AWWWW: Lolrus

YOU STOLED MAH BUKKET

Lolrus is a large aquatic mammal who one was the proud owner of a bucket - no longer.

the continuing saga.

AWWWW: Robops - that's robot falcons

pigeon on hand, originally uploaded by flappingwings.

In a very bizarre twist, Liverpool City Council have bought a load of robot falcons to scare off pigeons.


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Even more odd - they're called 'Robops' not quite sure how that relates to their job, their appearance, or even what type of bird they're meant to be.

AWWWW: Monkeh

Monkeh with iBook, originally uploaded by markfoyle.

I've got an old ITV Digital Monkeh in my house, he's got one or two dropped stitches and a '98 England shirt on. I had to iron the badge/stripe design on his t-shirt myself - and the shirt wouldn't come off his arms, most undiginified for a young ape.

He's also now got a tiny mini-me sitting on his head. A PG- Tips give away - super.

Here's Monkeh at his indignant best :



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AWWWW: Wii Miis

BruMiis, originally uploaded by bounder.

Despite the brilliant fun to be had with a Nintendo Wii, swinging your arms around, playing tenins, frightening pets and damaging the light fittings, one of the best thing you can do is make Wii Miis.

The idea is that you make a cartoony avatar for yourself, which looks like you (then you use it n the Nintendo games), but the real fun comes from making looke-likiees of celebs. And then being able to pick them up and toss them around.

Blow a whistle and make your mini Bill Oddie line up with Russell Brand. That's not a euphamism, but it's still brill.

AWWWW: lolcats

we iz laundry, originally uploaded by bounder.

Very different from simple pictures of cats on the interweb, lolcats (aka cat macros or kittah) are reaching critical mass.

A lolcat consists of a cat photo, captioned with poor grammar and spelling - normally to indicate the cat's thought process.

First there was 'i made you a cookie, but i eated it', and a number of 'i'm in ur computer upgrading ur RAM', but now it's almost impossible to open Firefox without ceiling cat peering out.

AWWWW: The An Eclipse

The Lunar Eclipse, originally uploaded by Pete Ashton.

Nothing's better for making you feel small and insignificant (and you are, you are!) than an astronomical phenomenon.

Last night in Birmingham we were treated to a brilliant cloud-free view of the Total Lunar Eclipse. Just a few problems with light-polution and me having to go to bed stopped me taking fantastic photos like this one. Nothing to do with a) not having the right lenses or b) not being very good at taking photos, oh no.

AWWWW: Pictures of cats on the interweb

Cats from above, originally uploaded by bounder.

The internet is a series of tubes, tubes full of kittens. Take photo-sharing site flickr, it's about 20% holiday snaps, 29% 'serious art photography' (some great some awful), 1% serupticiously taken camera-phone pictures of large breated women and a whopping 50% cats!

So much so that there are constant discussions amongst po-faced members about there being "a need for a cat free version of flickr". So much so that there's a cottage industry growing up that blogs pictures of cats from flickr, just picking the cutest and the funniest - and I know because I do it myself.

Dogs don't have the same qualities that make you photograph them, or squeal with delight at grammatically incorrect captions.

LOL!! I IZ IN UR PC BLOGGING ABOUT UR CATZ!!!

AWWWW: Otters

Otters, originally uploaded by bounder.

There are loads of types of otters, although they mainly vary in size according to breed. All are smashing to watch, like small amphibious monkeys - but watch their teeth (as Terry Nutkins found to his cost).

One of my favourite things about otters is they afford you the opportunity to do otter impressions -