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2013

2013-09

1. iPhone microwave battery charging.

2012

2012-11

Alternate Jimmy Savile text 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9yJUOdVyUc Apple law suit sillyness 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/08/apple_removes_apology_hiding_javascript/ Spoilt ballot papers 1. http://pccspoil.tumblr.com/ Turbo tractor 1. http://cheezburger.com/44459265 Ringland Ninja 1. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/09/23/vigilante-superhero-dubbed-the-ringland-ninja-had-a-sidekick-estate-residents-say-91466-31887496/ Susans Album Party 1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236723/susanalbumparty-Susan-Boyle-promotional-teams-embarrassing-hashtag-double-entendre.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

2012-10

Baby sloth 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Zfozy7gGI&feature=related One Direction 1. http://bit.ly/SJiZx A bush bought at a car boot sale 1. https://twitter.com/BedfordLPT/status/254211420131057665 Customers waiting for trains 1. http://newsthump.com/2012/10/03/isnt-it-annoying-when-something-youve-paid-for-gets-cancelled-commuters-ask-firstgroup/ Windows Tech support 1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i-am-calling-you-from-windows-a-tech-support-scammer-dials-ars-technica/ Excellent signs 1. http://imgur.com/a/lUWTG Pair banned from "all you can eat" restaurant 1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/restaurants/9581559/Pair-banned-from-all-you-can-eat-restaurant-for-eating-too-much.html Rail replacement bus in Glasgow 1. http://i.imgur.com/WMLow.png i.imgur.com/WMLow.png] Linux Lanterns 1. http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/69807?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2012-10-17#slide1 Really clever life hacks 1. http://shialabeowulf.tumblr.com/post/33670447154/99-life-hacks-to-make-your-life-easier Awesome contact us page 1. http://contact.darkigloo.com/ Windows Tech Support are calling 1. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/i-am-calling-you-from-windows-a-tech-support-scammer-dials-ars-technica/ Chocolate and brain function 1. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMon1211064 Hug your chicken via the ineternet 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x-8EzuMiqU

2012-09

Wolly Chickens 1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/4640253/Jumpers-for-chickens-appeal-kits-out-1500.html

2012-08

What happens when you put all your data eggs into a single basket? 1. http://www.emptyage.com/post/28679875595/yes-i-was-hacked-hard Computers are a "physical" 1. http://www.geekologie.com/2012/08/computers-are-freaky-deaky-a-bunch-of-li.php What happens when you put a C64 in front of school children? 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19055707 Boris Johnson was caught on a zip line, for a while 1. http://dangleboris.wordpress.com/

2012-07

What happened to Winamp? 1. http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself/ Man/Pug? 1. http://imgur.com/gallery/15Vqn imgur.com/gallery/15Vqn] Excellent London transport photo 1. https://twitter.com/mcandidate/status/220099852460236801/photo/1 Really interesting article about ROMs and what you can do with them 1. http://www.nycresistor.com/2012/07/07/stick-a-straw-in-its-brain-and-suck-how-to-read-a-rom/ Cute cat, according to someone it's old though 1. http://imgur.com/gallery/eadDJ As the title says, 'this gets funnier every time I see it' 1. http://imgur.com/gallery/oz6yD Design patent, I don't really think such a thing should exist for commodity hardware 1. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/09/uk_judge_says_samsung_tablet_not_cool_enough_to_be_mistaken_for_ipad.html Man wins lottery and continues to claim hand outs 1. http://news.sky.com/story/964359/lottery-millionaire-jailed-for-benefit-fraud Buy merchandise for 2012 1. http://thatbigeventinlondon.co.uk/ Aircon for 2012 1. http://imgur.com/w9eQ1 imgur.com/w9eQ1] Queen 1. http://i.imgur.com/k42fz.jpg i.imgur.com/k42fz.jpg] Kim Jong-Il Looking At Things 1. http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

