Category: "Silly"
Cool baby furniture
I'm not really a baby person, but this crèche furniture is quite appealing. more »
Good news for meat-eating hangover sufferers
Who knew? A fry up really does help to cure hangovers. According to an article in Britain's Torygraph:
Elin Roberts, of Newcastle University's Centre for Life said: "Food doesn't soak up the alcohol but it does increase your metabolism helping you deal… more »
Dreaming of electric sheep
This is another Xkcd classic: a simple joke that's incomprehensible without a certain understanding of programming issues and popular convention. more »
Best item from April Fools 2009
It absolutely definitely has to be ThinkGeek's Tauntaun sleeping bag. more »
Man Cold
I wonder quite how unsympathetic EMS would be with me right now if I gave them a call.
(Via Warren Kinsella) more »
Cake mistakes
While many cake mistakes that turn up on the web are simply poor craftsmanship, the USB cake linked to here is -- I think -- decently done. Sadly the design is based a misunderstanding but probably ended up being more interesting that whatever image the… more »
You want your money? You're going to have to pay for it
A few months ago I decided to get a new credit card due to, well, greed really. Anyway, I kept the old one for emergencies such as when I left the new one at a Houston restaurant like Pappadeaux (most excellent crab cakes by the way) shortly before… more »
Cardboard duvet
There's something strangely appealing about this duvet and pillow set silkscreened to look like cardboard boxes.
(Via BoingBoing) more »
"Hamlet" through the prism that is Facebook
Another fine McSweeney's outing. Oh, here's the New Facebook graphical representation of the same.
(Via Ezra Klein) more »
60's oilfield technology
In the 1960's, the cutting edge of technology in Alberta's gas and oil sector included bows and flaming arrows. Seriously.
(Via BoingBoing) more »
Time Magazine's Worst Cars List
Time's list of lousy cars is remarkably even-handed: it doesn't go just for the most ugly or unreliable but also for those which started unfortunate trends.
(Via Wired) more »
The Register reviews Nokia's best business phone to date
Fun little article from the UK's Register which reviews the best of the Nokia phones currently on the market.
I have one of them! more »
