Hunkin's Experiments (over 200 home experiments)

Hunkin's Experiments (over 200 home experiments)

Hunkin's experiments

Tim Hunkin is a cartoonist whose work appeared in the Observer for 14 years before he moved on to work in television. He has been a prolific artist over the years, and on this site he presents his kooky collection of experiments for the world to enjoy.

Now these are not high tech experiments, as the presentation would suggest. They range from the sublime to the ridiculous, and include such topics as making orange peel fangs and shadow portraits or perhaps you would rather grapple with the notion of creating your very own ant farm?

Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, and Fact

Hangovers are no fun even if the events leading up to the hangover were a blast. Today we're taking a look at the various preventive measures and cures people undertake in the name of keeping hangovers away, highlighting the good, the bad, and the worthless hangover "cures".

Hangover Cures: Myth, Legend, and Fact - hangovers - Lifehacker

Toyota Sequoia Recall: Unexpected Braking Issue Puts SUV on Automaker's Problem List - DailyFinance

Toyota Sequoia Recall: Unexpected Braking Issue Puts SUV on Automaker's Problem List - DailyFinance

“Toyota Motor Corp. issued yet another recall Wednesday, this time announcing a program to upgrade the software in the vehicle stability control system on about 50,000 early-2003 Toyota Sequoia sport utility vehicles.

Beat your Personal Best - Drink a Slushie Before ....

Personal Best - Drink a Slushie Before Hot-Weather Workouts - NYTimes.com

An exercise researcher in New Zealand determined that drinking an ice slushie before exercising extended runners' endurance by an average of 10 minutes—a tidbit that might come in handy when you're tackling that 5k this summer.

Blood is directed to the skin for cooling, which means it is diverted from working muscles. The hotter it is, and the harder the effort, the harder exercise becomes. Eventually, you slow down or stop, unable to go on.

Amy Winehouse Hospitalized Over Breast Injury

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Over on Inquisitr is a story about Amy Winehouse.   As usual I’m pretty late to the party.  Until recently I never saw a picture of Ms. Winehouse, although I’ve read a blurb or two.Upon seeing the picture, I had to wonder… is she trying to outdo Madonna?  Is she some sort of bizarre parody of a vocalist?  Is she being bankrolled by the mascara industry?In any case, the title of the article is “Amy Winehouse Hospitalized Over Breast Injury”.

Right off the bat we’re in some interesting territory.  Was Amy assaulted by a breast?  Was it her own breast or somebody else’s

Windows Home Server

Windows Home Server – media server, backup and data recovery solution

So what are the geeks talking about today????, Vail The New Windows Server Home V2 BETA Free if you have a 64 bit PC this might be just what you looking for ..If you have multiple PCs with increasingly large amounts of digital photography, music, video, and documents, then protecting, organizing, and connecting this digital media can be a challenging task. Help with managing your digital dilemmas has arrived.. Check it out ..


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Learn to Pair Beer with Food

Learn to Pair Beer with Food - Food - Lifehacker

 We find it infinitely easier to pair food with beer than with wine...

The very first rule of pairing beer and food is that anything goes. Seriously! If you're in the mood for a stout but you also want to grill up some fish, there are no rules that say you can't do this. In all my years of drinking beer, I haven't once come across a pairing that out-and-out didn't work. 

Some pairings are better than others, to be sure, but your own taste is the final judge.

Scrabble rules change ..

BBC News - Proper nouns come into play in Scrabble rule change

The rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of *proper nouns, games company Mattel has said.

*If you don't know a what a proper noun is. It is a noun that names people, places, and things. for example France you cant play that word in the current version..
Will the rules of the online games change????

Geos bites the dust

Language school Geos files for bankruptcy | The Japan Times Online

Major English language school operator Geos Corp., mired in debts of ¥7.5 billion, has commenced bank bankruptcy proceedings.

RockTelevision - Online Rock Music TV

RockTelevision - Online Rock Music

If you are an avid Rock fan you can not miss this.Not much to say about this one as it does pretty much ,what it says on the box, 24 hour streaming ROCK TV  80s 90s prog rock they have all the corners covered. Enjoy...