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23 March 2005
6:22pm

One for the Kids

Zoo alphabet:

http://www.bemboszoo.com/Bembo.swf.		 Macromedia Shockwave logo

23 March 2005
6:18pm

An Unusual Way of Looking at the News

Based on the top 100 words used in news articles:

http://www.tenbyten.org/10x10.html.		  

20 March 2005
8:17pm

Out Of My Way!

Here's a block moving game that is much harder than it looks:

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/move_block_game.htm.		  

20 March 2005
8:16pm

Morality Test

Forget about your IQ, how moral are you? Take this quiz to find out:

http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/morality_play.htm		  

11 March 2005
8:09pm

Spider Man

A real-life spider man. I think his name is David Belle:

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/amazingjumper.html.		  

11 March 2005
8:04pm

Rubber Man

Watch the bloke in the orange top:

http://gprime.net/video.php/robotdance		  

21 February 2005
6:52pm

The Master of Deadpan Humour

Steven Wright, comedian:

http://www.mikesfreegifs.com/main4/comedianquotes.html .		  

6 February 2005
4:45pm

100 Funniest Jokes?

According to GQ magazine, they are.

http://www.bluedonut.com/100jokes.htm.		  

6 February 2005
6:44pm

Postcard Secrets

Funny and sad, but very interesting...

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/.		  

3 February 2005
6:34pm

Infinite Cats

If you're a cat lover, you might enjoy this. Keep clicking Next Cat.

http://www.infinitecat.com/infinite/cat-html/1-100/1.html.		  

27 January 2005
8:50pm

English Pronunciation

The Chaos

Dr. Gerald Nolst Trenite (1870-1946), a Dutch observer of English, wrote an amusing poem about the vagaries of English pronunciation:

http://www.linguistsuccess.com/knowledge_english_chaos.htm/.		  

24 January 2005
1:30pm

Lady Chatterley's Lover Review

The following book review appeared in Field & Stream, November 1959:

"Although written many years ago, Lady Chatterley's Lover has just been reissued by Grove Press, and this fictional account of the day-by-day life of an English gamekeeper is still of considerable interest to outdoor-minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant raising, the apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties of the professional gamekeeper.

Unfortunately one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour these sidelights on the management of a Midlands shooting estate, and in this reviewer's opinion this book cannot take the place of J. R. Miller's Practical Gamekeeping."
  

24 January 2005
1:26pm

Ball-fetching Robot Dog

Made from Lego. At least it doesn't need feeding or taken for walks.

http://jpbrown.i8.com/k9.html.		  

24 January 2005
1:22pm

Rubik's Cube Solver

A Rubik cube solving robot built from Lego:

http://jpbrown.i8.com/cubesolver.html.		  

24 January 2005
1:15pm

Baghdad Blogger

This young woman has been keeping a highly readable blog about conditions in Baghdad since August 2003. It makes fascinating, and at times disturbing, reading.

http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/.		  

24 January 2005
1:13pm

Windows Orchestra

Ingenious musical composition:

http://mirrored.flabber.nl/winnoise/.		  

24 January 2005
1:10pm

Trip Through Chernobyl

This is a fascinating photo essay on a bike ride through Chernobyl by a Ukrainian girl.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/.		  

24 January 2005
1:06pm

Own Handwriting Font

Have you ever wanted to have a font based on your own handwriting? If so, try this:

http://www.fontifier.com/.		  

24 January 2005
1:04pm

Suggestive Rainbow TV Episode

"For those of you who don't know, Rainbow was a credible children's TV show from the 70s and 80s. This clip was actually broadcast and watched by millions."

http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html.		  

24 January 2005
1:00pm

Gospel of Supply Side Jesus

This is a great Al Franken comic strip. It's been around a while, but I love it.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/132/story_13245.html.		  

23 January 2005
2:23pm

Dog/Owner Lookalikes

People who look like their dogs. Uncanny.

http://ganns.com/Humor/ILookLikeMyDog/.		  

23 January 2005
2:14pm

Brilliant Chalk Art

This is the best street art using chalk I've seen.

http://gprime.net/images/sidewalkchalkguy/.		  

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