October 2007
More than 800 calls to Dublin fire services - RTÉ... →
Dublin fire services have received more than 800 calls for fire and ambulance services this Hallowe’en. At one point, every fire engine and ambulance in the city was out on a call.
Convict recaptured after escape - RTÉ News →
“A convict who escaped from a Belgian prison after a hijacked helicopter landed inside the prison grounds has been recaptured in the Netherlands following a robbery.”
Wa?…Wait… this is a movie right?!
64 Interview answers you need to know →
RTÉ News: Third of men own a hair straightener -... →
“New research shows more than a third of all Irishmen between the age of 25 and 44 own a hair straightener.” I can guarantee I’m not one of them.
RTÉ News: Iowa hunter shot by dogs →
“A pack of hunting dogs shot an Iowa man as he went to retrieve a fallen pheasant, authorities said.” A man’s best friend indeed.
“I’ve had no internet for the last couple of days, it was like living in...”
– Me (Is it vain to quote yourself?).
List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia, the... →
While in a low orbit, a viewer can see the Great Wall of China (pictured here in a satellite image) from space, but it is not unique in that regard. From a low orbit of the earth, many artificial objects are visible on the earth, not just the Great Wall of China: highways, ships in the sea, dams, railroads, cities, fields of crops, airports, and even some individual buildings. As to the claim that...
Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949 in Pomona, California) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.Waits’ gravelly voice is immediately recognizable, described by the MusicHound Rock Album Guide as sounding “like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car.” With this...
Rare Bill Watterson Art →
Including some of what he made before Calvin & Hobbes. Cool! thanks dailymeh
Kah Ra Shin →
Impressive website doohickery here.
Proton pump inhibitor - Wikipedia, the free... →
I’ve moved up the hierarchy of antacids to these badboys.
“Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune”
– Kin Hubbard
Urban Legends Reference Pages: 6-Volt Battery Hack... →
I had a feeling.
Go-kart driver eludes police chase - RTÉ News →
A teenager speeding through a German town in a go-kart with seven squad cars in hot pursuit managed to give the frustrated officers the slip.
VIRB° →
For music discovery and stuff. Just spent 5 minutes wondering why the sound quality was so tinny and bad on this site and then realised I had forgotten to unplug my earphones last night.
Went to see 30 Days of Night. Really enjoyed it. The first scare of the movie sent me 1 foot off my seat. Unbelievably gorey and violent. Great stuff.
Rico Clusters: An Alternative to Mind Mapping -... →
Not bad but I’m sticking with mindmapping
A conversation between Cormac McCarthy and Joel... →
A conversation between Cormac McCarthy and Joel and Ethan Coen via haze
