tingilinde

walking into trees, people, cars?

there's an app for that:

nailing back pain

Try sleeping on a bed of nails...

or at least the modern Swedish equivalent.

The basic idea appears to be sound, but I think I'd have to try it.  

control your car with an iphone?

there's an app for that (er - thanks Alan)

silly inventions

Greg notes a collection of dumb inventions from the pages of Life.

Oddly, or perhaps not oddly, enough the Japanese have taken this sort of thing into an art form called Chindogu.

a killer ringtone

A high school band attempts Also Sprach Zarathustra. 

I know all of you will be  straining to get it on your phone as a ringtone.



er - thanks Jeff

stop motion fun

thanks for the link Bjarne!

how common is that name

hmmm -- five Genghis Khans in the US

There is always the baby name wizard, the name mapper, and the namipedia

and if you want real strangeness...

perhaps necessary today

at least the first half  (thanks Dewayne)

i'm speechless ... how to deal with party poopers

er - thanks sara

watch the video

a japanese camper

somewhat disturbing 

(thanks Sara)