"I spend far too much time on the Net" Grizzlym.

[grizzlym]

I loathe the royal family. Loathe 'em. That, as a nation, we still have a queen is just embarassing. Anyway.

But found this read - from Time - on 86 surprising facts about the Queen, entertaining.


15. Technically, the Queen still owns the sturgeons, whales and dolphins in the waters around the U.K. A statute from 1324, during the reign of King Edward II, states, "Also the King shall have ... whales and sturgeons taken in the sea or elsewhere within the realm." This statute is still valid today, and sturgeons, porpoises, whales and dolphins are recognized as "fishes royal": when they are captured within 3 miles (about 5 km) of U.K. shores or wash ashore, they may be claimed on behalf of the Crown. Generally, when brought into port, a sturgeon is sold in the usual way, and the purchaser, as a gesture of loyalty, requests the honor of its being accepted by Elizabeth.

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[grizzlym]

Mo'ynaq - Graveyard of ships in the desert.

No, that's not our forward line...

Good photo essay and article here.

 

[grizzlym]

Gary Busey is doing a particularly good act of appearing like a complete lunatic of late.

Buzzfeed has put together a compilation of his most 'profound' statements.

 

[Langford4FBOTC]

Mind blowing

 

[grizzlym]

Mind blowing

Seriously amazing.

 

[grizzlym]

Create your own chocolate bar online and get it delivered.

 

[H2F]

Create your own chocolate bar online and get it delivered.

I have a GF who loves me more than anything right now.

 

[grizzlym]

I have a GF who loves me more than anything right now.

It's a great idea, hey?

On another tangent, I've been wondering whether something like this would work in Melbourne:

http://ilikeikesplace.com/

Seriously fantastic sandwich bar in San Fransisco that packs 'em in. But maybe Subway is more the flavour...

 

[H2F]

It's a great idea, hey?

On another tangent, I've been wondering whether something like this would work in Melbourne:

http://ilikeikesplace.com/

Seriously fantastic sandwich bar in San Fransisco that packs 'em in. But maybe Subway is more the flavour...

H2F's Franshise checklist...

1) Needs to be healthy
2) Ideally needs drive thru
3) Needs to provide toys to kids
4) Needs to be open late
5) Needs to be consistent, clean and professional

If you tick 4 of the boxes you will succeed in Australia. Any less and you will fail.

 

[H2F]

By the way the chocolate place will not deliver to Australia but they will to NZ...


Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just made the best chocolate mix

 

[grizzlym]

H2F's Franshise checklist...

1) Needs to be healthy
2) Ideally needs drive thru
3) Needs to provide toys to kids
4) Needs to be open late
5) Needs to be consistent, clean and professional

If you tick 4 of the boxes you will succeed in Australia. Any less and you will fail.

The beauty of that place is it 'aint a franchise. It's individual. Unique. Sure, 3 locations but same dude.

There is only one Pelegrini's.

 

[H2F]

The Damon Bruce thinly sliced rib eye, A1 steak sauce, beer battered onion rings, provolone​

 

[Messenger]

Read this.

 

[IBleedBrownNGold]

Read this.

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

 

[Messenger]

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

I'm sure you felt great sympathy, IBBG.

 

[grizzlym]

I'm sure you felt great sympathy, IBBG.

I hope you heeded the advice.

 

[IBleedBrownNGold]

I'm sure you felt great sympathy, IBBG.

Oh, of course.

 

[grizzlym]

"In 1992 cyberpunk author William Gibson wrote a short poem called Agrippa (a book of the dead) that tells about memory, loss, nature and mechanism, all framed by a Kodak photo album. The poem was bundled into a Mac System 7 application and included on a 3.5” diskette in the back of a noir art book by Dennis Ashbaugh and Kevin Begos, Jr.

Once run, the program displays Gibson’s poem just once, and encrypts itself. Never to be seen again, until now."

Crack the code here.

Another great link, including video of the 'poem' in action.

 

[go hawks!!!]

I loathe the royal family. Loathe 'em. That, as a nation, we still have a queen is just embarassing. Anyway.

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That I agree with you. It's in my blood to hate England. My first interaction with a pom is always negative (especially high class poms) and I don't give a rats arse about the queen. The Queen pppppfft.

 

[grizzlym]

Retronaut is a brilliant site, with a collection of weird and wonderful cultural images from days gone by.

The tagline for the site is: "the past is a foreign country, this is your passport". Very apt.

Cool section on abandoned buildings.

You can easily lose yourself here for hours.

 

[grizzlym]

Quality section on sexist ads at the above site:

 

[grizzlym]

An investment fund based entirely on superstition.

From BoingBoing:

"Would you trust a superstitious robot with your money? Can technology operate with human characteristics, interpreting data and information with basic human behaviors. The Superstitious Fund Project is an investment Fund that is run by a superstitious autonomous Algorithm. As a one year experiment it operates and trades purely on superstitious beliefs. Buying or Selling on Numerology and in accordance to Lunar Phases. For example it has the fear of the number 13 and a full moon. It also develops its own lucky ad unlucky values, just as we do all the time. We are hardwired to imagine patterns that give us the illusion of control. Win a tennis match, and we've got lucky socks. The Algorithm creates these patterns throughout the year, ranking and deranking superstitions. They are then used as a new logic in trading." Link.

And here's the fund's website.

 

[Langford4FBOTC]

Useful Resource

 

[grizzlym]

The network of caves under Nottingham. Absolutely fascinating blog about the exploration of the network of caves under Nottingham, including 3D imaging laid over the actual landscape, images and videos. Amazing urban exploration.

Caves are here.

 

[arupist]

....

Grizz, I have to ask. Is your old man still offering a free root? Has he had any success with this form of marketing?