http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7135335.stm

Slade frontman Noddy Holder floated up a canal in a glam rock-themed narrowboat before being inducted into Birmingham’s Walk of Fame.

http://lifehacker.com/software/linux/rip-dvds-in-linux-the-semi+easy-way-330983.php

Linux: Rip DVDs in Linux the (Semi-)Easy Way

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22880743-5001028,00.html

A 25 MILLION-year-old fossil has revealed that a predecessor of Australia’s hopping kangaroo once galloped on all fours, had dog-like fangs and possibly climbed trees, scientists have reported.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN0455959920071205

BERLIN (Reuters) – A thief in Germany used a flower pot to steal a 150,000 euro ($221,000) Porsche.

Reversing out of his open garage, the car’s owner heard a scraping noise and got out to investigate, police in the western city of Bonn said Tuesday.

As the 56-year-old was bending down to remove a flower pot jammed against a tire, a man pushed him aside, leaped behind the wheel and drove off in his grey Porsche 997 Turbo.

“All the shocked man could do was jump to one side to avoid being run over,” police said.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/kids-eat-more-fruits-and-vegetables-40698.aspx

A new UCLA study has found that elementary schools can significantly increase the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among low-income students by providing a lunch salad bar.

The findings, published in the December issue of the international peer-reviewed journal Public Health Nutrition, show that the frequency of students’ fruit and vegetable consumption increased significantly — from 2.97 to 4.09 times daily — after a salad bar was introduced. In addition, students’ mean daily intake of energy, cholesterol, saturated fat and total fat declined considerably.

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-secret-to-raising-smart-kids

From the page: “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort not on intelligence or ability is key to success in school and in life”

I saw something similar to this before:
How Not to Talk to Your Kids

Both of which I found via the always excellent pseudonym

http://www.dazereader.com/001531.htm

Now if your “organ” is 13.5 inches, why bother talking endlessly about the half? Does 13 and a half make it that much better than a thirteen inch penis?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImBaVm7K6Do

The best first dance. Ever.

http://www.managednetworks.co.uk/how-the-internet-works.html

Proving that the internet is a load of old balls.

http://www.physorg.com/news115914581.html

At last! A self tuning guitar.