Curiosities

This is a collection of curiosities that I’ve come across. Just a few to start with but I’ll be adding more as I find them.

A BBC News article that caught my eye – Broadband promised to unite the world with super-fast data delivery but in South Africa it seems the web is still no faster than a humble pigeon.

Updated Sometimes things go wrong, people don’t get hurt, and we can laugh about them. Here is a small collection of “Oopsie Daisies!” Updated 1st February 2010.

Quantas Fault Log – some actual logged maintenance complaints and problems.

Doo-Wop Horses – an equine barber’s shop quartet. Allow the page to load fully then click on each horse in turn. Magical!
Updated This no longer works after an upgrade in the flash plug-in in Microsoft’s browser but it works just fine in Mozilla’s Firefox and in Apple’s Safari.

A repost from the American motor industry to Bill Gates – General Motors v Microsoft.

When I saw this I could hardly believe my eyes – An Australian Adventure.

An exposition on the Thermodynamics of Hell which I think some of you might enjoy.

Daily cartoon from Randy Glasbergen for your enjoyment!

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