Great Ad

This ad for DollarShaveClub.com is very amusing and makes some very interesting points.

Michael Dubin (that’s “Mike” in the video above) describes the video as

very irreverent, smart, fun, very Internet…

DSC has already raised over $1m in venture capital and despite its rather mundane product offering, it might well be one to watch.

GooGull

Spotted this via a friend on Facebook:

Artist Jon Rafman’s photo project The Nine Eyes of Google Street View, named after the nine lenses mounted on a Google Street View car, collects the strange and beautiful images they capture by accident from around the world.

Slightly different from the previous Steetview art project that we featured here. These are raw images, but there are some weird, some beautiful, some just downright interesting photos on the Guardian site – and a whole lot more via that 9-eye link.

Go. Enjoy.

Cheetah seized

I was browsing the rather bizarre UK Home Office flickr photostream this morning (as you do), when I came across a South African link – namely this cheetah:

He looks a little mournful as he was being transported illegally from SA to Russia, when he was detained at Heathrow earlier this year because he wasn’t microchipped.

The animal was one of four being transported from South Africa to Russia, however checks revealed it wasn’t micro-chipped, breaching strict regulations on the movement of endangered animals.

This detention led to two pieces of bad news for our feline friend: firstly, the promises of strippers and vodka were suddenly just history, and secondly, he will now spend the rest of his days at a UK wildlife park, on average about 20ºC colder than his usual habitat in South Africa. I hope this serves as a lesson to other cheetahs trying to make the move from Africa to Northern Europe illegally. You will be captured and punished.

You can see more photos of the cheetah seized at Heathrow in the imaginatively-named Cheetah Seized At Heathrow set. And while you’re at it, don’t miss the excellent Marriage Cheat Sheets Exposed set, in which some marriage cheat sheets are exposed, including some confusion over Maria’s siblings. Like whether or not they actually exist.

Just found…

iWeathar.co.za – comprehensive weather information from around South Africa, beautifully presented and easy to use. Are you watching SA Weather Service?

I’m down in Cape Agulhas this weekend. You can see whether I’m having a hot or wet time of it by clicking through to view the latest conditions in nearby Struisbaai.

For other locations around SA (and there are LOTS) click here.

Northern Lights

Just to share this image of the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire (the highest pub in Britain) and the Aurora Borealis, due to the Solar Flare which also permanently disabled my toaster earlier this afternoon.

You might like to look at the Aurora Sky Station Live Camera from Sweden, which is producing some amazing images this evening as well.

More here too!

Thanks Dad