Ignore the terrible music, it’s an interesting video…
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Tomcat first flight tribute video
A tribute video to the Tomcat, which will be retired from the US air force in September this year. Highlights include: footage of the first flight (December 21 1970), the first hydraulic failure (December 30, 1970), the first ejection (December 30 1970) and the first crash landing (December 30 1970). It seems December 30 was…
Seth Godin at Google
A while ago I mentioned attending a talk by Seth Godin at Google. I am delighted to notice that the talk is now available online via the selection of Google tech talks now available online. It’s also interesting that this collection has grown a lot since last time I looked, so it’s worth keeping an…
Full Auto
What happens when you give a little girl a machine gun? Interestingly I was watching a documentary of the training of Marine Corps tank crews, and they’re taught not to fire in extended bursts because it is bad for the barrel.
Speed limit
What happens when all four lanes of traffic obey the speed limit in Atlanta?
If Microsoft designed the iPod box
It’s so true… Microsoft could do with some more simplicity in their lives.
On customer support
“Please hold — you’re, like, an awesome customer, which is why we’re going to play the Casio Keyboard version of Disco Inferno at you for the entire duration of your call. Please hold”. Don’t let Rory Blyth’s slipping sanity distract you from his awesome sense of humour…
Sudanese man forced to marry goat
A Sudanese man was recently forced to marry a goat after being caught having sex with it. What I want to know is how they knew it was real man-goat love, not just a fling. Wont someone think of the children?
In the US you an pack meat in carbon monoxide to keep it red longer?
Apparently you can pack meat in carbon monoxide gas if you’re a supermarket in the US and want the meat to be red longer. Ewwww.
JVC utilities for changing the images and movies on my head unit
So I don’t lose them: changing images on your JVC head unit and the JVC windows application which makes it easy.