Miscellaneous Gubbins

This page lists things that won't fit into the pigeon-holes. It's good to have somewhere to put things that don't fit into pigeon-holes.

Rare and well-done tidbits from the Annals of Improbable Research are at HotAIR.
Molecules with silly or unusual names can be found at Molecules with Silly or Unusual Names.
The museum dedicated to the Light Emitting Diode is the LED Museum.
The zine about going places you're not supposed to is Infiltration.
Budding urban explorers should go to Urban Explorers Network.
See the Unst Bus Shelter and some Ukraine Bus Shelters.
One of the first radio stations I ever listened to was Radio Caroline (in Caroline Overdrive days).
The place for Jennifers to hang out – Jen Coolest.
Tips on draining from The Cavemen.
Euonym – the winning word in the 1997 Spelling Bee Competition.
Go underground with Disco Dave's Tunnel Guide.
Find out about the history of teletext at Teletext – Then and Now.
Escape domestic bliss at Extreme Ironing.
Watch paint peel at Peeling Paint Web Cam.
Liberate the city at Glasgow Letters on Architecture and Space.
Abandoned mattresses can be found at Street Mattress.
Wind-up radios and torches are made by Freeplay.
The only magazine in the world solely devoted to offshore radio news and nostalgia is Offshore Echos.
Radio stations broadcasting from wartime forts in the sea are covered in The Radio Forts.
Cautionary tales of misadventure are presented at The Darwin Awards.
Check your television with a Test Card.
Whilst the nuclear subs are still there Faslane Peace Camp will still be there.
Relive the days of on-screen continuity announcers at Grampian Television – Hall of Fame.
The history of radio is gone through with Radiomusications.
Listen to interval signals and more at Interval Signals Online.
Miscellaneous things are categorised by Steffi and blogged about.
Old adding machines and other such equipment is at Vintage Calculators and Museum of Soviet Calculators.
Not random enough? Try Calculator Crush.
Read the stories behind the news at SchNEWS.
Play variations to Mornington Crescent, or attempt to understand One Song to the Tune of Another.
Relive your school years with Schools TV Music MP3s.
Need something to wave? Head for Flags Of The World.
Sing along to National Anthems.
Out of site – it's the Viewing Hole Gallery.
Improve your viewing with the Billboard Liberation Front.
242 Calling You – it's Radio Scotland.
Stay afloat with The Shipping Forecast and keep your mobile on time with a Pips Ringtone.
What's happening in Portadown? See Portadown News.
Get yourself a decent vacuum cleaner from Dyson. Check out the cool product demonstrations!
Going down? Choose between the various Entrances To Hell.
Need to check some links? Use Xenu's Link Sleuth.
Sock of the Month Club is back!
See how wind can be harnessed for power generation – Yes2Wind.
Find out how to avoid the neds at Glasgow Survival.
How not to negotiate a bridge in a boat at Tugboat.
Read about the history of the original Radio Five at The BBC used to have a Fifth Network... What was its name?
Britain's Number Two Short Wave Station was Radiofax.
Looking for unusual gifts? Then try Roadrailer Shop.
Railway maintenance a mystery? All is explained at Track Construction World. (Automatic Translation, courtesy of AltaVista.)
Go metric with UK Metric Association.
Say No To 0870.
Treat yourself to an ice cream from the Ice Cream Van.
What's this? A Pretty Printer for Haskell. You'll want the code for that!
Where will it stop? With The Tweenies of course.

Here are some special miscellaneous features on Abandoned Escalators & Subways and Fountainwell High Flats Demolition.

Find anything you are looking for at Google.

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