Bina48 Robot Interview

Bina48 Robot Interview

It doesn’t go well. Bina48 is a terrific bore who knows her own name and not much else.

Two-Headed Calf

Two-Headed Calf

Yummy! More eyeball soup for everyone! The birth of this cow with two heads was proclaimed a “divine miracle” by the owner.

Burned Whale?

Burned Whale?

Is this the body of a burned-up whale in the Gulf Of Mexico?

How Google Works

How Google Works

Awesome graphic from PPCBlog.

AFOLs (Adult Fans Of Lego)

AFOLs (Adult Fans Of Lego)

Lego pros exist. This documentary follows a group of Adult Fans of Legos (AFOLs) as they talk about their love for “the brick.”

Dawn of the Dreadfuls

Dawn of the Dreadfuls

Book trailer for Dawn of the Dreadfuls, the prequel to the Colin-Firth-free Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

Winkers pants

Winkers pants

You’ll no doubt want a pair of these…but before you scramble to get the bottom half of your ass to work check out the price tag.

Fuck You I Am Cat

Fuck You I Am Cat

Immediately enters my top three ever LOLcats. You are now wishing you had the stones to make a similar declaration to the world. Look and learn people.

Lee Ann Valdiserri

Lee Ann Valdiserri

George Sodini, the Pittsburgh gym shooter, alleged on his rambling blog that a woman called Lee Ann Valdiserri “had my baby in early 1991. Haven’t seen her since she was about four months into it. I knew her sister, Chris, from high school.”

Leif Olson hole-in-one

Leif Olson hole-in-one

Leif Olson gets a highly lucrative hole in one at the 2009 Canadian Open.  A total four players – Olson, Casey Wittenberg, Briny Baird and Arjun Atwal – all accepted BMW Z4 Roadsters for hole-in-one shots at the 15th hole at Glen Abbey golf course. BMZ have now stopped that particular incentive…

Taser-shock-shotgun – eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP)

Taser-shock-shotgun – eXtended Range Electronic Projectile (XREP)

Stand easy, America. Law enforcement officers will soon have another almost-always-non-lethal weapon at their disposal. Foul-mouthed grandmothers and students who ask awkward questions of failed presidential candidates are said to be terrified.

Daniel Gimeno Romero

Daniel Gimeno Romero

A 27-year-old Spanish man was gored to death during Pamplona’s annual “Running of the Bulls” event. Daniel Gimeno Romero from Alcalá de Henares, near Madrid, is the first person to die in the event since 1995.

Brooke Shields Michael Jackson memorial speech

Brooke Shields Michael Jackson memorial speech

Actress Brooke Shields, who dated Michael Jackson for a time, spoke movingly about their relationship.

Michael Jackson memorial (full video)

Michael Jackson memorial (full video)

In the end, it was quite a sombre and respectful affair. Folks on stage talked about God a lot. The crowd trouble feared by LAPD didn’t happen and things seemed to go smoothly. For this, we can be thankful; the last thing Jacko needed was another circus.

Buzzchow down time

Buzzchow down time

Buzzdown suffered around 15 hours of down time after some nerdy wag hacked our server.  Back online now but we lost a few days posts.

Bahia Bakari

Bahia Bakari

An Airbus A310-300 flying from Yemen plunged into the Indian Ocean killing all but one passenger – a 13-year-old girl called Bahia Bakari.

Michael Jackson public viewing

Michael Jackson public viewing

Michael Jackson’s body will be made available for a public viewing on Friday July 3 at his Neverland Ranch. A 30-car motorcade will take Jackson’s body back to his Neverland Ranch on July 2. A private family memorial service takes place Sunday, July 5th.

Yemeni plane crash

Yemeni plane crash

An Airbus A310-300 flying from Yemen plunged into the Indian Ocean killing all but one passenger.  The survivor was confirmed as a 13-year-old girl Bahia Bakari (initial reports said a five-year-old child survived).

Michael Jackson’s grave

Michael Jackson’s grave

It’s expected that “King of Pop” Michael Jackson will be laid to rest somewhere in California.

Polite umbrella

Polite umbrella

A stroke of genius.  Inventor Joo Youn Paek created this device to prevent embarrassing collisions. Now if we could just do something about those babies in pushchairs getting in everyone’s way.