SLOTD 20th December 2006

Silliness:

Americans are apologising to their French customers in the most surprising ways.

Amazing what you can do with Forks.

Toilet training ain’t what it used to be.

Astonishing half-albino peacock.

Fabulous art made from paper and glue.

Brilliance beyond belief, it’s the ultimate bored in lectures prank.

LineRider beta 2 official! Woo!

Geekiness:

Gadgets that actually save money in the long run.

Interesting questions posed by a professor for his students to encourage them to think.

Ellie’s Links:

Competitive gift wrapping? I know the world went mad years ago, but really.

The London Science Museum is showcasing novel interaction methods for games.

SLOTD 19th December 2006

Silliness:

The top ten stories you may not have noticed this year.

The USA is insolvent, I think that renders money officially pointless.

SLOTD 18th December 2006

Silliness:

Important facts about your Penis (will this get through the spam filter?)

Faith in human nature, restored.

Genius:

How to win in Iraq – in a format Dubya might just understand .

SLOTD 15th December 2006

Silliness:

Genius, just what would happen if that episode of red-dwarf with Kriton showering in the girls had been done in real life?

It’s a day for the celebration of genius – german advertising campaign brilliance.

Sweet lordy-lou, not only is she the monarch of our nation, but she controls the bees!

SLOTD 14th December 2006

Silliness:

Phrases which should be abandoned right now.

Brilliant brilliant brilliant – Patently Silly Patents.

Be afraid American tax payers, here’s where your money goes.

Geekiness:

Why do I bother, when you can all just read Fark?

Ellie’s Link:

I swear I’m not making this up – the world’s tallest man saves dolphin.

SLOTD 12th December 2006

Silliness:

How to confuse a banker, tell them you’re not interested in money.

I’m liking these, sculptures to confuse on street corners.

The world’s oldest person has just died, age 116 (age is a theme today, it would appear.) here’s to a long and full life!

As that got me thinking, here’s the entry for oldest person ever to have lived. I like her quotes at the bottom "I was over the hill 100 years ago"

Geekiness:

Turtles almost completely refuse to age – bizarre, and does this mean we’ll have the key to immortality soon?

This is quite possibly the most beautiful table the world has ever seen. Well, no – actually it’s not that pretty, until you make it bigger.

A handy guide for developers on colour theory.

SLOTD 8th December 2006

Interestingness:

The idea of unsafe roads as a way of making people drive more safely is spreading to America. I wonder what Jeremy Clarkson thinks.

Silliness:

Some of these pieces of Star Wars memorabilia are truly truly awful.

Jeeze – poor Indian men, having this splashed all over the news.

SLOTD 6th December 2006

Geekiness:

At&T predicted the future way back in 1993. The only problem is that, although they were spookily accurate – the company that bought it to you wasn’t AT&T.

Handy hints to keep your brain awake during the working day.

SLOTD 5th December 2006

Silliness:

A list of the top 10 bad things which are good for you. (In an order of the editor’s choice, naturally.)

How to squat like an Asian.

Ye ancient computer games available for free.

Is it worth the dispute with your neighbours? Is this a step too far as revenge?

OK, so this is incredibly childish, and it actually looks to me like it’s the wrong colour (and hence fake) but still, it’s pretty funny: a fart in infrared.

Geekiness:

All hail the Sorter! Sort-no more using intelligent design sort.

SLOTD 1st December 2006

Silliness:

The American government kindly requests that all single Americans under 30 refrain from having sex.

Geekiness:

A list of geeky board games, I’ve actually got Fluxx and wouldn’t describe it as geeky at all.

Marvellous what you can do with an open API and a bit of imagination – check out flicker time. It brings you the time, illustrated by flickr.

Beware of Lunix! Lunix is evil! Ahhh… Made me laugh.

Brilliant use of high-speed strobe lighting to create static water.