2012-06

Jubilee Photo of the day 1. https://twitter.com/shutteritch/status/209283504452804608/photo/1/large Internet, internet 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyw1-Xkgfu8 Martin Belam 1. http://awesomescreenshot.com/08f81d530 Coffee Shop ear wigging 1. http://i.imgur.com/7uyBj.jpg i.imgur.com/7uyBj.jpg] IE7 Tax 1. http://www.kogan.com/au/blog/new-internet-explorer-7-tax/ Hawk keeps site clean of pigeons 1. http://twitter.com/BBCPallab/status/213190629944074242/photo/1 Linus Torvalds has a nice message to Nvidia 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19jUboon5gI British PM leaves child alone 1. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-11/david-cameron-daughter-pub/55521094/1 Banks lock inbound payments 1. http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0622/ulster-bank-has-two-day-backlog-of-payments.html Chocolate Daleks 1. http://www.bbcamerica.com/doctor-who/extras/mini-chocolate-dalek-cakes/ Natwest/RBS, where it all went wrong 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/25/rbs_natwest_what_went_wrong/ 1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/26/rbs_natwest_ca_technologies_outsourcing/ Pug 1. http://imgur.com/gallery/15Vqn Ubuntu shaking up software 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17916879

2012-05

Brilliant clock, not sure how long this will work, maybe it will get repeated daily, we'll see! 1. http://files.msurma.net/wykop/1120247/zegarek.php Two pigeons make two cats fight, spectacular 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBlYfTbA44 Want to make someone do something? Change the font! 1. http://gizmodo.com/5909063/how-to-make-sure-someone-will-buy-your-app Other uses for a hosepipe during a ban 1. http://www.b3ta.com/links/How_best_to_use_your_hosepipe_during_the_ban A dog who's into piracy 1. http://twitter.com/#!/warrenchrismas/status/202737193016492032/photo/1 Stuff the lympics! 1. http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2113877_obscene_graffiti_on_olympics_cycling_route How Yahoo! killed Flickr 1. http://gizmodo.com/5910223/how-yahoo-killed-flickr-and-lost-the-internet The mouth of a child is a terrible thing 1. http://io9.com/5910844/the-mouth-of-a-child-is-a-terrifying-thing-to-behold?utm_campaign=socialflow_io9_facebook&utm_source=io9_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow[http://io9.com/5910844/the-mouth-of-a-child-is-a-terrifying-thing-to-behold]](http://io9.com/5910844/the-mouth-of-a-child-is-a-terrifying-thing-to-behold]) Elementary 1. http://twitpic.com/9nknmy Facebook 1. http://fun.drno.de/pics/fozzy-facebook.jpg fozzy] Claim your space on the road 1. http://www.tibsnjoan.co.uk/Big.html The patent wars 1. http://visually.visually.netdna-cdn.com/TechPatentWars_4fbbd3c0a89bc.png TechPatentWars_4fbbd3c0a89bc.png] Playing where's Wally? 1. http://twitpic.com/9q6bs5

2012-04

Spell it out in chocolate 1. http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_201237_en.html

2012-03

Silly Tesco price label 1. http://i.imgur.com/dyRTO.jpg i.imgur.com/dyRTO.jpg] Forget flowers, send her a bacon bouquet 1. http://thisiswhyyourefat.tumblr.com/post/477127230/bacon-bouquet-submitted-by-rusty-shackleford Vegetable song 1. http://vimeo.com/37255898 Beanz song 1. http://vimeo.com/33280836

2012-02

Fluid dynamics in ascii 1. http://nkwiatek.com Everything in the universe, sorted by size in a nice interactive web page 1. http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf

2012-01

Raspberry Pi ''should'' be in production soon

1. http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/12/25-linux-pc-raspberry-pi-to-go-in.html

Feeling hungry?

1. http://www.ifancyafryup.co.uk

The year in (200) very amusing pictures

1. http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/27/the-year-in-pictures/

Although Eastenders isn't my cup of tea, this tribute to Pat Butcher is funny to say the least

1. http://londonist.com/2012/01/rap-dedication-to-pat-butcher-off-of-eastenders.php

2011

2011-12

This isn't a web page, it's something much better.

