BBC photographer prevented from shooting St Paul's because he might be "al Qaeda operative" - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/30/bbc-photographer-pre.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Mr Benn to be recognised by residents of ordinary street in Putney (From Your Local Guardian)

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/local/wandsworthnews/4759857.Mr_Benn_to_be_recognised_by_residents_of_ordinary_street_in_Putney/?ref=rss

Aerial Imagery | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86937/Aerial-Imagery

Are these 2 news items related? Which fingers?

Galileo's missing fingers found in jar

Vatican hosts meeting on extraterrestrials

via Fark

 

Slashdot | After 35 Years, Another Message Sent From Arecibo

http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/23/013255
Oh no... here we go, behaving like teenagers again, and Text-spamming the neighbours

What was that Squeeze track called, again?

http://www.telegram.com/article/20091121/NEWS/911210343/1101
Via Fark
{Not so smart, though}

MonkeyFilter | City Bus Simulator 2010

http://monkeyfilter.com/link.php/17035
Pass me my anorak

3D scanning with a plain webcam - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/20/3d-scanning-with-a-p.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

Hypothetical Astronomy | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86844/Hypothetical-Astronomy

The Great Gig In The Sky | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86752/The-Great-Gig-In-The-Sky

There Shouldn't Be A GPS Tracking System In My Lingerie - GPS Lingerie - NSFW

http://gizmodo.com/5404481/there-shouldnt-be-a-gps-tracking-system-in-my-lingerie?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29
Gizmodo
Erm, as I understand it, GPS only really works outdoors.... and if you're an attractive female dressed in Lingerie outdoors I'm pretty sure lots of kind gents'll be more than happy to point you in the right direction

VIDEO: Low-flying pelican results in Bugatti Veyron Hydro Edition [*UPDATE: Now with actual crash footage!] — Autoblog

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/12/video-low-flying-pelican-ends-up-creating-bugatti-veyron-hydro/
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

NuFormer’s 3-D Building Projections

http://www.atissuejournal.com/2009/11/nuformer%E2%80%99s-3-d-building-projections/
via
http://www.metafilter.com/86620/Amazing-Building-Projections

MilkandCookies - Pigeon: Impossible

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/182685/detail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+milkandcookieslatest+%28MilkandCookies.com%3A+Latest+Links%29

//One day our teacher would give us a problem and solve for X. No problem. But then, the next day, the teacher would give us another problem and X would equal SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT! I mean, come on! We just solved for X yesterday! How can X be all these different numbers?! Don't get me started on imaginary numbers. That's a racket if I've ever heard one. They're making up numbers, people! // via

3D medical viz system with Xbox controller - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/11/3d-medical-viz-syste.html

Test

If you're taking a multiple choice test and you don't know the right answer to a question: Should you...?

Choose the longest answer

 

 0

Eliminate the answer that includes the words "always" or "never;"

 

 0

Choose B or C because test makers avoid A and D

 

 0

Test

Ray Kurzweil On Speech Recognition, Music Synthesis, Virtual Reality & The Future » Synthtopia

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/11/07/ray-kurzweil-futurist/
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/10/teenage-ray-kurzweil.html

What Really Happened on Apollo 13? | Universe Today

http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/08/what-really-happened-on-apollo-13/

Apollo 13 crew reflects on the mission from David Meerman Scott on Vimeo.

Martian Landscapes

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/11/martian_landscapes.html

http://gizmodo.com/5398894/were-not-so-different-earth-and-mars

http://laughingsquid.com/photos-of-martian-landscapes/

http://www.physorg.com/news176721098.html

Cat got Lost

http://ded.increpare.com/~locus/CatGotLost/

100 (Really) Creative Business Cards | Webdesigner Depot

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/05/100-really-creative-business-cards/

British Comedy Murderers' Row | MetaFilter

http://www.metafilter.com/86445/British-Comedy-Murderers-Row

Angry people in local newspapers

http://apiln.blogspot.com/

Angry people in local newspapers

http://apiln.blogspot.com/

MilkandCookies: Jimmy Carr Owns Heckler (NSFW) very funny

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/181838/detail/

It's that time of year again - Happy Birthday Peter

(For Monday - I posted early because of the Royal Mail strike)

First, I was

Then I WAS

But then I was all

You see, I know, there's nothing at all to be

envious about

So now I'm, like...

Happy Birthday

Peter

(It's OK, I don't know what I'm on about, either)