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Crafty computer

MM — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:41:12 +0000

The new apple ipad went on sale for the first time in the UK on the 28th May. This sweet vid showcases what happens when you combine lo-fi tech (velcro), with new tech (ipad).

iPad + Velcro from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

Jesse Rosten via laughing squid

Pure heavy baggage

MM — Tue, 25 May 2010 18:32:15 +0000

As summer holiday season is coming up, we thought we’d feature a link to some inventive suitcases that either double as chairs or have been modded into furniture. Some may have an impact on your baggage allowance.

Pure heavy baggage

via Neatorama, via mentalfloss

Get the facts

MM — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:17:24 +0000

Did you know that Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the literary character Sherlock Holmes, helped popularize skiing in Switzerland ?

Or that Napoleon III had all of his fine cutlery made of aluminum ?

These and more curious facts at the click of a mouse :

Get the facts straight with the Fact Generator at Mental Floss

Sushi cat

MM — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:06:52 +0000

Been around for a bit, but it’s still the best game featuring a laid-back sushi-swallowing cat. Play it lazily and still feel the satisfaction of sushi supper, play it with more thought and get the satisfaction of a ‘full belly achieved!’ bonanza with some slick positioning.

Play the Game

It’s addictive !

Pled astray

MM — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:22:06 +0000

A mother’s defence of her son’s piracy :

“On Wednesday, Muse’s mother spoke to the Associated Press to appeal to US President Barack Obama to forgive her son, saying he was lured into piracy by older friends.”

Is piracy the new smoking ?

BBC News Report - Somalia criticises US for putting pirate on trial

Cats vs Dogs

MM — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:51:05 +0000

[Source: Online Schools for Neatorama.com]

Ask the Spinster – Verbiage

GOW Community — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:06:08 +0000

If you have a question for the Spinster, please send an email to gowcommunity@gmail.com, with ‘Ask the Spinster’ as the subject line.

Dear Spinster,

Where do all the old words they don’t include in the new editions in the dictionary go ?

Wordy McWordsmith

Dear Wordy,

I have been fretting about this for some time now and have written to Cambridge dictionaries for an answer. I should imagine they store them in some huge underground cavern. Although I do mourn the passage of some excellent archaic words, such as ‘anacreontic’, I am avant garde in my vocabulary when conversing with my niece’s children on the instant messaging system.
LOL
TTYL

Lip Service

GOW Community — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:24:00 +0000

The staff at Connected Ventures choreographed a one-take video, in which the entire office participated in cover of Harvey Danger’s ‘Flagpole Sitta.’

Lip Dub – Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger from amandalynferri on Vimeo.

Via Urlesque

More unrelated office tomfoolery :

Guba Via Reddit

Quick Tickle for a Slow Loris

GOW Community — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:52:56 +0000

We can’t stop watching this ! Look how disappointed the loris looks when the tickling pauses – adorable !

Send for the gritters !

GOW Community — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:32:41 +0000

Edgar Mueller has produced a spectacular piece of ’street sculpture’, using anamorphosis technique. Using paint on a canvas of pavement, he transformed an area of 250 metres square into a staggering crevasse.

See the step by step process in stills here. View the youtube video of the ice age arriving in Dun Laoghaire below.

Via Neatorama via dormiu