There’s a bounty on Kofi Annan’s head
They’ve put a bounty on Kofi Annan’s head. Will they never stop?
Story of the week – Filipino judge consults mystic dwarves
Now if it was elves I could have understood it.. He told investigators three mystic dwarves – Armand, Luis and Angel – had helped him to carry out healing sessions during breaks in his chambers. BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Filipino ‘dwarf’ judge loses case
Senator Stevens Speaks on Net Neutrality
Senator Stevens obviously knows a lot about the Internet. Apparently, “it’s not a big truck”, it’s actually “a series of tubes”. His arguments against net neutrality (opposing the right of anyone to be able to pay for higher priority in routing) are “well informed”. Definitely worth listening to the end: Senator Stevens Speaks on Net …
Official: UK is hotter than the sun
This article showing “space images of the UK sweltering” demonstrates how hot the UK has gotten over the past couple of weeks. According to the BBC site, we are now as hot as the sun. Compare this image of the UK: With this image of the sun from NASA: In fact, I think the UK …
Best dance moves ever
This guy’s got every move in the book, plus a few more: YouTube – Solla Solla Enna Perumai
The origins of ‘Number 2′/poo
I’ve never known where the euphemism of ‘Number 2’ meaning ‘a poo’ came from, but a theory came into my head the other day when I saw one of those toilets with a split-button flush – the ones with a small flush and a big flush. The small flush had one dot on it and …
The Daily WTF
I’ve never come across this site before, but I gladly have now. It contains some amazing examples of coding, although I still think I’ve come across many as bad in daily work. The Daily WTF
Accessibility quote of the day
This came from an enterprise level document about web accessibility: Internet technologies are notable for their graphics and multimedia capability. This can be used to significantly increase the comprehensibility of content and the attractiveness of the site, if the user can perceive the content via their senses. If the user can’t perceive a site via …
Dating site profiles
I’ve found a great new hobby: corrupting dating sites. I’m not the only one, but after writing a profile for someone else who decided to put it onto a site, I had to respond with my own. Spaz’s profile Maud’s profile My Profile
Horoscopes – 22nd May until 28th May
Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 22nd May 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 You haven’t made enough arbitrary decisions lately, so now is the week to catch up. A few unjustifiable radical changes should go down really well with those around you. Taurus April 20-May 20 On Monday you’ll lose 1p, on Tuesday 2p, on …