http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13983

God may work in mysterious ways, but a simple computer program may explain how religion evolved

By distilling religious belief into a genetic predisposition to pass along unverifiable information, the program predicts that religion will flourish. However, religion only takes hold if non-believers help believers out – perhaps because they are impressed by their devotion.

http://www.verkstad.com/stringballs.html

Stringballs

http://5585092.stumbleupon.com/

Loved the “tall picture day”

http://discovermagazine.com/2005/aug/email-make-you-dumber

A recent study for the company found that British workers’ IQ test scores drop temporarily by an average of 10 points when juggling phones, e-mails, and other electronic messages–more of an IQ drop than occurs after smoking marijuana or losing a night’s sleep. “This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” said Glenn Wilson of the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, who conducted the tests on some 1,100 volunteers. Just how long it takes to recover is unclear.

http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=708417

Fulham: An Old Goalkeepers’ Home?

http://361107.spreadshirt.net/en/GB/Shop/Article/Index/article/Mens-Grey-I-Didnt-Vote-Boris-T-Shirt-6612294

http://www.wirtzgallery.com/exhibitions/2004/2004_12/kenna_japan/ke1271.html

Found via Middlewich

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021134/Pictured-Photographers-moment-madness-leaps-8ft-gap-Grand-Canyon.html?printingPage=true

Photographer’s moment of madness as he leaps across 8ft gap in the Grand Canyon

http://www.shredordie.com/videos/7bc32ab410

Genie mac! A man gets pulled along on a surf board by a shark after baiting it with a chunk of meat on a fishing line! And frankly, I don’t care if it’s fake.

http://www.thatsabloke.com/content/jokes/al_capone.php

Two true stories worth reading.