I like this one a lot, especially the teachers "wtf" moment when acorns, small houses and dog and godzilla are used in the equation ...
Video Interlude – Wrecking ball hits car on busy street …
Whilst this looks like a scene from Gone in 60 seconds, I think the reaction of the people walking on the road would suggest that it isn't CGI in this case : I am left wondering whether this was a film set pictured from afar or a demolition fuck up.
Pictorial Interlude – Books that make you wonder what the publisher was thinking … part II
Another amusing selection I came across (first is a little further down the page), some of which should have made even the least smutty minded person think twice before deciding the title was a good idea ..
Video Interlude – Venus transit of the Sun.
Well I saw bugger all here yesterday morning with thick cloud but, thankfully, we have NASA to thank for this beautiful video which has some amazing shots of the sun and Venus : _ _ Stunning!
101 things to do with a dead cat. Erm .. make that 102 – CatCopter!
Onw way to preserve the pussy you loved and annoy the neighbours with your necromantic skills - turn your deceased feline into a Cat-Helicopter hybrid : _ _
The Waspsnest guide to photographing Venus moving across the Sun on Wednesday.
If you missed the opportunity on June 8th 2004, this Wednesday morning at sunrise is your last chance to engage in a little astronomy and get your own picture of Venus transiting the Sun. Last chance that is, assuming you are not going to be alive in December 2117...
Doublethink is alive and well at the Department of the Environment.
Doublethink according to Orwell in 1984 : The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then,...
Pictorial Interlude – Books that make you wonder what the publisher was thinking …
An amusing collection that would certainly be a talking point at dinner parties ... assuming your guests actually stayed that long after seeing some of these :
BBC bias on GDP revison news.
Gratuitous Balls picture if only because it's so amusing ... An interesting and somewhat confused article from our beloved state broadcaster on today's downward revision of the first quarter GDP figures where they can't quite decide which is the real story so...
A fascinating video showing 1000 years of European history in 3 minutes.
Spotted at ZeroHedge, the following video demands several viewings if only to see everything going on in various parts of Europe as empires ebb and flow. One particularly impressive moment in the video is when Germany becomes a unified country rather than a myriad...