"What's delaying my dinner" - and people think computers made us dumb

1) For the lovers of pillage and carnage, Ty.rannosaur.us brings us a list of “7 badass Vikings”. I guess they’re cool if you don’t live near a fjord… (Link)

2) After the worst inventions in History, Time magazine brings us the most useless and forgettable inventions of 2009 – Computer critics? (Link)

3) Part 2 of our Great Depression caricatures – funny how a lot of these can apply to the current recession, no matter how much the media insist it’s over. (Link)

4) The “computer critics” have been applied to some of the greatest speeches of our time and you know what, Churchill would have failed English. (Link)

5) How do you know if an antique book is well preserved? By sniffing it of course… (Link)

ON THIS DAY IN 1558: Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, ascends to the throne of England, reaffirming protestantism and ushering in fifty years of prosperity for her Kingdom. (Link)

AND AS FOR THE LIGHTER SIDE: Cracked.com’s “8 Online Fads You Didn’t Know Were Invented Decades Ago” – Lolcats from the silent era? Now I’ve seen everything. (Link)

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Don't ask me how but the Ancient Egyptians shaved with the first thing - Capitalist pigs eatin' all our money - And something I like to call ghetto Shakespeare.

Oompa Loompa Gobble-di goo..

1) We attribute much of Britain’s Modern plays to Shakespeare. A new search of his tomb could finally settle what the Bard actually wrote. (Link)

2) From the Great Depression and FDR’s New Deal, here are some historic caricatures. More time changes and more society will blame government spending and big business for all their woes. (Link)

3) The fascinating history of shaving. No kidding, it’s really interesting. (Link)

4) Have a lot of disposable income for frivolous purchases? Well, here are the cars of FDR, Frank Sinatra and Al Capone up for sale. (Link)

5) A 1700 year-old tablet shows a man complaining about taxes and the inadequate economic reforms of the new Roman Emperor Septimus Severus. So…bitching at Obama for his predecessor’s actions and a worldwide market largely out of his control has a precedent. (Link)

As for the lighter side: Cracked.com’s “6 ‘Facts’ About Historic Figures (Their Enemies Made Up)” – Turns out Napoleon was actually of quite average stature; that must mean that all French people are small. (Link)

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