Cactusnic and Co Battle Alzheimer's

Please visit http://www.jogle.eu/ to help cactusnic and a few friends in their efforts to help raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer's society.


Dave - a Community Mental Health nurse from Exeter. The ride was Daves brain child. Motivated by the loss of his Father to the disease last year.



Nick - Cactusnic, another Mental Health Nurse working in Bristol. Nick has worked for many years with Alzheimer's sufferers and their families.

Steve - a Manager working for the NHS based in North Devon

Stephen - Stephen is responsible for the management and development of the University of St Andrews website.

JC Hutchins and Scott Sigler in Macuser.com

There’s a niche in podcasting that, in my opinion, hasn’t gotten enough attention. I’m talking about podcast novels, or podiobooks. These are just like audiobooks, except authors record them in podcast format, meaning they usually produce a new chapter every week published in an RSS feed. What has amazed me in the four months I’ve been listening to podcast novels is just the incredible quality of the content, which is, like any podcast, free.

Tony Blair Sings "Should I Stay Or should I GO"

From Boy to Man and On

Michio Kaku and some of his incredible theories about parallel universes

Doughnuts!

The accuracy of the driving here is amazing. Check out how close he gets to his "assistants"

Iain Archer - Wishing

The fantastic Iain Archer from back in 1994. This was a record of the week on Simon mayos Radio 1 show.

4 YEARS old drummer( Igor Falecki from Poland)

Plays like a pro!

Juan Pablo Montoya Overtaking

Onboard footage of some real wheel to wheel stuff from Montoya as he passes two cars at the Nurburgring back in his Williams days.

Sunset and Moonrise over Dartmoor in Timelapse

Introducing Flash Earth!

An experimental satellite and aerial imagery of the earth in flash. It uses 8 different sources that you can switch instantaneously. (Top Left)

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Alonso vs Schumacher Hungaroring 2006 Onboard

Amazing footage of Alonso showing Schumacher how to drive in the wet, including a pass around the outside of a hairpin!

Guild Wars - Dervish Sneak Peek

Guild Wars meets Doom! Top Stuff!

830! How a carpenter got the highest Scrabble score ever.

"A carpenter named Michael Cresta scored 830 points in a game of Scrabble. His opponent, Wayne Yorra, who works at a supermarket deli counter, totaled 490 points. The two men set three records for sanctioned Scrabble in North America: the most points in a game by one player (830), the most total points in a game (1,320)..."

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Shed Base In Progress

You have received a Media Message This Media Message has been sent using an O2 camera phone.

Posted straight from my phone with Nakama. Click to see more.

Ali paintin the fence

You have received a Media Message This Media Message has been sent using an O2 camera phone.

Posted straight from my phone with Nakama. Click to see more.

Shed awaiting erection.

You have received a Media Message This Media Message has been sent using an O2 camera phone.

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Noah enjoys view from Coaley Peak.

You have received a Media Message This Media Message has been sent using an O2 camera phone.

Posted straight from my phone with Nakama. Click to see more.

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

DO Not try this at home!

Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku

A BBC interview with Michio Kaku , the incredible theoretical physicist. He makes some mind boggling stuff easy to understand.

Steve Beats Nick Shocker

In an unexpected turn of events at the Standish Woodland Chase today Steve, the fatter of the two bloaters beat Nick, the slim goodlooking one, by five minutes. Nick must be rueing the fact that just prior to the race, convinced of his superiority, he wagered a sizable amount on his beating Steve at the Stroud Half Marathon. Based on this evidence he needs to do some major training if he is not going to end up out of pocket.

Checkout the Motionbased GPS data here.

Helmet Cam From NYC Bike Courier

These guys are totally barking mad!

18 Tricks to Teach Your Body

Soothe a burn, cure a toothache, clear a stuffed nose...

Click the image you Like Better - it learns who you are.

This app learns who you are, simply based upon which images you click - it's kind of freaky. For such a simple concept, it's quite addictive!

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Fat boys still fat

PATHETIC! That is the only way to describe the dieting efforts of the tubsters. Its been 5 weeks now and the weight loss is as follows:

Steve -1lb

Nick- 5lbs

Neither very impressive but Steve - well what a lard arse.

Check out the trend here

Race for Life update

Well it looks like Nick and Steve are loosing their race for life. both are still as fat as ever with only minor signs of improvement. Check it out here.

