Waving at Myself

2004-12-20T18:51:00.000Z

A Merry Xmas to the bored souls who read this, wherever you may be.

2004-12-20T15:36:00.000Z

The 1914 Christmas truce.

2004-12-20T13:25:00.000Z

Dickens and Christmas. The Charles Dickens Museum. Online text of A Christmas Carol.

Vintage Xmas cards.

On the subject of things vintage, the public urinals of Rothesay, Isle of Bute.

2004-12-20T12:34:00.000Z

Make a maze. Or hack an Etchasketch.

2004-12-17T10:44:00.000Z

What happened 5,200 years ago?

2004-12-17T10:27:00.000Z

The Reis transmitter - the first phone?

2004-12-15T17:29:00.000Z

Exotic guitars.

2004-12-15T17:14:00.000Z

The sound of Pi. Via J-Walk.

2004-12-15T13:58:00.000Z

Why you shouldn't put a button of iridium in your mouth.

2004-12-15T13:51:00.000Z

The international prototype of the kilogram.

2004-12-15T12:29:00.000Z

A half-mile tall building to be constructed in Saudi Arabia.

2004-12-15T12:26:00.000Z

The rule book of the League of Ovaltineys. Via I Like.

2004-12-15T12:02:00.000Z

Mayan pyramid produces sounds of nature.

2004-12-15T11:52:00.000Z

Korean scientists have created the world's first "artificial species" - a robot with genes that it can pass on to other robots.

"Dr Kim believes there is no danger that such self-reproducing robots will take over the world as portrayed in movies such as this year's blockbuster I, Robot.
'If we design the chromosomes quite safely, then we can avoid such a bad situation,' he said."

Well, that's OK then.

2004-12-15T07:37:00.000Z

About fainting goats. The International Fainting Goat Association.

2004-12-15T06:36:00.000Z

Exploding bra crisis shock horror.

2004-12-14T15:52:00.000Z

Oldversion.com - because newer is not always better.

2004-12-14T14:50:00.000Z

How many men can you see?

2004-12-14T12:05:00.000Z

What's the largest number of pennies that you can pack inside a circular tray to form a carpet of non-overlapping coins? Mathematicians are still working it out.

2004-12-14T11:52:00.000Z

According to the official census, there are 400,000 Jedi in the UK.

2004-12-14T11:46:00.000Z

Dry quicksand in the lab.

2004-12-14T11:28:00.000Z

The Japanese garden.

2004-12-14T08:51:00.000Z

Abandoned places and modern ruins.

2004-12-14T08:48:00.000Z

Stuck in the seventies and the world of kitsch.

2004-12-14T06:01:00.000Z

Are there hidden backward messages in our speech? Judge for yourself at Reversespeech.com.

2004-12-14T05:53:00.000Z

Akiyoshi's anomalous motion illusions.

2004-12-14T05:31:00.000Z

John Bull and Uncle Sam: four centuries of British-American relations. British and American table manners.

2004-12-14T05:30:00.000Z

File, the magazine of unexpected photography.

2004-12-14T05:03:00.000Z

The Principality of Sealand: article; official site.

In a similar vein, islands for sale or rent.

2004-12-14T04:10:00.000Z

Everything you'll probably ever want to know about snow crystals.

2004-12-14T03:42:00.000Z

The story of Big Ben. Via growabrain. Also, the world's first atomic clock wristwatch.

2004-12-14T03:34:00.000Z

How the Dr Who Annual 1974 envisaged Christmas in the year 2003.

2004-12-14T03:16:00.000Z

Impressive art from child prodigy Akiane. Via Don't Make me Poke You.

2004-12-14T02:56:00.000Z

Crows are as clever as apes.
Apes are cleverer than children.
Therefore crows are cleverer than children?

2004-12-14T02:51:00.000Z

The ancient batteries of Baghdad.

2004-12-14T02:40:00.000Z

Ice-age ivory flute found.

2004-12-14T02:38:00.000Z

City official's bizarre death by brain parasite.

2004-12-14T02:18:00.000Z

Dog judo.

2004-12-14T01:56:00.000Z

Learn Russian peasant multiplication.

2004-12-13T17:37:00.000Z

The artwork of David Lanham.

2004-12-13T13:31:00.000Z

The scanner art of Maggie Taylor.

2004-12-13T13:26:00.000Z

The world's oldest board game.

2004-12-13T13:12:00.000Z

The difference between geeks, nerds and dorks explained.

2004-12-13T11:56:00.000Z

How to make your own tiny oranges.

2004-12-13T11:30:00.000Z

What melted the ice planet?

2004-12-10T10:18:00.000Z

A paper Enigma Machine. Via Cynical-C.

2004-12-10T10:12:00.000Z

Leading atheist changes his mind - based on the evidence.

2004-12-10T09:48:00.000Z

Something strange in the Pacific.

2004-12-10T09:47:00.000Z

China's great pyramid.

