Various amusing or interesting topics, or things that shock and appall me. Kind of a miscellaneous bin.
“The Rotterdam Natural History Museum has appealed for somebody — anybody — to give it a single crab louse for its collection, amid fears they may be dying out.” Apparently a style of bikini wax (the “Brazilian,” which removes practically all of a woman’s public hair) might be killing them off. “‘When the bamboo forests …
I guess we’ll see tomorrow whether cyber-jihadists have gotten a clue.
As I’ve maintained since before the millennium, downloaded music isn’t what’s killing the music industry.
On the Dilbert Blog today, Scott Adams mentioned a fascinating New York Times article about why people vote. It’s worth reading in it’s entirety, but the executive summary is that many people seem to vote in order to be seen voting, not because they think their vote will make any difference whatsoever. The more observant …
I like ramen. There’s an authentic Japanese ramen place near where a couple of our friends live, and any time we go visit them, we always try to stop in there. But this… well, it’s just a little over the top. 🙂
From the WTF? department: be sure to check out the picture on this page. Very carefully.
It’s billed as “a perfect gift for the young lady of the house” too. (Sorry to disappoint, CSquared, but your wife is not getting this for Christmas. At least, not from us. 😉 )
This skin-care company says that they have “nothing to hide,” and goes to great lengths to prove it. (Warning: if seeing nude human bodies, in a completely non-sexual situation, is offensive to you, don’t click — go get some mental help for your hangups instead.)
Apparently computer virus, worm, and Trojan horse programs are scary. That seems to be the flimsy (but amusing) premise behind this offer, anyway. Oh, and Happy Hallowe’en! 🙂 [UPDATE] Warning! When I tried to go to that site (not the LifeHacker one, but the eWeek one listed in the LifeHacker article above), I got a …
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My mother sent me an e-mail recently. Yes, it’s a joke, but it’s humorous enough that I decided to post it here: I rear-ended a car this morning. The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF! He looked up at me and said “I am NOT HAPPY!” So I said, …