1. telnet miku.acm.uiuc.edu

The message of the day is that Ubuntu isn't that great

1. http://deadmemes.net/2010/10/19/fear-and-loathing-in-debianubuntu-or-who-needs-etcmotd/

Foxes discover trampoline

1. http://video.uk.msn.com/browse/news/week-in-video?videoId=0492156a-1729-4e5f-9a85-6c39cd46b009

Don't mess with your taxi driver

1. http://cheezfailbooking.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/funny-facebook-fails-dont-fk-with-your-cab-driver1.jpg funny-facebook-fails-dont-fk-with-your-cab-driver1.jpg]

Fedex delivery man displays how computer parts are treated

1. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076432/FedEx-guy-caught-throwing-monitor-fence-YouTube-video.html

Raspberry pi, credit card sized PC about to go to auction

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16316439

In a hilarious turn of events, Warner Bros have a piracy case against them

1. http://recordingindustryvspeople.blogspot.com/2011/12/warner-brothers-sued-for-trademark.html

Gordon Ramsey doing what he's famous for, shouting

1. http://www.collegehumor.com/embed/6674240/gordon-ramsey-yells-at-people-for-42-minutes

Dirty Signs with Kristin

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asswoXH03FU

2011-11

Painful sales video, don't ever make an audience sit through this

1. http://thebln.com/2011/11/astonishing-motivational-techniques-for-sales-people-is-the-the-worlds-worst-sales-conference/

Thanksgiving drumstick

1. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/8987071-418/cautionary-turkey-tale-man-deep-fries-own-leg.html

2011-10

Tank dog

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItIcvbacUWo

pixar and sid

1. http://imgur.com/gallery/HLeln

Brain and facebook relationship

1. http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/10/dont-have-many-facebook-friends-blame-it-on-your-brain.ars

iPhone 4s

1. http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/10/siri-big.jpg siri-big.jpg]

Family gets lost in corn field and dials 911

1. http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/10/family-lost-in-corn-maze-calls-911.html

Draw a stick man

1. http://www.drawastickman.com/

Beeing captured

1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/24/bees-escape-truck-crash-utah

2011-09

Christian TV show gets a Rick Roll

1. http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Christian+TV+Rick+Roll

2011-08

S-car-go!

1. http://imgur.com/gallery/A3Vh0

London riots (basically teenagers conforming to their worst reputations making life difficult for the rest of us)

1. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/08/london_riots.html

London riots heading out of central London

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-14456842

Initial London riots on the map

1. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msid=207192798388318292131.0004aa01af6748773e8f7&msa=0&ll=51.558503,-0.055275&spn=0.114195,0.298691 google map]

London riot MET Police gallery of criminals

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/metropolitanpolice/sets/72157627267892973/

Good citizens helping the police

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixel-eight/6024429000/

Timeline for the riots

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14436499

What the rioters were really doing

1. http://photoshoplooter.tumblr.com/

Cows might fly

1. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3748624/Car-hit-by-flying-cow.html

London annoyances

1. http://londonist.com/2011/08/top-10-london-annoyances.php

Where's Wall-e

1. http://i.imgur.com/U1GU1.jpg i.imgur.com/U1GU1.jpg]

Buttery biscuit bass

1. http://butterybiscuitbass.com/

Apple phones might give you the horn

1. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/iphone-megaphone.html

Do you remember ceefax? This author has gone to great lengths to make an impressive design CV here.

