Friday ephemera

The June 1st edition:

Because I have been busy fighting with the outrageous sling and arrows of the WfHII (which is now over and wasn’t actually that bad), I have been left with no clue of what has happened in the outside world over the past few days. Given the state of things when I descended into said week, that’s probably no bad thing. But since I am playing catch up, please enjoy some ephemera with me.

Text from Dog continues to amuse | Someone did a map of where Ludacris has “hoes” | I took a photo of Table Mountain from miles away | Here are the 11 greatest ManBabies ever | Brian Micklethwait described some blog issues hilariously and said some nice things | That slinky on a treadmill video | An amazing collection of contrails pictures | People on twitter use an unfunny phrase | More videos of Apocalypse sounds | 180,000 post-it notes | Firefighter practical exam | Eduard Khil is in a coma 🙁 | The despicable HIVEX has closed down.

There. I hope you clicked through to every single one of those. They are ALL totes worth it.

Mélange

And they delivered today. Happy times!

You can now listen to (some of) Morten Harket’s new single “Lightning”, here.

Does fracking cause earthquakes? No, says Ivo Vegter, although certain commenters disagree. It’s ok though – Ivo gleefully re-educates them.

Cape Town water is still safe to drink, despite a slight “earthy” taste. It’s just the 15ng/litre of geosmin, like it is every year at this time.

What do you call a fish with no eye? A fsh. As spotted on the menu at Erawan last night. Great place, awesome decor, amazing food.

And now, in the interests of romance, I’m going to sit down and hug a beer in front of some Champions League football.

Tuesday ephemera

ephemera – plural of e·phem·er·on
[ih-fem-uh-ron, -er-uhn]
–noun
1. anything short-lived or ephemeral.
2. ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc.

And “borrowed” from David Thompson (the idea at least; not the content).

I’ve got a bit of a busy week coming up, which may not leave a lot of time for blogging, so here’s one I did earlier (last night to be exact) with some interesting links I’ve spotted this week, all tucked into one neat blog post for you to enjoy.

It’s a pleasure.

That Masterchef edit on youtube (thanks GaiB) | 5 seconds of every #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1993-2011 (soundcloud) | some more from the amazing Dear Photograph | Since it’s tomato season(?), here are 19 Tomato recipes | Mario Balotelli shows how not to score with a backheel and is promptly substituted | Weird wandering rocks in Death Valley | No more deadarms with the modular ‘Love Mattress‘ | My photo of the sea on Sunday is nice | Brilliant German ads show poor unfortunate workers | Sea Otters hold hands while sleeping so as not to drift apart (Warning: Cute Overload) | And finally: I’ve posted it on twitter several times, but the Time Flies Allan Gray ad is still breathtaking

Enjoy…