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Lucy Mangan on last night's TV — The Jacksons Are Coming (Channel 4) is the story of the few weeks this summer that the family of Michael Jackson spent househunting in the West Country. One presumes that the obvious title of Five Go Mad in Devon had to be nixed for legal reasons. But as the film unfolds, the viewer is forced to consider the possibility that the Jacksons are entirely sane and it is the rest of the world that is mad. And sometimes not just mad, but venal, greedy and vile. But that is to get ahead of ourselves.First we meet their good friend and... [Tags: bodyguard, channel 4, elan, family patriarch, geller]

Jason Polan explains with a sharpie — The new Criterion Collection website features a cool introductory video in the upper-right corner. A pair of anonymous hands draw on white paper with a sharpie as a narrator introduces the site. Turns out the hands and voice belong to artist Jason Polan. A Google video search revealed he’s done more of these sharpie videos. He also sells a couple on his site, like How to Draw a Giraffe and How to Draw an Apatosaurus. Too bad those last two don’t have preview clips. Check out this video he did for the State Bar of Texas: Love this stuff.... [Tags: apatosaurus, criterion collection, giraffe, google, love]

Symantec Reports Spate of Attacks Via Recent Windows Flaw — Surprised Giraffe writes "Symantec is warning of a sharp jump in online attacks that appear to be targeting a recently patched bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system, an analysis that some other security companies disputed. Symantec raised its Threat Con security alert level from one to two because of the attacks, with two denoting 'increased alertness.' The attacks spotted by Symantec target a flaw in the Windows Server Service that Microsoft says could be exploited to create a self-copying worm attack."Read more of this story at Slashdot.... [Tags: alertness, giraffe, microsoft, recent windows, security companies]

Gemina, the Crooked Neck Giraffe — Gemina, the Santa Barbara Zoo giraffe known around the world for its crooked neck has dyed at the age of 21. You can see the remembering page at the Zoo site.... [Tags: gemina, giraffe, santa barbara zoo]

Oh Great...Less Rainforest, More Corn — Photo via belgianchocolate Are they going to have to make a Madagascar 3 movie where a lion, zebra, giraffe and hippo work to rescue some crazy lepilemurs (and pygmy tarsiers) not from foosas, but from human destruction? South Korea’s Daewoo Logistics has signed a 99-year lease entitling them to half of all Madagascar’s arable land. And, they will pay nothing to farm corn and palm oil there. The goal is to boost Seo...... [Tags: arable land, daewoo, foosas, giraffe, hippo]

Top 10 Amazing Animal Videos — Animals have inspired countless people to study biology. Their unique behavior and amazing abilities are the impetus for fascinating research. Here are some of the best clips. 10. Amazing Mimic Octopus Camouflage 9. Polar Bears Playing with Dogs 8. Pet Hippo Lives in a House 7. Magnets Might Repel Sharks 6. Remarkably Smart Parrot 5. Hamster Eating Broccoli for the First Time 4. Ninja Cat 3. Giraffe Fight 2. Piranha Bite Test 1. Battle at Kruger What did we miss? If you know of a great animal video that should get some airplay on our website, please tell us... [Tags: airplay, battle at kruger, biology, broccoli, cat 3]

Kirk Snyder: Obama's Victory, Gen Y, and the New Rules for Communication — In his victory speech, President-elect Obama said that young people had rejected the "myth" of their generation's apathy. He was spot on. For several years so-called experts have mistakenly painted a caricature of Gen Y as coddled, lazy and lacking in independence. From nearly every corporate tower there is currently hand-wringing going on about what can be done to "correct" their aberrant ways in the workplace. Last week, Barrack Obama gave all managers a lesson in how to harness this new generation's unique strengths. According to the Associated Press, two-thirds of Gen Y supported Obama. Why? Because from a communication... [Tags: apathy, barrack obama, caricature, communication perspective, corporate tower]

6 Steps For Raising A Charitable Child — Most kids love toys, video games, and Hannah Montana--and while they might know every Miley Cyrus song by heart, they wouldn't have a clue what the term "philanthropy" means, much less volunteer to give up their own possessions for the sake of others' welfare. While the culture of giving may be foreign to most children, it's easy to train your own little ones to be compassionate. Here are six shortcuts for raising a charitable child, from birth and beyond. Start small. Alyssa Harding and her husband, Derek, of Seattle, Wash., didn't delay donations. Shortly after their daughter Bryn was born,... [Tags: alyssa, elephants, giraffe, hannah montana, harding]

SNL's Alien Giraffes Will Send Us All To Hell [Giraffe Party Mix] — Saturday Night Live has decided to teach us all a little bit about those majestic creatures called giraffes, with the help of the Staten Island Technical High School kids. Apparently giraffes are alien creatures who fly on the leathery wings of bats, drink gasoline, spit fire, will eat our brains and send us all to hell. Looks like SNL is finally getting its groove back — oh, and the sloth makes a screaming cameo. Now on with the GIRAFFES. [Thanks Shaun]... [Tags: alien creatures, bats, brains, cameo, fly]

