July 2007
85 posts
Sex for the Motherland →
Putin will have red flags flying over Moscow before long!
The 50 Best Movie Robots →
With links to videos. I strongly recommend the video for the number 1 entry, Terminator Series 800. (via BB)
The Gruesome History of Lobotomy →
A lobotomy is a form of psychosurgery that involves cutting the connections to and from, or simply destroying, the prefrontal cortex. These procedures often result in major personality changes or even mental retardation. Lobotomies have been used in the past to treat a wide range of mental illnesses including schizophrenia, clinical depression, and various anxiety disorders. (via BB)
Sheikh delays plane over seating →
A Qatar sheikh held up a British Airways flight at Milan’s Linate airport for nearly three hours after discovering three of his female relatives had been seated next to men they did not know. (via DU)
17 Fearsome Defense Ministry Logos From Around The... →
History of House Cats →
Scientist estimate that cats were domesticated 12,000 years ago. (via BB)
Thousand Origami Cranes →
Japanese legends have it that he who folds a thousand origami cranes shall be cured of all ailment.
Michael Moore got subpoenaed over his trip to Cuba... →
Aquafina and Dasani are really bottled tap water! →
WatchMerlin Mann’s “Inbox Zero” Talk at Google (via LH)
“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
– Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519)
WatchNewscasters lose it when runway model falls twice (via DU)
WatchSome Russian Music Video (with rather unconventional instruments)
Enhance Google Reader with 15 Firefox Hacks →
Featuring my own Auto-add feed to Google Reader greasemonkey script, which bypasses the choice to add a feed to Google homepage or Google Reader, directly adding it to Google Reader.
The 30 Wealthiest Americans Ever →
World Drinking Map →
“We don’t wake up for less than US$10,000 a day.”
– Linda Evangelista
People Playing Chess on Roller Coasters →
Happy 72nd birthday Donald Sutherland.
“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if...”
– Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)
Wigs off as Britain ends courtroom tradition →
Britain’s lawyers and judges are to break with centuries-old tradition and cease wearing white horse-hair wigs in non-criminal cases. — This is a sign of the End of Days; we’re doomed! (via DU)
This Lost-in-Translation style hard disk installation instructions or “The hard dish installs the manual” is both hilarious and sad. I don’t know the source but I suspect it came with some Chinese hard disk. Click the image for a bigger version.
TIME has a piece on LOLCats →
WatchChuck Storm Reports (via DU)
Mystery Money Found in Men's Rooms All Over Japan →