Scratch

Here you will find older scratches, musings and other detritus that once were located on the front pages, but have now faded.

Filed away here to collect dust and cobwwwebs in perpetuity, links may break, facts may change and data may corrupt.

On occasion I may come down here to tidy, but for the most, I prefer to leave the past where it lies.

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Alex Sandwell Kliszynski

Online doll gallery by Alex Sandwell Kliszynski (NSFW).

Cyborg Bugs

It seems that DARPA, along with the kudos of developing various useful stuff for every day life such as the Internet, will soon be also be thanked for mounting machine guns to radio controlled flying beetles. I wonder if you can get an iPhone app...

Eggs

So, what is in the yellow shed? A very large, very pretty, easily obtainable, source of power.

Banksy's Pet Store

Banksy's recent exhibition in NYC, The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill .

Google StreetView

Google StreetView kills Bambi.

Pac-Man

Pac Man, as he will no doubt look like on a episode of CSI.

Birdsong

The Lyrebird from Life of Birds. Kindoff.

Inspirational

40 Inspirational Speeches in 2 Minutes.

Citizenship

If you weren't born in the UK, or even if you were, could you qualify as a citizen.

Birdstrike

Given the recent Hudson river landing, what actually happens when a 5lb bird hits an aircraft engine. Strangely whenever the conversation about birds and planes came up, I always used to think of the alleged test. Now however I think of Eddie Izzard's birdstrike.

Walt Disney EqualOps

Walt Disney, an equal opportunities employer.

Bubblewrap

Bubblewrap. For those times you are without.

Bunny Opener

An high maintenance letter opener.

Black Circle

Literally hours of fun frustration courtesy of the black circle.

Molson

Apparently Molson is what you drink when chasing beaver. Well the Canadians do.

Customer Care

Sometimes the customer is Not Always Right.

Planet 51

Trailer for Planet 51 is looking good.

Face Stimulus

Electrical stimulation of facial muscles to music.

Franksemails

Frank's Spider Payment.

Salad Fingers

Was round the neighbours the other night and he reintroduced me to Salad Fingers. All eight episodes to date are available.

Full Eyebrow Removal

Courtesy of BME, a Full Eyebrow Removal.

Penn and Teller Blast Off

Penn and Teller Blast off with the Muppetts.

Wassup 2008

A bit belated (in terms of posting), but wassup.

Dominoes

Dominoes. Approximately 4.5 million.

X-Rated X-Ray

A Register article about Birmingham Airport report including an X-Rated X-Ray shocker.

Mime Album Covers

Name the mimed cover.

Swedish Dance Bands

A selection of Swedish dance bands for your viewing pleasure.

Web Meme

A collection of web memes.

Canstruction and Stacking

Some people have far too much time on their hands. Canstruction. Or, even more wtf, stacking.

Dancing Matt

A simple question. Where the hell is Matt?. Prior to seeing this it never occurred to me to share my dancing with the world. Luckily I am not that cruel.

Cars and Women

Courtesy of Jalopnik's, as a male what you drive obviously effects the type of women you appeal to.

Tower Of Teeth

What could look better in your living room than a tower of Tower of 28,000 decaying human teeth. Nummy.

Teddy Delivery

Although I am probably shooting myself in the foot with this, but there is a bear for every occasion.

Camera Cakes

Quite simply camera cakes.

Large Potato

A very large, potentially the largest potato Ever.

Mutant Spider

I know the theory of genetics/survival of the fittest, but come on. To be able to lift their outsized jaws, the assassins evolved elongated necks, giving the spiders a unique ability to strike from a distance. This is not adding a few metal rings round your neck to give you that extra inch/foot. This is becoming a giraffe because you have a rather pronounced overbite and if you didn't you would spend your life po going on your own teeth.The Assassin spider.

Broccoli

Play music on your vegetables.

Frijj

Hmmmm. Frijj-ey goodness. Although the girl is creepy as hell.

Self Storage

Visiting gran.

Tutles

Not for the faint hearted. And the title of the article 'Terrifying sex organs of male turtles' isn't far wrong.

Cat Wear

I have never understood why people insist upon dressing pets (especially cats) up in outfits. LEt alone those who paint their dogs nails.

Translucent Creatures

Freaky translucent creatures.