1. http://zef.so/employable/

Have you ever been on a crap date? There's a great list of people's experiences here

1. http://www.crapdate.com/

Perhaps the best online crazy putting game every

1. http://www.kongregate.com/games/dampgnat/wonderputt

If PHP were British

1. http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/if-php-were-british

Some people that to think outside the box, what's in the box is the Earth with moving plates

1. http://www.bspcn.com/2011/08/23/20-ridiculous-explanations-for-the-east-coast-earthquake/

MoJ keep putting their foot in it

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14705328

2011-07

Loveable owl

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QXOzYJWcb4

Corporate charts

1. http://www.bonkersworld.net/2011/06/27/organizational-charts/

Amazon hosting

1. https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=65649&tstart=0

Photography

1. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/07/how-rube-goldberg-would-take-photos.html

Austrian wins driving licence photo

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523

Fake Apple iStore

1. http://gizmodo.com/5822918/fake-chinese-apple-store-looks-amazingly-real/

2011-06

BBC publishes 'interesting' URL

1. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/03/b011ckxs/

IPv6 day, monitoring at RIPE NCC

1. http://v6day.ripe.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Spitting and urinating chimps

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13560247

Sneak some information around on a Cola bottle

1. http://d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/136600_460s_v1.jpg d3uwin5q170wpc.cloudfront.net/photo/136600_460s_v1.jpg]

Amazon likely to have lost $3m on record deal

1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/amazon-likely-lost-3-million-thanks-to-lady-gaga-album-deal/49871

Morning TV presenter fail

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13782645

Comparing typical browser traits

1. http://www.bspcn.com/2009/03/07/if-browsers-were-women/

2011-05

'''Really''' small PC

1. http://www.pcworld.com/article/227307/tiny_pc_runs_linux_is_the_size_of_a_flash_drive.html

We're all fish basically

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13280665

Record breaking lasers

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13469924

Doctor Who stories with a twist

1. http://www.ribbledoot.com/blog/files/75e1c1f15af90aae320fb4b4880c2ac2-239.html

2011-04

Walking lead gun

1. http://www.geekologie.com/2011/04/your_neighbors_are_calling_the.php

Yahoo - the Linux company

1. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/yahoo-the-linux-company/8618

Magical disk drive

1. http://blog.jitbit.com/2011/04/chinese-magic-drive.html

Doctor Who costume shirts

1. http://forbiddenplanet.com/69862-doctor-who-t-shirt-7th-doctor-costume-forbidden-planet-exclusive/

Sign maker

1. http://imgur.com/gallery/kFPyV

Dolphin Olympics

1. http://armorgames.com/play/2019/dolphin-olympics-2

2011-03

It's not email, it's Exchange that's the problem

1. http://bsdly.blogspot.com/2011/02/problem-isnt-email-its-microsoft.html

More than one way to tie your shoes

1. http://www.bspcn.com/2011/03/20/found-this-gem-while-clicking-the-pic/

2011-02

Internet running of space

1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/01/internet-last-addresses-ipv4-ipv6
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYffYT2y-Iw&hd=1

Bing copying google search

1. http://searchengineland.com/google-bing-is-cheating-copying-our-search-results-62914
2. http://bigthink.com/ideas/26756

Six WTF products on Amazon

1. http://www.buzzfeed.com/idiotgrrl/6-of-the-most-wtf-products-found-on-amazon-2k25

Man adds wife to no-fly list

1. http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/02/immigration-officer-puts-wife-on-the-no-fly-list.html

Possible ban on public farting

1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12363852

Making a right pig's ear of it on the Dawson river

1. http://twitpic.com/3x9wso

A lot has been said about IPv6 recently

1. http://revk.www.me.uk/2011/02/world-ipv6-day-challenge-to.html

2011-01

Really bad journalism and technically wrong:

1. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/

Good use of developing technology

1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20927943.800-smart-contact-lenses-for-health-and-headup-displays.html

Fighting bugs with poo

1. http://uk.reuters.com/assets/print?aid=UKTRE70I1V620110119

Fun in super markets

1. http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/ez2po/til_you_if_you_pocket_an_item_in_walmart_and_an/c1c2s3g

University of cambridge EMV interceptor

1. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~osc22/docs/mphil_acs_osc22.pdf
2. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ukca.pdf

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