You learn something every day, whether you want to or not.
–c.

• Fnord links to
• Discordianism, which links to
• Pineal gland, which links to
• Telepathy, which links to
• Zener card, which links to
• One-way deck, which links to
• Card manipulation, which links to
• Guy Hollingworth[1], which links to
• Magic (illusion), which links to
• Derren Brown, which links to
• Milgram experiment, which links to
• Peter Gabriel, which links to
• So (album)[2], which links to
• Wallace and Gromit, which links to
• Feathers McGraw, which links to
• Exoskeleton, which links to
• Powered exoskeleton, which links to
• Iron Man, which links to
• Iron Man (film)[3], which links to
• Edwards Air Force Base, which links to
• Desert Tortoise, which links to
• Geococcyx, which links to
• Tarantula hawk[4], which links to
• Schmidt Sting Pain Index, which links to
• W. C. Fields, which links to
• Groucho Mark, which links to
• Rob Zombie, which links to
• Slash (musician), which links to
• Jeff Beck.

–c.
[1] Two tricks by Guy, the second of which is his famous “Reformation”.
[2] One of my favourite albums of all time.
[3] ALL TEH W00T!!!
[4] It’s a type of wasp. Tarantula. Hawk. Wasp. Fucking hell.

I also discovered today the rather fun Web 2.0 Stripes Generator. You might have great enjoy!

I spent a good deal of time berating Damien Rice for trading on the glories of his album “O” for so so soooo long, but today I listened to his follow-up, “9“. It’s fucking great. It’s glorious, in fact. Even better than “O”. Get on it.

West Side Story cats FTW!

Easy now,
–c.

Check it:

• Muse links to
• Matthew Bellamy, which links to
• Illuminati, which links to
• David Icke, which links to
• Marvel Comics, which links to
• Stan Lee, which links to
• Silver Surfer, which links to
• Warren Ellis, which links to
• Desolation Jones, which links to
• James Bond, which links to
• James Bond music, which links to
• Chris Cornell, which links to
• Tom Morello, which links to
• Hammer and sickle, which links to
• Trotsky, which links to
• Vladivostok, which links to
• Arsenic, which links to
• The Bradford Sweet Poisoning, which links to
• Arndale Centre, which links to
• Eastbourne, which links to
• Eddie Izzard.

Clickety click.
–c.

“The T-34 Tank to Alexei Sayle, in 9 moves.”

T-34 (clicked on from the Wikipedia front page) links to World War II, which links to Adolf Hitler (duh), which links to Friedrich Nietzsche, which links to Sigmund Freud, which links to cocaine (he was mad for it), which links to Cocaine (song), which links to Eric Clapton, which links to The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball, which links to Alexei Sayle.

Have I learnt anything? Maybe. Did I enjoy my last ten minutes? Definitely.
–c.

Go to Wikipedia, and type in the first thing that comes to mind. If nothing comes to mind, here are a couple of suggestions:

• Denmark
• Gibson Flying V
• Marmite
• Fridge Magnets
• Hummus
• Spandau Ballet.

Now idly read a bit of the resulting entry on whatever you chose. The moment you see something that links to something else that sounds even a teeny bit interesting, abandon your first page, click the link and read some more. Repeat.

It’s a great way to spend half an hour, doing what I think of as “Passive Research“, or “The Eddie Izzard Technique“.

Thus, I was greatly amused this morning by the latest comic over at XKCD.

–c.