Interesthings from the Web (Cut and Paste)

An Unfortunate Accident

Status: Undetermined
This news clipping has been doing the rounds:

 

 

Is it true? It does have urban-legend qualities to it, but a search of LexisNexis reveals that it was widely reported in April 2002. English-language papers credited the story to the Danish newspaper BT. The surgeon was identified as Jorn Kristensen. The Sun had this line:

Surgeon Jorn Kristensen said of the chain reaction: "No-one considered the possibility."

 

So, given the specific details, I'm going to say that it appears to be true my hunch is that it's true, but I'll list it as undetermined.

 

~Museum of Hoaxes

 

P.S. "No one considered the possibility." ?!? Hahahahaha! ~iw

 

 

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Killer Whale vs. Penguin

 

Killer whales do eat penguins, but I'd say this has been photoshopped. For a start, if you look closely it appears that the killer whale already has something in its mouth.

 

I have no information about who created the photo or where the original images came from.

 

~Museum of Hoaxes

 

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$1000 iPhone App Does Nothing

 

Customers at Apple's online iPhone store recently had the opportunity to buy a program called "I Am Rich." True to its name, it cost $999.99.

 

The program, created by Armin Heinrich, a German software developer, displayed a large red ruby on the iPhone's screen. And that's it. Nothing else. The product description read:

 

"The red icon on your iPhone always reminds you (and others when you show it to them) that you were able to afford this. It's a work of art with no hidden function at all."

Eight people actually purchased the program before Apple removed it from the site. One of them complained that he bought it thinking it was a joke, only to discover a charge for $999.99 on his credit card.

 

This program walks the fine line between a prank and a scam. The concept is kind of funny, but Heinrich is apparently keeping the money that people paid. I wouldn't find that funny if it was my money.

 

~Museum of Hoaxes

 

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mini rickshaw in beijing

~ Design Boom

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 nike (burguer) air max 90 by olle hemmendorff

 

 

~ Design Boom

 

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'all of this is melting away' at royal/t

 

 

 

~ Design Boom

 

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shelter & cart for junk collectors

 

 

 

 

~ Design Boom

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masks by kepa rasmussen

 

 

 

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Magic Trick With Google

 

 http://triplebirch.com/google/

 

This should be quite fun! Haha!