2004-12-08T18:41:00.000Z

Outrage at the Wax Museum.

2004-12-08T18:39:00.000Z

'Brainwave' cap can be used to control your computer.

2004-12-08T18:27:00.000Z

The most complicated sentence ever (via Cage of Monkeys). Also, the Plain English Campaign's Golden Bull Awards.

2004-12-08T07:19:00.000Z

Suiseki and gongshi, viewing stones of the Orient.

2004-12-08T07:01:00.000Z

Making driving seem more dangerous could make it safer.

2004-12-08T06:38:00.000Z

Jurassic plant from Australia.

2004-12-08T06:16:00.000Z

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Via the Presurfer.

2004-12-08T06:07:00.000Z

Throw away your keyboard and mouse. Twiddle instead.

2004-12-08T05:56:00.000Z

Email illiteracy. Via Slashdot.

2004-12-08T02:00:00.000Z

"Wind catches lily
scatt'ring petals to the wind:
segmentation fault."

Computer haikus

2004-12-07T23:00:00.000Z

Vaseline vandal admits guilt, but gives no explanation.

2004-12-07T22:04:00.000Z

Old robots turn to art.

2004-12-07T21:30:00.000Z

Hot butter flood in Minnesota.

2004-12-07T05:26:00.000Z

A simple exercise to cure the breathlessness brought on by nerves. Via The Presurfer.

2004-12-07T05:15:00.000Z

The Antikythera Mechanism - a clockwork 'computer' from ancient Greece. "...our estimation of the science and technology of the ancient Greeks needs to be be seriously revised."

2004-12-07T04:50:00.000Z

A seasonal repeat: make your own snowflake.

2004-12-07T04:44:00.000Z

Sit on a hand. Or maybe not.

2004-12-07T04:12:00.000Z

US aircraft nose art.

2004-12-07T04:11:00.000Z

Sand under the microscope.

2004-12-07T03:40:00.000Z

The quest for randomness.

2004-12-07T02:58:00.000Z

Webcams of the world.

2004-12-07T02:32:00.000Z

Have you ever wondered how much you would weigh if you lived on another planet? Perhaps not, but follow this link to find out.

2004-12-07T02:28:00.000Z

The photography of Leonard Nimoy.

2004-12-07T01:53:00.000Z

Fifty-eight migraine-inducing pages.

Via Growabrain.

2004-12-07T01:44:00.000Z

A guide to travelling light.

2004-12-07T01:20:00.000Z

The Watur - a door made of water. Via funfurde.

2004-12-06T23:24:00.000Z

The works of Captain W E Johns. He not only wrote the Biggles books, but also produced such stirring stuff as Worrals of the WAAF.

2004-12-06T22:01:00.000Z

The Chronological History of the Christmas Tree. Via Information Junk.

2004-12-06T19:25:00.000Z

Has the Bamian sleeping Buddha been located?

2004-12-06T19:07:00.000Z

Space-age ant farm.

2004-12-06T13:05:00.000Z

See if you can distinguish between photos and computer graphics with this quiz.

2004-12-06T13:02:00.000Z

English accents and dialects.

2004-12-06T10:24:00.000Z

Underground History: a tour of disused stations on the London Underground.

2004-12-03T13:18:00.000Z

The Band Aid dilemma: giving by destroying.

2004-12-03T10:04:00.000Z

Headless bodies found at mysterious pyramid.

2004-12-01T17:59:00.000Z

Non-photorealistic camera takes pictures which look like line drawings.

2004-11-30T20:30:00.000Z

An Australian phone company is offering the chance to prevent embarrassing drunken phone calls. Those sensible Antipodeans.

2004-11-30T18:30:00.000Z

Online identikit, just for fun.

2004-11-30T12:59:00.000Z

Modern consumer electronics should look like this.

2004-11-30T02:08:00.000Z

The Greek gods family tree.

2004-11-29T23:41:00.000Z

A 1930s "video disc."

2004-11-29T23:22:00.000Z

The SeeLinder.

2004-11-29T12:40:00.000Z

Screensaver tackles spam websites.

2004-11-24T13:50:00.000Z

Richmond, Virginia, blasted by vandals.

2004-11-24T13:44:00.000Z

Solemates.

2004-11-24T13:39:00.000Z

Painted hands.

2004-11-24T13:31:00.000Z

Via J-Walk: Junkyard Jewels.

2004-11-24T13:27:00.000Z

The computer-aided sculptures of Bathsheba Grossman. Via Bifurcated Rivets. More artists at the International Rapid Prototyping Sculpture Exhibition.

2004-11-23T23:48:00.000Z

"The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books." Via Nerdfilter.

2004-11-23T22:51:00.000Z

"Y?, the first and only site of its kind, gives you a way to ask people from other ethnic or cultural backgrounds the questions you've always been too embarrassed or uncomfortable to ask them." Politically incorrect curiosity tackled sensibly.

2004-11-23T22:45:00.000Z

Dolphins protect swimmers from a shark.