Glenn Hubbard does Sting
This video supposedly of Glenn Hubbard’s version of “Every breath you take” about how he didn’t get Greenspan’s job at the Fed is a touch of genius. Glenn Hubbard does Sting, “Every breath you take”
Swansea North Residents Association – Welcome
This is an excellent piece of viral marketing. A Tango ad that’s a parody of the San Francisco bouncing ball advert that’s caused complete uproar in Swansea North. The interviews are excellent. They come here from London and look, fruit in the front room. Swansea North Residents Association – Welcome (With thanks to Tim Allan …
Robo-kiwi
A kiwi (the bird, not a New Zealander) gets a prosthetic leg with the help of the Lord of the Rings film crew. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Tahi the kiwi gets a new leg
No offending
How likely to cause offence does something have to be?
Happy Easter!
Even if it is slightly early.
Horoscopes – 27th March to 2nd April
Horoscopes for the week starting Monday 27th March 2006: Aries March 21-April 19 On Thursday you may have a strange deja vu experience involving a bag of Walkers crisps. This kind of thing never used to happen with Golden Wonder. Those were the days. Taurus April 20-May 20 Did you remember the clocks went forward …
Best restaurant menu ever
I want to go to a restaurant with a menu like this: Translation at its best
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 …
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