Snails, slugs, and speed

Snails carry mail faster than postmen, says a January 25, 2008 Reuters report. This sets up a potential data transport contest/showdown between snails and slugs (see below for the slug part of it). The snail report says: WARSAW – It’s official. Postal delivery is as slow as snails, at least in Poland. An IT worker, […]

Stalin World adds beatings

Whippings and interrogations can now, at last, we are told, be purchased for about 35 euros at the theme park popularly known as Stalin World. Viliumas Malinauskus, the park’s founder, was awarded the 2001 Ig Nobel Peace Prize. According to a January 22, 2008 Raw Story report, which includes a Reuters video report: Soviet theme […]

Eats, reads and leaves

Until recently, no one knew how much fruit changes hands in a typical library. Or at least, no one was telling. Thankfully, the de facto information embargo is now lifted. Anyone who is willing to shell out ?38 can find out by obtaining a copy of a report called The Survey of Library Cafes…. The […]

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