It’s Friday and it’s time to arse about on the Interweb

Cookie says to me I should be linking to more interesting websites – I’m spending a bit too much of my time going on about one-legged lesbian Fairtrade jam makers in Malawi, or something like that.

With Cookie reading it, this blog must have a readership of, meh, four. Some people stumble across it by accident (I look at the web stats, and all I can say to the people who found this site by Googling ‘Kerry Katona masturbating’ is there’s nothing to see here, move along).

OK, so anyone looking for interesting stuff to waste away their afternoon at work on a Friday should look at digg.com (a site where people vote for content they find interesting, which despite apparently being dominated by fifteen year olds who use works like ‘n00b’ and ‘w00t’ actually turns up some interesting stuff).

Apart from Digg, reddit.com is another useful source for links. To save time, you can just go to popurls.com, which presents the most popular content from digg, reddit, del.icio.us, YouTube, and stacks of other websites. Fail to find something interesting to read on Popurls and you really should turn off your computer and go and read a book.

I’m currently enjoying pictures that are very long. The ones below are examples, click on the tiny pictures below to see them full size:

The second picture above, a human evolutionary timeline, suggests that humans have spent the ages either shagging or violently killing each other, so I’m thinking it’s quite accurate.

The amusingly named Japanese company Nobby Tech make very high speed cameras. Very, very high speed cameras. Cue some cool videos of a samurai sword slicing through an egg, a bottle of tea, and a tomato.

Apparently people can read this blog in China – I know as I have tested it using this website. But before getting all steamed up about BBC News and the rest being blocked in China, it’s also worth remembering that it is pretty difficult to get Al Jazeera English in the USA – TV networks in the Land Of The Free are doing a good job of restricting access to Al Jazeera, possibly because:

Al-Jazeera is no friend of America, the American people, or the American government….

and…

if Al-Jazeera makes waves on American cable, then the possibility of suicide bombers in America could lurk close behind.

These quotes are from where? Accuracy in Media’s article, The Invasion of Al-Jazeera. Yes, you heard it folks, Rageh Omaar and Sir David Frost are seeking to subliminally program Muslims everywhere to strap bombs to their bodies.

Sorry, nearly got political there. A lesbian jam-maker nearly felt her ears burn. Back to the stupid stuff, I’ve been laughing like an idiot at Arnold Schwarzenegger sharing his deepest feelings and signing for the deaf on BBC News.

Finally, I am in awe of these photos.