First test drawn

@telegraph.co.uk

England (393 & 297-3 dec) drew with India (323 & 260-6)

Tags: England cricket

F14 flight experience

@ just Keith Barrows

An article written by Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated. He details his experiences when given the opportunity to fly in a F-14 Tomcat.

Thanks Laura

Tags: humour Laura

Moonbows

@ sundog.clara.co.uk

Moonbow and Venus imaged by Rob Ratkowski (photography) in May 2004.

Moonbows are very rare. The moon must be bright and not too high, the sky must be dark else the faint bow will not be visible and there must be rain in the direction opposite the moon. Orion was setting when Rob took this spectacular image, Venus is the bright object inside the bow. Mars is above it to the left and Saturn is above Mars and outside the primary. Capella is the bright star to the right (north) of Venus.

(Thanks ILuvNUFC)

Tags: technical space photos iluvnufc

Discover New Music - Pandora

@ pandora.com

Let the internet suggest some bands/songs you might like.

"Can you help me discover more music that I'll like?

Those questions often evolved into great conversations. Each friend told us their favorite artists and songs, explored the music we suggested, gave us feedback, and we in turn made new suggestions. Everybody started joking that we were now their personal DJs".

Tags: music

Climate change

@ bbc.co.uk

"Take part in the largest climate change experiment ever.
We need the computer power you're not using. An experiment developed for the BBC by climate scientists, led by Oxford University, using the Met Office climate model".

Tags: technical nature environment bbc

Osgood was good

@ bbc.co.uk

Peter Osgood has died at the age of 59.
He played in the first FA Cup final I watched, and was the last player to score in every round of the cup.

'Osgood was good' is a reference that "Osgood is good" was written on the side of the van in the original The Italian Job.

RIP

Tags: football death bbc

Multi-input Touch Screen

@ zerosign.net

"This is a video of a multi-input touch screen that hopefully will make its way into consumer computer market in time. A standard touch screen allows one input at a time. This allows multiple people to use it and allows for Minority Report like features. Super Cool"

Tags: video internet technical

Bodybuilding video

@ video.google.com

17 Seconds of pure joy from Bottleofbroon

Tags: video humour

Name the goal scorer and teams

Eidos interactive

Here are 5 depictions of goals from Eidos interactive. Name the goal scorer and teams playing.
goal1.swf - goal2.swf - goal3.swf - goal4.swf - goal5.swf.

Thanks Damo

Tags: football quiz

Photos of Newcastle

newcastlephotos.blogspot.com

ILuvNUFC has put some excellent photos of the quayside and put them up at New Links. If you like them, why not go to his photo blog newcastlephotos.blogspot.com?

Tags: Newcastle photos

Pantomime 2005-06

@ its-behind-you.com

The Ugly Sisters have a fantastically detailed diary of their time doing the panto in Newcastle here. Not only does it have day by day summaries, reviews, photos of everybody, and comments, it wishes me a happy birthday too! Hurray. The stage crew even get complimented on their slick work.

Elsewhere on their site there's a great theatre links page which has links to all sorts, including the Theatre Royal. There's diaries from other pantos they've done, scripts, articles, facts and loads more. Well worth a visit.

Tags: theatre Newcastle photos humour

Optical illusion

patmedia.net

See a green rotating dot. (There really is no green dot, only pink ones),

Thanks Laura

Tags: illusion Laura

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture

nobelprize.org

Harold Pinter's Nobel Lecture was pre-recorded, and shown on video December 7, 2005, in Börssalen at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

The link above is the text version, you can see a video of it here.

Thanks Laura

Tags: politics Laura

Manchester United

Due to Manchester United's early exit from europe this week, at every Premier ground this week-end there will be one minute's laughing.

Tags: humour football

Quote of the Day

quotationspage.com

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind".

John F. Kennedy, Speech to UN General Assembly, Sept. 25, 1961

Tags: politics

Download films

vm-online.org

Virtual Media Online has lots of films you can download.
Doom, Fantastic Four, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit etc.
Please remember to get permission from the copyright holder before downloading.

(Thanks to Look At This & Indexhere)

Tags: video downloads

Wimbledon 2006 tickets

wimbledon.org

Time is running out...

"To enter the draw [for tickets] you must first obtain an application form, from 1st August 2005. (Requests postmarked after 15th December 2005 will NOT be processed). Please send a stamped self-addressed envelope to:

AELTC,
P.O. BOX 98,
London SW19 5AE."

2006 Championships: 26th June - 9th July 2006

Tags: shopping

The 10 Worst Christmas Gifts of 2005

isderacorp.com

"...and the worst gift idea for 2005 is:
1. Cross Dress for Success: Even if Aunt Mildred used to be Uncle Milton you might want to let that tidbit of family history rest for a little while. A how-to book won't solve anything."

Tags: humour money shopping

Firefox v1.5 is here

mozilla.com

Avoid pop-ups, viruses and other nasty stuff developed for Micro$oft Internet Explorer by using a better web browser.

Firefox v1.5 out today!

Tags: internet downloads technical software

5-a-side with Zinedine Zidane

video.google.com

What do you do when one of the best ever players turns up at your 5-a-side game? Ask him to play of course!
Respect to the lad who forced him back into his own half.

Credit to chriswvtr @ MaXXed Football Forums

Tags: football, video