Back where we belong
Everyone who’s been on Twitter these days must be sick of the all too regular downtimes. They’re probably even more sick of seeing the fail whale - the infamous cartoon whale that adorns the “I’m sorry but Twitter is dead again today” page.
People who have never Twittered, eg. your grandma, would probably not understand why a whale would fail at eating your balls.
[link: Feed Store] via Laughing Squid
Comparison picture of Microsoft’s top honchos in 1978 (the HAIR!!) and now.
Back row (left to right): Steve Wood, Bob Wallace, Jim Lane
Center row: Bob O’Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin
Front row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen
They can all afford better haircuts now because they are all multi-millionaires.
[as seen on Engadget]
What a brilliant idea! Convert old cassette tapes, arrange them in a visually appealing pattern, stick a light bulb in there somewhere and you have a great looking lamp.
Muxtapes cannot be used, unfortunately.
[link: Technabob]
How cool are these? Very! I think they’re definitely better looking than some old, boring black ones that available in the market.
[link: Gadget4All.com] via Geek Alerts
Queefs, or vaginal flatulence, are a natural occurrence. Sometimes it happens and both of you laugh it off. But why would anyone want to queef on demand? For a laugh, maybe, but the ‘instructor in this video says “it helps you relax and relieves all the stresses”.
My brow is stressing out from frowning so much as I watch the video, as I ask myself, “What the hell for?”
[as seen on Jezebel.com]
I have to admit, there’s not much variety in men’s underwear. Most men would go for the plain white cotton briefs, some prefer boxers, I know a guy in camp who wore thongs for fun, but …. Manties?? For those who don’t already know, Manties are panties for men. Huh??
I’m all for the kinky shite, but why not just borrow your partner’s, like a certain Mr. Beckham does.
Looking through the website I see that there’s quite a wide range of styles and cuts, but everything’s so …. shiny! And smooth! And lacy! Oh, the lace and embroidery! Man, you gotta have one of those!
It’s a bit too disturbing an image for me to imagine a guy wearing these “every day because they are the most comfortable and softest underwear a man could ever have” as the site suggests.
[link: Manties.net] as seen on Eric Odom’s plurk.
A series of mashups featuring paintings with faces replaced by those of movie monsters and creatures. Gollum seems to be a favourite subject on these mashups, like this one of the Girl with the Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.
[link: CompleteAll]
I’m all for religion and I respect that someone wants to affirm his faith by bearing the cross, but …. the one on this guy is a little big, no? Must be really heavy too.
And those manboobs!
Okaaayy …. hmmm ….
[link: ECTOPLASMOSIS]
Maybe I’m not a doll person (never have, even in my childhood), so I don’t know what the fascination is with dolls. Viktor and Rolf dolls are beautifully crafted, but they do look a little freaky, especially late at night, on the shelf, with the dim light coming in from the window, casting shadows on the doll’s eyes, staring straight into the darkness until it …. blinks.
Imagination running wild there for a bit. Just give me a Tickle-Me-Elmo and I’ll be fine. Thanks!
[link: FabSugar]
Twitter users have grumbled about ‘missing’ tweets or messages that don’t appear in their timelines after it’s been sent. And the noise about Twitter’s frequent downtimes is getting louder with users frustrated at not being able to use Twitter’s services. Hence the ever increasing cases of micro-blogging platform migration from Twitter to Plurk and other services.
Despite the lack of reliability of Twitter, especially over the past few weeks, users are still keeping faith with it, myself included. Call us addicts? Maybe. That’s why a service such as Twiddict could come in handy for those times when Twitter is down.
It’s like a holding place for your tweets when Twitter is broken. Twiddict will constantly ping the Twitter API to see if the service is up again and sends your messages as soon as it’s ok.
I’ve yet to try it. Usually when Twitter goes down, I’d 1) give up and stay quiet until it’s back up again, or 2) Plurk!, but as Mashable reports, it’s worrying when an application or service capitalizes on Twitter’s frequent service disruptions.
[link: Twiddict]
I’d give my kids anything they’d like to play with as long as it’s safe, but this is really freaky.
The Crusty Toddlerpede
It’s created by artist Jon Beinart, who says:
In a similar vein to my drawings, I was creating larger forms from small segments. Toddlerpedes evolved over the years to imitate insects and mythological creatures. These days I am surrounded by them. They are my children, mini me’s that I find irresistibly cute. The Toddlerpede has demanded much more attention than my drawings. The popularity of my little friends has been a pleasant surprise.
