Wave powered boats
With the world running out of fossil fuels this has left many leisure activities ok for now, but with a future that is less predictable. One such activity is travelling by sea, ships and boats use up huge amounts of fuel and apart from sails there is not really any other viable power source for [...]
March 27, 2008Organise your life and the kids too
Life is complicated enough with careers and busy lifestyles, but when you add kids to the equation all you plans and routines need to be totally revised. It’s easy to just sit back and let the whole thing blow over your head, but that is not really the way that it should be going, having [...]
March 21, 2008Eiffel Tower to be redesigned
To celebrate the creation of Gustave Eiffel’s design that is a classic landmark in Paris, the Eiffel Tower there has been a competition in process which was open to architects who thought that they had a great way of redesigning the famous tower to celebrate the towers 120th anniversary.
With all of the plans and designs [...]
Most watched film trailers
Now that high speed broadband is the norm for most internet users, it seems that more and more film companies have been using this for the promoting of their latest film clips which would have years ago only have been seen in the cinemas.
IRON MAN - Traffic: 3.7 million streams on Yahoo Movies since first [...]
Gaming machines pulled out of pubs
It seems that the smoking ban in public places has not just made the smokers leave the pubs, but many of the affiliated services too. As trade drops and one thing about smokers is that they are normally drinkers too. But as they have been pushed outside they obviously take their money with them, which [...]
March 17, 2008Olympics taking leisure project cash
With the amount of money being spent on the facilities for the 2012 Olympics and other major facilities it is no surprise that some other projects are feeling the pinch. In fact the time and money being spent on the Olympics are being blamed for councils all around the country having to find extra cash [...]
March 14, 2008HP7 to be in two parts
The final Harry Potter film “Harry Potter and the Death Hallows” is to be made in two parts, which are imaginatively called Part One and Part Two. Although the films will be made at the same time this has provoked the question as to why they feel it necessary to slit this film into two.
This [...]
Nasty food additives
Food labelling has always been a bit if a mystery to many people, the basics are fair enough we can all follow the listed ingredients but when it comes to the end of the list things become a little sketchy. So what exactly are some of those mystery ingredients?
Shellac - wood-finishing product, used in [...]
Plans for the end of the world
Planning for the end of the world is not the sort of thing that fills people with confidence about the future of mankind and life on this planet. But never the less this plan is still going ahead and unlike any other idea before, as this ark will be on the moon. Plans for this [...]
March 10, 2008Countries that are unsafe for women
It is estimated that there are slightly more women on the planet than men, and despite all of the changes that have happen over the years that have seen women rise to the forefront in many industries and politics too. But even for the ordinary woman in the street they have found that through social [...]