shrunken heads, made out of, well, goatskin (you can't have sex coz you're a mermaid? well, how about you give me a little head instead?)

German village gets swamped with pig manure (Sie Schweine!)

mooses (meese?) are surfing in Norway

an angry hare attacked a dogsled team (obviously didn't get the memo on the whole predator/prey thing)

China nixes any cartoons with animals & people in them (also, no talking animals)

a Japanese TV show about a cat that loves human breast milk (they take him all over the country to suckle. what a great job)


here's one for all you vegetarians out there - is it ok to eat plants that eat animals? (this is a carnivorous plant kit, with 12 different carnivorous plants in it)

scientists speak out against animal rights

guy gets anthrax after inhaling spores from raw animal hides used on drums


that's chicken teeth. No, really, mutant dna, blah blah (and no, not so rare, all you old wives)

Tags: animals, breasts, china, japan

modafinil is the kickass new(ish) drug that allows you to operate for 40 hours non stop, with no known side effects (more on the general area here)

loud music definitely wakes you up - and if you take MDMA as well, the music then amplifies the effect for up to 5 days


the Japanese are getting to the point that they can't let their dead go without taking their photo first..

a vietnamese man has been awake for 3 decades without sleep (and yes, has been very well studied by curious scientists)


ok, so he's not asleep (lifeofreilly!), but he's also not go-go-going anywhere.. it's just Not Quite As Super as I was brought up to believe..

Tags: japan, sleep

no, that's a table


that's a difference engine (yes yes, old skool Babbage stylings)

cartoons are not funny (just in case you want to see what all the furor is about)


"maid cafe"s in Tokyo, say "welcome home master", and get on their knees to stir the milk and sugar into your coffee.. disturbingly appealing to the clientelle


let's make a picture! ok.. how about we use live bacteria to do it.. sure, why not? (click Galerie und Details)

control what looks like a videogame.. until half way around the car track, you realise it's actually a real car with a video camera, driving around above your head

Tags: computation, games, japan

samorost2 is out - gorgeous sounding (and looking) click-everything-and-try-to-make-something-happen-to-something-else game. wow, just lovely.. good enough it made me go back and play samorost 1 again.

RIAA: Has your service provider told you that you've been subpoenaed? 

JH: A penis?

RIAA: [Long pause] What?

skills and knowledge. how to capture a niche in both

big balls = small brains (huh. which to choose, which to choose..)


it's a mystery beast!

Japanese girls sell their.. spit.. buuuut, it's not prostitution, so it's just AoK.

India's Bangalore changes it's name to (I'm not making this up) "the town of boiled beans"

Australians youths are (I'm not making this up either) too fat and stoned for the military

and just for the wow factor - video of a Smart car hitting a concrete barrier at 70mph.. and it's fine, well, toast, but the passenger compartment, hell, even the doors still work

Tags: australia, funny, india, japan, riaa, samorost, silly, smart car