Also on the ticketing annoyances front:
Tickets for Radiohead’s tour went on sale at 9am this Saturday. I woke up too late and the tour was completely sold out.
Mr eBay says: 651 items found for radiohead in Tickets & Travel
People who buy tickets just to immediately sell them on eBay for triple the face price should [...]
I’ll admit to being somewhat confused by SEE tickets’ postage pricing structure:
Are the standing tickets somehow much heavier than the seated ones? I’d have thought that sending 3 pieces of paper through the post would be quite cheap, but then that’s probably why I’m not rich…
I’ve had this inflicted on my brain, so now you all have to suffer too.
Your challenge is to go to this site and see how many posts you can read before vomiting.
Go!
(Note: Completely safe for work. Still nausia-inducing.)
It probaby signifies bad things that once upon a time I would have despaired at the idea of a USB cup warmer, but that I’m now sort of seeing the attraction.
I haven’t had a warm cup of coffee or tea for about 9 months now. I think there’s some kind of floor sensor between the [...]
A couple of follow-ups on that donut burger post. First off, it’s apparently otherwise known as a Luther Burger, and secondly, it is as nothing when compared to The Hamdog:
The problem with “design” in microcosm. You create a cool little thing like this, and then try to charge $2951 for it.
An intially amusing but ultimately depressing idea: Pre-pixelated T-shirts, because it would be terrible to advertise something unless your corporate masters were being paid for it…
A Lancashire bus driver has been fired after being caught playing Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on his PSP whilst driving.
The Gateway Grizzlies (An Illinois baseball team) have created the most awesomely terrifying piece of food ever devised by Man.
“Baseball’s Best Burger” is made from:
1 Hamburger patty.
Cheddar Cheese
2 Slices of bacon
A bun made from a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnut.
I seriously hope they never start selling these in Edinburgh. Some pissed student with a late-night [...]
The best social-engineering prank ever.
To haze a star player on the opposing team in a vital basketball match, University of California Berkeley students created a fake online female personality. For the week prior to the game “Victoria” chatted up Gabe Pruitt via AOL’s Instant Messenger program.
The prank was only revealed when the game started and [...]
Find out the Number 1 single and album on the day you were born.
Mine:
The Number 1 single was:
Cliff Richard - “We Don’t Talk Anymore”
The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (WEA) - “The Best Disco Album In The World”
Sheesh.
Biggest. Video. Game. Collection. Ever!
(Look on the page for more pics. This is only part of it.)
It’s now too late to celebrate Pi Day, but at least some people marked the occasion appropriately.
Isaac Hayes has stopped providing the voice of Chef in South Park after an episode of the show parodied Scientology - which Hayes follows.
Apparently, making fun of every other religion and social group in the world is fine, but mocking Scientology marks “a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry toward religious beliefs begins”.
Uuuuh-huh.
Phoenix, Arizona has gone 141 days with no rainfall. UK deemed “Maybe not that bad after all” by your intrepid reporter.