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Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Fi...from Richard, Thu 18th May, 2:18pm
See how many people are searching on google for different things. (5 comments...)
Deal or No Deal
http://www.99express.com/flash/de...from I just beat the banker, Thu 11th May, 2:26pm
For all those people who have never seen the tv programme, this is the underlying game.
Fortune Telling Service
http://www.candointeractive.com/p...from BJ, Fri 5th May, 8:05am
Surprisingly accurate...
A website for Waugh, Chappell and Boon?
http://convictsreunited.com/from RTT, Sat 29th Apr, 2:22am
Bumps board game
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BUMPS-ROWIN...from Simon, Mon 24th Apr, 4:50pm
Surely the club needs one for the Captain's Room?
People's Petition
http://www.peoplespetition.org.uk/from silent majority, Thu 20th Apr, 2:47pm
A chance to stand up (fairly anonymously!) and be counted.
Pimp my snack
http://www.pimpmysnack.com/from Simon, Tue 18th Apr, 8:33am
1 comment...
River Crossing Game
http://freeweb.siol.net/danej/riv...from Neil, Fri 7th Apr, 12:22pm
Click on the big blue button to start...

Everybody has to cross the river, but there are rules:
1. Only 2 people on the raft at a time.
2. The father can not stay with any of the daughters without their mothers presence (or he will beat them).
3. The mother can not stay with any of the sons without their fathers presence (or she will beat them).
4. The thief (striped shirt) can not stay with any family member if the Policeman is not there.
5. Only the Father, the Mother and the Policeman know how to operate the raft.
6. To start click on the big blue circle on the right.
7. To move the people click on them. To move the raft click on the handle. (2 comments...)
Historic Programmes
http://www.avonrowing.org.nz/hist...from RTT, Wed 5th Apr, 1:17pm
Should the RTT regatta include pillow fighting this year? (1 comment...)
Jet2 Lazy Frogs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/englan...from jpd, Tue 4th Apr, 3:48pm
I would now like to encourage you all to consider Jet2 for your travel needs (although their "hit the slopes flying" advert sounds like a bad idea to me). (1 comment...)
BBC boat analysis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/o...from 3 rower, Sun 2nd Apr, 8:57pm
I find the description of a 3-rower very interesting.
Times for the Times
http://petebiddlecombe.livejourna...from Right back?, Mon 27th Mar, 2:27pm
To those of you that, like me, fail to complete the Times Crossword on a regular basis, this site may be invaluable. Updated daily, it explains the wordplay to the harder clues, especially useful if difficult (literary etc) references are involved.
Love every...
http://www.twrc.rowing.org.uk/slu...from jmg, Tue 14th Mar, 9:16am
This from The Slug
Fun with Google
http://www.google.co.ukfrom Simon, Fri 3rd Mar, 3:32pm
Go to Google UK. Type in "Downing Boat Club". Click "I'm Feeling Lucky". (18 comments...)
Remote coaching
http://www.technologyreview.com/B...from Simon, Tue 28th Feb, 12:44pm
Currently used for battle, I see this having coaching/captaincy uses... captains can monitor who's out on the lash, and coaches can stay at the boathouse and see if people are quiching.
Face Recognition (!)
http://www.myheritage.com/FP/Comp...from TallJenna, Mon 20th Feb, 9:01am
Hours of fun to be had for the vain/celebrity obsessed/curious amongst you...just stick in a photo of you or a mate, and hey presto, you get told which celeb you most look like! Genius....
Extreme Rowing
http://media1.guzer.com/games/ext...from Martin Y, Sun 19th Feb, 4:51pm
just like real rowing, apart from the sharks and the constant backing it down
Oddest Japanese fighting game
http://www.invertedcastle.com/arc...from RTT, Tue 7th Feb, 8:17am
OK we all know the Japanese have an unhealthy obsession with young girls. We also know that they produce some incredibly strange computer games. I guess it is therefore only natural that they'd make a beat-em-up where young girls fight each other, but one where you also have to take pictures of your opponents' panties? (If you don't believe me, watch the video).

