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Much to the delight of all my Cubs it would appear that the 5 second rule actually applies, well when you're outside anyway:

http://lifehacker.com/5591426/

Well it turns out that the chicken cam first. Basically the eggs can only be made because of a protein in the chicken.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3054923/Official-Chicken-DID-come-before-the-egg.html

Maybe that's a bit strong, rather why I think it needs a bit more time before it's bundled with an OS.

Originally from: Steve's Blog.

Cold-blooded Calculations for Corporate Profit

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I've just finished listening to Security Now 248 and instatly thought about how to deal with the Sea Gulls in Aberdeen.

In it Steve talks about how he went about training some of the local animals with a sonic beam gun. Apparently it almost takes Sea Gulls out the sky, I've got to make myself one of these.

Anyone who thinks adding mentos to diet coke is good will enjoy this.

Either that or someone who finds practical physics fascinating.

The challenge is to make a motor using just:

• A battery
• A magnet
• A screw
• 1 piece of wire

I get it, I've been somewhat neglectful of my own site whilst working on others, so here goes a selection of some of the recent random stuff I've come accrss.

Don't get me wrong I'm sure most customers are quite intelligent people, sometimes perhaps out of their comfort zone (especially in a computer store) and sometimes you have to wonder if they actually lost all ability to think as they entered the shop. So from another site I randomly browsed to (Not Always Right) here are some stories: