A selection of interesting, silly and disturbing things to look at with your Sunday morning breakfast: afternoon repast:
Wow, so much we still don’t know.A new form of life has been found in Arctic waters. How many other of these unknown new forms have we already destroyed inadvertently?
How’s that democracy-spreadin’ goin’, guys? The FBI says laxity in recruiting means gangs are joining the military and may spread US gang culture worldwide. A bit late to be worrying about that surely?
How happy is your country? Check the World Happiness Map
Video: how the US Army is selling reenlistment to the troops in Iraq
“All you ever wanted or needed to know about kitten-huffing.
My first thought on reading this is oooh, ooh I want one – the pen that remembers what you’ve written:
I left CES with around 20 free pens. I went a little crazy with it. “Hmm, yes, that’s very interesting…eh, do you have any pens?” I’m thinking of starting a pen blog where every entry is scanned in after being written with the pen I’m talking about. People could send in their unusual pens from around the world for review. I’d call it “Pengadget.” One for a rainy day I suppose. The best pen I saw at the show was not for walking away with. The Wowpen Memo requires the user to clip a little device to the top of any sheet of paper of any size. The writer then does their thing, taking notes, sketching, whatever. Once done, the little clip device plugs into the USB port of your computer, where it transfers all your notes and other doodlings to your PC, ready to be viewed onscreen. I think it uses a technology called “magic.” You can even convert your notes to text providing you have handwriting recognition software.
But think what a boon to ‘law enforcement’ iit could be… perhaps not, then. Not that the innocent have anything to fear from the police. Heaven forbid.
Remember the orange Bavaria beer pants that all the cloggies were wearing at the World Cup? Wel, they continue to turn up in some unlikely places.
Scrappy Chinese manufacturer, Wang Ming, saw an opportunity where others saw a crisis and pressed the excess pants into service as props in a baffling looking board game named Smack The Lion.
I dread to think what the rules of that board game are. Oo-er, missus.
Eat your bacon or sausage sandwich before you read this.
The official hairstyle of the ’08 Presidential Election
China – what’s more important to the Chinese population, democracy or stabilty? ( h/t Blood & Treasure)
Video: an octopus in a maze
Whiter than white: the utra-brite of beetles.