Western Spaghetti

A very cool stop motion film.

Gin and Titonic

Presumably nigh on 100 years ago these ice cubes. wouldn't have gone down that well. Pun intended.

Windows Music

Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98! And I thought I had a lot of time on my hands.

Photoshop Disasters

I'll link to this page showing a particularly witchy Christina Aguilera seeing as the current main page isn't that SFW.

Odd Costumes

Rather odd. The Peculiar Sci-fi Costumes of Dave T. Smith.

Rainham Sheds

Its Rainham Sheds...

Ukulele Orchestra of GB - Shaft

The Ukulele Orchestra of GB performing Shaft.

JL Rape Quiz

The "John Leslie Rape Quiz" How would you score? I am not sure whats funnier, the photo or the comments below.

Octopus Eats Shark

Hmmm. I think if 3ft long shark carcass' appeared several days after a shark vanished, I would have a pretty good idea what was happening.

White Tiger Cubs

Some very cute white tiger cubs.

Darth Thriller

Darth Thriller

Mario Theme

The Mario theme played using bottles and an RC car..

Young Me Now Me

YOUNGME - NOWME

Ursine

Ursine photogallery by Jill Greenberg on The Morning News.

Vintage Neon

Literally just vintage neon.

Hamsters

Hamsters really have big cheeks.

Microsoft Space

First there was Google Earth now Microsoft have launched Worldwide Telescope for space.

Mureal

An animated mural on a building.

The Hulk

A Hulk spoof on Kimmel with Ed Norton.

Guitar Spin

I presume guitar spins only work with wireless, battery powered guitars. Saying that, they presumably work with wired guitars, just with an ever so slight increase in the risk of strangulation.

The Front Fell Off

Indeed, the fell off.

Animal Robots

A robot in child's toys clothing.

Supernova

Images from a supernova 325m years ago.

Will Ferrell as George Duba

Not normally a fan of Will Ferrell, but a pop at George Duba is probably worth mentioning.

Elmer Fudd Google

A Elmer Fudd edition of Google.

YouTube Roundup

Some of the YouTube links that have arrived in my mailbox over the last couple of weeks. The Italian Spiderman. A couple of Americans driving their Horse round feeding it cheeseburgers - ok I can just about believe a horse is happy sitting in a car, but eating cheeseburgers!?!?! A trailer for The Foot Fist Way. Shia LaBeouf displays the range of his verbal acting, the Pork and Beans video by Weezer. Possibly the coolest game of Snake, played on the side of a building. Mousetrap-esque Creme that Egg. Guys backflipping into jeans. A Korean Toilet commercial - I would be scared in case I leant on one of the buttons. Burger, the Pscho cat. Finally, not that I have been watching Britain's Got Talent but this was very good.

Rolling Fields

Rolling fields as far as the eye can see. Just upwards. I am sure I remember something like this from an Usborne book or something...

Start Digging

Imagine your disapointment if you dug through to the otherside of the world to find yourself at the bottom of the Pacific which quickly drained (anti-clockwise) through and flooded your garden... surrounding neighbourhood etc.. Luckily, this will help you plot a route.

Land of Food

The Land of Food.

Cash Counting

How do you count your cash?

Money Celebrities

The Money Celebrities Pictures Gallery

Circle

World Champion free circle drawing.

Poop Power

(Cow) poop power

Rocket Songs

Admittedly some are good, but If I were trapped on the ISS with just these 10 songs I would seriously consider standing in an airlock sans suit.

Sex and the City / Matrix

From the MTV movie awards, Sex and the City / Matrix

Awesome

Truly awesome.

Garfield

You wouldn't have thought it, but Garfield minus Garfield is as funny if not sometimes funnier than the original as we see Jon Arbuckle in a comic about 'schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?'

Hover Chair

Oooh, a hover chair.

Sleeveface

Sleeveface.

Death Star Canteen

Eddie Izzard's 'Death Star Canteen' sketch set to Lego.

Amazon Reviews

A while ago I was sent this link to a review of bic pen on Amazon. I couldn't decide if it was a piss take or not. IF I was in any doubt, the person in question has a lot of similar reviews.

