With boredom deep and thumbs sombre I wait for yet another midnight game release. This week: Call of Duty — Black Ops.
F1 & Chelsea start at the same time, so I won’t be visiting Twitter tonight. But I will be refreshing @sniffpetrol. Hilarious F1 commentary!
Realistic portraits of Egyptians (probably) from the time of the Roman occupation — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum_mummy_portraits
Is this the most beautiful song never officially released? I think so.
Bob Dylan - Moonshiner: http://cl.ly/45e33e13a2dc44fe60ec (mp3)
Good morning all. Remember:
“Saying ‘I Love You’ is like firing first in a duel; if you miss, you’re fucked!” - Mark, from “Peep Show”.
Attempting to get 4 days work done in 1 day as #FM2011 comes out at midnight tonight and I plan on spending the rest of the week playing it.
#OddLaws: No man may simultaneously eat peanuts and walk backward while a concert is being performed. [Grenne, New York]
#OddLaws: No fireman may rescue a woman who is wearing a nightgown. If a woman wants to be rescued she must be fully clothed. [St Louis, MO]
#OddLaws: No child may burp during a church service. Failure to comply may result in a parent’s arrest. [Omaha, Nebraska, USA]
This is what an earthquake does to railway lines: http://cl.ly/90f44703e5f5e742e9b6 (images)
Landscape Photographer of the Year 2010 - winning pictures: http://bit.ly/aRTAZo
This is how I greet trick-or-treaters: ‘Well tally-ho, with a bing and a bong and a buzz, buzz, buzz!’
The traditional English way.
You folks do realise Halloween is just for Scottish peasants, right? It’s for gutter-dwellers and coked-up-storytellers.
Jez: Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are just Frosties for wankers. Mark: Frosties are just Cornflakes for people who can’t face reality. #PeepShow
Americans. One of the best British TV comedies of the last decade is now on Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/peep-show
#FF: @iA. He has impeccable taste in everything he turns his attention to and has created many fine things: http://informationarchitects.jp
Ironically, Follow Friday is when I unfollow the most amount of people. Nothing more intimidating or frightening than a tweet full of names.
Simply stunning libraries and bookshelves from around the world: http://cl.ly/022ad8fb426b0bed7469 (images | image heavy | in Japanese)
Anyone else think self-harm boxing is a good idea? Two people enter a ring. First one to knock THEMSELVES out wins!
Mothers, here’s a genius way to get your son to tuck his shirt in: http://cl.ly/b2702784c81a7c40b3c9 (image)
This is my favourite passage from any book I’ve ever read. Some may view it as corny, but it’s undoubtedly beautiful: http://tl.gd/6mbbk8
Ridiculously tall climbing wall in Groningen, Netherlands: http://flic.kr/p/6ZTqDT (image) /cc @bmcnely
Husband confronts abortion protesters: http://salon.com/a/slRgfAA (video)
I swear half of football sponsors are made-up companies. I mean WTF are Aon, Elf, Etihad, Etisalat, & Aabar.
I saw all those in two games.
It’s taken me three attempts over several years, but I’ve finally fallen in love with @evernote.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world's_most_expensive_single_objects
200 years ago a man pulled off the greatest version of “order pizza to a stranger’s house” prank ever: http://bit.ly/dw9d1Z (as seen on QI)
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad he made various remarks about how awful netbooks are.
What has he just introduced? A NETBOOK.
Amazing mash-up/remix of Beastie Boys’ “Intergalactic” and Daft Punk’s “Robot Rock”: http://youtu.be/DUw8qJOlavQ (w/ free mp3 download link)
“Cole once hosted a party in which the attendees discovered that they all had the word “bottom” in their surname.”