Monthly Archives: September 2010

I wonder what he was praying for?

No, this isn’t some fancy Photoshop trick, these are real human footprints ingrained in a hardwood floor. 70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. … Continue reading

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100 ‘best’ opening lines

The American Book Review has a cynical traffic generating list of the best 100 opening lines from literature. I just read the whole thing so you don’t have to and to be honest I don’t think you have to. They don’t … Continue reading

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I’m sorry Alice

Maybe it is the recent experience of protesting against the pope that has me seeing paedophilia everywhere. Or, without knowing it,  i’ve become a Daily Mail reader. Which gives much the same effect from completely opposite causes. Anyhow, somehow my … Continue reading

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The king’s players

At Shakespeare’s Globe they take your title very seriously.

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We’re all armed with coffee cups.

What’s your weapon of choice?.

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Robot snake climbs real tree

[youtube 8VLjDjXzTiU] CMU’s Biorobotics Lab have build a modular robotic snake. It can climb trees and spy on you. Air penguins, Robotuna, and now this? The robot uprising may have already started. via Singularity Hub Update: Oh brilliant, they’re letting robots … Continue reading

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The form is strong in this one.

Here’s Darth Vader performing the 42 move Yang style sword form of Tai Chi Chuan. As you might expect, he’s actually pretty good.

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Scientists kill supercute Tasmanian devils with face cancer.

These cute little beasties are biting each other and getting face cancer in the process. Cedric appeared to have natural immunity, so scientists at U. Tasmania deliberately infected him. Sadly, he wasn’t immune so they put him down. But they’re … Continue reading

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tommorow’s meme tooday

OPPS – Very Demotivational – The Demotivational Posters Blog credit to bigmoney

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