How funny! Meet the “smiley-faced” spider, for real and not photoshopped: A freak of nature, this amazing spider was found in Hawaii, measures just a few millimetres across and a bizarre marking which looks just look a smiley face. The spider itself is harmless to humans and scientists believe the pattern serves to confuse predators. […]
Getting greasy with bacon fat is not really my idea of pampering. Nonetheless, Blogadilla.com posted an interesting recipe to whip up your very own and very real bacon soap: Supplies• Bacon fat• 100% Lye (sodium hydroxide)• Purified water and ice• Liquid smoke (optional fragrance)• Red food coloring (optional coloring)• Stove• Pyrex baking pan• Chemical/solvent/heat resistant […]
Boing Boing is one of my favourite blogs and I usually check it’s RSS feeds on a regular basis. One of the posts that caught my eye today was entitled “Ghost pigeon photos”. nfttu.blogspot.com posted something rather strange but beautiful I have to agree. There is a lot of tragedy in these pictures: Recently, I’ve […]
I’m a big fan of the Alien movies. In fact, the very first one is one of my all time favourite flicks and it never fails to entertain me. Even though I’ve watched it like a, um, thousand times, I still enjoy watching it and get slightly terrified. It’s just an awesome movie. SO, anyone […]