Very cool Acustic guitar

Air Tap

Nick The Urban Ninja In Race for Life (not to look like Ralph!)

urban ninja

Nick in training. All part of the race for chocolate with Steve. The aim is to be the slimest by end of August. Forgone conclusion really. Check out the progress at RACE FOR LIFE

New Digg v3 Launched

It's live right now.

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Noah and Sam the Dishwasher engineers

Code Monkey music video

Remember that song CodeMonkey? Well, now there's a music video. Creative commons in action. Make a song, put it on the web, wait 3 weeks and someone else makes a video.

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Ever felt small? Check out how small we really are

Basically it's models of the stars in our solar system that give a sense of perspective. But you got to see it to understand why it's so diggworthy.

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Ecstasy allows cancer victim to spend final days at peace

After a 40-year virtual ban on research involving psychedelic drugs, scientists look anew at their potential in treating pain and anxiety

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Professor faked chips with sandpaper and got millions in investment

A university professor used sandpaper to remove the logo markings from Motorola mobile phone chips and passed them off as his own invention. He got away with it for THREE YEARS and received millions of dollars in government funding!

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Color blindness - What things look like to color blind people.

Ever wonder what things look like to people with colorblindness? Check this out.

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Watch 70 legal TV stations for free

Here is a collection of 70 free legal channels that you can watch from your browser. Includes Game Network, Tv Cartoons, Horror Channel, Comedy Channel, Sci-Fi Channel, Lifestyle Network, 8 Adult channels and a lot more.

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Would you kill 5 people to save 1 person?

Suppose you could save five lives by taking one - what would be the correct thing to do? Such ethical dilemmas provide classic "experiments" for philosophers. Here the Magazine presents four such quandaries and asks readers to vote on what they think is right.

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Fix for the update that breaks Windows (908531)

Security Patch 908531 can break Windows as we've all seen stories about in the past week. I just got off the phone with Microsoft and they emailed me specific fixes for specific software profiles that I haven't found anywhere else. So, here they are!

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Digg Corrupted

Read it and digg it if you feel everyone should know about this. Let's see Digg's response to this article.

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TWiT Turns 1 Today!

A year ago a group of disgruntled ex-TechTV employees sat down and recorded The Revenge of The Screen Savers. Little did they know the journey it would take them on and the cult following they would create. Now they have turned one and are showing no sign of slowing down with over 50 episodes and around 10 other shows.

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XP's Little-Known 'Rebuild' Command

Have you ever run into a "Missing HAL.DLL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," or "Windows could not start..." message?
That was when I learned about XP's built-in "Rebuild" command. It often can easily fix "missing HAL," "Invalid Boot.Ini," "Windows could not start..." and similar problems in just a minute or two.

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Check this out Steve:Laser used to melt fat through skin

Scientists at Mass. General Hospital have discovered certain wavelengths of lasers which can heat up fat beneath the skin, causing to be harmlessly excreted by the body. All of this is done without any damage to the skin. It can also be used to combat acne, cellulite, and arterial plaque.

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How To Solder

Nice tutorial for DIY-ers or noobs on the proper techniques of soldering.

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Offset Bike Crank Eliminates Power Vacuum

What the hell does that mean? If you give two hoots about biking, you should check this out. It's a special system that ensures the two pedals are never 180 degrees to each other, eliminating that "dead spot" at the top of every stroke. Move over Lance Armstrong!

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Life Expectancy Calculator!

This is the test that insurance companies use to calculate your probable life expectancy! This test merely calculates the probability of your life expectancy based on your habits and environment!

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Messy daughter fights back by humiliating dad

Two weeks ago Steve Williams became so fed up with his daughter's messy bedroom that he built a website featuring pictures of her room an attempt to shame her into action. But the 20-year-old business student has now set up a rival website that displays embarrassing photos of him.

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10 Best Security Live CD Distros (Pen-Test, Forensics & Recovery)

A summary of the 10 best LiveCD distributions dealing with security (pen testing, forensics & recovery). With links to download and a little information about each one.

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Six-Stroke Engine Concept

Bruce Crower has made a name for himself with his aftermarket performance parts business Crower Cams, but at 75 years old Crower may have done the most remarkable thing in his life. Crower has developed a six-stroke engine that may just forever change the automotive world.

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Geotool - Google Maps IP address locator

Nice IP address/hostname look-up utility using a Google maps mash-up.

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Cool Flickr Hack

Try it out! I dare you to find a boring photo. A new site called Flickr Leech allows you to search massive quantities of thumbs all singled out for their "Interestingness." Even a year ago today was interesting.

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