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I Used To Believe: The Childhood Beliefs Site
“I Used To Believe is a collection of ideas that adults thought were true when they were children. It will remind you what it was like to be a child, fascinated and horrified by the world in equal parts.”
This site is really cute, and […]

Source: Reuters
Is it wrong that I’m really intrigued by the idea of eating at the lavatory-themed Martun restaurant in Taiwan? Although, a fairly disturbed part of me hopes that the toilets actually work in order to get the most value out of those “all you can eat” deals…

This is pretty cool - you can download George A. Romero’s Night of The Living Dead from the Internet Archive; apparently the film is already in the public domain due to some mix-up regarding the copyright.
Many people seem to be reporting problems viewing the 4.1gb MPEG2 file, so it’s probably best to opt for […]

OK, so it’s probably not entirely scientific, but LJ today has been a fair indicator of the international mood, just look at the dozens (if not hundreds) of posts in Livejournal_UK and the new London_070705. Similar spikes occur when you select “Distressed”, “Enraged”, “Infuriated”, “Numb”, “Sad”, “Scared”, “Shocked”, “Stressed” and “Worried”; though the resulting graph […]

The inexplicably popular David LaChappelle directs a pointless but entertaining promo for the UK airing of LOST, featuring the song “Numb” by the sorely missed Portishead.
If you’re one of those obsessive Matthew Fox fans you can download this Hi-res MPEG version of it, courtesy of Voodoo_In_TX. Alternatively you can use the link below if […]

StreetWars:Killer is a round-robin, all city, 24/7 water-gun assassination tournament. At the start of the game you will receive details of your target. You can hunt your target down any way you see fit; you can pose as a delivery person and jack them when they open the door, disguise yourself and take them […]

Google has mapped the moon with data provided by NASA, marking the 36th anniversary of the Moon Landing. This amusing little experiment also serves the purpose of giving some publicity to the Google Copernicus Hosting Environment and Experiment in Search Engineering (or “G.C.H.E.E.S.E” for short), their planned* lunar base apparently dedicated to discovering the […]

Broadband Networking Via Human Skin
“NTT, the Japanese communications giant, has recently developed a technology called RedTacton, which it claims can send data over the surface of human skin at speeds of up to 2Mbps — the equivalent of a fast broadband data connection.
To work, a transmitter is attached to a portable device, such as […]