Lifehacker Roundup

Lifehacker-y goodness:

• Twenty Top 10's of 2007
• The Best of 2007 Roundup
• Lifehacker's 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps

Greenest House

The first LEED Platinum Carbon Neutral Building with the included line 'greenest building ever built, with zero footprint...'. Nailing that to the flagpole is bound to get people talking. Read some of the comments and whilst you get the humouress are perhaps more interesting - 'I believe a tee-pee is the greenest building ever built', there are some very valid points, especially Steve's.

HDTV Moon

Japanses HDTV video of the moon.

Busted

If you take the odd day off work and keep it low key, I suspect you have a better chance of getting away with it than, oh lets see, posting your halloween pics on facebook. And the boss is right. It is a nice wand.

World Sunlight Map

World Sunlight Map

Ecological Surfing

Studio Artois presents: Surf Rescue

Running From Camera

Running from camera. Nuff said.

Flickr Pics

Various Flickr pics - Faces in Places, SKYplay and the amazingly cool Tiny Animals On Fingers.

If Attacked, Fight Back!

'If Attacked, Fight Back!' - What to do incase of aattck by Mountain Lion. Its what Chuck Norris would do..

Crabs

Big. Crabs. No I mean, really big, crabs. And strangely enough, if they can crack coconuts in their claws, I would not let them climb on my chest towards my oh-so-not-at-all-cocconut-like-except-in-its-snapability-factor neck

Punkin Chunkin

Oooh. Pumpkins and medieval artillery.

Pirate Number Place

Modern day pirates.

Belly Flop

World record belly flop.

Scary Mary

I always thought she was scary. Mary Poppins.

Indy 4

Indy 4 is going to be Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull according to Shia Lebeouf.

Facial Transplants

Courtesy of Freaking News, Partial Facial Transplants. Depp/Bloom and Portman/Knightly are particularly good...

House Cleaning

How to clean your home in 19 minutes a day.

Giant Lego Man

Giant 8ft lego man washes ashore.

...suspicious pundits on the Web site Reddit feared it might be a Trojan horse "full of small Lego people about to attack Holland."

Wave Pool

Obviously people in Tokya require less personal space when swimming.

Hornet Sign

An odd sign.

Artist or Ape

Artist or Ape

Wet Webs

Pretty spider webs after the rain.

Below The Nose

The Official Mustache Database.

Simpsons Star Wars

A Simpsons Star Wars Parody

Pillowig

The most useful of accessories, the pillowig.

Before They were Famous

Obligatory before they were famous commercials.

flickr Viewing

Mashable has a list of the 11 craziest ways to browse flickr including by colour, drawing or song lyric association.

Time Travel

Practical solutions to time travel. Back to the future, via a donut-shaped vacuum?

Lego Desk

A Lego desk

Declutter Your Digital Life

An interesting Lifehacker article on 'decluttering your digital life'.

Self Destructing Email

Mission Impossible style self destructing web based messaging or email tracking/self destruction.

Cat Of Death

Some people may see a cat predicting the time of your death as a good thing. Myself, I am not so convinced.

Colossal Squid

A really colossal squid.

Little & Large

A meeting between the world's tallest and shortest man.

Hand-knitted iPhone

A hand-knitted iPhone.

Pouring Ketchup

How to pour Ketchup.

Rubber Ducks (2)

Following my previous post, i appears the first 'Friendly Floatee' rubber duck has arrived on our shores.

The Incredible Hulk of Hounds

The Incredible Hulk of Hounds

Shopping Carts

Applied geometry with shopping carts.

Under Water Maldivian Restaurant

Having eaten on the beach in the Maldives, I can only imagine how good it would have been to dine in this underwater restaurant. Whilst I wouldn't have changed a thing, it does give me an excuse to go back.

Rock Paper Scissors

Whilst I shall probably regret posting this, how to Win at Rock, Paper, Scissors.

Rubber Ducks

Traversing the ocean for 15 years must be filled with danger. No less so than if you are a armada of 30,000 rubber ducks.

Flash

Hmmmm, Flash Gordon teaser...

Photo Tools

90+ online photo tools

Paper Cutting

A rather awesome site showcasing what you can do with some paper and lots of time.

Mashup

Quite a cool mashup entitled Sweet Dreams are Made of Seven Nation Army.

World Food

What the world eats.

Planes

Long exposure of a plane taking off at night.

Winner Loser

Whats in a name.

