A village council in eastern India has fined two brothers for keeping a pet ghost. Iswar and Haripada Murmu, of Akshaypur in West Bengal, were accused of owning a ghost after one of their wives died.
An exorcist summoned by villagers claimed the brothers' pet ghost was "responsible for a recent outbreak of disease in the locality". Village elders said they were bringing evil to the village and fined them the equivalent of £360, reports the Deccan Chronicle.
The paper reports that the brothers had to mortgage their agricultural land to raise the money. They now risk losing everything unless they can pay the money back within two months. District magistrate Mukul Sarkar said: "I will immediately inquire into the matter and if there is any truth to it, the district administration will take the necessary action."
Source: Ananova
I thought people stopped believing in witches and burning people at the stake in the 1500s. How can people still believe this in the 21st century?
Two sites which use just JavaScript really had me thinking for a while. If I didn't have a right mouse button they'd probably fool me…
JS/UIX Unix Emulator
20-goto-10.com
Way cooler than Cabbage Patch dolls, Krypt Kiddies are sure to give your kids something to fear. Either that, or make them so desensitized to evil dolls that they'll have no problems watching The Exorcist.
Krypt Kiddies Website
Gigabyte have released a motherboard with four 16x PCI-Express slots, as well as two PCIe 1x slots. This means that by plugging in another graphics card to one of the slower slots, it's possible to connect 10 displays, giving you a desktop resolution of 6400×2048. I'm not sure whether you'd be able to play HL2 on one of these, but it would rock if you could. They managed to get it working with only a 480W PSU.
Source: Tom's Hardware
It need iPod Linux to run, and I’m not sure how the colours would work on the older models, but iDoom has to be one of the greatest pieces of software ever made for the iPod.
iDoom Video
iDoom Homepage
The newswires have reported that the French Government has announced that it has raised its terror alert level from 'Run' to 'Hide'. The only two higher levels in France are 'Surrender' and 'Collaborate'. The rise was precipitated by a recent fire which destroyed France's White Flag factory, effectively disabling their military.
The Germans also increased their alert state from “disdainful arrogance” to “dress in uniform and sing marching songs”. They have two higher levels, “invade a neighbour” and “lose”.
The Italians have increased their alert level from “shout loudly and excitedly” to “elaborate military posturing”. Two more levels remain, “ineffective combat operations” and “change sides”.
Seeing this reaction in continental Europe the Americans have gone from “isolationism” to “find somewhere else in the Middle East ripe for regime change”. Their remaining higher alert states are “take on the world” and “ask the British for help”.
Finally in Great Britain they've gone from “pretend nothing's happening” to “make another cup of tea”. Their higher levels are “remain resolutely cheerful” and “win”.
The folks at SolidAlliance, who can’t speak a word of English apparently, announced their “Yuuesubi Mamory” with a special good luck charm. The charm apparently brings good luck to those who haven’t got a clue how to spell “USB Memory Stick”. The drives are pricy, but what do if you want a lucky charm, you're going to have to pay a bit more. The 512MB version costs $150 and the 1GB versionis available for $250. Just your basic run-of-the-mill USB drives. If that’s a bit too expensive for you and you’re the kind of sly cat who’s into Fucci instead of Gucci, you can get the bag only for $25, complete with “USB Mamory” written on the side. Now your friends will be jealous and your english professor will cry tears of hopelessness..
Source: NewLaunches
Everyone knows you can get pretty much anything on the internet. This fine website sells endangered animals, and they have a special deal on at the moment on adult chimps. The commercial is a must see.
Hurry, get yours today
MIT have created a paint brush that lets you draw onto a screen with
textures from the world around you. By holding the brush over a
surface, a picture or video can be used as a texture for the brush.
Watching the video is the best way to understand it.
Source: MIT
VIA Technologies and Mini-box.com recently announced the VoomPC family of x86 car PC kits for the telematics market. Based on the low-power EPIA-series Mini-ITX mainboards from VIA Technologies, the x86-based PC barebone is specifically designed for the ultra-power sensitive conditions of
in-vehicle applications.
Only two varieties are currently available, costing $299 and $319. The PCs are targetted at people who need access to data on the move, and are ideal for GPS navigation, or World of Warcraft while you're stuck in traffic jams.
The unit is claimed to use between 15-30 watts, less than the dimmest car parking lights. The VoomPC also features advanced audio control, with 'anti-thump' technology that keeps car amplifiers turned off while the
PC starts, eliminating annoying speaker thumps and pops, while the VIA Vinyl Audio Six-TRAC audio codec enables stunning six-channel surround sound for a more authentic listening experience with greater depth, the
companies stated.
Source: DigiTimes
Manufacturer: Mini-Box
Inhabitants of Germany should also watch for Hurricane Smallpecker which is expected to hit next week.
Source: Wunderground
An Australian man built up so much static electricity in his clothes as he walked that he burned carpets, melted plastic and sparked a mass evacuation.
Frank Clewer, of the western Victorian city of Warrnambool, was wearing a synthetic nylon jacket and a woollen shirt when he went for a job interview.
As he walked into the building, the carpet ignited from the 40,000 volts of static electricity that had built up.
"It sounded almost like a firecracker or something like that," he said.
"Within about five minutes, the carpet started to erupt," he told Australian radio.
Source: BBC News
It's that time of the year again when I revamp the site. I've switched from Wordpress to Mambo, which lets me do loads more.
I've also added a tutorial for Patching the HTC Magician ROM and adding the BigStorage mod, which removes the Extended ROM and converts the space to usable storage. The HTC Magician is sold as the iMate JAM, Qtek S100, O2 XDA Mini, MDA Compact, and VPA.
AtomChip have demonstrated how Quantum processors could operate in consumer electronics. Quantum processors sound like something from Star Trek to me, but at 6.8Ghz, will we ever reach a clock speed ceiling?
Chip Details
Product Page
Also released this week was Toshiba's 4GB 0.85" Microdrive
Only in America could you get a breakfast containing 231% of your recommended daily cholesterol intake. The Hungryman breakfast has eggs, sausages, bacon, pancakes, and something called home-fries, which I think are like the hash browns you get from littlewoods. This turd on a plate contains 1030 Calories, 21g saturated fat (104% RDA), 630mg Cholesterol (231% RDA) and 2090mg Sodium (87% RDA).
There aren't many people who could get away with eating this, and live to tell the story, if you're already a 400 pound monster truck, you may as well throw caution to the wind and chow down. Fill your bowl full of jelly with a tray full of dead animals and chicken miscarriages. But for people who can safely walk on the second floor? You may wanna stick to the Pop Tarts.
The worst breakfast ever [X-Entertainment]
