Really! A stuffed squirrel on a horseback. Yours for 40 quid.

http://tinyurl.com/23bzmu

In case anyone hasn't witnessed human tetris yet...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84_QL1kEmH4

(Hmm, have I posted this before?)

Hear hear!

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/musiconbuses/

The next few nights we're due to see the Perseid meteor shower, and apparently it's going to be good!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6940962.stm

2pm tonight is a good time to look, apparently, although you'll see stuff before then.

http://virusscan.jotti.org can scan an uploaded file with 22 virus scanners - a good thing!

(It's no replacement for running your own antivirus on your desktop, of course, but a good tool to know about.)

While I'm on the subject, the following are all goodness when it comes to computer rescue or checking:

BitDefender
Knoppix
BartPE
Trinity ( Read more... )

Zooming art quilt. Some of the details in the artwork are really nice.

Impressive and scary all at the same time. Machines with guns. And in not long they'll actually be being used to kill people.

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/08/httpwwwnational.html

People at my work make useful things! I'm liking this mobile WAP site we've just done: http://mobi.edfringe.com - it lets you search for types of shows happening in near future. Put it into your phone browser if you dare.

If you want to just look at the site in Firefox, you'll need to install ( Read more... )

An American school makes see-through bags mandatory.

Restrictions of public photography in New York. Tripods a no-no!

Another insanely talented human calculator.
Interestingly, hw talks of the same shape and feel sort of things as Daniel Tammet.

This is as ridiculous a lawsuit as they get!