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Take some assorted body armour. Attach an assortment of castor wheels to just about every part of your body and you become
Rollerman Flash.
His real name is Jean Yves Blondeau, a former design student and proud owner of the world's only rollerblading supersuit. It may be handy for
zipping in and out of traffic, but the fun really starts when you
roll down an alp QT, reaching
speeds of up to 60mph with oncoming traffic. Is this insane, or an extreme combination of
inline skating and
street luge.
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at 11:08 AM on August 14, 2007
(54 comments)
Alan "Fluff" Freeman has died at
the age of 79.
Although he
gave up broadcasting in 2000, due to poor health, he will always be remembered as the man who invented the chart rundown, complete with background music and jingles.
He is probably best known for
Pick of the Pops, which reached a mainstream audience, but was also a champion of rock music. Along with
John Peel and
Tommy Vance, Fluff was the last of the three great DJ's I grew up listening to on late night radio. I'm too young to remember his Radio Luxembourg shows, but The Saturday Night Rock Show on Radio 1 was compulsory listening, part for the music and part for Fluff's unique catchphrases and jingles, particularly
Sign of the Swingin' Cymbal (rm) which became his theme on all his radio shows. He was also the inspiration behind the Harry Enfield character
Dave Nice. We'll miss you Fluff. Not 'arf!
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at 3:48 AM on November 28, 2006
(29 comments)
Today SCOTUS will
hear a case to decide the scope of what can and cannot be patented.
At the heart of this case lies the decision about whether a patent can validly include a step of ‘correlating a test result’ that arguably monopolises a basic scientific relationship used in medical treatment ‘such that any doctor necessarily infringes the patent merely
by thinking about the relationship after looking at a test result.’ If as expected the court uses this as an opportunity to reign in the scope of what can be patented this will surely be a victory for common sense.
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at 4:02 PM on March 19, 2006
(18 comments)
It's almost Friday, so time for a little flash fun.
Meet Snowball, a Bunny Ninja Assassin in his first three outings:
Bunny Kill 1,
Bunny Kill 2, and finally
Bunny Kill 3 Vol. I.
Warning, contains swords, guns, light sabres and extreme violence against cartoon bunnies.
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at 1:39 PM on September 29, 2005
(18 comments)
Fed up with paying exorbitant prices for fuel? Try
Petrol Direct - fuel delivered straight to your door!
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at 2:54 AM on September 16, 2005
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Fitness to Practice is a collection of songs written and performed by Amateur Transplants, two practicing doctors from the UK. The album consists of
original songs as well as witty parodies of songs originally performed by among others
Tom Lehrer and
The Jam (mp3 links). The lyrics contain a lot of medical in-jokes, but the humour is broad enough to appeal to everyone.
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at 6:01 AM on March 31, 2005
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Experimental Gameplay is the result of a project undertaken by a group of students at Carnegie Mellon University to create 50 to 100 games in 1 semester.
Some of the games are good, some awful, but I particularly recommend Particle Suck, Opposites Attract and Tower of Goo.
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at 9:24 AM on March 14, 2005
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Russian prosecutors have apparently
decided not to take any action against
Allofmp3.com (previously discussed
here) , a Russian website which offers copyrighted mp3's for sale.
The Moscow prosecutors reason is that Russian copyright laws only apply to physical media such as CD's tapes etc., not to digital media. If this decision is upeld, will it open the floodgates for others to start openly selling copyrighted material?
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at 8:57 AM on March 8, 2005
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Phoarr - what a lovely set of pixels! Following in the footsteps of the annual
Miss World contest is
Miss Digital World, a contest to create the perfect virtual woman.
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at 7:08 AM on December 8, 2004
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