Phligm Phlagm

Every awful political discussion you've ever witnessed on facebook. And livejournal.

The Astronomical Unit has been redefined.

A graphical representation of all Doctor Who baddies.

One of the all time greats of Formula 1 has died. Not a driver or a team owner or an engineer. A neurosurgeon.

Skyrim is very, very moddable. That's not always a good thing...

How mummy daleks persuade their children to go to sleep.

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Comparing Genesis of the Daleks and 'Allo 'Allo. (Thank you Major Clanger.)

Dan Spitz, Anthrax guitarist...and master watchmaker.

An essay on canon and Doctor Who.

Is Britain's prison population really "too high"? (Thanks again Major Clanger.)

All credit to Neil Armstrong et al, but NASA's greatest achievement was actually this:

Squatting set to become a criminal offence, although homeowners still won't be allowed to treat them as they would any other vermin.

"He (Keynes) would roll over in his grave if he could see the things being done in his name."

This is cool. And big.

What mobile phones looked like in 1922.

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I'm sure this is the start of a science fiction novel.

A very useful test to work out if it's worth reading someone's internet post about politics.

My cousin Rolf.

Year of the Compromised Password

Coffee, hula hoops (2), owl. (Photoshop? Maybe.)

Mapping the surnames of London. (Apparently it's not politically correct to point out that there sure are a lot of furriners in London, so I won't. No sirree.)

Ancient NAZI buddhist statue from space! (Sort of...)

Traveller has made it into urbandictionary.com.

Life on the other worlds of the solar system, as predicted in the 1930s and 40s.

What happens when you detonate a nuclear bomb underwater?

Oh, for f***'s sake, what do they teach them at these schools? (In this case Eton.)  This man clearly is not clever enough to be Mayor of London.

Space colony art from the 1970s.