The Linkielist

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Weatherpoof Timelapse Garden Video Camera

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

A lovely piece of hardware that takes 1280×1024 pictures at customisable intervals for only $159.99

Women’s lust for shopping linked to periods

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

In the 10 days before the actual ovulation, women go nuts – because they need to offset the negative feelings and because they want to look at their best when they’re able to make babies.
So, the week before they go – take away their credit cards!

Action games ‘improve eyesight’

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

Specifically, they improve contrast sensitivity. The effects last quite some time after having played the games.

UN votes that ripping the piss out of muslims is illegal

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

Apparently these followers of the paedophile prophet are so worried about people blackmouthing them, they feel that the UN needs to encourage its members to outlaw free speech.

Of course if I was a member of a religion mainly implemented in a way to keep the masses stupid and opressed, I wouldn’t want my people to hear about things like science either.

Most surprisingly – the resolution passed.

Apple bakes the cake and eats it

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

Apple has decreed that any user may buy an application and have it refunded within 90 days – but that Apple will keep the protection money – euhm commission. So who pays the commission? The developer!

Jim Webb vs The US Prisons

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

For the land of the free, it’s a bit strange that the US has 25% of the global prison population – whilst only having 5% of the total population. Where Stalin had his gulags, the US is doing much much worse with its prisons. It has more of its own population behind bars than any other country!

Thankfully there’s a politician in there – Jim Webb – who thinks this is ridiculous and might actually stand a chance of doing something about it.

PETA’s Pet Slaughterhouse

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Robin

Quite incredibly it seems that not only did PETA only find homes for 7 out of some 2216 animals given into it’s care over 2008, it killed the rest! Of course, in order to showcase just how inhumane people can be, they went and killed a whole load of animals to make commercials showing how horrible killing animals is.