January 2009 Archives

This link was first posted on this blog on November 1st 2007

http://www.simplyfired.com/blog/

SimplyFired.com is another blog-based site with many hilarious and some quite unbelievable stories submitted by people about why they were fired from their jobs or simply had to leave for some ridiculous reason. Some good videos up here as well. Read, watch and submit your own story on this site.

http://www.adobecards.com/

Take a look at what you can do in Flash these days...

http://www.veryfunnyads.com/

I wouldn't say these were very funny, but they are all good for a chuckle. Watch video clips of adverts in various categories...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1217081mugyear1.html

"What makes a good photograph? A compelling subject, proper lighting, and exquisite composition would certainly be components. But what makes a good mug shot? A compelling subject, of course. And a cow costume never hurts."

http://www.unnecessaryknowledge.com/

Did you know that tigers have striped skin as well as fur? Or that the average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long?

Click the 'Generate' button at the top to scroll through them.

Get your useless trivia here!

http://www.funny2.com/odds.htm

Ever wondered what the odds of injury from using a chainsaw were? Or the odds of you dating a supermodel?

Well apparently it's 4,464 to 1 and 88,000 to 1.

Of course you'd be assuming that all human beings were exactly the same, looked the same and went about life in exactly the same way all the time, but hey, this still makes for a bit of interesting reading...

This link was first posted on this blog on October 31st 2007

http://www.geograph.org.uk/

This project aims to cover every map grid square in Britain with photographic footage. You can browse pictures of your own home town (or street in many cases) or submit your own photos to the project to be featured on the site.

http://www.passwordmeter.com/

If you're like me then you have 7 or 8 different passwords that you have to remember on a daily basis. Some passwords are weak and some are strong. Generally speaking, passwords should have a mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols to be really strong. However if the letters spell out a word or a name, or the numbers are sequential then things like that serve to weaken your passwords.

Some passwords can easily be guessed - especially if you actually know the person the password belongs to, and, if not then there are such things as dictionary attacks or brute force attacks which try different combinations of characters at the speed of the hacker's computer.

This page tests the strength of your passwords, gives you a strength percentage figure and allows you to see the weaknesses present in your passwords. Awesome!

http://www.little-people.blogspot.com/

A collection of pairs of pictures of 'little people' - one is in close-up and the other gives perspective.

...to the Benny Hill tune in the background

http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/average

You start with a load of pictures of anonymous faces - select as many as you like, click the button and the computer will generate a face which is an average of all the faces you selected...it's like a freaky kind of photo-fit...

http://www.writesomething.net/

http://www.goodplasticsurgery.com/

Before and after pictures of some of Hollywood's vainer citizens...

This link was first posted on this blog on October 30th 2007

http://www.hotornot.com/

Submit a flattering picture of yourself to this famous website and people will rate you on how sexy you are! Or alternatively just vote on other people's hotness - either way a brilliant and much talked about site when it first appeared.

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html

"There's a new form of graffiti in town, and it's extremely pleasant. so pleasant that i can't imagine even the harshest critics of regular graffiti getting wound up. I mean, who in their right mind would come face to face with a sweater-wearing tree and do anything but smile?"

http://g33klite.com/index.php/images/interesting/448-perception

This is a fantastic collection of pictures taken at exactly the right angle, giving new meaning to what would be merely normal situations.

no picture available so just click the link above to see these pics

Apologies for not posting for a couple of days - I'm working back shifts this week and have had problems finding the time to post.

This clip must have taken a long while to make - kudos to ricx78...

http://www.statuemolesters.com/

There are many different types of statues in this world - and all sorts of ways of making fun of them. Check out everyone's attempts at creating humour from them.

http://www.thecarconnection.com/dangerous-quiz/

Take the quiz and find out how dangerous a driver you are.

This link was first posted on this blog on October 29th 2007

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

There are many sites on this topic but this collection is well worth a look with many classics and some new stuff included.

Take the full tour for the full experience...

http://www.rinkworks.com/said/yogiberra.shtml

Lawrence Peter 'Yogi' Berra is a former major league baseball player who was voted into the Hall of Fame. Berra, who quit school in the eighth grade, has a tendency toward malapropism (substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound, usually to comic effect) and fracturing the English language in highly provocative, interesting ways. Simultaneously denying and confirming his reputation, Berra once stated, "I didn't really say everything I said."

This page is a collection of his most notorious quotes...

http://www.mdolla.com/2008/12/apple-future-products-gifts-xmas-ideas.html

Apple Inc. have led the way with many of their products - iPod and iPhone to name but a couple of them. I wonder what life would be like for us if these products ever came onto the market...

Paintings say so much more than just mere words...

http://www.uncoached.com/2008/11/20/20-store-signs-that-you-just-cant-make-up/

From the fast-food store called 'Turd Baby' to the unfortunate alignment of storefront signs reading 'Guns &' 'Family Dentistry'.

http://www.change.gov/page/s/application

"This website is designed to provide prospective applicants with information to help them apply for positions in the Obama-Biden Administration. President-Elect Obama will make appointments throughout the federal government. Some positions will require Senate confirmation while others will not. Some appointments will be made during the transition process and others during the early part of the new Administration."

This link was first posted on this blog on October 28th 2007

http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/

We already know a helluva lot about our world - and science in general is so much more advanced now than it was just 100 years ago. This scientific site contains lectures on the stuff that we do not yet know about i.e. the mysteries of our universe which have still not yet been unlocked. Should keep the researchers busy for years to come.

http://www.thom.org/gallery/unnat/

If you've been alive over 10 years then no doubt you will have seen pictures of the 7 Wonders of the World.

These are the man-made equivalents of them.

http://www.picdumps.com/picdumps-sachen-aus-alufolie-2063.htm

It's amazing what you can do with a bit of foil....