

Who did most to knock man off his pedestal?

Next year has been labelled the International Year of Astronomy
because it marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of the
telescope. Unfortunately, as it is the 200th anniversary of Darwin's
birth, 2009 has also been appropriated as Darwin Year. Both anniversaries have good claims on our attention, so at New Scientist we find ourselves unable to decide which year matters most.

I knew physics wasnt that hard.

TOP TEN NG PHOTOS

TOP TEN PHOTOS: Most Viewed of 2008

And to generaly improve our photography, some great tutorials.

The Decline of Civilization

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10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy

Daily habits can affect our well-being. Here are 10 simple actions that research has shown makes people feel good.

10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy | Health and Wellness | AlterNet

If other artists drew the Mona Lisa

Bruce Lee plays ping pong with nunchuck

Bruce Lee plays ping pong with nunchuck.flv
Utterly outrageous skills.

ISIHAC - If you dont know - its not worth it

BBC iPlayer - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: 27/10/2003

Sometimes - America Rocks.

YouTube - Nitro Circus Thrillbillies Castaic, CA

Email ends up on road sign!

The Welsh section says "I am not in the office at the moment. Please send any work to be translated".
BBC NEWS | Wales | E-mail error ends up on road sign

Medic!

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40 brilliant Gmail hints, hacks and secrets

40 brilliant Gmail hints, hacks and secrets | News | TechRadar UK

Complete Guide to Online Privacy

Not exhaustive by a long way, but a good primer in the things you should be aware of.

Keep Your Data Safe Online: Complete Guide to Online Privacy

Unorthodox sword fight

How to win a sword fight

The "Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill" Opens in New York City

Wooster Collective: The "Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill" Opens in New York City

Damn It Feels Good To Be a Banksta

Sinfest

Britain vs America

Flickr Photo Download: US vs Great britan

In case of Civil Unrest

Ninja Panda!

Ninja Panda!

What would Shakespear say if he were alive today?

Bad Domain Names

All of these are companies that didn't spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear

Funny Shit: Bad Domain Names

There's the Italian Power Generator company,
www.powergenitalia.com/

Banksy Cleans up.

Flickr Photo Download: Banksy Cleans Up - Cave Painting

Best Venn Diagram Ever...

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The Future of Copyright

OK, bit of a long article, but if you are in any involved in copyrights (and these days that means pretty much everyone) then it is a must read.

Cato Unbound » Blog Archive » The Future of Copyright

Music Business Spent the Summer Killing Itself

Labels Pull Albums off iTunes, RIAA Goes After Internet Radio -- When Will They Ever Learn?

How the Music Business Spent the Summer Killing Itself - Advertising Age - The Media Guy

Cat Ninja Stalking

Previews of New Star Trek?

Some found German trailers for new StarTrek?
(Full Set here)

Found Footage: This Is The Star Trek Reboot We Want

This guy needs your help...

Absolutely superb little web comic animation thingy ...

One Way Out - Apathy Adventures

Excellent Stephen Fry Overview of Free Software.

If you have any interest in what goes on 'under the bonnet' of your computer, this is a must see.

YouTube - Freedom Fry — "Happy birthday to GNU"

Brylcreem's Effortless TV Ad

YouTube - Brylcreem's Effortless TV Ad

Brylcreem's Effortless TV Ad

Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0

SpotOnce - Geek 1.0 vs. Geek 2.0 | Pic

This looks VERY usefull

Useful Google Talk Bots That You Must Add as Friends

Facebook security hole.

Facebook summarily denies undeniable user-menacing security hole | The Register

Facebook's hip new application platform contains a gaping hole that allows attackers to run malicious javascript on unsuspecting users' machines, a developer has demonstrated.

Weird Olympics photos

The Croatian waterpolo team go nuts when they hear they've been
disqualified on account of their terrible chequered cossies and
matching moustaches

Weird Olympics photos | Sport | guardian.co.uk

Orang Juice Fail!

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Pirate Bay Appeals Italian Blockade

The Pirate Bay has decided to fight the decision of an Italian judge
after it ordered ISPs to block access to the popular tracker. The
blocks didn’t prove particularly effective as traffic from Italy only increased

The Pirate Bay Appeals Italian Blockade | TorrentFreak

The Wheels of Life

Flickr Photo Download: The Wheels Of Life

Reality Facebook

YouTube - FaceBook In Reality - idiotsofants.com and BBC'sThe Wall

FaceBook In Reality

Why the weather in the UK is crap right now.

