Yep, stretch then pop and luckily saved by Mum, before the crush
To recap on the thought experiment of ‘What happens when you enter a black hole, click here to view a prior post
Yep, Fabulous Friday Freebie returns with some ‘likeable’ and portable bookmarks
These bookmarks will help you reminisce on days gone by, when reading involved paper. But fear not, these bookmarks allow you to still express your inner social networking feelings with the world.
You know the drill. Click here and whizz through cyber space to our freebie page for a free file download.
Be brave, print your bookmarks and put a face to a feeling – if you dare!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s…
And at present this is the last Andy cartoon (for now), so here’s an extra special surprise fact about the man I bet you didn’t know.
From the 1950s through to the 70s Andy created mini time capsule boxes which he kept by his desk and filled with bits and bobs which took his fancy. He managed to assemble over 600 boxes! When full, he would tape it closed, number it and put it in storage. Check out the website Time capsule 21 which has electronically assembled the contents of one of these boxes.
Well, I’m a bit surprised and bit not – ‘Selfie’ originates from Australia!
According to the Oxford dictionary, which has now put its definition onto their online website (“A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to social media website”), the first documented version of a selfie appeared in an online ABC forum.
A drunk (must be Australian clue #1) wrote
“Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer [sic] and landed lip first (with front teeth coming a very close second) on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie.”
The fact that it ends in ‘ie’ rather than ‘y’ is a second clue lending towards an Australian origin. Apparently we like to end words in ‘ie’ to make things more endearing and in this case, turning a possible narcassitic action into something cute and fun.
And final supporting argument, even our former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd helped to promote the expression, by sharing selfie pictures of himself while shmoozing the public.