P.S. I did not stumble across this page because I searched for "panty shot"
Gizoogle
http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=ht...from Holla!, Sat 24th Dec, 5:23pm
Every site is better this way.... (1 comment...)
House Lights
http://kontraband.com/show/show.a...from Santa Claus, Sun 4th Dec, 10:51am
Possible boathouse decorations for the Christmas Head? (1 comment...)
Amusing Crush Calculator
http://www.crushcalculator.com/co...from M Parker, Fri 2nd Dec, 7:57am
Requires sound for full effect. And a sense of humour...
News item on beer goggles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/englan...from Simon, Fri 25th Nov, 12:31pm
one for the bop?
Comedy Bow Man
http://www.jetphotographic.com/sh...from jpd, Sun 13th Nov, 11:15am
How did he get in there?!?

(CUBC I racing at the Fours' Head) (1 comment...)
Rich and Dan on the BBC!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/englan...from Martin, Sat 12th Nov, 12:32am
Floating boathouse
http://www.worldrowing.com/news/f...from Simon, Thu 3rd Nov, 10:01am
Let's get one of these... we could take it down to the reach during bumps and get a great view of the racing.
Cricket. On Ice.
http://www.balticadventures.co.uk...from Mike, Wed 2nd Nov, 4:53pm
This might be something that the international multisport wing of FaT/BPBC might be interested in: cricket, in Estonia, in February, on ice. They have a competition for teams from Cambridge and Oxford on the weekend of 16-19 February, followed by all sorts of "extra-curricular" activities including snowmobiling, snow rally karting, and (I kid you not) Kalashnikov shooting.

Anyone interested in putting a team together?
Cat bowling
http://www.syix.com/elmer/Flash%2...from Simon, Wed 2nd Nov, 11:29am
Halloween related bowling game...
On the Moon
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons...from TallJenna, Sat 22nd Oct, 9:37pm
Hmmm....hope i'm not the only one to find this series pretty hilarious....if you liked the Kenya song and all the badger stuff, you might just get it! This link's to the first episode but there are two more, if you're not confused enough yet.....
Haptic clothing
http://www.engadget.com/entry/123...from RTT, Fri 30th Sep, 8:29am
LBCs, are you reading this?
A crew races at a head race
http://www.salinecrew.org/Clevela...from Simon, Sat 24th Sep, 12:18am
Great ejector crab photos, interesting captions, and another race to add to the list of those we should try - makes Grassy look easy
Google Print search
http://print.google.com/print?ie=...from Simon, Thu 22nd Sep, 8:58am
Searching for First and Third throws up too many results...
Mystic Meg
http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil...from Martin, Thu 15th Sep, 10:35pm
3 comments...
A puzzle
http://flash.qbol.net/pl;p/youxi/...from Neil, Thu 15th Sep, 5:26pm
Google Maps Pedometer
http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPed...from Brian, Thu 25th Aug, 4:00pm
Switch to Hybrid view and double-click the map to calculate distance for a running/ cycling/ rowing route...

Site doesn't seem to "jump to" cambridge correctly using the GeoCode name, so the full URL above should zoom to Cambridge.
Old rowing photos
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.p...from Erica, Sat 9th Jul, 8:22pm
Can we identify the places in the photos? There's one which looks like a view of the Plough and crews going round Ditton (rowing to the start) but is "the finish line" Top Finish or somewhere else?

A further challenge would be to identify the flag, which doesn't look much like a cat and buns. Any takers? (1 comment...)
Do you know what's next?
http://www.prognosticate.comfrom Simon, Fri 1st Jul, 5:23pm
Good time-waster
LMBC did not invent the blazer
http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/stat...from Simon, Wed 29th Jun, 10:18pm
LMBC sometime claim to have invented the blazer. Looks like the Navy beat them to it. (1 comment...)
Newspaper report on the 1888 Lents
http://www.cabg05071.pwp.blueyond...from Simon, Wed 22nd Jun, 6:05pm
The far right column reports on the enquiry into the death of a rower in the 1888 Lent bumps.

