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June 14, 2010

If You’re Stressed By That Sound, There’s Hope: Vuvuzela Version 2.0

»We have modified the mouthpiece, there is now a new vuvuzela which will blow noise that is 20 decibels less than the old one.«


Neil van Schalkwyk, a partner at Masincedane Sport, quoted in: New vuvuzelas to turn down the World Cup volume (AFP, June 14).

So there is no need to ban what Fifa president Sepp Blatter has described in his own words as energy, rhythm, dance, and Africa.

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As a vuvuzela fan, you may also be interested in:

iTunes App Store: Pocket Vuvuzela – Bring the thrill of the stadium straight to your living room with Pocket Vuvuzela app for iPhone.

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June 11, 2010

In Pictures: 2010 World Cup Babes

Handsome fans travelling with their nations – fortunately, the winter temperatures are mild in most parts of South Africa, so they can show us their sparkish enthusiasm without catching a cold.

COED Magazine: Sexy Soccer Superfans of the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup (June 10; 300 photos total)

By Eric at 12:15 pm CET | Category: Linktips
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June 10, 2010

Rites de potage (CIII): Schweizer Nationalwurst treibt Fruchthändler Tränen in die Augen

Genauer gesagt: der hohe Anteil an Metall in der Wurstmasse, wie Blick.ch heute berichtet. (Der Vorfall erinnert stark an die Ragusa-Schoggi mit zu viel Fleisch-Anteil!)

By Gris-Gris at 2:24 pm CET | Category: In Flagranti, Linktips
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To Know Better: Sharing (one’s own) files via torrent

The majority of people are still not familiar with using Torrent as a method to share their own files.

makeuseof.com: How To Create Torrent Files & Share Them Using Transmission (June 9)

By Eric at 1:45 pm CET | Category: Linktips
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In Pictures: World’s oldest leather shoe

The 5,500 years old shoe was recovered at the base of a Chalcolithic pit in the cave in Armenia.

A Yahoo! News Slideshow (June 9; 6 photos total)

By Eric at 1:39 pm CET | Category: Linktips
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