Scramjet

DARPA scramjet peaks at speed of 6800 mph. Would make travelling to the corner shop a bit more bearable, even those in another count(r)y.

Mr Lee CatCam

Combining camera technology and pets is nothing new. But every once in a while someone does something different - Mr Lee's CatCam showing his trips.

Roomie Notes

Passive agresssive notes concerning room mates makes me think how lucky I was with mine. Afterall, how lucky was I when I came home to find a note written on my door with a tampon, and although it was only in ketchup I guess its the though that counts.

Fire & Soundwaves

How fire reacts to soundwaves.

Liquid Sculpture

Some pretty damn impressive photos entitled liquid sculpture.

Shell-less Snail

Hmmm. Woman discovers shell-less snail. Would someone with a greater knowledge of such things explain why this isn't a slug?

Monty Python - Black knight (star wars)

A Star Wars dubbed version of theMonty Python - Black knight scene.

Viva Voodoo

Viva Voodoo - Too Dumb to Die. Hours of fun.

Blackpool Infusion

The new Infusion ride at Blackpool. And riding on it.

Krinkle

Man sells neighbours dog, Krinkle, in yard sale.

25 Hour Day

Never enough time? You should be able to squeeze in a 25 hour day.

China Parking

A chinese 'car park'.

Instructables

Kewl, could anyone want more than a Personalised Guess Who boardgame. I am so raiding my digital photos although certain questions like 'is this person on the sex offenders register' might strain friendships.. Or failing that a breath powered USB charger. The rest of my evening is sorted.

YoutTube Bits

Amazing free kick. Tolerant Husky w/ kitten. Potter ... Phoenix inernational trailer. Bill Clinton / Voodoo commercial. 7Up commercial. Mastercard commercial. I might have to do some work at somepoint...

Blood Pillow

Blood pillow anyone?

Le Book

New training materials.

Bruce Cambell

Bruce Cambell is quite obviously a living legend. Exhibit A: Bruce does Duran Duran; Exhibit B: Bruces owns a big picture and talks wisely.

Bionic Woman

Previews of Michelle Ryan as the new Bionic Woman.

DC & Marvel

A series (Spidey/Supes 1, Spidey/Supes 2, Spidey/Supes 3, Spidey/Supes 4, Spidey/Supes/Batman 1, and Spidey/Supes/Batman 2) of Mac/PC-esque vids but with DC/Marvel.

Cosplay Transformers

I think I am just going to post this link about 'real transformers' and not comment.

Solar Skyscraper & Recycling

Ignoring the fact that I cannot imagine what services are required so that the service tower is bigger than the tower its servicing, but the energy required to make all those solar panels seems rather inefficient considering the payback. On an related note, this seems much 'greener'. And where better than to have your recycled bits than one of the worlds cleanest cities.

OK

Are you OK?

09-f9-11 etc

I was just reading an article on the NY Times concerning the HD DVD hex code controversy, and I managed to stumble my way to bmezine. Now I'm actually wondering whether ...a corporation [can] force a medical procedure......

Jumbo Jet

Camden's traffic wardens already seem to instinctively know when anything over the size of a moped is parked innapropriately. I can imagine the joy in their little faces as they swarm together if ever faced with a jumbo jet.

Circus of Disemboweled Plush Toys

The Circus of Disemboweled Plush Toys

Beer

Beer was the base for all technology.

The Wind in Spain

Following my earlier post concerning geothermal energy in Iceland, it seems that Spain's wind generators have now reached 27% of the national requirement.

Alnwick Garden

Alnwick Garden has some great aspects - a 6,000 sq ft treehouse (additional pics here), a Poison Garden filled with poisons and other illegal substances and a Serpent Garden filled, rather strangely, with water features.

Copperfield. Liberty

An examination of David Copperfield's vanishing Statue of Liberty

The 'Highest' Spot on Earth

Hmmm. The The 'Highest' Spot on Earth isn't necessarily the closest to the moon.

The Cat Came Back

Ooh, The Cat Came Back.

Bread Crumbs

Its amazing how one thing leads to another. First I find StickDeath.com does Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar. From there then its off to YouTube for the actual video. Then the Sims2 version. Then its onto The Sims2 : Oasis - Stop Crying our Heart Out... This might never end...

