Tag: fun
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Freedom Sport And Surf
There's a lesson here for any business with a web site:
I'm sure that you may be familiar with Freedom Sport & Surf, the sports goods shop on Alexandra Road (opposite the carpet shop formerly known as Rumbletums Cafe). Well; they had a website - FreedomSportAndSurf.com. But they let the domain name expire, and it's been … -
Bill Gates Is Dead
Have you seen the tribute site to the life and death of Bill Gates: Bill Gates Is Dead.
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The Ad Graveyard
The Ad Graveyard collects some of the best and funniest rejected and cancelled advertisements in the world.
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Build Your Own Tin Foil Hat
StopAbductions.com has a guide to building your own "Thought Screen Helmet". From the website:
The thought screen helmet blocks telepathic communication between aliens and humans. Aliens cannot immobilize people wearing thought screens nor can they control their minds or communicate with them using their telepathy. When aliens can't communicate or control humans, they do not … -
More Geeky Fun - Hack Security Cameras
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The Ten Weirdest Sex Toys I've ever seen (2009)!
A dirty-looking calendar I found at work (2011).
My beliefs about why it's wrong to lie to children about Santa (2009), complete with pictures of naughty elves. … -
The Stigma Of The Amiga
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Which “Secret Of Monkey Island” Character Are You?
Golly, I'm Herman Toothrot. I'm unique, pleasent, er... unique. Oh, let's face it, I'm an old pantless weirdo. I trained a bunch of monkeys to sail a ship back from a deserted island but didn't go myself, I think my dead friend has never looked better, and I talk to people who aren't there... kind … -
Security Through Obscurity Reaches A New Low
PowerPizza! It's a laptop bag that looks like a pizza box! No longer do you have to worry about your attractive laptop being an easy target for thieves - who'd want to steal a pizza box?
Fucking crazy. But I love it. -
Santa! Santa! Santa!
If you're a fan of Weebls' Stuff (think Badger! Badger! Badger!), you've got to take a look at this. Can you guess how the fourth verse ends before it happens?
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Lottery Winners Counter
Did you know that 94% of lottery tickets get no balls, one ball, or two balls - and therefore don't win a prize... the odds of getting three balls (1 in 57) [source: National Lottery: Prize Allocation] is less likely than the odds that recently-reported asteroid 2004-MN4 was going to hit us (widely reported as …
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Impact - Certain!
I take it you've all heard about asteroid 2004-MN4, which NASA have been having a field day over, because recent estimates have said that it's chance of impact with the earth (on Friday 13th April 2029) could be as high as 1-in-37 (2.7%)... well; I've just found a well-hidden page on NASA's Near Earth Object …
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Santa Hijacked By Elf Qaeda
This story just in: Santa's sleigh has been hijacked by terrorists!
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The Story Of Apple’s Graphing Calculator
There's a fascinating story behind Apple's "Graphing Calculator" application. Here's an extract:
In August 1993, the project was canceled. A year of my work evaporated, my contract ended, and I was unemployed... ...I was frustrated by all the wasted effort, so I decided to uncancel my small part of the project. I had been paid … -
Which D&D Character Are You?
I Am A: Chaotic Neutral Elf Mage Druid
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral characters are unstable, and frequently insane. They believe in disorder first and foremost, and will thus strive for that disorder in everything they do. This means that they will do whatever seems 'fun' or 'novel' at any given time.
Race: Elves are the eldest of all … -
Handwritten Clock
Here's a damned cool clock (requires Flash).