The myth is that it involved 2nd Trinity and the St John's BC and led to the folding of the former and 200 year censure of the latter (and the formation of Lady Margaret BC to avoid this ban). Unfortunately the truth is less spectacular - you have to ask whether bumps would still be taking place if the Coroner had directed the jury towards manslaughter.
he he he he he!
http://www.takemetodinner.co.uk/m...from he he he he he!, Thu 16th Jun, 9:41am
a recommendation

not bumps related, but too funny not to post here. cath - am v sorry, suspect yu will be asked to remove this shortly. (3 comments...)
Row? Across the Channel?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/stor...from Simon, Tue 7th Jun, 7:35am
"Are you a sailor? Would you row across the Channel?" said Fred Caygill, from the Maritime Coastguard Agency.
Fixing the slide/calf connection problem
http://www.nlroei.nl/Fotoboek-dis...from Simon, Sun 5th Jun, 12:14pm
Finally, a solution to the problem of slides in the backs of your legs...
Amazing Clock
http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~hart/hu...from Bryn, Sun 29th May, 12:51pm
I don't know how or why I found this, but I liked it.
I told you so
http://www.i-told-you-so.org/from Simon, Fri 20th May, 7:36pm
Could be useful... There is now a website group ready for you to astonish the rest of the club with your Mystic Meg abilities - itoldyouso@firstandthird.org
This is motivation!
http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/arc...from Tudor, Thu 19th May, 11:54am
We'll just have to convince him to do a masters here...
Reds have a sporting advantage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/scienc...from Mike, Thu 19th May, 7:33am
Not applicable to college rowing, obviously...
So this is whereJeff Mackowiak's been...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/...from Simon, Mon 16th May, 8:43am
Apologies to anyone who doesn't know Jeff and thus won't get it.
He's even wearing his Hawks club tie! (1 comment...)
Penny bridges etc.
http://www.fincher.org/Misc/Penni...from Jenny penny "benny", Thu 12th May, 8:26pm
What to do with all those pennies acquired at formal hall...
Italian Stallion
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArti...from Dan N, Thu 12th May, 12:12pm
Revising for my law exams I constantly questioned my sanity, until I read this report and realised that, yes, there is no point in trying to make any rational sense of anything...
Videos from back yonder
www.rowtv.comfrom Esther, Wed 11th May, 1:09pm
I've only just discovered this page. it has videos from all the major events over that last few years. including FaT II glorious victory in City Sprints in 2001 with some well dodgy steering by what may be yours truly. It also has videos of steph whooping my arse at wallingford last weekend.... (3 comments...)
Yahoo! News - photos
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?...from Simon, Mon 9th May, 7:27am
Stupid Puzzle
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/games/...from Chris, Sat 7th May, 10:56pm
Not an evening well spent
Physics of rowing
www-atm.physics.ox.ac.uk/rowing/p...from Rupert, Sat 7th May, 9:56am
So this is what the dark side are planning... (2 comments...)