Since alot of you have been wondering about this - I thought Id post here.

HowStuffWorks "El Nino" - Simple Explanation



El Niño-Southern Oscillation - Wikipedia, Geeky explanation

More scary eyes!

Extra-Wide Contacts Confer Big-Eyed Beauty

Girls Get the Anime Look with Extra-Wide Contact

Chinese sign makers with IT issues.

AdFreak: Then we'll grab a bite at 404 Not Found



many more excruciating mis-translations here...


Engrish.com!

Ferromagnetic Liquid Art

Lovely video of Ferromagnetic Liquid Art and an interesting onterview with the physist/artist responsible.

YouTube - Sachiko Kodama: When I Met This Material

15 (More) Creative Works of Steampunk Art and Fashion

Creative Steampunk Art, Design and Fashion | WebUrbanist

Steampunk art, fashion and culture has far outgrown its roots in retro science fiction, blossoming into an altered image of the distant past, filtered through a dream future world that might have been. Though firmly anchored in a gilded age when technology offered unlimited hope and promise, steampunk has transcended the limits of time and space by melding the modern with the moldering “brass with class“, one might say.

And some archive stuff here

How to Take Portraits

How to Take Portraits - 19 Portrait Photography Tutorials

19 Portrait Photography Tutorials from Our Archives

Y SO SRS

Y so srs

Emo and goth to be made illegal in Russia

Kerrang! Emo and goth to be made illegal in Russia

The Russian government is in the process of drafting a law to make emo and goth music illegal.

Delia Derbyshire Tapes Found

Creator of the Dr. Who sound Delia Derbyshire is an outstanding figure in the world of electronic composition.
An archive of her tapes have surfaced, and it appears they are going to be made publicly available.
You will be sure to find a link here if this is the case.

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Delia Derbyshire Early Dance track

Jude Rogers: In praise of Delia Derbyshire

Delia Derbyshire, producer of Doctor Who theme music, has legacy restored - Times Online

& if you like that ... you'll love this!
Official RAYMOND SCOTT site | Composer & Inventor Raymond Scott (b. 1908) | RaymondScott.com

Photoshop Disasters

How not to get ahead in advertising.

PhotoshopDisasters

Everything We Need To Know We Can Learn From Batman

My favourite being

4. Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb.

MTV.ca | News - 'Dark Knight' Dogma: Everything We Need To Know We Can Learn From Batman

And to make this into a Batman Megapost.

20 Everyday Items If They Were Designed for Batman | Cracked.com

Oven Mitt Batman The 10 Most Bizarre Batmans Ever Slideshow Entertainment on Maxim.com

Batcionary: Find Out Much More About Batman Than You Should Ever Know


The Stig and Batmobile on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Gothamist: Dark Knight Coming: Bat Signal Lights Up Woolworth!

Topless Robot - The 6 Dumbest Doomsday Devices from Superhero Movies

Well Hello There, Robin. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

A collection of eyes

Very odd ... having this staring back at you ...


Eyes

ASUS' Big Development

Good article on the future of a fantastic little laptop
(Declaration of Interest - I Love Mine!)

ASUS' Big Development - Columns by PC Magazine

Camera phone

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Haa haa haa !

IMPORTANT ! Stop 'Copyright Extension' Petition

If you are aware of this topic - please sign the petition here ...

Speak Out Against Copyright Extension! | Sound Copyright

If this is all news to you .... read through this lot - then sign the petition.

EU strikes the wrong note on copyright - Telegraph

Copyright extension is the enemy of innovation -Times Online

EU caves to aging rockers, wants 45-year copyright extension

Thank you for your attention!

HiTech Wastes Time

Mobile phones and emails are triggering the 'distraction' part of the brain

Hi-tech is turning us all into time-wasters | Science | The Observer

Thankfully I was cured here
Lifehacker

Facebook Redesign

Facebook Redesign To Go Live Tomorrow - ReadWriteWeb

Five months later and it looks like Facebook is ready to release its new profile redesign. Facebook had announced it was working on a redesign earlier this year. In May, a glimpse of the redesigned was released to developers in the developers sandbox. Tomorrow evening the redesign will be open to the public.

Cat Cams

This guy slings cameras around cats, and then lets them get on with their day.
This confirms many of my suspicions about cats.


WebWorld of J.P: Project - CatCamera using VistaQuest VQ1005

Everything We Need To Know We Can Learn From Batman

My favourite being

4. Some days, you just can't get rid of a bomb.

MTV.ca | News - 'Dark Knight' Dogma: Everything We Need To Know We Can Learn From Batman

And to make this into a Batman Megapost.

