Oddly enough, it turns out that eBay has helped reduce the amount of tomb raiding. This is because there has apparently never been that much money in it for the actual tomb raiders looking for artifacts: the high cost of artifacts has to do with middlemen: fences, transport, bribes, authenticators, etc. So it’s cheaper (and Read more about how eBay stops Graverobbers[…]
A law professor explains why you should never, ever talk to the police. Don’t talk to the cops. Part I .. and then a police officer explains why he’s absolutely right. Don’t talk to the cops. Part II
A judge has demanded a Darth Vader impersonator be dragged before him after he succumbed to the Dark Side, attacked two Jedi with a metal crutch, and failed to show up for the resulting court appearance on an assault rap. According to the Telegraph, Arwel Wynne Jones interrupted an outdoors TV interview* with brothers Barney Read more about Judge issues arrest warrant for Darth Vader[…]
Well, if my house had been hit 5 times I’d believe it too!
Someone has registered donotreply.com and has a catchall email adress. The mails he receives come from everywhere, including pdf files detailing with computers in banks are unpatched and for what vulnerabilities; from the government; TSA; etc etc. He posts a few of them and some excerpts on the website.
Protecting Big Cats is one hell of a thing. Each cat eats around 230 lbs of meat per day, making them very expensive to support. Me, I love tigers, lions, cheetah’s, panthers etc etc. and am glad that some of these cats are saved from underestimating pet owners, hunters and circus breeder wannabe’s and given Read more about Big Cat Protection[…]
This must be one of the worst ideas ever. But the comments are the funniest thing I’ve read on the interwebs so far… My family was planning a vacation to Europe, so I purchased this item to teach my twins about what to expect at the airport and hopefully, alleviate some of their anxiety. We Read more about Playmobil Security Check Point[…]
This guy’s been selling them for 30 years and has a huge selection
And why not? Apparently there are around 200 ‘real’ superheroes in the USA, fighting crime or just helping the community, dressed in their superhero gear. You’re going to need a suit though and the best, most durable, crime fighting proof come from here. From a mask to a full battlesuit, this is the place to Read more about So – you want to be a superhero[…]
Make some cotton balls from a t-shirt, make sure it holds together using some string, douse in lighter fluid and amaze your friends as you play with them in your hands whilst a foot high flame shoots from them. The video instruction is really quite impressive.
Why not? A huge repository and community just like youtube but for word, excel. powerpoint, pdf, etc etc etc documents. You can then embed your document on the web, just like you do for youtube content.
Just in case you don’t feel like drinking it, there are alternatives
Judy Sugden is creating a new designer cat species – the toyger; a house cat that looks like a tiger. There are difficulties and she’s not there yet, but she’s getting there. She hopes for a proper looking toyger around 2010/2012 after which they’ll probably fetch $4000,- a piece.
On this site you can buy and sell parking meter tickets you have had or want. So the next time you get a fine for not having a parking ticket, you buy one here and send it with your covering letter to prove you did, in fact, have the ticket!
These umbrellas are awesome – they have lights on them!
Odd this! It’s a chinese replica of a US aircraft carrier at around 7/8ths scale and is used as a “Military Education Center” at the “Orient Green Boat After-School Camp for Youngsters.” Near Shanghai it’s worth visiting with a $6,- surcharge…
This ramp is 360 ft long and 75 ft high, has some huge jumps on it and gets you up to speeds of around 85 kph. Only around two dozen people are good enough to ride it, apparently.
Some watches were made with surrealist imaginations. This is a list of a lot of the more collectible ones.
Sounds boring? Nope – a great way to save time.
Some psycho has run through the differences shot by shot of the 1977 and 2004 versions. There are 122 of them.
Everything has to be extreme nowadays, even ironing. The idea is simple – take your shirt and ironing board to extreme locations and… press your shirt. These people are ironing whilst skydiving, whilst scubadiving, in gondola’s, and any place you can think of. There’s a huge gallery of submitted pictures, proving that there are actually Read more about Extreme Ironing[…]
In Oak Groave there’s a hill that has reverse gravity. Balls roll up the hill, cars get pulled up the hill, apparently it’s quite something to see. Local residents admit it might be a visual illusion or that it might have something to do with a high concentration of ores in the soil and no Read more about Oak Grove Gravity Hill[…]
Some humorous and elegant solutions to maths problems.
The Story of Star Wars presented by Darth Vader, the voice of James Earl Jones and a different take on it.
I first found this list on a BBS around about 1993 and it’s still floating around! It’s still as good as it was back then too – some of these are far out! 8. Learn to levitate. While your roommate is looking away, float up out of your seat. When s/he turns to look, fall Read more about 380 ways to freak out your roommate[…]