October 08 2007

Choice Links

posted by Ana Samways at 10:19 am

xray bagX-ray Bag: Save customs the trouble of searching your bag. (Via Think Geek)..

Raunchy ring tone goes off in court. Listen here

Detroit radio station runs a Britney suicide watch contest: “If you can guess the exact day that Britney dies, whether it’s from drugs or however she dies, if you’re right, we’ll give you a thousand bucks.” Go here

Marketing Tricks That Unleash Shopping Frenzies

Hand gestures and their meanings

The third of Sony BRAVIA’s video virals called Plah-doh, is quite snazzy. (Remember the balls bouncing down a San Francisco Street and the paint explosion?)…

Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever in 1963 and the updated version in 1991 is more inclusive/PC. Changes include a lighter skinned driver being cautioned, a father and son (instead of mother and son) out for a walk and the mailman is now called a letter carrier. See the covers here

Woman filmed drop-kicking a kitten like a rugby ball, then she sent the footage to friends

Wired magazine is running a competition to find the most pathetic workplace

Video: The “cyclic elevator”, the paternoster is an open-front continuously-moving elevator. More interesting elevators here. (Hat tip Kris)

This however, is the funkiest elevator I’ve ever seen…

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1 Response to “Choice Links”

  • TheDancingCookie says:

    “She admitted kicking the cat but it was not her intention to hurt it.”? What on earth did she think would happen?

    I like to think that Scarry’s updates aren’t PC but just reflecting life changes…

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