Friday 1 July 2011

10 non-work-related items that I found fun or interesting

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Plutarch claimed, "There is nothing useful" about graffiti. Wrong. Those doodles of genitalia now bring the ancient world alive... more
Forget the sniggers – this is serious stuff but … it does make the ancients Greek more interesting as people!

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Beyond branded tchotchkes. Big Pharma is putting its marketing muscle toward something more valuable: the contents of medical journals... more
This one doesn't even make me want to snigger – it’s serious from the first thought.

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No doubting Charles Darwin was the greatest biologist of the 19th century. A shame, however, that his star has obscured another bright mind of the time: Richard Owen... more

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Opera’s styles come and go, but its core of music, text, drama, and spectacle is still there. Opera is about pleasure and power... more

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Thomas Jefferson opposed ball games, but the wise Abe Lincoln had a baseball diamond built behind the White House and joined his sons in playing ball... more

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As agriculture spread into neolithic Europe, it gave hunter gatherers more than wheat, barley, and beer: it gave them a white revolution: milk... more

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Germanness long predates an all-German state. Protestantism, literacy, universities, and Jewish citizens devoted to high culture all played a role... more

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Taxidermy, the chemistry of the morgue, is a cult obsession with contemporary artists, observes Simon Schama. Yet how much in this idea is really new?... more

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was nearly called Alice’s Hour in Elfland – by Edgar U C Westhill. And that's not all... more

Friday Fun: Nanaca Crash via the How-To Geek by Asian Angel
Today’s game lets you conduct a sneak attack using a bicycle and it’s very easy to play – your goal is to crash into the boy with your bicycle and send him flying as far as possible distance-wise.
To start click in the angle/percentage setting area (highlighted in blue). Keep in mind that the arrow moves up and down very quickly, so you will need to be ready to click when it reaches the desired angle.
Once you have hit the boy with the bicycle he will be launched into the air. On the right side you can see the distance travelled and speed he is traveling. Just below that you will also notice small pictures representing upcoming characters our poor boy is going to encounter in his flight.
... and so it goes on!
Play Nanaca Crash

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His father had been hacked to death with an axe; his mother left for dead. The son – the prime suspect – took his seat in Ellen Laird's classroom... more

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