I am in here.
Piss-controlled urinal-based video games: Cory Doctorow: Marcel Neundörfer’s On Target urinal has a pressure-sensitive screen recessed into it — score points by shooting the moving images onscreen. Not only does this add much-needed entertainment to otherwise dreary elimination functions, but it also improves aim — if you stay on target, you’ll avoid splashback and misses. … Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept.
NEWS of the WEIRD – Current News: A 300-page indictment detailing more than 1,000 allegations of election fraud was returned in February by a grand jury investigating the coal-mining town of Appalachia, Va., following reports of absentee-ballot bribery by two town officials. Prosecutors accused candidates’ operatives of offering the locals such goodies as beer, moonshine … Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept.
The Evil Genius of the Bush Diktat Strikes Again! @ AMERICAN DIGEST : …All of which gives rise to this one single and telling question: “Why is it you never see a picture of the Koz with Karl Rove?”
Via Beautiful Atrocities: 2006 HAJJ-O-METER™ : In the running tally for this year’s Mecca human stampede invitational, 345 pilgrims were killed in the annual Trampling of the Faithful obstacle course, a disappointing showing by organizers who’d hoped to exceed 1990’s all-time record of 1426 fatalities, but still better than 2004’s lackluster 244. Saudi authorities reacted … Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept.
