July 2007
Frederic von Anhalt prins fannst handjárnaður og án fata í Rolls Royce bíl sínum eftir að (samkvæmt honum) hann hafði verið rændur af þremur vopnuðum konum. Lögreglan fann prinsinn á bílastæði þar sem konurnar þrjár höfðu rænt hann peningum, lyklum og fötum.
Von Anhalt er einn af níu mönnum sem hlotið hafa þann vafasama titil að […] (via hsj’s shared items in Google Reader)
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David Pescovitz:
The Smoker’s Bib was apparently designed for senior citizens, but modeled here by someone much younger. It’s $39.98 from Taylor Gifts. From the catalog:
Stop fumbled lit cigarettes and dropped lit ashes from burning holes in senior’s clothing. Flame retardent apron stretches across chairs armrest to prevent hot cigarette end from falling onto clothing or...
I’ll take two. (via Hörður Smári’s shared items in Google Reader)
Xeni Jardin:
A couple of years ago, I pointed to some beautiful QTVR panoramas of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, shot by photographer Peter McCready (Link to archived BB post). CERN is the world’s largest particle physics laboratory, and it is also the birthplace of the world wide web.
Today, Peter writes in to share some new and equally lovely panoramas (with sound!):
CERN...
Filed under: Transportation, Wearables If you’ve been worrying that small children weren’t frightened enough when you pedaled your bike down the street, 22-year-old Luke Pannell, a Brunel University industrial design student, is here to help. The young inventor has created a biking helmet that he’s dubbed “Breathe Air,” which in addition to looking like a cross...
It’s hard to develop software that’s easy to use. No matter how simply you lay out your controls or put big, giant buttons labelled “Print,” users will still complain that they can’t figure out how to print stuff. Well, here’s to you, users — enjoy a few confusing dialogs.
(submitted by Dylan M.)
Judah R. was sweating when trying to decide what to click when...
George Bush, forseti Bandaríkjanna, hefur skipað fyrrverandi ráðgjafa sínum, Harriet Miers, að neita því að koma fyrir þingnefnd fulltrúadeildar bandaríska þingsins. Miers á að vitna um uppsagnir alríkissaksóknara. (via Hörður Smári’s shared items in Google Reader)
Cory Doctorow:
The best thing about this miracle hair-growing hat from the June, 1928 edition of Popular Mechanics is its fez-like character. It conveys an attitude of such perfect charlatanry.
This new invention—the result of an experience gained in treating thousands of cases of baldness—is in the form of a new kind of hat. It is worn on the head just 10 minutes a day. No unnecessary fuss of...
A conference of some of the world’s top neuroscientists in far north Queensland has found alcohol does not kill off brain cells. (via Hörður Smári’s shared items in Google Reader)
Íslensku nördarnir í KF Nörd héldu uppi heiðri Íslands í uppgjöri norrænu lúðanna í gærkvöld þegar þeir gjörsigruðu þá sænsku 7-0 á Kópavogsvelli. Á fimmta þúsund manns mættu til að fylgjast með þessum óhefðbundnu íþróttamönnum leiða saman hesta sína. (via Hörður Smári’s shared items in Google Reader)