Those WERE the Droids I was looking for!
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Think your day's going badly? Spare a thought for this guy. Those WERE the Droids I was looking for... Tags: starwars, droid, scifi ...

  Spanish Shopkeeper Discovers Homer Simpson On Euro Coin
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Spanish Shopkeeper Discovers Homer Simpson On Euro Coin | Strange News | Sky News "Sweetshop owner Jose Martinez found the nickel piece while cashing up the day's takings in Spain.The head of Spanish King Juan Carlos has been morphed into the unmistakable profile of the world's favourite cartoon slob." Tags: homersimpson, juan ... ...

  UFO Believer Doesn’t Believe He Can Brief Obama
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He's either totally sincere, or totally mad. Same goes for Jeff Peckman. UFOMystic » UFO Believer Doesn’t Believe He Can Brief Obama "Jeff Peckman, recently in the news promoting the Stan Romanek “alien video,” and before that, trying to get a ballot initiative to form a commission on ET relations, is at ... ...

  Top Ten Reasons For Cryptozoology Hoaxes
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Nice retrospective, bearing in mind the recent bigfoot non-events (which were even covered on the BBC) Cryptomundo » Top Ten Reasons For Cryptozoology Hoaxes: "There are scores of motives for hoaxes. Here are a few that I think should float to the surface of any cesspool filled with this stuff." ...

  eBay insect fossil is new species
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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | eBay insect fossil is new species: "A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay for £20 has discovered that it belongs to a previously unknown species of aphid." ...

  Mummified Remains from 1948 Plane Crash Identified
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Mummified Remains from 1948 Plane Crash Identified | LiveScience: "ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Nine years of sleuthing, advanced DNA science and cutting-edge forensic techniques have finally put a name to a mummified hand and arm found in an Alaska glacier." ...

  Using An Escalator - The Hard Way
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I didn't think it was possible to make such an easy think look so difficult. Next time, I think he should take the stairs. I challenge you not to laugh at this gentleman's misfortune. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlvSp7e8K-M[/youtube] ...

  Knitting Project to Protect Your Privacy
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A simple, low-tech solution to the problem of public laptop privacy.  I like it. Security Second Thoughts "...I would love to see airport terminals filled with businessmen in their very own knit privacy cocoons." Tags: privacy, knitting, weird, security, infosec ...

  Robot sea bream
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Robot sea bream ::: Pink Tentacle "Engineers at the University of Kitakyushu have developed an underwater survey robot that looks good enough to eat. “Tai-robot-kun,” a 7-kilogram (15.4 lb) robotic sea bream (red snapper) with a silicone body covered in realistically hand-painted scales, features a unique propulsion system that allows it ... ...

  Whale Flatulence, Aerial View
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Now there's something you don't hear every day. I think we should all try and get the phrase "faecal plume" out during our next business meeting, don't you? Neatorama » Blog Archive » Whale Flatulence, Aerial View "The picture is of an Antarctic minke whale taken from the bow of a ship," ... ...