Does the Queen have Wii?

MAKE WAY FOR THE Q Wii N

Elizabeth hogs Wills' Xmas gift from Kate ROYAL EXCLUSIVE

By Dean Rousewell

The gadget-loving Queen has become HOOKED on Prince William's new Nintendo Wii games console.

William's girlfriend Kate Middleton bought him the £200 gift for Christmas - but he now has to share it with his grandma.

A Palace source told The People: "When she saw William playing a game after lunch at Sandringham she thought the Nintendo looked tremendous fun and begged to join in.

"She played a simple ten-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural.

"It was hilarious. William was in fits of laughter. He was enormously impressed at having such a cool gran.

"And although she is 81 the Queen's hand-eye co-ordination was as good as somebody half her age."

The Wii was this Christmas's musthave gift. Players can create their own customised on-screen lookalike - just like our jokey Elizabeth pictured above.

Kate, 26 on Wednesday, watched as William, 25, unwrapped the gift at the Royal Family's festive gathering. Our source said: "He loves his gadgets and boys' toys. So it was the perfect present for him.

"His only difficulty nowis prising it away from the Queen's clutches. She showed all the signs of becoming a Nintendo addict."

It's not the first time the Queen has joined the hi-tech revolution.

In 2001 she got her first mobile phone and has regularly upgraded to one with the latest features.

Her Majesty set up her own email account years ago.

In 2005 she took delivery of an iPod that stores more than 100,000 tunes.

And last June she added a trendy BlackBerry to her technological armoury - and made sure her senior staff were equipped with them too.

http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=make-way-for-the-q-wii-n%26method=full%26objectid=20276099%26siteid=93463-name_page.html

They also have a YouTube account, which I am too fatigued at this hour to find for you my friends.
Imagine battling with your grandmother for control of the video game console. NO I'M THE QUEEN!!!

Cool pictures of random stuffs

Well I've been home sick for the last couple days, spending it in my bed and in front of the computer so I was able to find lots of funtastic things for you happy peoples to click on and enjoy!


Look at how he folds his hands in such a gentlemanly manner!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31715949@N00/1803950301/
5 unbelievably cool research facilities
http://deputy-dog.com/2008/01/04/5-unbelievably-cool-research-facilities/
Two-edged Media Sword: 10 Examples of Counteradvertising, Commerce Jamming and Propaganda Remixes
http://individualathome.blogspot.com/2008/01/two-edged-media-sword-10-examples-of.html

Question

What if there were no hypothetical questions?

Man using GPS drives into path of train in New York suburb

BEDFORD HILLS, New York - A Global Positioning System can tell a driver a lot of things - but not when a train is coming.

A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the instructions his GPS unit gave him.

A train was barrelling toward him, but he escaped in time and no one was injured.

The driver had turned right, as the system advised, and the car somehow got stuck on the tracks at the crossing.

Metro-North railroad spokesman Dan Brucker says the man jumped out, tried to warn the engineer by waving and managed to get out of the way just before the train slammed into the car at about 100 kilometres per hour.

The car was pushed more than 30 metres during the fiery crash and some 500 train passengers were stranded for more than two hours during the Wednesday evening rush hour.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080103/koddities/oddity_gps_train_crash

Winner! Not sure what he was thinking when he was waving his arms to the engineer, not like these things have a small stopping distance.

That being said, if you are going to get a GPS, get one that verbalizes the directions. Squinting at a small screen as you ignore traffic is never the way to go.

Is that a stag beetle fighting a lobster?!

I'm probably a bad person for spreading this, but there is a new site going around the internets. The description is in the URL name, JapaneseBugFights.com.

http://www.japanesebugfights.com/20.htm
Um, whoa.


So where do draw the distinction and say this is allowed or not allowed? Is this worse than cock-fighting, dog-fighting? Human cock-fighting? Does the tolerance scale relative to how close to a human it is?

Foreign Artist Spotlight - Xavier Naidoo

Xavier Naidoo is a German singer and songwriter of South African descent, who sings in German and occasionally in English. He is known for his soulful voice and has collaborated with several famous artists such as the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Deborah Cox.


Xavier Naidoo - Bist du am Leben (Are you alive?)



I first heard that song from some MTV 2006 hits compilation. A German song? MTV hit? (Incidentally one other German band that I like, Rammstein, also had a song on the compilation Mann Gegen Mann.) It took me a few tries to 'get it' and once I did was explored some of his other material and was quite happy with it. Give this one a try as well.

Xavier Naidoo - Führ Mich Ans Licht (Lead Me To The Light)



Bonus video! Xavier Naidoo - Wo Willst Du Hin? (Where You Want?)

Why haven't I posted this yet?

Poor hamster! Stop laughing!

I normally like to give gifts early anyways

Wife stabs husband who opens Christmas gift early

Dec 21, 2007 10:36 PM

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. – A woman stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife following an argument that began when she accused him of opening a Christmas present early, authorities said Friday.

