Month: February 2008

Saint Valentine. Patron saint of engaged couples, bee keepers, plague and travellers. Martyred by the Romans around 270, and buried north of Rome. Nothing else is known. He…

[David Suzuki proposes jail time for climate skeptics](http://www.reason.com/blog/show/124862.html). I understand the thought. But seriously, a little bit out of whack? And where does it end? Jail time for…

[Bundle Wrapping](http://www.onebag.com/pack.html#bundle). How to avoid creases and wrinkles through clever wrapping techniques when packing your bags. The only disadvantage I can see is that you need to completely…

[A mind blowing optical illusion](http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/08/color-tile-optical-i.html). A really good example of just how much is going on in our brains. Most photographers know this already, but the brain and…

[25 skills every man should know](http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=5741230&GT1=10716). Sexism apart, of course. I can do ten out of twenty-five...

[How to wrap a present properly](http://www.wikihow.com/Wrap-a-Present). My personal method is a little simpler: 1. Pay someone else to wrap it for you.

I honestly thought we'd be done by now... Wasn't [Super Tuesday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Tuesday) going to be the killer blow for the Democrats? Well, I suppose it's almost over for the…

[Why not catch the London to Sydney bus](http://www.ozbus.co.uk/). Twelve weeks, $9000. Of course, the bus will be late and then three will turn up at once.

[An english to R2 droid translator](http://www.r2d2translator.com/). Please let me know if you find any plausible actual use for this...

[A Hello Kitty rifle](http://blog.riflegear.com/archive/2007/12/26/hello-kitty-ar-15---evil-black-rifle-meets-cute-and.aspx). It's hard to imagine why you would mix an icon of such unending evil with a rifle...