Friday, December 28, 2007

Maywa Denki - weird wired instruments


The quirky demonstrations are great.

Irises

click for irises

Monday, December 24, 2007

Doctor slang is a dying art

Top medical acronyms:
  • CTD - Circling the Drain (A patient expected to die soon)

  • GLM - Good looking Mum

  • GPO - Good for Parts Only

  • TEETH - Tried Everything Else, Try Homeopathy

  • UBI - Unexplained Beer Injury

  • LOBNH - Lights On But Nobody Home

  • CNS-QNS - Central Nervous System - Quantity Not Sufficient
and
"the term 'pumpkin positive', which refers to the implication that a penlight shone into the patient's mouth would encounter a brain so small that the whole head would light up."
Click for BBC NEWS | Health | Doctor slang is a dying art

Sunday, December 23, 2007

The End of the World

My goodness, that George Bush is a talented guy... Here he does a pretty decent cover of REM...

Saturday, December 22, 2007

12 days of Christmas - Muppets & John Denver

Classic.

Tauren does NUMA NUMA

My kids' all-time fave WoW video. For me, because of watching this 1000 times (at my kids' insistance) Tauren will forever be Numa Numa... And Numa Numa, forever Tauren...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Groovy Dancing Girl - Sophie Merry

I can't believe I've never linked to this before. This is the way the little people dance in my head. lol


Not quite as good as the first one, but another great vid nonetheless. Love the tune.


EDIT: I love the Internet... it makes people rework stuff like this...


EDIT: follow the meme... and the wannabe groovy dancing turtle... =)

Monday, December 10, 2007

DVD Top Tip - STOP STOP PLAY

To skip all the previews and junk at the start of a DVD, press the stop button twice followed by the play button.

STOP STOP PLAY

and jump straight to the movie.

I learnt this from CNet's BuzzOutLoud podcast.

Bathsheba Sculpture

Xmas present idea (geek)... click for Bathsheba Sculpture

I like.

And this is where I first found this guy... click for Make

Strange New Products

Xmas present ideas... Click for Strange New Products

Rathergood Toys Song

Xmas present idea...

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Banksy returns to Bethlehem

More wall art from urban hero Banksy. Click for BBC NEWS Banksy returns to Bethlehem

Previously...

Banksy does Paris Hilton
Banksy does the Gaza Wall
Banksy

Banksy's site



Cost of the War in Iraq so far
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Organism Intended for Nocturnal Galactic Observation

How long could you survive in the vacuum of space?