Toxteth Shinawatra

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SomaFM: Listener Supported, Commercial Free Internet Radio

A shoutcast station that actually streams properly on my crappy connection. Noteworth if only for this fact. The 24k connection is really quite good and the tunes are great.

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Halfbakery is a very interesting site, where people come up with whacky and wild ideas and discussions take place to establish whether they’ve been done, impossible or just good ideas that should happen ASAP. The concept is that if an idea is stuck on the Interweb somewhere then someone might make it.

Take this example for Custard-Filled Speed Bumps.

Custard contains finely ground cornflour and is a ‘dilatant’ mixture, changing from liquid to solid when pressure is applied. Thus, a benign, rather flaccid bump encountered at low speeds becomes an unforgiving, hardened lump when hit at speed. For blatant speeding > 70MPH, the hump would burst showering the offending vehicle with incriminating custard.

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Bizarre tale of boy who used internet to plot his own murder

You really can buy anything on the Interweb these days. Even your own death.

The final internet chatroom exchange took place on 28 June last year. “U want me 2 take him 2 trafford centre and kill him in the middle of trafford centre??” said one message. “Yes,” came the reply.

Less than 24 hours later, a 14-year-old boy was critically ill in hospital with stab wounds in the chest and stomach. At first it seemed as though a brutal, but straightforward, robbery had gone wrong. But yesterday the young “victim” became the first person in this country to be convicted of inciting their own murder.

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On English is an interesting English Linguistics and Language Blog that unlike mine manages to stay more or less on topic. Could be one to show an enthusiastic student too with it’s nice use of title attributes. An instant source of reading exercises. The owner of this blog has been paying me a few visits so though it only polite.
Anyway this entry amused me.

On English: 50 SAYINGS SIGHTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

“Your kid may be an honour student but you’re still an IDIOT!”

“If we aren’t supposed to eat animals, why are they made of meat?”

“He who laughs last thinks slowest”

“Very funny, Scotty. Now beam down my clothes.”

“i souport publik edookasion”

“We are Microsoft. Resistance Is Futile. You Will Be Assimilated.”

“Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?”

“All generalisations are false.”

“Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.”

“Born Free. . . . .Taxed to Death”

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Banned album covers

An interesting collection of banned album covers from the provocative to the silly.
Posted here are the Five Keys whose album ‘On Stage’ was retouched because the guy at the front looked like he had his dick out and lots of people complained.

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Read all about it! Headlines You are unlikely to see in the Bangkok Post.

From the Ajarn.com Forums

THAI MOTORCYCLIST LOOKS BOTH WAYS BEFORE EMERGING FROM A JUNCTION- Police spokesperson says “We’re Baffled”

ISAAN SONGTAEW DRIVER DISPROVES THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY WHILST USING INDICATORS ON HIS ISUZU

UDON THANI POLICE MOTORCYCLIST WEARS A SAFETY HELMET SECURELY FASTENED- Reprimanded by superior officers for setting a good example

EX-BAR GIRLS PARENTS BUY FARANG HUSBAND NEW HOUSE AND PICK-UP AS WEDDING GIFT.- “It’s the least we could do” says mother

ISAAN BAR GIRL’S 25 YEAR OLD BROTHER HAS A JOB

TAKSIN ADMITS HE IS WRONG-APOLOGISES TO DEMOCRATS

THAI RAK THAI MP PROVES HIS “UNUSUAL WEALTH” CAME FROM HIS WIFE

M.B.A. STUDENT AT CHULA UNIVERSITY FINDS INDIA ON A MAP WITHIN 5 MINUTES- Parents say “We’re so proud we bought him a new BMW”

ISAAN FARMER GETS UP AT 5 A.M. AND DOESN’T BLAST MORLAM FROM HIS HI-FI AT FULL F##KING VOLUME- ” Other people in the village might be sleeping. We have to be coinsiderate” he says

SOI DOGS- THE NEW MAN’S BEST FRIEND

HI-SO WOMAN SPOTTED WALKING HER POODLE INSTEAD OF CARRYING IT- “I must say this is unconfirmed” quotes a police spokesman

CHINESE S-CLASS BENZ DRIVING BUSINESSMAN ACTUALLY OWNS A SOFA, CHAIRS AND A BED.

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Sites for Teachers is a very comprehensive selection of resources free and otherwise for teachers. Whilst it’s not aimed at the TEFL teacher specifically (more the American education system teacher), you might just find something useful in there.

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Try and look at this picture without feeling dizzy.

Man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture of man holding picture.

ad infinitum

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Wired News: E-Vote Printers’ High-Stakes Test

I’m not one to bang on about US politics. There are far more people that know and give a flying feck about it more than me, however, what is the deal with this e-voting? On the basis that the last US election used dubious technology to “elect” the current idiot in office, then why are people complaining about these bloody machines having to have a paper trail so that there is someway to track fraud.

Come to think of it what’s wrong with a hand counted ‘X’ on a bit of paper like most other countries in the world? I guess it wouldn’t make such exciting TV..

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