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Very busy day. Nasty nasty documentation. Never the fun bit of the job. Still… Managed to find a site about giving your cat an enema, so the day’s not completely wasted.

Lovely lovely herd of nerds. Not updated often, but always the nerdiest links you could hope for… Latest addition is a link to the maths references in Futurama (more than you think) from which you find a (remarkably detailed) paper on the maths of the Simpsons. 99 x 13 = HAPPY CHRISTMAS (apparently).

Wonders of the Unseen World - a classic silent film from 1927.

The problem? Your main competitor makes a better product for the first time. You sue them for patent infringement, they sue you saying your 20 year old slogan is a lie.

The solution? Fuck it

Following on from learning about his mastery of the English language it came as a big surprise to find that Donald Rumsfeld is also a martial arts master. What a guy!

If you don’t want to know the solution to Grow… It’s: cube, ladder, egg, ball, mountain, pipe, propeller, wind, gear, dish, rocket, tv… Now get back to work!

You have to be kidding if you think I’m letting this anywhere near the family jewels…

This thread on rec.pets did the rounds a good few years ago. Paul and I were discussing it over dinner a couple of weeks ago and decided that it was time it had a new airing. To that effect please find for your delectation “Dogs In Elk”. This really is piss funny.

Lori: “wow. I can’t even begin to imagine the acoustics involved with singing from the inside of an elk.”

Anne: “Reverb. Lots of reverb”

Build your own transcranial brain stimulation device. By all accounts it would appear that you wrap a few lengths of copper wire round your head and plug yourself into a hi-fi… Anyone willing to try this out please let me know the results!!!

Doesn’t mean the same in America as it does over here though Ah well - still worth a day without trousers…