Oxford Looniversity
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0...from Mike, Thu 5th May, 7:30am
No-one ever said you had to have brains to be admitted to Oxford. (2 comments...)
Punch a politician!
http://www.punchaceleb.comfrom Amelia, Tue 3rd May, 6:37pm
Does your vote count?
http://www.doyoucount.co.uk/from vlw, Mon 2nd May, 10:07pm
interesting way to promote voter apathy?
Pledge bank
http://www.pledgebank.com/from Simon, Mon 2nd May, 3:44pm
EatLiver.com
http://eatliver.com/from Matt, Mon 25th Apr, 1:16pm
Rigging for spanners
http://bncbc.bnc.ox.ac.uk/rigging...from Simon, Sun 24th Apr, 4:14pm
Retro Toys Quiz
http://www.samlangdon.co.uk/image...from Neil, Fri 22nd Apr, 10:55am
To aid procrastination... (41 comments...)
Who Should You Vote For?
http://www.whoshouldyouvotefor.co...from Sarah, Thu 21st Apr, 8:13am
In case you are having trouble deciding. (7 comments...)
Sounds familiar...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/arti...from Simon, Mon 18th Apr, 6:56am
Does that headline remind you of anything? (1 comment...)
Save Toby
http://www.savetoby.comfrom Chris, Fri 15th Apr, 6:57pm
Empty your wallets
Spamusement
http://spamusement.com/from sat, Tue 12th Apr, 12:14pm
The gold socks have defected!
http://www.twrc.rowing.org.uk/slu...from Esther, Sat 2nd Apr, 5:51pm
I apologise.
This is how Robin Williams does it
http://coach.theboatrace.org/inde...from Simon, Sat 26th Mar, 8:27pm
Let us know on Saturday how you did... (17 comments...)
1-D Tetris
http://www.tetris1d.org/from mjb, Thu 24th Mar, 12:22pm
A pointless twist on an old favourite ... (3 comments...)
Roles of an eight - BBC version
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/o...from Simon, Wed 23rd Mar, 1:27pm
Their description of three is very polite - I guess they couldn't call it the ejector seat...
But otherwise a good guide for beginners to the sport. (2 comments...)
OURCs
http://www.ourcs.org.ukfrom Simon, Sat 19th Mar, 9:45pm
Will JPD ever be forced to take the same action? (20 comments...)
Bump!
http://bumping.rv-alphen.nl/html/...from Simon, Sat 19th Mar, 2:12pm
The 3rd Court "Contraption"
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/lwh21...from Mike, Fri 11th Mar, 7:59pm
People at St. John's have too much time on their hands. (1 comment...)
For London bufties
http://www.mirell.org/swf/london_...from zoe, Wed 9th Mar, 5:05pm
3 comments...
The Official White House website
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history...from pia, Wed 9th Mar, 4:42pm
bear in mind: this is the OFFICIAL website. Makes it all the funnier! I especially recommend the tour of the Oval Office given by Doubya Himself.
FrontRower
http://www.frontrower.com/videocl...from Jacob, Mon 7th Mar, 12:55pm
Row facing forward... hands free, or erg powered
Want to find out more about malt loaf?
www.soreen.comfrom Obsessive about malt loaf, Sun 6th Mar, 1:41pm
There's a new golden syrup flavour one coming out apparently. See website for recipies and more 'soreen' products! (1 comment...)
Weebls Stuff
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toonsfrom mjb, Fri 25th Feb, 11:08am
Various animations, including Badgers and the Kenya song amongst others.

