Saturday, 31 July 2010
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Spain Win World Cup!
Approximately 10 minutes ago Spain won the 2010 World Cup. The game got off to a slow start, and the first half was fairly dire. The second half, on the other hand, was much more heated. Even Nelson Mandela (who was there to witness the final as a crowd member) probably thought he was going to get fouled. Obviously the circumstances the players found themselves in were so stressful tackles were getting sloppy and cards were being issues thick and fast.
I think Spain deserved the win. Their opponents Holland seemed to have resorted to bullying Spain off of the ball with questionable tackles in the extra time stages. Spain won with dignity. Congratulations!
I think Spain deserved the win. Their opponents Holland seemed to have resorted to bullying Spain off of the ball with questionable tackles in the extra time stages. Spain won with dignity. Congratulations!
Thursday, 8 July 2010
'Vampire' Causes Car Crash [NEWS]
According to a woman driving through Colorado, a 'vampire' appeared in the middle of the road, causing her to crash her car into a canal. The woman was understandably startled by the 'vampire', quickly putting her SUV into reverse upon seeing the supernatural sight. Unfortunately, the woman wasn't looking where she was going, meaning her and her car found themselves in the water.
The woman wasn't injured in the collision and her husband eventually arrived to give her a lift home. Sadly, the 'vampire' wasn't seen afterwards. I'm guessing he felt abit guilty for standing in the middle of the road and causing all the commotion. The situation would have made more sense if the 'vampire' was found to be intoxicated. At least that would explain the abnormal standing-in-the-road-weirdly behaviour.
But, surely you can't get drunk on human blood?
The woman wasn't injured in the collision and her husband eventually arrived to give her a lift home. Sadly, the 'vampire' wasn't seen afterwards. I'm guessing he felt abit guilty for standing in the middle of the road and causing all the commotion. The situation would have made more sense if the 'vampire' was found to be intoxicated. At least that would explain the abnormal standing-in-the-road-weirdly behaviour.
But, surely you can't get drunk on human blood?
Caravan Stolen With Owner Still Inside! [NEWS]
William Roberts was happily relaxing in his caravan when he noticed something odd - It was moving and he wasn't driving. It turns out the caravan was just tempting for 2 passing 'crooks'. I'm not sure what the crooks looked like when this took place. I'm guessing they were carrying a giant bag with a dollar sign on it, whilst wearing some tights over their head and a black and white striped shirt. Stereotypical? Maybe. unfortunately, they probably didn't look like that.
Anyway, the 73-year-old caravan owner was startled to find out that the crooks had stolen the vehicle without realising he was inside. When the crooks stopped off at a lay-by, William took the opportunity and made a quick getaway on foot. The man has since told the media "I'm lucky, if I hadn't woken up I could have ended up anywhere or with an iron bar through my head".
Call me picky, but I doubt if you'd had an iron bar through your head you would have woken up, William.
Look at it. It's just too tempting. I want it!
Anyway, the 73-year-old caravan owner was startled to find out that the crooks had stolen the vehicle without realising he was inside. When the crooks stopped off at a lay-by, William took the opportunity and made a quick getaway on foot. The man has since told the media "I'm lucky, if I hadn't woken up I could have ended up anywhere or with an iron bar through my head".
Call me picky, but I doubt if you'd had an iron bar through your head you would have woken up, William.
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Asian Black Bear Becomes Kung-Fu Elite [NEWS]
The animal world can be an odd place. News recently surfaced that an Asian Black Bear kept at Asa Zoo, Japan has learnt to spin and flip a stick in such a way that he looks like a professional martial artist. Video footage (shown below) has allowed the bear, named Claude, to show off his skills to the world. I'm pretty sure if Jackie Chan died and was reincarnated as an animal, this would be the result.
When the footage was first released, many were led to question whether it was real or not. Major news companies such as CNN and CBS sent journalists to investigate the rumour and to their surprise, the Bear's antics really turned out to be genuine.
Zookeepers at Asa Zoo originally decided to give Claude a stick to help combat boredom. Clearly, there's nothing particularly exciting going on in a square, fenced-off enclosure. Who'd have thought it? Over the span of 8 years, the nimble bear developed a talent for - Stick-spinning? Not sure what to call it, really. During an interview with The Telegraph, Professor Marc Bekoff (an animal behaviour expert) stated, "I would guess this [behaviour demonstrated] is the result of extreme training and it would be hard to believe the animal taught itself this spontaneously".
Clearly there is still indecision as to whether the bear was taught these tricks or not. Still, I'm not fussed about that. I'm just certain I don't want to get on the wrong side of Claude.
When the footage was first released, many were led to question whether it was real or not. Major news companies such as CNN and CBS sent journalists to investigate the rumour and to their surprise, the Bear's antics really turned out to be genuine.
