Wednesday, 11 March 2009

127 jalapenos in 5 mins

I'm not convinced these jalapenos are actually hot - only the big dude is sweating at the end, and he looks like he'd be sweating after standing up for 5 mins anyway. They are drinking milk after though, so there must be some heat there I guess.



Chimps invent new termite tool

The old method of using a stick for termite harvesting was driving some chimps bananas so they invented a new tool....



Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Finally Tonight, religious apparitions in 2008



Seinfeld stars will reunite on Curb

Wonder how many squillion dollars they are each getting?

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,28383,25158597-10229,00.html


Thursday, 5 March 2009

Did You Know?

I see one of these every year, but this one is brilliantly done.


Wednesday, 25 February 2009

More experiments with drugs on insects

You might remember I posted about bees on cocaine, here's some more testing they've done on spiders. (Yes I know spiders aren't insects but close enough.)




Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Vigilantes and police in Nigeria detain goat for stealing a car

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat handed to them by a vigilante
group, which said it was a car thief who had used witchcraft to change
shape.

BBC NEWS | Africa | Nigeria police hold 'robber' goat

Hair weave saves woman's life

"I've invested a lot of money in this weave and now it done saved my life."<br /><br /><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=12180986">http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=12180986</a><br /><br />

Friday, 20 February 2009

Big Melons (PG)

Probably NSFW.


Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Bike Parking in Japan

This is amazing. Because bicycles are the main form of transport in Japanese cities, there is a huge parking shortage. They just pile them up together at the bike racks. This video shows an alternative initially, which is basically a bike garage like a parking garage, then shows the new automated structures, which have to be seen to be believed!




Friday, 13 February 2009

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Maps of War

Maps of War is a great site that shows via flash expansion & contraction of various empires over history. The Middle East one is great, as is this one, the history of religions:

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Transformers 2 Superbowl Spot

I know a lot of people didn't like the first movie, but I thought it was OK, and this one looks pretty good too. Some great transforming sequences!

(2009) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Official Movie Site

Monday, 2 February 2009

Extinct animal resurrected (briefly) by cloning

So there's this goat species, and they all died in 2000, so they take some DNA from skin samples and clone it, just like they did Dolly the sheep. And just like the many, many Dolly the sheeps with lung problems, and Dolly the sheep who also had lung problems, the cloned goat dies withing 7 minutes due to lung defects. The scientists that did it think this is great and we can bring back lots of extinct species. Can these cloning scientists see a pattern here? That maybe, oh, I don't know, cloning doesn't work? That maybe they should back off before we really do have a Jurassic Park? And how is it a clone if it's got defects? Isn't a clone meant to be a clone?

Extinct ibex is resurrected by cloning - Telegraph

Thursday, 29 January 2009

I can feel my arteries clogging just reading the recipe

"massive torpedo-shaped amalgamation of two pounds of bacon woven
through and around two pounds of sausage and slathered in barbecue sauce"

The Bacon Explosion - Take Bacon. Add Sausage. Blog. - NYTimes.com

Thursday, 22 January 2009

The Cleveland Show sneak peak

Introduces some of the new characters on The Cleveland Show, the Family Guy spinoff.

The Cleveland Show video: The Cleveland Show on TV.com

DIY bulletproof backpack

Is this good? Bad? Certainly it's sad that there's been enough shootings in schools to make this product even viable, but I wonder how you'd make your kid feel if you bought one of these for them.

Ballistic Panel for bullet proof safety