Books that have an effect
Having an effect on life can be subjective to personal experiences, so when people are asked to vote for a series of books that could have had a life changing effect, then the list is going to be something of a surprise.
The Life hacker List.
The Bible
The Works of Ayn Rand
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Zen [...]
New Mapping service top Google
A new map service threatens to rival and even overtake the seriously popular Google Maps. With Google it is quite possible to home in on you target location to see what is going around it, maybe it is house that the user is wanting to buy, you can have a look at the surrounding houses [...]
June 25, 2008Internet for everyone
The was jubilation when Google joined a national initiative of public interest, civic and industry groups to launch a campaign “Internet for Everyone” the goals of which are to make open broadband available for every American.
Google’s involvement in this only part of the company’s strategy anyhow, which means they would have been pushing this programme [...]
Finally a motorized suitcase
At last this is the travelling tool of the 21st century, a suitcase which is motorised! Naturally it is not going to be super powerful, in fact it is probably going to be seriously slow and will get on other travellers nerves as they try to push their way through the crowds as they move [...]
June 20, 2008Drinking games to play
Just going out to the pub, wine bars or clubs can get slightly monotonous after while, seeing the same old people getting steadily drunk every weekend, so even drinkers are need of some variation to their routines.
This is probably why there are many different drinking or alcohol related games around which will add a bit [...]
Complex crop circles found
It’s that time again, when farmers wake up in the morning and dread looking out across their fields and hope not see a crop circle in middle of one of their fields. It’s a thing that has intrigued and puzzled people for a long time.
A crop circle has been described as the most complex ever [...]
Why the Segway fails
The personal transport system known as the Segway should have been taken up by all commuters but as with all of these machines it has failed in winning over the working person, anyone who remembers the Sinclair C5 would understand this. But why do these eco friendly machines fail? Here are few clues:
The Segway Encourages [...]
Banned foods available in UK
It is a serious matter food, especially as these days there is much talk about the amount of food that people are eating, but really it should be the types of food that we are eating. We consider ourselves a nation that knows what it wants, but to we really get what we want?
It seems [...]
Get a garage for your plane
It would be something like a sci-fi film or book, but the day of the flying car may not be that far away. There is company named ICON who is building a small plane which has folding wings so that it can be easily parked in the garage.
The great thing about these planes is that [...]
The fifty year old digital TV
A television set made in 1957 that receives digital TV sounds rather suspicious! Well so it should because clearly a TV that in encased in a thick wooden case and sporting a seventeen inch black and white screen is not really going to be made for the digital age.
But for the owner it would have [...]