Zookeepers at Asa Zoo originally decided to give Claude a stick to help combat boredom. Clearly, there's nothing particularly exciting going on in a square, fenced-off enclosure. Who'd have thought it? Over the span of 8 years, the nimble bear developed a talent for - Stick-spinning? Not sure what to call it, really. During an interview with The Telegraph, Professor Marc Bekoff (an animal behaviour expert) stated, "I would guess this [behaviour demonstrated] is the result of extreme training and it would be hard to believe the animal taught itself this spontaneously".
Clearly there is still indecision as to whether the bear was taught these tricks or not. Still, I'm not fussed about that. I'm just certain I don't want to get on the wrong side of Claude.
Lorry Full of Money Overturned [NEWS]
Every now and then you can find yourself in the right place at the right time. Motorists travelling along a highway in Southern Italy couldn't believe their luck after a truck containing approximately 2.5 million euros in coins was overturned in an accident, allowing passing motorists to take as much of the money as they could grab! During the accident, the truck's rear door was forced open from the impact and in a matter of seconds money was pouring out of the slot like a giant casino gambling machine. On wheels.
Before the Police arrived at the scene, a significant amount of the money had already been taken. Reports state that cars made off with a total of around 10,000 dollars in one and two euro coins, which was actually being transported to local banks in the areas until the accident took place.
What would you do in the same situation? Would you take some of the money?
Before the Police arrived at the scene, a significant amount of the money had already been taken. Reports state that cars made off with a total of around 10,000 dollars in one and two euro coins, which was actually being transported to local banks in the areas until the accident took place.
What would you do in the same situation? Would you take some of the money?
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
YouTube and Justin Bieber's Website Hacked! [NEWS]
In an undeniably funny series of circumstances, a collection of popular websites were 'hacked' by an anonymous group (Perhaps we could call them 'Internet terrorists'?) as America celebrated the 4th of July. Recently, fingers have started to point at a site named '4Chan' as the group behind the attacks. Another theory states that the website 'Ebaumsworld' have something to do with the events. It is thought that the 4th of July was an ideal time for an attack of this nature as this was a day where Internet security was likely to 'lapse'
Among the sites that were hacked were YouTube (Due to a bug in the video scripting people were able to alter the makeup of the YouTube videos page so that unsuspecting viewers searching for a 'fat man doing the moonwalk'(for example) were forwarded to various, lets say 'crude' websites) Furhtermore, hackers were able to insert a fake warning message on the homepage of YouTube that stated teen singer Justin Bieber had
died in a car crash during the early hours of the morning. Obviously, this wasn't true, but it still caught the Google technical support team with its pants down.
A spokesman for google stated "We took swift action to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability [which allows hackers to place code into a site] on YouTube.com that was discovered several hours ago. Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an hour, and we released a complete fix for the issue in about two hours. We're continuing to study the vulnerability to help prevent similar issues in the future"
Luckily for YouTube, the Google team were able to remove the bug on the video-sharing site within a matter of hours,after receiving an onslaught of complaints from angry and confused Internet users. Still, not everybody was safe from the attacks so quickly, were they Mr. Justin Bieber?
Yes, Bieber was also targeted directly by hackers, with his website being taken over in hilarious fashion. A poll on Bieber's website featured a question that asked viewers where they felt he should tour next. Creative hackers managed to alter the poll so North Korea flew to the number 1 suggested location, with just under 500,000 votes being cast for this option. Israel followed in the number 2 spot.
You've got to admire their creativity, haven't you?
Among the sites that were hacked were YouTube (Due to a bug in the video scripting people were able to alter the makeup of the YouTube videos page so that unsuspecting viewers searching for a 'fat man doing the moonwalk'(for example) were forwarded to various, lets say 'crude' websites) Furhtermore, hackers were able to insert a fake warning message on the homepage of YouTube that stated teen singer Justin Bieber had
died in a car crash during the early hours of the morning. Obviously, this wasn't true, but it still caught the Google technical support team with its pants down.
A spokesman for google stated "We took swift action to fix a cross-site scripting vulnerability [which allows hackers to place code into a site] on YouTube.com that was discovered several hours ago. Comments were temporarily hidden by default within an hour, and we released a complete fix for the issue in about two hours. We're continuing to study the vulnerability to help prevent similar issues in the future"
Luckily for YouTube, the Google team were able to remove the bug on the video-sharing site within a matter of hours,after receiving an onslaught of complaints from angry and confused Internet users. Still, not everybody was safe from the attacks so quickly, were they Mr. Justin Bieber?
Yes, Bieber was also targeted directly by hackers, with his website being taken over in hilarious fashion. A poll on Bieber's website featured a question that asked viewers where they felt he should tour next. Creative hackers managed to alter the poll so North Korea flew to the number 1 suggested location, with just under 500,000 votes being cast for this option. Israel followed in the number 2 spot.
You've got to admire their creativity, haven't you?
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