The Guardian’s “Tory” Test

August 29, 2010 at 10:54 pm

Let this article from the Guardian’s Komment Macht Frei called Liberal guilt? Good for you speak for itself. To “suffer” from liberal guilt means that you are somewhat uneasy about all sorts of awkward things that it is tempting to harden your heart against, like global injustice, global warming, racism. It […]

7th Annual Testicle Cooking World Championship Starts Today

August 26, 2010 at 11:00 pm

As if you didn’t already know, today sees the start of the seventh annual Testicle Cooking World Championship – although organisers admit they rarely get anybody from abroad. The final, for those in the area, is on the 29th August. As tourism slogans go “Serbia has balls” is certainly designed to catch […]

Lay Bys

August 26, 2010 at 4:30 pm

The Swiss have an odd way of doing things. For those who think British democracy should be more like theirs – local referenda, Cantons with wildly varying tax rates, no minarets and so on, consider this: Straight-laced Swiss officials are to build a series of drive-in sex boxes where hookers […]

The Science Of Hitch Hiking

August 25, 2010 at 4:30 am

Nicolas Guéguen seems to be a scientist who only takes on the trickiest of investigations, as his website shows. Witness his talent for conducting naturalistic experiments about issues that many people have wondered about and yet few (if any) have really tested – the likelihood of a woman being approached […]

Sweden Puts Brakes On FCKU2MF Number Plate

August 17, 2010 at 10:52 pm

In random news today a Stockholm motorist has been refused the number plate of his dreams after being told FCKU2MF is too offensive. The Swedish Transport Agency (Transportstyrelsen) group said the request was rejected as guidelines say that car plates should not be formed in a way that could cause […]

Eat Bugs To Save The Planet

August 3, 2010 at 8:10 pm

TheEye did once, in the past, order and eat something from edible.com. Not your most mainstream food (the picture is of Oven Baked Thai Curry Crickets) it’s true. However it was for a substantial bet; not because anyone was forced to do it. That may soon change in the name […]

Who Killed Captain Alex?

July 31, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Uganda’s film industry doesn’t do action movies, but if it did….well actually it did, it seems. Apparently this was their first attempt (Nov 2009). Who Killed Captain Alex? Looking at this trailer, who cares? The hyperactive young narrator repeatedly reminds you that the movie is both an action movie and […]

It’ll Never Work

July 30, 2010 at 7:23 pm

Pure genius from NewsWeek in 1995. Enjoy… After two decades online, I’m perplexed. It’s not that I haven’t had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I’ve met great people and even caught a hacker or two. But today, I’m uneasy about this most trendy and oversold community. […]

Taiwanese Animators Explain iPhone Shambles

July 21, 2010 at 12:16 am

No translation, but that’s part of the fun. Try to work out what is going on…

Houses Made Of Meat?

July 10, 2010 at 8:16 pm

To be filed under Whatever Next? or, more realistically, WTF? “We’ve waxed lyrical about botanical walls, green roofs and living treehouses on Inhabitat for years – is the next logical step a home made from animal tissue? Mitchell Joachim from Terreform thinks so.From the boundary-pushing team of archi-visionaries who brought us […]