http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1132123
From the page: “Did you know that there is a law in Britain that prohibits people from dying while in the houses of parliament? That law has topped the list of the most ludicrous pieces of legislation in a poll held by a television channel.
The law that won the dubious second place states that it amounts to treason if you use a postage stamp upside down.”
“Next time you doodle on a piece of paper be aware that you are telling the world what is going on deep inside your subconscious mind without meaning to do so.”
http://searchengineland.com/071120-144401.php
Muhammad Saleem writes a very nice introduction to social media on SEL.
http://www.csiro.au/news/ps3oo.html
Honeybee larvae produce silk to reinforce the wax cells in which they pupate.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7102180.stm
From the page: “Animal rights activists are thought to be the first Britons to be asked to hand over to the police keys to data encrypted on their computers.”
http://www.superjam.co.uk/about.html
18 year old entrepreneur with “sugarless” jam. The recipe was based on his grans.
http://www.jensense.com/archives/2007/11/changes_to_adse.html
In response to Google changing the clickable areas of AdSense ads, Jennifer Slegg suggests testing a change to smaller ad units (less white space and unclickable areas) and changing the title to “hyperlink blue”.
A tremendous post from one of my favourite authors on measuring the success of blogs.
“China has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favors as bribes from companies seeking their business, local media reported on Friday.”
Just what kind of sexual favours can a fireman get? Does he (or she) refuse to put a fire out until (s)he has some “relief”?
http://www.gamehouse.com/realarcade-webgames/sudokuchallenge/index.jsp?pread=0&pread=0
Daily online Sudoku game.