Computerlessness at work compels innovation, take my word for it. Today I read all the local newspapers- The Straits Times by sitting opposite a gentleman who was reading it and mypaper and Today from the free copies being handed out at various train stations I just happened to be at. Then of course I moved on to every major media outlet online that came to mind. It still was a far cry from 6pm. So I wrote about all the amusing, strange and outrageous things I'd read on a sheet of paper I grabbed from the printer tray using a good for nothing office pen :) When I looked it over my instant reaction was #WhatIsTheWorldComingTo.
The world's first nudist hiking trail opened in Germany. You'd think people would have a problem with that if anything. People actually didn't have so much of an issue with that as with the sign put up which said, "If you don't want to run into any naked people, stop right there!" The person who objected could always go and change the signboard!
Women in Saudi Arabia can be punished for driving since it's apparently not allowed. A woman in Singapore was fined for walking- $1,500 (and landed on the front page above the fold of The Straits Times so you can add in national humiliation). She did however contribute to the death of a cyclist. What did the women in Saudi Arabia do again?!
500 children in the US died between 1998-2010 from being left in cars. If that's not at least a little bit incredulous, then a researcher said that if you can forget your phone, you can forget your child in the car. Probably a good thing for children that people can't seem to live without their iPhones these days then?
Business cards are falling out of fashion as internet services now fill that gap. Moleskin notebooks apparently are all the rage however. Maybe Steve Jobs should consider a moleskin iMac (ok, kind of lame). Moleskin business cards anyone?
In the Iron Man movie there is this outrageous scene where Iron Man discovers a new element in under 15 minutes. Well we found two new ones - Element 114 and 116 - but it took us a few years. Unfortunately they're kind of useless to us at the moment and cannot be used as the power source for any fancy (or non-fancy) power suits. Pity.
Weiner is going to rehab. Apparently #TMITweeting + #VirtualPerversion + #SuggestiveName = #Addiction. And with that I've now used more hashtags off the twitterverse than on.
The Syrian gay girl blogger is a guy.
It's a weird world isn't it? I haven't even mentioned Gaddafi running out of money while sitting on 155 tonnes of gold, Greek bonds having the lowest ratings among all rated countries (CCC by S&P's), research showing brain scans of teenagers can predict the songs that top charts or research showing that coffee can cause hallucinations. Is there something research cannot show?
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German nudist hiking trail (Time)
Saudi Arabian women (Time)
Business cards
Moleskin notebooks
Element 114 and 116 also anti-hydrogen contained for 15 minutes o.0 (Michio Kaku- bigthink)
Gaddafi running out of money
Greek bonds credit rating downgraded (LA Times)
Teenager brain scans (LA Times)
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More Interesting Links:
The world's first virtual currency (The Economist)
