A Football’s Journey Through Cape Town – Call Sign Vector produced a quick simple video about the journey of one soccer ball through the streets of Cape Town. It starts from the heights of Rhodes Memorial and UCT, all the way through Cape Town’s CBD, past my residence, The Cape Royale hotel, and to the Cape Town Stadium. Very cool! [youtube]

“Blanche” From The Golden Girls Dies – Rue McClanahan, the red-head who played sex-crazy (as far as I can recall) Blanche in 80’s hit sitcom The Golden Girls has died. She suffered a massive stroke at the age of 76. With Dorothy/Maude dying last year (Beatrice Arthur), this now leaves Betty White as the sole remaining golden girl. Go Betty! [people]

British Airways Apologises For Bin Laden Ticket – If you thought things couldn’t get worse for BA, you were wrong. British Airways apologized this morning for posting the image of a boarding pass bearing Osama bin Laden’s name in one of the company’s employee publications. AFP writes the photo, which included a frequent-flier number for bin Laden “was published in a publication for BA staff at London’s Heathrow airport.” [usatoday]

Doctors Now Using iPad During Surgery – As we all know by now, the iPad can be used in many ways, and we know it’s a hit product. The Japanese seem to embrace the device, too (it came out in that country a few days ago). And for some strange reason, Japanese doctors in particular love the iPad. And now a team of doctors at a hospital run by Kobe University has actually used the iPad during a surgery as a display. [crunchgear]

Fired For Being Too Sexy – Debrahlee Lorenzana claims in court papers that she was forced out of her Manhattan Citibank job because she was too good looking, reports the New York Post.According to the paper, Lorenzana says she was subject to “improper comments” and was reprimanded for dressing sexily – when all she was doing was dressing professionally. Hmm, you decide.. [cbsnews]

Maggie Thatcher Performs The Dead Parrot Sketch – Here’s Margaret Thatcher at the 1990 Conservative Party conference making fun of the Liberal Democrats’ new mascot (a parrot), by performing the Monty Python “Dead Parrot” sketch. And, let’s be honest, no-one can keep a straight face like Maggie! She absolutely nails it! [boingboing]

Paul McCartney Sings Beatles Song “Michelle” To Mrs. Obama – Paul McCartney celebrated winning the Gershwin Prize Wednesday night by serenading the First Lady with “Michelle,” complete with French lyrics. “I love you, I love you, I love you,” he sang to Michelle Obama during the 90-minute White House concert. He later quipped that he might be the “first guy ever to be punched out by a president.” [nydailynews]

Web Porn? But I Was Only After Asian Ass – A CROSSWORD fan aged 89 used an internet search to solve a clue about a donkey – and was bombarded with hard-core porn. Jack Sedgewick got stuck on 14 across: “Wild asian ass.” The great-grandad typed “asian ass” into Yahoo’s search engine in the hope of finding the answer to the newspaper poser. [thesun]

Biggest House In America Up For Sale – Although not yet finished, the “largest family home in America” is now for sale in southwest Orange County, with an asking price of $75 million. The 30-bedroom mansion – modelled after France’s Palace of Versailles – is the latest victim of the economic downturn in America. The house boasts its own bowling alley, roller skating rink and Olympic-sized swimming pool, and is the largest family home ever built in the U.S. [luxuo]

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Sweats Like A Pig During Privacy Questions – Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg felt the heat while fielding questions regarding the bait-and-switch social notworking website’s recent betrayals of users’ privacy. While trying to counter claims that Facebook has a cavalier attitude towards user data privacy, a visibly perspiring Zuckerberg put on an unconvincing display.. [theinquirer]

Concorde Jet Undergoing $22 Million Recommission – Progress is a funny thing. Mankind had been racing past aviation milestones for generations. But it seemed like everything came to a sobering halt when the Concorde crashed in Paris ten years ago, killing 113 people and putting the brakes on supersonic commercial aviation. The trial over the incident is only now wrapping up in Paris, but the Concorde may not be grounded forever. [luxist]

Knullträdet – Extended Version – I dagarna släpptes sajten Knullträdet.se av Nationella Hivrådet. Den lanseras nu med en 60 sekunders lång reklamfilm på bio och en 5 minuters kortfilm på nätet. Reklambyrå är Le Bureau.Avsändaren för kampanjen – Nationella Hivrådet, sorterar under Socialstyrelsen. Obviously. Oh, and it’s NSFW. [vimeo]

[thanks joe, andy]