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eftychia at 01:50pm on 2004-12-01
eftychia at 01:50pm on 2004-12-01-
Anti-forgery measures embed printer serial number in colour
laser printer output. "Although the technology has
existed for a long time, printer companies have not been
required to notify customers of the feature." (link
from
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blackthornglade) - Complementary item to that
pillow shaped
like a torso and arm ... it's the
"Girlfriend Lap Pillow (link from vvalkyri
- almeda penned a few verses of
a Sesame Street filk,
"The People In Your Internet" (and a few more verses were
added in comments). Enjoy.
- Fool's World Map
Project: "This is a project visualizing the world map which
many fools in the world imagine. [...] One day, a Texan asked me a
question when I lived in U.S.. The question was 'How many hours
does it take to go to Japan by car?'. He didn't know where Japan
is, and even bofore that, he didn't know that Japan is an island.
And then, I thought. 'What kind of world map is pictured in his
mind?' This was a beginning to think that it might be fun to
gather those mixed up recognitions of countries and visualize it as
a world map imagined by the fools in the world." The map is
redrawn as new bizarre thoughts about geography are reported. The
most recent update includes 122. Due to a report from a Belgian
saying that he heard an American saying "What? England is an island?",
England and Europe has been connected by land. and 124. The
bottom part of Canada became Mexico since it is clear from the past
speech (President Bush referred to "border issue" of Canada and
Mexico when Canadian Prime Minister visited United States in 2001.
Although there are no border between those two countries
actually...). A previous updated included 068. Leaning
Tower of Pisa moved to France due to an opinion saying "LeaningTower
of Pisa is in France.". (Link from aiglet)
-
"The Flapper", instructions for folding "The paper airplane
that flaps its wings when it flies. All you need is a piece of
typing paper, a penny and an inch of tape." I haven't tried
it yet. (Link from aiglet
-
MTV Begins Casting On Super-Hero Reality Show. Yeah,
you read
that right. (Link from evadne_)
-
What happens when TSA security screeners choose the wrong
crotch to grab without asking -- that being the crotch
of Penn Jillette. "[...] freedom is kind of a hobby with
me, and I have disposable income that I'll spend to find out
how to get people more of it." Read about the screeners'
response to his cool insistence on speaking to a police
officer. (Link from yetra, who pointed it out
in merde's journal.)
- A cross-genre animation that I haven't been able to download
all of over my 56K connection yet (but the glimpse I got has
me curious about the rest:
Popeye meets Anime. (Link from djwildstar)
- A place where all sorts of funny images wind up:
FunPic.
(Link from xpioti)
- For this last one, I'm going to have to agree with
doubleplus' reaction, "Makes me grab my
head like a stunned monkey...": "the perfect romantic
gift," a version of
Romeo and Juliet customized to substitute
the names of yourself and your loved one! Especially
since one of the options is a happy ending. (Though I
confess that if the sample names used on the web site
were "Brad and Janet" instead of "Brad and Helen", I'd
have a brain full of attempts to squeeze Columbia, Magenta,
Frank, Riff-Raff, and Rocky into the play. Good thing
they didn't eh?) I'm afraid to click on lanother link on
that page to find out what the same company is offering to
do to
Jeckyll and Hyde.
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