Baby and Mommy Giraffes — Photo: Karen Focht Here’s the cutest animal photo you’ll see today: Sarabi the mommy giraffe nuzzling her hours-old newborn baby at the Memphis Zoo! Link You can now vote for the baby’s name at the zoo’s website. Your choices are Sesi (sister), Zuri (beautiful), or Shani (marvelous) - all are translated from Swahili: Link... [Tags: animal photo, choices, focht, giraffe, giraffes]

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Reader pixeltarian takes his desktop back in time with a beautiful woodwork-themed Windows desktop. The desktop is complete with a woodgrain dock, a wooden Windows XP theme, an embedded desktop clock, old-timey icons, and oh-so-much more. Keep reading for a more detailed look at how he pulled off this stunning transformation. Windows XP visual style: Refined Woodwork RocketDock Skin: Wooden' Dock Skin by ~kampongboy92 Dock label font: Porcelain by misprinted type (freeware) Icons: Icons of the Library Windows C by ~AiOlorWile Wallpaper: Aether Wallpaper by ~MyScarredHeart (modded with some lightroom tweaks) Toolbar: Golden Elevish by WIckedDesktop Rainmeter: Clocks: 1. Oriental... [Tags: clocks, cpu system, desktop clock, featured desktop, flickr]

20 Combinations Of Animals Riding Other Animals — After seeing the picture of a lion riding a horse at a Chinese circus, let's just say, we were inspired. And it's the internet. Enough said. Enjoy: 1. Rat on Cat on Dog 2. Mouse on Toad 3. Bear on Horse 4. Kitten on Rabbit 5. Bird on Alligator 6. Monkey on Dog 7. Rat on Cat 8. Cat on Horse 9. Kid on Sheep 10. Snake on Dog 11. Lion on Horse 12. Lion on Horse Again 13. Frog on Cat 14. Dog on Shetland Pony 15. Birds on Hippo 16. Squirrel on A Bunch Of Puppies 17. Baby... [Tags: alligator, chinese circus, combinations, cow, elephant]

Connect-the-dots tattoo — Giraffe obsessed Colleen Venable has taken the conventional tattoo to another level, you know she'll be a great hit at kids parties.(more...)... [Tags: colleen, dots, giraffe, kids parties, venable]

Connect-The-Dots Tattoo — Follow the numbers to get a surprise. The giraffe is cool, but I was hoping there would be a secret message in there, like the name of Kennedy’s assassin or something. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »... [Tags: assassin, dots, giraffe, image link, secret message]

Pixelated - The Online Conference About PLAY — Riffing off the Mitch Joel post, who got his idea from Bryan Eisenberg’s OnClick. I decided to make my virtual Pixelated conference about Play and Games. Without further ado, Pixelated: Play Here’s Austin Hill from Akoha presenting at TechCrunch50: Here’s a quick snip from the gang at Area|Code regarding one of their games: Watch Jane McGonigal talk about alternate reality games: Will Wright talks about games that makes worlds (Spore): Sugata Mitra on how kids teach themselves (replace “kids” with people learning in unique ways): Anuzis explains The Prisoner’s Dilemma: Jeff Minter: Llamasoft and the Space Giraffe: What makes this... [Tags: alternate reality games, area code, creative effort, curation, dilemma]

Effect Of Climate Change On Animal Diversity — Two species of giraffe, several rhinos and five elephant relatives, along with multitudes of rodents, bush pigs, horses, antelope and apes, once inhabited what is now northern Pakistan.... [Tags: animal diversity, antelope, bush, climate change, elephant]

haha.nu.DidUKnow - Unnecessary Knowledge — A top list of barely known facts, which are barely useful also (but interesting). Like there are more pigs than people in Denmark, or an adult giraffe’s kick is so powerful that it can decapitate a lion… Click to read more. haha.nu.DidUKnow series. @ haha.nu.-... [Tags: adult, denmark, giraffe, haha, lion]

World’s Smallest Man Meets World’s Leggiest Woman — That’s He Pingping, who at 2 feet and 5.37 inches tall is the world’s smallest man, underneath Svetlana Pankratova, the world’s leggiest woman: The two met, with He standing at Pankratova’s knees, the publicize the release of Guinness World Records 2009. This year’s version of the popular book is due out Wednesday. Pankratova, 36, who is Russian but lives in Spain, has legs that are nearly 52 inches long, or more than 4 feet long. Her upper body has nearly typical proportions, giving her a giraffe-like appearance. Link (Photo: Sang Tan/AP)... [Tags: appearance, giraffe, guinness world records, knees, legs]