PC World scratch test the iPhone
Pretty resilient - only want one more now.
Photos of the progression from egg to chick
And I used to like eggs so much. Now I don’t think I’ll ever be able to eat one again.
Magnifico!
Manhunt 2 and Censorship
I’ve been pretty busy for the past few days and I’m still catching up with the stuff that happened last week. Like the Manhunt 2 furore.
For those of you that don’t know/care, last week, the Irish Film Censor’s Office decided to make a prohibition order against the upcoming game, Manhunt 2, making it [...]
Console Lines - xkcd
For Greg Packer. You’re setting the tone, buddy. Let’s keep it civilized.
People have started queuing for the iPhone
Greg Packer started queueing on Monday, June 25th at 5pm. Outside Japan, is this the first time people have been started queuing days in advance for a PHONE?
Italian Music
When I moaned about Italian music before, I admitted I hadn’t looked very hard to find something good. And, in my defence, it’s easy to be a little dismayed when you’re bombarded by Michael fuckin’ Buble in all the shops. But things are picking up! Here are two songs I like [...]
New World’s Ugliest Dog
The King is dead. Long live the King!
Quigley said she rescued Elwood two years ago. “The breeder was going to euthanize him because she thought he was too ugly to sell,” said Quigley.
“So ha ha, now Elwood’s all over the Internet and people love him and adore him.”
Well, let’s not get carried away…
Star Wars Weekends
More images at mousevine.com
what happens next?
“I suppose it is funny when you realize you will always be known throughout your life as that bloke in that car where the cheetah pooped through the roof hatch.”
Smiling mugshots on The Smoking Gun
Even more creepy.
Crying mugshots on The Smoking Gun
Creepy.
iPhoney - iPhone web simulator for designers
About as close to the real thing as us Europeans will be getting for a while.
Airport Leprechauns
Just before the real summer hits and people start heading off to somewhere nice for their holidays, I thought I better give a little shout-out to the Airport Leprechauns on Flickr, which cheers me right up every time I look at it. If you want to join, just take a snap of yourself wearing [...]
Shooting begins on new Indiana Jones movie
Finally.
How big is the iPhone anyway?
Engadget recently ran a story highlighting what a different hand-model can do for the perceived size of the iPhone. The results are pretty interesting. Here are the two images, with the iPhone set to the same size in both. Mouse over the image below to check it out.
YouTube - Beatboxing the Inspector Gadget theme, while playing a flute
A tenner says this will be on the next Beastie Boys album
Happy Bloomsday!
STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN CAME FROM THE STAIRHEAD, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. A yellow dressinggown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held the bowl aloft and intoned:
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Oh, fuck it. Read the rest on Project Gutenberg.
I’ve [...]
Ireland: it seems to be going okay, like
The guy at 02:30 is my hero. Instead of renewing Dan and Becs, RTE should just give this guy a weekly show where he can sit in a comfy chair and dispense his words of comfort and wisdom.
all your eggs in one basket
Poor Hosting365.
They suffered a massive power failure today which meant that a large number of their customers’ sites were unavailable for around four hours. Right now, their status blog entry detailing this problem (and how the repairs are coming along) has 159 comments.
Most of these comments are of the frustrated-yet-understanding variety. A [...]
