Ever wonder how you can make poverty and starvation in Africa funny? Ricky Gervais did it.

[thanks jay.]

An interesting video on Youtube about statistics and predictions around the world that you may or may not be aware of.
Such as:
- In the year 2023, it will only take a $1000 computer to exceed the capabilities of the human brain.
- The number of text messages sent everyday exceeds the population of the entire planet.

A local Emirati friend of mine sent me the link to this video of Dhiya Al Musawi being interviewed on Abu Dhabi TV in December. Google searches for his name turned up almost nothing. From what I know, he is a very progressive, outspoken writer from Bahrain who seems to have the courage to speak […]

My long lost friend from Australia, Sally, still sends me funny emails even though she doesn’t write those long and powerful letters that she used to. I miss them, but to be honest, this one was a pretty good substitute. The following letter is one of the funniest things I have ever read, and I […]

JibJab hits another animation out of the park with their 2006 Year-in-Review video, “Nuckin’ Futs.”

Nuckin’ Futs - The JibJab Year in Review | Send To Friends | Funny Animations at JibJab
JibJab are the guys who got famous off the sensational “This Land” animation during the 2004 election.
[via everyone.]

It’s times like these that people have the tendency to turn to snake oil for medicine rather than focus on true science. I’ve seen a lot of uninformed crap in the news about alternative energy sources since the recent world events have driven oil prices so high. I wonder though why some of the more […]

I got this email from a dear friend today who I’ll be seeing on my upcoming trip to Barcelona. We used to work together, now we just flirt via email. This was a part of her response to one of my long, rambling emails that included some concern over the insanity in Lebanon right now… […]

NASA’s J-Track 3D is a little Java applet where you can see real-time, 900 satellites’ positions around the globe. Pretty tiny little dots to click, but pretty cool. I’ve never been a real space-nerd type, but this is very interesting. Just seeing the density of machinery out there is amazing, and a bit scary. Talk […]

Time.com has a featured page up called ‘The Best Photos of 2005′.
I stumbled upon it just now as I was clicking away at my never ending list of bookmarked links.

The photos (24 of them) are just stunning. Every single one of them.
If these photos were set to a soundtrack, I’m not ashamed to say […]

The small Himilayan kingdom of Bhutan measures its economic success with “Gross National Happiness (GNH)” instead of GDP, and the rest of the world is now considering similar indicators.
In 1972, concerned about the problems afflicting other developing countries that focused only on economic growth, Bhutan’s newly crowned leader, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, decided to make […]

Sandwiched between Kazakhstan and Uzbekestan is another little-known former Soviet Union country that is about to become a household name. Nukehavistan most likely has nuclear weapons and is not afraid to use them, a recent report suggests.
The report cited several factors that aroused the DIA’s suspicion, including the recent ratification of the Nukehavistan Nuclear Pro-Proliferation […]