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Paul Potts, a meek, unassuming mobile phone salesman with no formal music training auditions on Britain’s Got Talent…

…and ends up winning the competition a few weeks later.

Gary :: Jun.28.2007 :: Music, 1337 :: No Comments »

Bored at work? Read some CIA docs.

The CIA recently declassified an assload of papers under the Freedom of Information Act. While some of these go pretty far back, it’s still an interesting read nonetheless… if you’re into this kind of thing. Some of these have had their TOP SECRET classifications struck over with a pen like it really doesn’t matter at all.

From a subsite:

The CAESAR, POLO, and ESAU Papers

Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis of Soviet and Chinese Policy and Decision Making, 1953-1973

This collection of declassified analytic monographs and reference aids, designated within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Intelligence (DI) as the CAESAR, ESAU, and POLO series, highlights the CIA’s efforts from the 1950s through the mid-1970s to pursue in-depth research on Soviet and Chinese internal politics and Sino-Soviet relations. The documents reflect the views of seasoned analysts who had followed closely their special areas of research and whose views were shaped in often heated debate.

Linky.

I’ll let you know if I find anything interesting. You do the same.

Gary :: Jun.27.2007 :: A thousand words, Good readin', Crypto, Stifle me, stifle you :: No Comments »

Duet Impossible: Katie Melua and Eva Cassidy

A program from the BBC to pair live singers with deceased ones, in tribute.

Must be stressful dueting with a video… if anything goes wrong, there’s no one else but you.

Gary :: Jun.27.2007 :: A thousand words, Music, 1337, Sad, w00t! :: No Comments »

Malibu has a new flavour

…guess what it is?

Gary :: Jun.25.2007 :: General, All the news that's fit to print, w00t! :: No Comments »

People are Stupid

…Zackey reportedly advised a Gauteng woman, Amal Nassif (37), earlier to look at the sun, and if she had faith, the Virgin Mary would appear.

Nassif stared at the sun for about a minute and lost her sight.

“I can’t seen anything. There is a large dark blind spot,” she was quoted as saying.

Need I say more?

Linky.

Gary :: Jun.24.2007 :: WTF, pwned, Dumbfuck :: No Comments »

Uncle Leong’s

Moooore… I want moooore….

(Picture link goes to mouth-watering full version)

Gary :: Jun.23.2007 :: General :: No Comments »

We’re costlier than New York

…for expatriates at least.

According to this cost-of-living report released by HR firm Mercer, Moscow leads the pack and Singapore’s ranked 14th, one spot up from NY at 15th place.

Linky.

Gary :: Jun.18.2007 :: All the news that's fit to print :: 2 Comments »