chordbook.com - guitar chords

This is a great online app for guitarists. Fantastic. click me

Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age

Amusing diversion. Enter your age, and hit 'display accomplishments' - or just hit 'random'. click me

My fave? At age 0 Jesus was born of a virgin.

FSA Healthcheck

The BBC and the FSA (Financial Services Association) present a quick questionnaire to check your financial health. The results give focused practical advice. Useful. click me for FSA Healthcheck

Patent absurdity

Richard Stallman explains in the Guardian how copyright law on software could ruin future creativity.

He shows the effect current copyright law would have had on Victor Hugo's 'les Miserables' had today's laws been passed in the 19th century. Basically, all literature would have stopped.

This is the threat to the future of creativity today. Click me

These laws serve the interests of "Patent parasite companies - businesses that produce nothing except threats and lawsuits - are growing larger."

HM Queen doesn't like Sony remote controls

The Queen has trouble with Sony remote controls. Just like me.

"When the queen doesn't like your products you know you're in trouble.

Howard Stringer was officially made Sony Corp.'s new chief executive officer (CEO) Wednesday at a company shareholder meeting in Tokyo. In remarks about how he plans to turn the troubled electronics maker around, the Welsh-born executive put a new spin on the mantra 'the customer is king.'

He recounted a luncheon with the U.K.'s Queen Elizabeth II, where the conversation turned to Sony's products.

'I have a lot of trouble with your remote controls,' The Queen told him, according to Stringer. 'Too many arrows.' "

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Gordon Ramsay's management style

"Gordon Ramsay didn't get three Michelin stars just by swearing at his staff. What's so successful about his management style?" click for BBC report

Michael Jackson Doesn't Like Little Boys

He's cured. Here's the video. click me

Segway - Concept Centaur

This is incredible. The new Segway. This time with four wheels and way more speed. It's great. I want one, now. Check out the video. Click me

Mind Control Made Simple

Control your devices with thought alone. Mark Frauenfelder reports in 'The Feature' that a Silicon Valley company is developing a technology that uses electrical signals produced by the brain and eye movement to control electronic devices.

"But how can you actually control a device using your brain? Part of the answer lies in biofeedback -- training yourself to change the frequency of your brainwaves. For decades, people have been controlling their brainwaves using biofeedback monitors. By attaching electrodes to your scalp and looking at a realtime display of your brain activity (an EEG), you can learn to change the frequency at will.

The other part of the answer is EOG (Electro-oculogram), or eye movement. While this isn't really using your mind to control the device, it is a fairly automatic way to generate a small electrical signal that NeuroSky's system can measure. The company says it has acquired proprietary algorithms originally developed in Russia that can covert and combine EEG and EOG signals into direction control -- useful for navigating a heads-up communication display in a car perhaps, or for training cross-hairs on a cartoon alien in a video game."

For Mark Frauenfelder's full article Click me

Awesome! And imagine if you could do it over the internet. Woo! Use mind control to write email at work while lying at home in bed.

You missed the eBay boat, Bob

Here's a Guardian article explaining why Bob Geldof shouldn't be mean to folks auctioning Live8 concert tickets on e-Bay. He should have auctioned the tickets in the first place. He would've raised more money that way. Oh b'Jesus! Ya missed dat one Bob din'tcha? click me

Hypnotism and arcade games

'Reality TV'. A creepy video of a guy who gets hypnotised while playing a zombie first-person-shooter. The hypnotist takes him into a 'real' setup of the game. It would be nice to think that this isn't faked. Right click me and 'save as'

From Wonderland

Jon Stewart on Michael Jackson result

This one's great. From Crooksandliars.com Click me

Rings of bone grown for couples

Wow! The possibilities! How about an i-pod case mod made out of your own bone?

"Using bioglass, a special bioactive ceramic which mimics the structure of bone material, researchers are growing rings made out of the couples' bone.

Five couples are having the rings made. They will be grown from bone cells taken from their jawbone."

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'Asbo' and 'chav' make dictionary

Asbo (anti-social behaviour order), chav & retrosexual are all new words in the Collins dictionary. click me for BBC

Rivals spur men to produce better sperm

The New Scientist reports that men who watch man on woman porno have more potent sperm. Hmmm.....click me

My wife and I had 3 kids in 2 years (do the math). What kind of porn was I watching? Answer: none. I was too busy.

New Scientist: 0
Oingo: 3

Anna Nicole Smith

We love Anna Nicole Smith. We really do. click me

She's a great actress. She really is. click me then scroll down to find her amazing performances.

(there's also an Orson Wells vid on the second link that's worth watching. Oh how the mighty can fall... The lesson is ...don't drink Californian Champagne)