Entries from February 2008

Skeleton Mouse

Date February 24, 2008

Im not sure why anyone would want to use this mouse modelled on a decomposed corpse, that spinal column looks like it could do someone an injury after extended wrist action. via

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Scary Ass Fish in British Waters

Date February 24, 2008

This nasty looking fish wasnt caught in its native waters of south-east Asia. Nope. This 2ft specimen was found in a river in Lincolnshire, UK!
It is called a  “Giant Snakehead” and is more dangerous than a Piranha.
It is thought that the fish was smuggled in for a private aquarium and
then illegally released into the wild […]

The “Game Over” stop motion project

Date February 24, 2008

The Game Over project, by Swiss artist Guillaume Reymond is a collection of stop motion movies depicting classic computer games. They were created for the “The Game Is Up” festival in Belgium this Feb. The patience this man has to have to work all this out!
If you only have time to watch one, i recommend […]

X-Men Piercings from Brazil

Date February 24, 2008

Piercing expert Diabos Mutantes from Sao Paulo in Brazil was responsible for this rather painful and scary wolverine-esqe hand job. More at bmezine via

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Server Upgrade Complete. Phew!

Date February 24, 2008

After many attempts at restoring about:blank on a new server, its all finally done. Its a relief, at one point i nearly gave up. Hopefully, its all working as it did previously. Ive activated permalinks instead of the horrible generic “p=” urls that i was stuck too with IIS. Ive taken off the random image […]

Server Upgrade

Date February 23, 2008

Hi All,
Its that time again where about:blank needs a good going over. Im moving it to another server this weekend. A server which will hopefully be able to copy more efficiently with traffic spikes etc. About:blank is currently running on a IIS server which i have found a tad restrictive recently so im off to […]

Freeze your knockers off this winter…be a penguin!

Date February 22, 2008

Environmental Agency PSA in the UK are encouraging Brits to do the green thing and turn down the heating this winter and use your body heat for warmth. Much like the penguin.

To accompany this campaign, they have produce this great little funny promo featuring a great Attenborough-esqe voice over and a lot of naked people […]

The Simspons Intro Stitched…you know, the quick bit!

Date February 22, 2008

It must be the most famous introduction to any tv program. But did you notice that really quick pan that appears at the beginning thats almost too quick to really see? Well, someone has taken screen captures and stitched them together to create a Simpsons panorama…

Click here for the Flickr page via AWV

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Look Carefully…

Date February 22, 2008

Whats that in the window?

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No pretty perfumed bars for me…I want “Ultimate Man Soap”

Date February 22, 2008

For those hard to reach places.
Kiehl’s ‘Ultimate Man’ Body Scrub Soap: This highly efficient scrub soap, make with sloughing bran and oatmeal, thoroughly cleanses skin and facilitates the exfoliation of dead surface cells, helping to alleviate roughness on tougher areas such as elbows and heels.
Product Page via

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