A Dutch Life

But, unlike my mate Scotty, I’m not so good at doing them (truth be known, neither is he)…

Amy Walker however is truly amazing:

I like the way her facials change along with the accent. I remember when in the UK that the banks did a study to work out which accent people felt was the most trustworthy. The northerners got the nod.

…if anyone has done a statistical analysis of words in order to determine exactly when we will run out of original songs. 

• CHDK – Firmware hack for Cannon compact cameras
  This looks pretty interesting, drop a tool onto a memory card and insert it into you Canon Compact to get a stack of new features. Looks like it doesn’t flash your camera, so totally reversible.
  (tags: photography hack)

I really think we need to get these guys onto the footy field as they are at it again! They obviously need some constructive outlet for all this aggression!

Can just see it now the Greek Orthodox Geckos versus the Armenian Orthodox Anteaters packing out the MCG.

• Record Screencast Videos with Microsoft Office Community Clips
  Could be useful for doing the odd office based screencast.
  (tags: microsoft screencapture software)
• What better mentor for a 10-year-old than Charles Manson? Little Billy seeks life advice, and America’s most notorious killers are happy to oblige
  The serial killers make a creepy little read, them aside, they write letters to Arnie, Larry Flynt and Oprah. I do like these sorts of experiments.
  (tags: crime culture)

…would we really be so relaxed about it?

Apr 30 – Muslims in western India have been observing a bizarre ritual – they’ve been throwing their young children off a tall building to improve their health.

The faithful have been observing the ritual at a shrine in Solapur, in western India’s Maharastra, for more than five hundred years.

They believe it will make their children strong and say no accidents have ever happened.

I have to say that after watching the video, I have my doubts about that last statement, regardless, is it really worth the risk of even one injury? Perhaps Michael Jackson should have claimed he hung his baby off that balcony in the name of the flying spaghetti monster.

I was beginning to think that the amazing Mr Rudd was leaving nothing for me to do in Australian politics (though I would have like to see him go all the way, so to speak). However, Ecuador of all places shows that we still have a way to go before our societies hit some harmonious plateau:

A member of Ecuador’s ruling party proposes that a woman’s right to sexual happiness be enshrined in law.

Ecuador ’should enshrine in law’ a woman’s right to sexual happiness
Three cheers for Ecuador!