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A collecion of photos that Dads may wish hadn't survived - or may be not.

Enjoy Dads are the original hipsters.

hattip - @welshkaren

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For Christmas Eve it's vital that you track where Santa is - use the excellent NORAD Santa Tracker to make sure your delivery turns up...

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A different and digital update of the nativity story.

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It doesn't matter if you are film fan or not, the best podcast out there is Mayo and Kermode Film Reviews from Radio 5 live- it's the ultimate in 'wittertainment'. Knowledgeable, great as a two presenters who clearly work well with each other, and excellent use of interacting with their audience, I can't recommend it enough.

Their podcast is available here, their website is found here and Mark Kermode's blog can be seen here.

Currently they are championing the 'Wittertainment Code of Conduct' about how to behave in a cinema - something to be applauded. The poster is the image above and below is the code in moving pictures - enjoy.

Highly recommended - and, of course, Hello to Jason Isaacs.

A different approach to the Nativity

For a different take on the Nativity story suggest you dip in to the The Natwivity.

You can follow on Twitter or be a fan on Facebook.

A classy flash mob

From those crazy canucks...

This is bringing culture and arts to the people - very enjoyable.



Hattip to the excellent Richard Littledale blog.

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Now we all know there are various dating and matchmaking websites out there. But forget about Match.com or eHarmony. May be Guardian Soulmates or even Sarah Beeny's My Single Friend is more your thing.

Perhaps... but there is an alternative. Welcome to The Ugly Bug Ball.

I know - I'm showing far too much knowledge about this...

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Apparently in the USA Old Spice has move on from Carmina Burana and surfing and is experiencing an upsurge in sales (see here) due to viral ads like these...







No sure what my Grandad - who always used Old Spice - would have made of it...

And for the nostalgia fiends...

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Sometimes when the news is a little too annoying or worrying then head over to newsbiscuit - although occasionally some of the stories they have seem way too real...

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Well given yesterday's entertainment it's only right I highlight some sites from the sci-fi world...

Perhaps you want to have your own R2D2? In that case there is the R2 D2 builders club

Or you could join the Heroes Alliance UK

Or you could just make new friends and join the League of the Non-aligned

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Don't know what your view of the World Cup is but the often excellent The Onion has had done some wonderful tweeting on its twitter feed (here). Favourites so far include;

• Center Forward: runs up and down the field to keep himself and his teammates awake
• Sweeper: called this for the same reason damn near everything has some other word for it in Europe
• Game clock: runs at random times for no reason and is ignored by players and officials alike
• Referees: decide if a minor penalty receives a yellow, canary, goldenrod, blond or marigold card 

They have also done a very handy introduction to world-cup soccer. And they say Americans don't understand association football.

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Blogging has been light of late - too much going on - but hope to start reposting a bit more soon.

Anyway, have found one way to save time. Don't know if you're still following Lost and looking forward to the final part when 'all will be revealed' - personally I gave up at the start of season two.

But if you need a quick catch up - then see the first 5 seasons condensed in to 10 mins here as done by the wonderful Reduced Shakespeare Company.

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Sometimes you just want to watch a stadium blow up as part of a controlled demolition.

No? Just me then? OK, well you won't want to click here then.

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Sometimes you just need a little explanation to understand the USA - thankfully here is a helpful map.

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The is lots of knowledge on the web.

But we know that the web was really invented to share Unnecessary Knowledge.

Hitting the refresh button is strangely addictive...

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For those who use Twitter but haven't quite got their head around the privacy settings and still have their geo-location switched on. Have a look at Please Rob Me and learn an interesting lesson.

 

hattip - dizzythinks

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Don't know if you're a fan of bagels - me? I don't mind them but can't get that worked up over them.

However, if you've ever wondered how to make your bagel in to a Mobius strip (see here), well thankfully there is a website for that. Welcome to the Mathematically Correct Breakfast.

There is even a handy YouTube video...

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It's been a while but here's another of those websites that some will find brilliant and cute...

.... and other will find disturbing.

Some people have way too free time to spend on Photoshop...

Oh well - you've heard of 'manchild' - here's ManBabies

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Just to prove anything can be improved with Muppets...

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Some times you want to go a bit further afield than zone 6 on London Underground - or even beyond Europe.

For those looking to travel even further then the Milky Wat Transit Authority Map will be a helpful tool.