Surly Wombat

Fancy Pants 2 is a hugely addictive web based platformer, enough talk go play!

RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome) is the common tendency to use one of the words which make up an acronym or initialism as well as the abbreviation itself, thus in effect repeating that word. “RAS syndrome” is itself an ironic self-referential example

ABS system Anti-lock Braking System system
AC current Alternating Current current
ARC computing Advanced RISC Computing computing Advanced Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computing computing
ALJ judge Administrative Law Judge judge
ASB Bank Auckland Savings Bank Bank
ATI Technologies Inc. Array Technologies Incorporated Technologies Incorporated
ATM machine Automated Teller Machine machine
CD-ROM disc Compact Disc - Read Only Memory disc
CMS system Content Management System system
CRC check Cyclic Redundancy Check check
CRT tube Cathode-Ray Tube tube
DIP package Dual In-line Package package
DC current Direct Current current
DLT tape (or DLTtape) Digital Linear Tape tape
DPA Account Dell Preffered Account account
DSL line Digital Subscriber Line line
DVD disc Digital Versatile (or Video) Disc disc
E3Expo Electronic Entertainment Expo Expo
EMP pulse Electromagnetic Pulse pulse
FAT table File Allocation Table table
GUI interface Graphical User Interface interface
HDRI image High Dynamic Range Image Image
HIV virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus virus
IBAN Number International Bank Account Number number
ICBM missile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile missile
IDM Music Intelligent Dance Music music
IGBT transistor Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor transistor
ING Group Internationale Nederlanden Groep Group (with Groep being Dutch for Group)
IM message Instant Message message
IP protocol Internet Protocol protocol
IRC chat Internet Relay Chat chat
ISBN number International Standard Book Number number
IT technologies Information Technology technologies
ITBS test Iowa Test of Basic Skills test
LCD display Liquid Crystal Display display
LED diode Light Emitting Diode diode
LPG gas Liquefied Petroleum Gas Gas
MIDI interface Musical Instrument Digital Interface interface
MNB Bank Malvern National Bank Bank
MRE meal Meal Ready to Eat meal
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from wiki.

Wingsuit jetman.

No its not superman, its a guy in what they call a wingsuit. A wingsuit is designed to help a parachutist glide further and easier (the featured them in the second dire tombraider movie).

This guy has gone a little further, he is wearing a small jet engine on each ankle.

Trainers bonanza from cargo wreck

Thousands of sports shoes have been washed up on a Dutch island after a ship lost some of its containers in heavy weather.

Fairies stop developers’ bulldozers in their tracks - Times Online

From BBC news

Parrot squawks on woman’s affair
A parrot owner was alerted to his girlfriend’s infidelity when his talkative pet let the cat out of the bag by squawking “I love you Gary”.

Silent Bob Returns is a psuedo trailer for a new film that doesn’t exist, using the Superman Returns trailer as a base inter cutting with images of Silent bob. Takes a while to load but its very funny if you are a fan.

The BBC has created a list of 100 things we didn’t know this time last year including :

1. The UK’s first mobile phone call was made 20 years ago this year, when Ernie Wise rang the Vodafone head office, which was then above a curry shop in Newbury.

An encyclopedia which tells you nothing, welcome to the Uncyclopedia.

For example, the entry for God -

God (born God Cohen in 4004 B.C.E. in Liverpool, England) is one of the most famous and prolific musicians in the Western world. Though he recorded under the name God during his early career, a contractual dispute with his former label led him to change his recording name to YHVH. Due to YHVH being an unpronounceable set of consonants, he is most often referred to as “The Artist Formerly Known as God,” “TAFKAG,” or simply “The Artist.” Throughout his career he has embraced many styles of music and is cited as an influence by a wide array of current artists.