As freaky as they may be, I kind of like them. I like freaky stuff like this!
[link: Jon Beinart] as seen on TrendHunter
It seems that the web and all these micro-blogging platforms are making sending messages easier, but at the same time, impose a limit on the number of words that can be used. Case in point, Twitter and Plurk.
Now comes something even more succinct - one word blogging, a.k.a nano-blogging, introduced by Adocu. It’s a microblogging service like Twitter, but you can only send one word, no spaces, dashes, underscores, etc., but there’s no limit to the number of letters you can use in your posts.
So it’ll come out like: thisisatestpostonadocu.
As if Twitter and Plurk aren’t confusing or overwhelming enough for some people, they have to come up with this?? I think I’ll pass.
Because Sarah Jessica Parker looks like a horse. Well, according to this site she does.
You know when you’re in the upper stratosphere of fame when a parody site says you look like a horse, it’s actually a tribute and is hugely popular on the internet.
What better way to be environmentally-friendly, as well as to rid your bowels of all that junk you’ve just had for lunch, than to poo in a reusable, portable toilet made out of cardboard?
The package comes with 10 bio-degradable poo bags and it’s perfect for outdoor activities like the Glastonbury Festival, picnics, camping and other activities where a toilet is …. well, the nearest bush.
I think it’s a very good idea, but I doubt clearing it and changing the poo bag will be much fun, even for someone like me with the experience of changing hundreds poo-sodden diapers. This product kind of reminds me of the old bucket toilets we used to have here in Singapore all those years ago.
[link: The Brown Corporation] via TrendHunter
Have you ever loved your birthday cake so much, or that it looked so good you just feel it’s a waste to eat it? Well, now you can have your cake and go to bed with it.
No, not an actual cake, but a cake made to look like a pillow.
May your dreams be sugary sweet!
Cake not your thing? Maybe a pizza pillow would be better.
[link: Freshome.com]
Adobe AIR applications are all the rage these days. I’m a frequent user of Twhirl. Now Pizza Hut in the US, my favourite “dunno-what-to-eat-so-let’s-just-dial-2353535″ pizza restaurant, has introduced an online ordering desktop thingy called Pizza Hut Shortcut that’s powered by Adobe AIR. Very convenient, especially if you’re online most of the time.
I wonder if Pizza Hut in Singapore will introduce this. Ordering online certainly beats ordering over the phone, which is bitch during dinner time on weekends and public holidays. Surly, mumbling ‘minahs’ on the phone taking your orders more often than not will make you lose your patience (if not your appetite).
[as seen on Mashable]
Any one of these insects and arachnids can cause severe pain, disease or death in their victims. My ‘favourite’ would be the bullet ant.
According to Wikipedia:
The pain caused by this insect’s sting is purported to be greater than that of any other Hymenopteran, and is ranked as the most painful according to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. It is described as causing “waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours”. In some indigenous communities, to enter manhood a boy has to endure being stung by the ant 5 times without screaming.
Wow! That must be a really ‘fun’ initiation process!
[link: The List Universe]
Everyone knows masturbation is the safest form of sex, but when a former US Surgeon General tried to promote it, she was fired from her post.
As a form of protest, “a benefit to raise privates (haha!!) and private funds for community-based sex education and health organizations” (from The Frisky) called the Masturbate-a-thon was born.
This year it’s happening on May 25th in San Francisco.
If such a thing is organized here in Singapore, it’ll get banned even before the lubricants come out. Pffft!!
Us in Singapore can still take part at home and watch it ‘live’ via an online feed. Hehe!
[link: Masturbate-a-thon]
Want a safe video-sharing website for your kids and toddlers? Afraid your child might stumble upon Two Girls, One Cup or be infected by a viral Rick-rolling video?
Totlol is the answer for you!
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.
I’m not too concerned with the smut on YouTube or other video sharing websites myself, but having a site specially catered for the young ones is great. They can watch all the Thomas and Friends they want and all uploads are moderated by the community of this site’s members, which you don’t get in a free-for-all (relatively) site like YouTube, which, by the way, powers Totlol.
This site might appeal to grown ups with a love for cartoons too!
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