Itβs is time for a new Top Gear Special! This weekend, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond head to Burma and cross the country in lorries they have bought online for little money. The mission is ambitious: to build a bridge over the river Kwai. (for the ones who have never heard of the river Kwai here is some recommended viewing:Β The Bridge on the River Kwai
Category: Shrapnel
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Top Gear Christmas special is on today (the first part of it, anyway).
Since daylight savings time starts here tonight and not for a couple of weeks in the UK I can’t figure out what time it’s on. I think noon, MDT. I will be watching BBC2 from noon onwards.
Finite Heartbeats Theory
This came up in conversation this morning and I was looking for an internet source to point somebody to. I couldn’t find one, so I guess I’ve never posted about it before. So here. Pay attention kids, this is important.
I believe that you’re born with an unknown, but predetermined and finite number of heartbeats. Once you’ve used them all up that’s it – your time has come and you die.
The result of this is that anything you do which increases your heart-rate (exercise, taking the stairs when there’s a perfectly good elevator right there, leaving the house, generally walking around, etc) is just using your heartbeats up faster and shortening your life.
Late Night Links – Sunday March 2nd, 2014
It’s been ridiculously cold this weekend, so I have been mostly hiding in the apartment since I got home on Friday. If, however, you were thinking that the extra time I have as a result will help to make this week’s late night links better than usual then you are sorely mistaken.
- Russia Pokes Fun at Olympic Ring Malfunction in Closing Ceremony
- XKCD #1334: Second
I spent a decent chunk of time yesterday attempting to set up a WebDAV share on my webserver. I visited the second page several times. Didn’t find anything there to help me. - Unclogging a Toilet with Fire
Spoiler alert: Doesn’t work. - The Busiest Section Highway in North America (ON401) During the Olympic Gold Medal Men’s Hockey Game
Flo, Charlie and I got up at 4:30am to watch. - How to Fix Those Wall Scribbles
- MLAs See High-Speed Rail in Alberta’s Distant Future
I think we need this. - What a Guy Wants
- Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, on the FAO Schwarz Piano
- MasterCard Testing Security Feature That OKs Purchases Based on Phone Location
This is smart. - Creating a Border Animation Effect with SVG and CSS
I like this. I’ll never use it, but I like it nonetheless. - 100 Pennies
- Can You Solve This?
- Just a Russian on Fire Diving Into a Snowbank
No big deal. - I’ve Spent My Time in Hell
- Helping Couples Have a Family
- Now That’s Epically Drunk
- Little Kid’s Costco Performance
- BBQ Chip Bandits Busted
- A Woman in Scotland Fills out the Wrong Form on TripAdvisor, and Now She’s 87th Of 168 Attractions
- Over 120 Science Journal Papers Pulled for Being Total Gibberish
So I identified that the abstract from the example was gibberish, so I have no idea how so many of these were published. - The Internet is Controlled by Fourteen People Who Hold Seven Secret Keys
Of course.
And we’re done for another week! Stay warm, and I’ll see you next Sunday.
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Avicii & Rick Astley – Never Gonna Wake Me Up
Late Night Links – Sunday February 23rd, 2014
It’s that time of the week again!
- Special
- Ridiculously Hilarious Reasons Kids Cry
Kind of related: Why Puppies Are Better Than Babies - XKCD #1331: Frequency
- Jesus Has All the Answers
- Introducing the Superdesk
Every employee at this place sits at the same desk. - When Dinosaurs Attack
Charlie Brown would feel similarly about this, I’m sure. - Woman Jailed After Failing to Return Movie Rented in 2005
- Jerry Seinfeld Predicts Facebook in the Early ‘90s
- Romantimatic Reminds You to Say I Love You
This is just sad. Why is this a thing? - Watch Rapper Mac Lethal Rap a Song of 449 Words in 113 Seconds… in Alphabetical Order
- It’s All Become Clear Now
Is this true? - Stop Answering Work Email at Night to Work Better in the Morning
- Breaking News
- [Citation Needed]
The best of bad wikipedia. - Hmmm
- How to Rip a DVD to Your Computer
I really should do this and get rid of the last of my physical media. I did it with CDs a few years ago. - How to Write a Professional Bio for Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+
- Find Your Own Path
- Human Loop the Loop with Damien Walters
Pfft. I could do that. - Cyanide & Happiness #3474: Service Dog
- Extreme Pizza Delivery
We live on the third floor. I don’t know why we don’t do this. - 10 Curious Facts About Twitter
#Susanalbumparty
And we’re done for another week! See you again in another seven days, internet.