Anyone who loved Magical Trevor the first time around (allegedly everyone loves Magical Trevor) might be interested to know he's back with a new trick.

Enjoy. (Needs sound)
Boatie messge boards
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/boaties/from Lilie, Sun 20th Feb, 1:18pm
the changed location of the cucbc/'boatie' boards
The "Cambridge Rowing Message Board"
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~er241/f...from mjb, Tue 18th Jan, 5:25pm
A Disney replacement for the old CUCBC boards
Top 100 rowing sites
http://www.top100.rowing.org.uk/c...from webmaster, Fri 14th Jan, 3:56pm
A rowing website popularity poll. Apparently by following the link you vote for ours - might be fun for a week or two. Their rules say maximum votes allowed are one per day each. (41 comments...)
Home Run
http://www.wagenschenke.ch/index2...from easily distracted, Thu 13th Jan, 7:37pm
For some strange reason, endlessly entertaining. Never get further than about 60 m though. (If your German is as crap as mine, all you need to know is that you control it with the mouse!)

And for the boys, here's another. (5 comments...)
Ex-Captain in the news?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/techno...from A different ex-captain, Mon 10th Jan, 10:02pm
Williams to leave CUBC
http://www.rudern1.de/News/2004/1...from jpd, Thu 23rd Dec, 1:08pm
Spot the obvious mistake... (1 comment...)
A work of art it's OK to be puzzled by
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/arti...from Mike, Wed 22nd Dec, 11:57am
Turner Prize winning sculptor Keith Tyson has come up with a work of art/puzzle consisting of 13 cubes, each of which has a message encoded on the faces; The Times is publishing all the relevant images so you don't have to visit Regent's Park to see it. If you can successfully decode the message before anyone else, you can win the sculpture itself. Personally, I've got nowhere with any of it, but I'd be interested to see what people can come up with.
The rest of the cubes are being linked from here. (9 comments...)
Cross training
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAP...from Esther, Mon 13th Dec, 1:30pm
For those cold winter nights....
Black Prince website?
haven't a clue!from Sarah, Fri 3rd Dec, 11:37am
Alex and I have been adding 'our clubs' to the website www.coxie.com (it's a coxes thing) and I wanted to add BP as one of my 12 clubs (or something like that, am beginning to lose count now)

I definitely remember there being a BPBC website of some sort, although it was lame into the extreme and consisted of a black screen with the cat and buns on it... anyone any ideas where it's gone? and are there plans to revive it... c'mon the Boars Head *spit* can manage it... (although last updated on 4 December 2002 at 3 p.m.)
Calendar Girls
http://www.jetphotographic.com/br...from sat, Fri 26th Nov, 10:37am
What our Boat Housemates get up to in their spare time!
Useless Information
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/from Dan, Wed 24th Nov, 2:45pm
Full of useless information. The one regarding Alexander Graham Bell is particularly interesting if true!
Lard lovers face national crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/busine...from Simon, Fri 19th Nov, 10:53am
7 comments...
Count the passes
http://viscog.beckman.uiuc.edu/gr...from Mike, Mon 15th Nov, 2:32pm
Step 1: Watch this video, counting the passes made by the white team. Watch it once only.

Step 2: Check your results.

Step 3: Be surprised.
Fantasy Quiz Show Host VIII
http://www.dreadnought.org.uk/179...from Simon, Sat 30th Oct, 5:25pm
The description of why Roy Walker would be a good cox is genius...
row2K
http://www.row2k.com/hotc/photo.c...from Sarah, Thu 28th Oct, 10:20am
Another HOCR photo, but they won't let you copy this one! (3 comments...)
Settlers of Catan
http://catan.cs.northwestern.edu/...from Simon, Sun 3rd Oct, 8:36pm
A game Barnabus road knows too much about...
Coming soon to a crew t-shirt near you?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03590...from gf, Fri 1st Oct, 1:52pm
DHTML Lemmings!
http://193.151.73.87/games/lemmin...from RTT, Wed 29th Sep, 11:04am
I'm sorry. I really am. But I thought if I was doing no work today then noone else should either.
Reverse
http://www.scenta.co.uk/reverse/from Chris, Wed 29th Sep, 8:26am
Good game... (4 comments...)
CUCBC Website
http://www.cucbc.orgfrom Richard, Wed 22nd Sep, 9:05am
Is anyone else having trouble accessing the CUCBC website??? (9 comments...)
Eton boy: know your enemy
http://www.twrc.rowing.org.uk/slu...from Esther, Fri 17th Sep, 12:38pm
I'm so embarassed.
What the....?
http://uk2.multimap.com/map/brows...from Simon, Fri 17th Sep, 8:46am
This should just be a map of SW London but has a mysterious "x" and an arrow seemingly drawn on it... It doesn't seem to appear on the Streetmap version of the same area. Buried treasure? (6 comments...)
No, surely this is a joke
http://www.soreen.com/salmon_cake...from Simon, Wed 15th Sep, 9:02am
Do you think we could persuade College to serve these at Boat Club dinner? (2 comments...)
Surely this is a joke?
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk...from jmg, Mon 13th Sep, 4:59pm
How about the GLC website rendered in rhyming slang? (1 comment...)
What Am I Like?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/huma...from Idealist, Fri 10th Sep, 11:44am
A similar thing was previously discussed here, but as it was on TV last night, I thought it might be fun to revisit.

Answer a few questions and find out which of 16 personality types you fit into, based on whether you are Introvert/Extrovert, Ideas/Facts, Heart/Head, Planner/Spontaneous. Is there a typical rower type?

For the record, I am an Idealist (Introvert, Ideas, Heart, Spontaneous). (35 comments...)

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