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By 6000 | 6000 | April 19, 2012

I shared this elsewhere yesterday, but that doesn’t stop me sharing it here today. Firstly, the bad news. It’s a door handle. I want to tell you about a door handle. How exciting can that be? Well, I think it’s pretty cool, actually: So, you and the family is going on this big vacation and [...]

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Seems Legit

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2012

With all the fuss marking the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, many readers will be surprised to learn that - in an effort to sell more copies of his book - Oxford author Robin Gardiner claims that it was not the Titanic that sank, but her sister ship, the Olympic. In a story which could have come [...]

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Mind. Blown. (Episode 47)

By 6000 | 6000 | April 12, 2012

Here is a robot made of lego and powered by a cellphone. CubeStormer II solves the Rubik’s Cube puzzle faster than the human world record. This ARM Powered robot was designed, built and programmed by Mike Dobson and David Gilday, creators respectively of CubeStormer http://youtu.be/eaRcWB3jwMo and Android Speedcuber http://youtu.be/ylFb4pqAUd8. Ja right? Ja. Right.   Look, I’m no expert, [...]

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My Stepmother Is An Alien

By 6000 | 6000 | April 5, 2012

…was a 1988 film featuring Kim Basinger (phwoar!) and Dan Aykroyd detailing the somewhat outlandish story of a female alien coming to earth and trying her hand at parenting. This obviously fictional movie should not be confused with the obviously very real story related recently by Councillor Simon Parkes, who was elected to represent Stakesby ward [...]

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Not an April Fool

By 6000 | 6000 | April 3, 2012

I seriously thought this was an April Fool, but it’s two days too late. This has been all over the UK internet already, but I thought I should share it with my SA readers. And yes, I know. It’s from the Daily Mail – 6000 miles… favourite paper. But it still left me incredulous. On a recent [...]

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