Mostly armless
A man with no arms has been caught speeding at 121 km/h (75 mph), according to police in New Zealand. BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Armless man caught speeding in NZ
Bike repair shop, Leyton
I’ve just taken my bike to Bike Shack on Leyton High road and came away well impressed. I only had a broken gear cable, which it turns out was all mashed up inside the mechanism because of where it had snapped, but it was fixed while I was there in around 20 minutes and at …
Nice car
You don’t see many of these around, not even in central London. Note the parking ticket on the windscreen – perhaps the owner has enough money to pay it?
Telegraph Fantasy Football password
The Daily Telegraph Fantasy Football password for Wednesday March 22nd until Tuesday March 28th is PRICE. Telegraph Fantasy Football login
Best restaurant menu ever
I want to go to a restaurant with a menu like this: Translation at its best
St Patrick’s Day begorrah!
Well, I had to get into the spirit of things, and with a free hat for four pints of Guinness…
Horoscopes – 20th March to 26th March
Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 20th March 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 If you’re having guests around in the second half of the week make sure you clean up all the crips crumbs which are all down the sides of the sofa. It’s not pleasant to sit down with a crunch. Taurus April 20-May …
Bogus Duracell competition
I bought some batteries from Duracell a while ago and only today noticed a “Win world cup prizes” label on the back if I went to a web address and entered a promotional code. So I went to the site and had to enter my name and e-mail address, and make sure I hadn’t ticked …
More mucking about in the lab
Scientists make ‘bionic’ muscles Scientists have developed artificial, super-strength muscles which are powered by alcohol and hydrogen. So we’ve had the sensationalist headline and introductory paragraph. Are we all going to be Steve Austin by the end of the year? Apparently not: However, neither of the types developed by the Texan researchers resembles a normal …
Dossing about in the lab
US scientists have coaxed strands of DNA, the molecule that holds the “code of life”, to take up a shape that resembles the Americas. They’ve also made some smiley faces. Who’s paying for this? BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nanotech discovers the Americas