Misty Johnson, 34, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and battery, a felony, and misdemeanor domestic battery. Her husband, Shawn Fay Johnson, 34, was treated at a hospital for a wound to the chest, police said.

Misty Johnson made an initial court appearance Thursday in which she requested a court-appointed attorney, authorities said. She was released after posting bail, which was set at $7,500 (U.S.).

There was no telephone listing for her in Rock Springs.

Authorities said Shawn Johnson called 911 just before 1 a.m. Wednesday to report that his wife had stabbed him. He told police that his wife started arguing with him over his opening a Christmas present, according to court records.

As the argument escalated, Misty Johnson accused her husband of having an affair, authorities said. Police found a marriage license in the couple's apartment stating they were married in late September.

Police Detective David Thompson said he didn't know what the present was, or if it was intended for the husband.
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/288087

Wow, first Christmas married together too!
I normally like to give gifts early anyways, especially if it is something they can use.

Awwww cute rat!! Snuggle it!

Giant rat found in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Researchers in a remote Indonesian jungle have discovered a giant rat that is about five times the size of a typical city rat and a tiny possum, scientists said Monday.

Unearthing new species of mammals in the 21st century is considered very rare. The discoveries by a team of American and Indonesian scientists are being studied further to confirm their status.

The animals were found in the Foja mountains rainforest in eastern Papua province in a June expedition, said U.S.-based Conservation International, which organized the trip in the Southeast Asian nation along with the Indonesian Institute of Science.

"The giant rat is about five times the size of a typical city rat," said Kristofer Helgen, a scientist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "With no fear of humans, it apparently came into the camp several times during the trip.''

The possum was described as "one of the world's smallest marsupials.''

A 2006 expedition to the same stretch of jungle – dubbed by Conservation International as a "Lost World" because until then humans had rarely visited it – unearthed scores of exotic new species of palms, butterflies and palms.

Papua has some of the world's largest tracts of rainforest, but like elsewhere in Indonesia they are being ravaged by illegal logging. Scientists said last year that the Foja area was not under immediate threat, largely because it was so remote.

"It's comforting to know that there is a place on Earth so isolated that it remains the absolute realm of wild nature," said expedition leader Bruce Beehler. "We were pleased to see that this little piece of Eden remains as pristine and enchanting as it was when we first visited.''

http://www.thestar.com/article/286588

No kidding!

W00t woot w0o0t!

"w00t" crowned word of year by U.S. dictionary

BOSTON (Reuters) - "w00t," an expression of joy coined by online gamers, was crowned word of the year on Tuesday by the publisher of a leading U.S. dictionary.

Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said "w00t" -- typically spelled with two zeros -- reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.

It's like saying "yay," the dictionary said.

"It could be after a triumph or for no reason at all," Merriam-Webster said.

Visitors to Merriam-Webster's Web site were invited to vote for one of 20 words and phrases culled from the most frequently looked-up words on the site and submitted by readers.

Runner-up was "facebook" as a new verb meaning to add someone to a list of friends on the Web site Facebook.com or to search for people on the social networking site.

Merriam-Webster President John Morse said "w00t" reflected the growing use of numeric keyboards to type words.

"People look for self-evident numeral-letter substitutions: 0 for O; 3 for E; 7 for T; and 4 for A," he said. "This is simply a different and more efficient way of representing the alphabetical character."

One Web site, www.thinkgeek.com, already sells T-shirts with the word "w00t" printed on the front.

"w00t belongs to gamers the world over. It seems to have been derived from the obsolete 'whoot' which essentially is another way to say 'hoot' which itself is a shout or derisive laugh," Think Geek said on its Web site.

"But others maintain that w00t is the sound several players make while jumping like bunnies in Quake III," it added, referring to a popular video game.

Online gamers often replace numbers and symbols with letters to form what Merriam-Webster calls an "esoteric computer hacker language" known as "l33t speak." This translates into "leet," which is short for "elite."

A separate survey of words used in the media and on the Internet by California-based Global Language Monitor produced a different set of winners on Tuesday. "Hybrid" took top honors as word of the year with "climate change" the top phrase.

Global Language Monitor, which uses an algorithm to track words and phrases in the media and on the Internet, said "hybrid" had broad connotations of "all things green from biodiesel to wearing clothes made of soy to global warming."

Runner-up was "surge," based on the "surge" of 30,000 extra U.S. troops deployed to Iraq since mid-June, followed by the word "Bluetooth," a technology used to connect electronic devices via radio waves.

"The English language is becoming more and more a globalized language every year," said Global Language Monitor president Paul Payack, noting that this year's list included words also culled from India, Singapore, China and Australia.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071212/odds/odd_language_dc

My girl sent me this news, which is hilarious because my audio unit is set to output this sound file at random times. She always asked me what 'w00t' was and now she knows!