Found at dogs.icanhascheezburger.com
29 January, 2011
25 January, 2011
07 January, 2011
Traffic changing birds' songs
From ABC News:
New research has found some Australian birds are changing the way they sing so they can be heard over traffic noise.Read more
The University of Melbourne study compared the songs of silvereyes living in cities and rural areas. It found silvereyes in urban areas sang songs and contact calls more slowly and at a higher pitch than their country relatives...
"If you're in a noisy environment and you're trying to be heard, you'd generally speak more clearly and slowly - that's what the city birds are doing as well."
[Senior research fellow Dr Kirsten Parris] says there are two possible explanations for the birds' behaviour. "The first is that it is an evolutionary shift - birds with slower, higher-pitched voices are more successful at finding mates and so are better breeders," she said. "The other is that the birds shift their own voices to suit the environment, what the researchers call plasticity."
Dr Parris says the findings show city noise may affect the birds' breeding, as the birds are being forced to use mating calls that instinctively are not as attractive to one another... "Basically the birds are presented with a trade-off between being heard at all and having the females like what they hear."
03 January, 2011
31 December, 2010
Booko: find cheapest place to buy books, DVDs (Best. Website. Ever!)
"Booko is a site with a very simple goal - to find the cheapest place to buy books and DVDs in Australia... Booko is not an online shop. It goes out to the Internet and looks up book and DVD prices for you and figures out the shipping costs. For the international sites like the Amazons (.com and .co.uk), the prices are converted into Aussie dollars."Read more about its features at booko.com.au. For an example, see the results for The Goodies' latest DVD, The Goodies... At Last... Back For More, Again!.
Here's another example that shows an enormous range of prices found ($26.51 to $102.00).
27 December, 2010
25 December, 2010
Attention Dogs and cats
Found somewhere on the interwebs years ago:
Dear Dogs and Cats:
When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with each other so there are still two of you in the way.
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help, because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of dogs and cats sleeping, they can actually curl up in a ball. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but sarcasm.
My compact discs are not miniature Frisbees.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. In addition, I have been using bathrooms for years - canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.
The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog's butt. I cannot stress this enough. It would be such a simple change for you.
In return for your following these simple rules, I have posted the following message on our front door:
Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours, and don't speak clearly.
Dear Dogs and Cats:
When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with each other so there are still two of you in the way.
The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help, because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of dogs and cats sleeping, they can actually curl up in a ball. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but sarcasm.
My compact discs are not miniature Frisbees.
For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. In addition, I have been using bathrooms for years - canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.
The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog's butt. I cannot stress this enough. It would be such a simple change for you.
In return for your following these simple rules, I have posted the following message on our front door:
Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, they are animals. To me, they are adopted sons/daughters who are short, hairy, walk on all fours, and don't speak clearly.
22 December, 2010
tiny gingerbread house perches on your mug
From notmartha.org:
"I made tiny gingerbread houses that are meant to be perched on the edge of a mug of hot chocolate... I've made a PDF pattern of gingerbread house pieces... My only instruction is that you should make sure that the wall pieces are to be sandwiched on the inside of the door pieces, that way the roof fits on properly. I included two door pieces you can choose from..."
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10 December, 2010
04 December, 2010
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