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Search for a Super Parma (Web page)

Reviews of the parma at pubs in vic.

» Search for a Super Parma, hosted at superparma.com.

Added by macplusg3 at 14th July, 7.05pm

RaidenX - Homage to the classical shoot em up (Web page)

Anyone else have a $5 a day habit playing Raiden Fighters?

» RaidenX - Homage to the classical shoot em up, hosted at flashplayer.com.

Added by V at 6th July, 3.33pm

CBC radio - Some crickets like it rough (3.98MB, audio, not safe for work)

I'm not sure whether to describe this as comedy or a science documentary. Either way, it's simply hilarious. There are some very strange things (and occupations) in this world.

The cricket equivalent of dinner and a movie before moving in for the first kiss is the song males produce by vibrating their wings. Female crickets appreciate this kind of serenading before letting a male mate with her. But according to Dr. Karim Vahed, there's one species - the alpine bush cricket - where the males are so virile they don't have time for any gentleman-like behaviour.

» Some crickets like it rough by CBC radio, hosted at cbc.ca. Via cbc.ca.

Added by Talon at 29th June, 12.52pm

MATT SCHWEIGER - A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12-Year-Olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook Me. (Web page)

» A Realistic Assessment of How Many 12-Year-Olds I Could Beat Up Before They Overtook Me. by MATT SCHWEIGER, hosted at mcsweeneys.net.

Added by V at 22nd June, 6.02pm

President's phone plan backfires (Web page)

A bid by Indonesia's first directly elected president to be closer to his people by publicizing his mobile phone number backfired over the weekend, after thousands of calls crashed the line.

» President's phone plan backfires, hosted at cnn.com.

Added by V at 20th June, 3.57pm

George Weller - A Nagasaki Report (Web page)

Reports on the Nagasaki bombing, at the time refused printing, thought to be lost but found by the author's son.

But most of the patients who were gravely burned have now passed away and those on hand are rapidly curing. Those not curing are people whose unhappy lot provides the mystery aura around the atomic bomb's effects. They are victims of what Lt. Jakob Vink, Dutch medical officer and now allied commandant of prison camp 14 at the mouth of Nagasaki harbor calls "disease."

» A Nagasaki Report by George Weller, hosted at mdn.mainichi.co.jp. Via winkie.org.

Added by Talon at 18th June, 1.32pm

John Cowan - Flow, Stuckness, and Interruptions (Web page)

Why interruptions can be both a help and a burden to programmers.

Sometimes things go beautifully, sometimes a programmer spends whole days beating his head against the wall on a single point, until finally the light bulb lights up. These are two very different modes of mental operation, commonly known in the industry as Flow and Stuckness.

» Flow, Stuckness, and Interruptions by John Cowan, hosted at recycledknowledge.blogspot.com. Via RSS.

Added by Talon at 15th June, 12.05am

Joe Armstrong - United States Patent 6,293,874 (Web page)

User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks.

An amusement apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.

» United States Patent 6,293,874 by Joe Armstrong, hosted at patft.uspto.gov. Via improbable.typepad.com.

Added by Talon at 14th June, 10.34pm

Steve Pavlina - How to Become an Early Riser (Web page)

How to Become an Early Riser

» How to Become an Early Riser by Steve Pavlina, hosted at stevepavlina.com.

Added by V at 14th June, 1.52pm

Paul Keller - Canada Red Cross used HIV blood (Web page)

Who do you trust? (part 2)

We are talking 3000 deaths. WTF!

The Red Cross in Canada has pleaded guilty to distributing contaminated blood supplies which infected thousands of Canadians with HIV and hepatitis C.

» Canada Red Cross used HIV blood by Paul Keller, hosted at news.bbc.co.uk. Via BBC News.

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