July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Technology, The Universe |
No Comments »
The DigitalSpace Commons, a Santa Cruz, Calif.-based company that develops an open-source 3D rendering system, has come up with the design for a new NASA spacecraft and a mission that could eventually allow humans to land on and explore an asteroid, or so-called near-Earth objects (NEO). The privately held company plans to unveil the design [...]
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Strange Celebrities |
No Comments »
Nothing like a good mile-high fucking-somebody’s-wife-on-an-airplane anecdote from Sir Richard Branson to start your day.
“I was sitting in economy on a Freddie Laker flight, next to this very attractive lady, as we headed to Los Angeles,” said the boss of Virgin Atlantic.
“We got chatting and it went a bit further. And it was every man’s [...]
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Human Sexuality |
No Comments »
If your Indian hooker for the night suddenly recites romantic couplets or bursts into song, she’s probably an avid contributor to Red Light Despatch, the new exclusive magazine for exactly these types of girls.
Launched six months ago, the magazine is a platform for the collective memories, nostalgia and dreams of the sex worker community and [...]
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Ads That Rock, Computing |
No Comments »
All hail the white lord of the cubicle farm.
Or how making the wrong ad puts a shoe up a copywriter’s ass.
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Strange Commodities |
No Comments »
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Culture, Essential Cruelties |
No Comments »
We were informed that this year’s bull run in Pamplona, Spain, was indeed one of the best bull runs when it comes to seeing people ending up on the business end of a bull’s horns, like Norwegian Christopher Neiff’s right leg (shown in the photo). Ooops, vomit.
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: Folly, Health |
No Comments »
Sweden’s medical negligence board, HSAN, is to investigate the case of a boy who had a six centimetre lollipop stick up his nose for eleven months. None of the seven doctors who examined him in that time managed to find it.
[Continue reading]
July 30th, 2007
Filed under: TV, The Web |
No Comments »
Because watching TV is ultimately inescapable.