20 Everyday Items If They Were Designed for Batman | Cracked.com

Oven Mitt Batman The 10 Most Bizarre Batmans Ever Slideshow Entertainment on Maxim.com

Batcionary: Find Out Much More About Batman Than You Should Ever Know


The Stig and Batmobile on Flickr - Photo Sharing!


Gothamist: Dark Knight Coming: Bat Signal Lights Up Woolworth!

Topless Robot - The 6 Dumbest Doomsday Devices from Superhero Movies

Well Hello There, Robin. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

No cut and paste on the iPhone!

Unbelieveable!
Aparently - its a bit difficult to do. What kind of a toy is this. My £200 Linux Laptop from 'Toys R Us' has cut & paste

Daring Fireball: Copy and Paste

SEASICK STEVE - Cut My Wings

The utterly inimitable Seasick Steve.
YouTube - SEASICK STEVE - Cut My Wings

20 Examples of Hilariously Geeky Art

Ive always had a perchant for geeky art. Here is a Gallery of some superb work.

[LINK]

Ten surprising things that are good for you.

This will cheer up the smokers among us ....

"This morning's news that nicotine could be used as the basis of a drug against Alzheimer's"

[LINK]

Magnetic Fields as Art

Curiously , this matches my previous post remarkably well!

They surround us, yet they can’t be seen. They shift vast currents through space, yet we rarely feel their presence. Interplanetary magnetic currents are undoubtedly one of the most mysterious aspects of the universe, but a new film by British filmmakers Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhadt unlocks the beauty of these magnificent forces for all to see.

Original Article here

3D Graffiti

Whether walls or trains — graffiti need to be sprayed on solid, “real” backgrounds. Doesn't it?

This extended reality thus becomes a three-dimensional graffiti canvas, on which something completely new is created: street art of the next generation!

Ubelievable Sea Storm

OK - I give up, please make it stop!


Unbelievable Storm - The most popular videos are a click away


And another one to throw in to the Ships in Storms set.


And some fantastic stills of Ships vs. Big Waves

Girlfriend Upgrade

This is an old favourite of mine, which Ive dug out because I can.

A year ago, a friend of mine upgraded his version of Girfriend to GirlfriendPlus 1.0, which is a Terminate and Stay Resident version of Girfriend. He discovered that GirlfriendPlus 1.0 expires within a year if you don't upgrade to Fiancee 1.0. So he did. But soon after that, you have to upgrade to Wife 1.0, which he describes as a 'huge resource hog'. It has taken up all his space, so he can't load anything else.

Full Document Here

Petition against Copyright extension.

If you are involved in any way with the music business, I can not stress the importance of this petition.
If you know what its on about, sign it.
If you don't know - read up here, & then sign it.

To explain in simple terms.
Current copyright for music in the UK is for 50 years.
Long enough for the artist to profit from their work.
The 'industry' wants to extend this to 95 years.
Why is this bad? - because music is a tangible part of a society.
If you excessively limit its use, it is detrimental to those who follow.
Why do you think you never hear the song 'Happy Birthday to you' in films? Its copyrighted to an American owner who charges excessively for its use.
Surely a piece of music so ingrained into our culture, should, after a reasonable amount of time, make its way into our shared pool of culture.

TVCatchup caught up.

Very sad to report that TVcatchup has been nobbled. It was an online video recorder (PVR) that seems to have upset the UK's broadcasting industry.

As ever, good reporting from The Register

And a fine MUST READ article from TorrentFreak

Raquel Welch does Space-Girl Dance

Ahh - retro sci-fi!

10 things I hate about your social network:

8: I don’t want another blog. One and a half is plenty.

Aaron Mentele, Charisma 18 » 10 things I hate about your social network
:

Parallel universes exist - study:

Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as "one of the most important developments in the history of science".

Does that mean we get paid twice?
Parallel universes exist - study:

Philosophical Health Check

Check your Tension Quotient!

To take the philosophical health check (PHC), go through the statements below, selecting for each one 'agree' or 'disagree'. If not sure, select the response which is closest to your opinion. When you have answered all the questions, click the 'submit' button and the results of your check will be generated.

Though sadly the form doesn't seem to work!

SkyPlay

SKYplay

Some great photography, playing with clouds.

Blown Glass Lionfish

These extraordinary glass sculptures are made by Tim Lindemann

lindemannglass.com