February 2012
2 posts
The French got the bistro, we got Bisto. Life’s a bitch
– Nigel Slater, ‘Eating for England’
As cool as the neighbours
January 2012
5 posts
Why parents drink
The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees was absent but had not phoned in sick one day. Needing to have an urgent problem with one of the main computers resolved, he dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whisper. ‘Hello?’.
‘Is your daddy home?’ he asked. ‘Yes’, whispered the small voice.
May I talk...
When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
December 2011
1 post
Do not fold, spindle or mutilate
November 2011
3 posts
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark...
– John McCrae via http://www.greatwar.co.uk/poems/john-mccrae-in-flanders-fields.htm
Apart from the monkeys, emperor penguins are the animals that are closest to...
– Didier Noirot
October 2011
6 posts
A skunk is better company than a man who prides himself on being frank
– Lazarus Long
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be...
– Steve Jobs
it’s difficult to maintain an air of innocence when you have lumps of cum...
– anon
It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission
– via Daniel Radcliffe
Lego Rubik’s cube solver
September 2011
6 posts
Passer-by pushes suicide man off bridge →
Insanely deep fractal zoom (video) →
Full screen, volume up, lights out, sit close and stare :)
The ice cream van cometh →
Video: Japanese tsunami from a car's dashboard cam →
Astronomy photographer of the year →
Breathtaking photos
August 2011
5 posts
i won’t sit down; I won’t shut up; and most of all, I won’t...
– Frank Turner
360 degree VR view of Space Shuttle Discovery's... →
US Debt Clock →
US Debt Visualised →
July 2011
6 posts
MOSH! Manic Street Preachers gig
Manic Street Preachers - The Masses Against The Classes. (in the thick of it!)
A few clips from London Pride
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small package
– Poster on wall of BRI A&E waiting room. Seen by me aged 18, waiting to have my chin sewn up
June 2011
3 posts
Amazing car crash at Le Mans. Alan McNish walked away unscathed
May 2011
7 posts
Lunchtime at Liverpool Street Station
What is, and always will be, my greatest creation… is you
– Tony Stark’s Dad, Iron Man 2
You can lead some folks to knowledge, but you can not make them think
– unknown
April 2011
8 posts