Archive for November, 2005

Game Photoshoppery

Monday, November 7th, 2005

Something Awful’s last Photoshop Phriday was pure comedy gold. Games covers redone to more accurately reflect the game’s content.

Noseplugs

Monday, November 7th, 2005

I think I’ve got Apple’s next iProduct right here.
We all know that the real reason for the iPod’s existence (besides posing) is to block out loud commuters. If you get the right headphones you can ignore even the highest decibel phone conversations.
This, however, doesn’t address the problem of smelly commuters. My trip home today [...]

Adventures in Hyper-Caffeination

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

Carrying on from yesterday’s theme, this site shows you how much of your favourite caffeinated beverage you can drink before dying.
I’d love to have been able to run this on Fabio’s fabled New Year’s espresso of January 1st 2000. Created using a production line system at 5am in a kitchen seething with the squelchy remains [...]

Buzz Buzz

Friday, November 4th, 2005

The strength of coffee from different cafés varies widely.
“The range was 25 milligrams to 214 milligrams, which was far greater than we’d anticipated.
“What our data led us to believe was that you really didn’t know what you were going to be exposed to in terms of the caffeine content.”
He says that means some single [...]

Divine Ambrosia

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005

Mmmm. Coffee-bean beer. The manufacturer’s site appears to have collapsed under the load, but rest assured I’ll spend the whole weekend scouring London for this stuff if necessary.
By now you’ve all heard the creepy slowed down mouse mating ritual song, right?
A 16-year-old Japanese girl has been arrested for attempted murder after keeping a blog in [...]

Aroooo!

Tuesday, November 1st, 2005

It’s Halloween again, and it’s at this time of year that a boy’s thoughts turn to werewolf movies.
Some workmates and I have been watching various examples over the last few days, but we’ve now run out of obvious candidates. So it’s over to you, Internets, what should we watch next?
For calibration purposes:
Excellent

Ginger Snaps
The Company [...]