Wake N' Bacon

Hmmm, the Wake N' Bacon. Not overly environmentally friendly, but hmmm, bacon.

Sea Giants

Really. Big. Boats Which is what you need to move a really big Radar.

Stereo Eclipse

An ultraviolet image of the sun with the moon as a calibration disc courtesy of the STEREO program

Men Look at Crotches

A rather interesting point concerning eye tracking - apparently men look at crotches and not just human ones which is rather disturbing (Courtesy of Kottke.org)

Comet, Fireworks and Lightning,

Possibly one of the best panoramic photos I have seen - Comet Between Fireworks and Lightning

Flying Boat in Maldives

Hmmm, I remember Maldivan boats. Wish I was back there.

Giant Ocean Sunfish

According to the National Geographic if it lives to adulthood, a [Giant Ocean] sunfish can gain over 60 million times its starting weight: "the equivalent of a healthy, bouncing human baby growing to a weight equal to six Titanics". Link

Circumzenithal Arc

A circumzenithal arc or upside down rainbow. (Wikipedia entry)

San Francisco Pillow Fight 2007

You can't beat a good pillow fight.

Apple Sauce

Apple go bye bye. Or rather what happens when an apple gets hit with a super-sonic shockwave.

Folding Paper in Half 12 Times

So you can fold paper 12 times

William Shatner does Rocket Man

The man should release a 'Best of DVD' compiling live performances. William Shatner does Rocket Man

McNaughts Comet & Tidal Wave

A pretty awesome image of McNaughts Comet Eyre Peninsula South Australia. And some amazing ones of a frozen tidal wave.

The Folding Chair

A rather cool folding chair.

Insect/bug Macros

Some interesting Insect/bug Macros.

My Life Story

Oooh. My Life Story videos. Strumpet.
You can't uneat the apple. 12 Reasons Why I Love her. Sparkle.

Cows With Guns

Although an oldie, a classic

Wedding Thriller

Admittedly not my choice of first dance, but 'tis kinda classy.

Glass Radiators

Oooh, glass radiators, like WTF.

Google Maps

Hmmm. Google Maps appear to have updated sections of London. The only reason I noticed was that where here was once greenish fields outside my flat, there is now the first stages of bridge building works that started a year or so ago.

USB Humping Dog

USB humping dog. I just realised how dodgy that sounds.

Aquarium

A bizarre Aquarium.

Tony vs. Paul

Ray Harryhausen (who I met) would be proud. Check out Tony vs. Paul.

Speed Bandits

The Danish way to stop Speeding

Insomnia

Id be cranky if I'd gone 30 years without sleep.

President Gates

President Gates anyone? LMAO re: the line that begins If you haven't already told your kids... Always sound advise.

Prydz v Floyd

Why, why of does this happen? Ok I can understand the environmental message behind the video, but did surely this sort of thing would be better as some sort of pseudo-documentary, rather than re-mixing what was, IMHO, a perfectly fine Pink Floyd song. Or even some crap 80s electro pop. You choose. Check out Proper Education.

Airport

A busy airport which is quite interesting

9 To 5 Painting

Think I'll give 9 to 5 Painting a go, although I suspect it will turn out almost solid.

Batman LEGO

Where does he get such wonderful toys? Watch the films - sooo cool. :)

Smurf Movie

Truly Smurftastic

Spider-Man 3 Trailer

Spider-Man 3 trailery goodness.

Shuffling

Quite old. Shuffling Towards the Weekend Drinking Game

Tube

Google Map Journey Planner for London and New York

Homer's Jobs

Homer Simpson's Jobs

Elephants & Event Horizons

What happens when you 'throw an elephant into a black hole'?

Air Powered Car

An air powered car

Kettle Cookery

And yes you can boil an egg in a kettle

Climate Change

The Devon Wildlife Trust has a new poster campaign re: climate change

GrindHouse

With the upcoming release of GrindHouse, the following promotional posters for the Tarantino segment: Death Proof; and the Rodriguez segment of Planet Terror 1 and Planet Terror 2, are out and about.

Miller And Moore

I was watching Frank Miller talking at the screen awards about how Comic writers and filmakers are slowly coming together, in what he believes are similar interlinked mediums (he storyboards as the bridging gap), and I notice how his views are so diammetrically opposed to Alan Moore's.