Mark Willis [DeathMark | DrMong]

Carbon Fibre Nokia 8800

Monday, September 29th, 2008

We at TechRadar have always struggled to understand why Nokia makes a phone that has gems encrusted into the enter button. But yet people buy it. And Nokia thinks "Hey, let's relaunch it made of the same stuff those fast cars are made of. Then people will think it's super-cool again!" So, ...

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inurl:axis-cgi

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Who needs to watch Big Brother, when you've got Google! Google has various interesting search syntax functions. Some examples: "site:markwillis.co.uk" (without quotes) will bring up all pages google has from markwillis.co.uk "link:facebook.com" will bring up all pages that link to facebook. (Quite a few!) But the fun one is inurl: Typing inurl:x will bring up all pages which ...

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Wilma the redhead Neanderthal.

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Meet Wilma—named for the redheaded Flintstones character—the first model of a Neanderthal based in part on ancient DNA evidence. Artists and scientists created Wilma (shown in a photo released yesterday [September 16, 2008]) using analysis of DNA from 43,000-year-old bones that had been cannibalized. Announced in October 2007, the findings had ...

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Hungry Jack’s ‘Bad Burger’ - Quad Stacker Burger

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Negative publicity from health experts about a "monstrous" four-patty burger has apparently only fuelled demand for the 4520Kj snack, which has gone on sale in Australia this week. The burger has more than 70g of fat and over 4520Kj (1000 calories) – half the daily recommended calorie intake for a woman ...

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