GromBlog

How many of you are there?
I'm rarer than a wombats wing nut according to yournotme.com. They do a search of the UK's electoral records and find out how many people you share your name with in Britain. It seems that if you're called John or David then you have the most unoriginal name around (by a long way).
One small niggle though - shouldn't it be yourenotme.com (damn the lack of apostrophes!)
(something that will make a few of my readers laugh is that when I checked - the most recent search was for Dave Gorman who apparently doesn't exist. Well I think I have this Dave Gorman would have something to say about that!)

Crush a grape
'kamikazee killmouse' is the screen-name of a bizarre bloke who has taken some time-lapse scans of him squashing things on his scanner.
Weirdo.

Pigeon Cam
Absolute classic from the B3ta Board today. One of the guys works in an electronic shop & decided to attach a digicam to a remote controlled car and chase pigeons.
The results are superb!
I've hosted the videos on my site just in case the b3ta site breaks;
PigeonCam number 1
PigeonCam number 2

Stupid Motorbike helmets
Ride a motorbike?
Got no shame?
Get yourself a FUZhatZ - the furry crash helmet. Choose from the LuciFur, the dalmation spotted helmet (with ears) or others such as the Teddy helmet.
You too can look as silly as these two bikers.

Dinky bomb
Cool - here's an online, multiplayer worms style game called Dinky Bomb.
(If you use this link then you should avoid having to register)

More Mad USB devices from Japan
Following the USB coffee mug earlier, here's a load more bizarre things to plug into your pc:
USB toothbrush
USB Desk Fan
USB Desktop humidifier
USB Microscope
USB Aromatherapy Burner
USB Heated Lap blanket
and finally, probably the only sensible one, a USB Mobile phone charger

Lego Tarot
ReasonablyClever.com, creators of the famous Lego Mini-Mizer, have now come up with a set of Lego Tarot for all you spooky gothy-type people.

Attention Lazy geeks
The gadget-obsessed Japanese have come up with yet another gadget for the lazy geek - the USB-powered heated mug - perfect for making coffee or boiling noodles at your desk!

Marry a corpse for money
Wanna earn yourself 75,000 pounds? Just apply to marry this couple's dead daughter. Just don't expect to consumate the marriage.

Are you a true Ninja?
Only true ninjas have lightning fast reactions. Test your skill against trained ninjas with this finger-clicking trial.

Iceland suffering 'nad shortage
One of the funniest news articles I've read for a while - Iceland's meat packers are suffering from a lack of rams' bollocks!
"...even kindergarten students are nuts for the balls and enjoy pickling them in a salty brine and eating them with toothpicks" says the respectable news source.

Pr0nOrchestra
Performing live improvised and composed scores to pornographic film, the PornOrchestra invigorates the mysterious experience of the Voyeur-cum-Auditeur
Quite.
There's an interview on Nerve.com as well. (both links SFW except the use of the word 'porn' - but hey, if you can read this then you obviously don't have a filter on your work pc!)

This PC is 'Da Bomb'
I've seen plenty of silly case mods for pcs in the past but this one takes the prize for most unusual one so far - it's a computer inside a surface-to-surface missile!

Hedy Lamarr - Genius
Here's a really bizarre story. Hedy Lamarr, the actress probably most famous for her role in Samson & Delilah or as the being in first mainstream nude scene in a movie, apparently cameup with the idea behind frequency hopping which is an integral part of how your fancy, new bluetooth mobile phone works. I know it sounds a bit techical or geeky but it's an amazing piece of engineering especially since she patented it in 1942! This story really has blown me away.

Oxymoronic Caption Competition
If this was a real caption competition, this would be the easiest one ever.

365 Days Project
Another timely reminder for the 365 Days Project courtesy of otisfodder.com. An unusual mp3 every day for a year. Yesterday was William Shatner doing Elton John's Rocket Man, later in the week we have Orson Welles but nothing comes close to last week's splendour of the Cambodian Funk Yodeler which I am more than happy not to download as it will never live up to my imagination!

Self-portraiture
Despite being in French, the Photomacon site is a cool way of creating a cartoon monster version of yourself (or your friends). I really like the style of drawing on this gizmo.

Erotic Origami
Quite how lonely you'd have to be to want to make a vagina out of a folded dollar bill, I'm not sure but Origami Underground has the full instructions for this and many other rude paper play.

Ladies of the Evil Dead
Not a fan site, but a site by the original Ladies of the Evil Dead movies. Coming to a nerd convention near you soon.

Spacebar games
Cool - one webpage with 4 games on it. Each one only uses the space bar to control and is really simple. Not a huge amount of long lasting appeal but still more addictive than you'd think.

Behind the Scenes at a brothel
If you've ever wondered what a high class brothel looks like then the Sydney Morning Herald has a handy video tour. Looks like a tacky hotel to me.

Buy your own town
Just saw this on Graham Norton's show - eBay have a whole town up for sale - the town of Carlotta in California to be precise. Graham's started a piece on the show to get his viewers to buy it (presumably he's noticed the $15,000 of liquor that comes with it) - the whole things a bargain for only £600,000!

eBay Oddities
Need to keep tags on your wife/girlfriend? Simply implant a chip (or strap a satellite to her back and but this handy 60 foot Satellite Tracking Dish for your back garden.

Beat the Congestion
Didn't take long for anyone to come up with a game about the London Congestion Charges. Drive your van around (use cursor keys) and try to avoid the cameras.