Jeff Dunham

As some of you may now, I’m a real fan of ventriloquists and I think they’re one of the world’s most talented people. I’m sure you got an email with the video or at least a link to it on YouTube, Jeff Dunham’s ventriloquism act, Achmed The Dead Terrorist. Ever since I saw the clip, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on more – so much so that I eventually scoured places in South Africa to buy his DVDs and ended up ordering them from the US. If you’ve not seen any of his acts yet, do yourself a favour and go take a look.

Terry Fator

Another brilliant, new comer (even though he’s been doing this for about 20 years already) ventriloquist, is Terry Fator. I just came across some of his clips on YouTube. He won last year’s America’s Got Talent and if you take a look at some of his clips you’ll see this man is well deserving of the one million dollare prize money.

[Update - 17 September 2008]
Terry Fator is releasing  his new book called “Who’s the Dummy Now” - thanks Warren.

Would one call this “Alien-Vegetation“?

Alien Flower?

Albert Einstein's To-do List

If you like being organised like I do, you probably use to-do lists, personal and work-related ones. Well if you do and want to know some of what is out there, or want to see if there’s another one you like and might use instead then LifeHacker’s latest post on Five Best To-Do List Managers will help you. It showcases 5

Personally, I like to use Outlook’s tasks and calendar to manage my daily reminders.