Something Interesting

The Great Destiny Man

dave — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:06:52 +0000

Another great animation from the mind behind greasymoose.com.

Oxfam. London. Marathon.

dave — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:12:48 +0000

1^st or 24147^th, the London Marathon has always been swathed in a unique air of prestige.

Chances are you’re reading this from the luxury of a chair; or the option of one at least. Here we sit, I write as you read; the “ding” emblematic of evening net-natter pizza looming ominously. All those thousands special enough to compete in the Marathon have weeks and months of training and meal-planning to look forward too. Normal life becomes a strict regime of cereal box mantras. In a matter of weeks your heart has become a combine harvester, you’ve managed to witness every sunrise and sunset and your social life has run for the hills. Cardio, physio, card-board box. On top of all that it’s a total ball-ache to even get a place!

Or so the story goes..

Despite the statistics Gordon Brown has managed to excavate from his private mirror-universe, I’d say that a strong majority of us manage to walk the suggested “30 minutes a day”. There’s been a certain decline in general health since the days before Playstations started battering us with indignant attention seeking, but we’re not there yet! (I won’t say the ‘O’ word, but really…)

The real kicker for me is that the London Marathon is actually feasible for anyone. This chap (↑) is Buster Martin. In 2008 he completed the Marathon in 9 hours and 59 minutes. When you consider the average time is around 4 ½ hours it doesn’t seem so impressive, until you catch a glimpse of his lifestyle. He drinks regularly, smokes even more so, and believe it or not, he was 101 years-of-age when he crossed that finish line.

There are no real excuses when it comes down to it because it’s duty-free. You can sign up with ease, the training and eating schedules are up to you, (although the web is chock-a-block with helpful websites to get you off the ground), and when push comes to shove you can drop it in any bar, on any CV.

Where better than London, the founding city of modern-day marathon rules, to prove yourself (to yourself?), make a charitable donation or just to carve the ultimate one-liner.

“I ran the London Marathon”.

(THE London Marathon!!)

The Most Comfortable Ass in the World

dave — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:34:59 +0000

For the funny guys at Cyanide and Happiness comes this awesome short animation about a guy that could sit anywhere. I’m sure there is an under lying message to this, but i can’t see it through that tears that are running down my face from laughting too much.

The Man Who Could Sit Anywhere

One Button Bob Game

dave — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:09:57 +0000

Great little simple to play game that will make you pull your hair out. all you have to do is click your mouse, but can you work out how and when you need to on each section?

I managed 426 clicks, but i am sure you will be able to do better.

One Button Bob

Does Sex Sell?

dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:23:50 +0000

Umm, yes. Yes it does. Especially when it comes to lingerie and Agent Provocateur are one of the best at it. A couple of years ago they asked one Kylie Minogue to help design a range of sexy lingerie for them and then star in what would become a very popular TV ad. After such success with the Kylie ad i didn’t think they could do any better, but oh how i was wrong. Here is their 2009 TV ad for valentines day…

The ‘Pound’

dave — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:49:54 +0000

‘The Pound’ a manly way of greating your fellow friend. Is it possible for a ‘pond’ to become too long and complex? Great video from a sketch group in the USA. Check out there other stuff at Future Shorts

Pound

Lil’ Cthulhu

dave — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:01:25 +0000

A cute little story about everyone’s favourite mythical being.

Lil’ Cthulhu

Cloud to Ground Lightning Game

dave — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:20:32 +0000

Stumbled apon this this morning. Fun flash game the reminds me of Modern Warfare 2 AC130 Killstreak reward fun. Sorry its not embedded, the game is too wide to fit in my blog. Enjoy!

Cloud to Ground Lightning

Nose Picking

dave — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:24:57 +0000

I pick my nose! There, I said it. I pick it at work, i pick it while on holiday in Malaga, I pick it where ever and when ever i need.

Lately I seem to be catching a lot of other people picking as well, especially people that are driving. I drove all the way up to Milton Keynes from the south west twice in the last two weeks and the amount of other drivers i spotted mining for nose gold was surprising. I think there is nothing wrong with it at all, its only a bit of dirt that has become stuck in your nose, so why shouldn’t you clean it out every now and again.

Now i have read that you can use hypnosis or a number of different ’step to step’ guides you can find on the net to help you and your nose picking habits, but I for one will be continuing my picking for many days to come, freeing my nostrils from blockages whenever I need to.

Elephant DNA

dave — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:38 +0000