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In a word? Brilliant. In two? Fecking Brilliant. Go watch and see if you don’t want to sing along: The Complaints Choir of Chicago What a great idea!

The difference between you and someone who got into MIT? You were satisfied with just pushing your shopping trolley around: That thing can clock 45 miles per hour, or 72km/h! Dude, you frigging kidding me?! (more info here) (via)

An email doing the rounds at the moment – absolutely brilliant, especially in today’s context. It’s like Bill Watterson saw into the future. Here’s another brilliant one that’s all too prescient : (with apologies for the lack of posting – things have been… interesting.)

All of the following are linked to Japan in one way or another, and look damn good – can’t wait. The most obvious one is Okuribito, or Departures – this is the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film this year, and looks gorgeous. It will probably be as slow as any Japanese drama is, but [...]

Bluey was given a fine send-off today, as signs of a terminal affliction finally caused those working to cure him to give up hope of a recovery. The best Bluey could manage today was an asthmatic wheeze, and with nary a pulse in evidence, the decision was made to bring to an end any further [...]

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Ah, Telstra. (via Kelson)

Not for the Australian cricket team, not yet. The incident: A. B. de Villiers, third ball of the second over, Australia v South Africa, 20-20 match, gets a Tait special in his gut, edging off his bat. In pain, he keels over and inadvertantly hits the stumps, out hit-wicket. The man is doubled over in [...]

As we approach January 20, we know that the people who will miss GWB the most is clearly the comedians, particularly when he’s the source of endless quality quotes – here’s a choice list of a few as collected by the AP: “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.” – September 2000 [...]

Turns out, US Customs can search and seize laptops at will: Laptops and other electronic devices can be seized [by Customs officials] without reason, their contents copied, and the hardware returned hours or even weeks later. Holee fuck me. Between this and the TSA, I’m never going to the US again.