Category: Odd
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For frustrated fox hunters – Horse Boarding
Tweed loving countryside residents need a new sport to replace fox hunting and I think that professional stuntman Daniel Fowler-Prime has the answer. “It’s the first new equine sport for a long while and in our show we have added ramp jumps over four metre gaps. It takes horse riding to another level.” Thanks to www.likecool.com/horse_boarding–Sport–Gear.html and swns.com/horse-boarding-britains-latest-extreme-sports-craze-241009.html.
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Passive aggressive rocket science
The Passive Aggressive Notes blog is a great collection of anger fuelled outbursts from the non-confrontational members of society. The latest contribution has to be one of my favorites: Thanks to www.passiveaggressivenotes.com and the anonymous submitter in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Sexy google
Our corporate firewall at work got a bit over excited today and decided to block www.google.co.uk as it had been categorised as “sex” Someone somewhere must have been doing some impressive extra curricular research to get that to happen.
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Charlie Brooker isn’t a fan of the iPad
First he did a nice piece on Newswipe (the example of content delivery is nice): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9a74zoHEAE[/youtube] And then last night on 10 O’Clock Live was quick to jump on the iPad 2 launch (who DOES applaud a cable?!): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWnAE-SFeM[/youtube] Apple launch events must induce a strange mix of hysterical laughter and violent face palming in the…
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Adam and Joe return to 6music
And about bloody time. They resume service in April, Adam writes on their official blog: “I can’t wait to get back to our show on Saturdays, I’ve really missed doing it. Not that I haven’t been every bit as busy as Joe. I’ve created several new filing systems for my CD’s and DVD’s, successfully reunited…
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Placebos, and thinking of brands having the same effect
There’s a great video on Geary Behavioural Economics Blog whic offers some startling facts about placebos, including how colour, shape, size and volume can drastically alter their effect. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfRVCaA5o18[/youtube] Then 25 lttrs n th alphbt asks readers to “substitute in your mind “brand” for “placebo” The brain eh? Weird.
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Great new blog: thepeopleonthetube
I found a great new blog today: thepeopleonthetube.wordpress.com. It highlights one of the things I miss about working/travelling/living in London – the diversity of people. From amazing clothes to knelling face down on the seats, you’ve got to love the people of London. I always say it’s impossible to really stand out in London, as this photo shows…
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Did you mean “how kmy next bill chang?”
Have you ever searched for something on the O2 website? I have. I tried searching for “how my next bill will change”. The website helpfully suggested I may have meant to search for something else:No, I did not mean “how kmy next bill chang?”. The rest of the results weren’t helpful either:
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Knokkers: When billiards and bowling collide
This is a great idea. Shame the tagline is so lame: “Want to play with knokkers?” Is that the best they could come up with? From dvice.com and www.ohgizmo.com with official info at www.knokkers.com
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My cat actually plays with a cat toy.
We’ve had a cat for over 3 years, and people have often brought him gifts, little fluffy things and jingley balls which he ignorantly ignores. But this Christmas he was brought some Jolly Molly Catnip Leaf Balls. These are covered in real catnip and set our Manfred mental. Really mental. Crazed look in the eye…