Actors who missed the opening night
The recent release of the latest Batman film The Dark Knight has been shadowed by the death of the actor Heath Ledger who played master villain The Joker. However, he is not the first actor to have died before their latest film was released, far from it:
AALIYAH: “Queen of the Damned.”
JAMES DEAN: “Rebel Without [...]
Could you have visited by aliens?
It is hard to estimate exactly how many people think that they have been abducted by aliens! But not so long ago researchers found a document which was produced in 1993 which actually turned out to be a survey on alien abductions.
Apparently at the time there were some 3.7 million Americans who believed that they [...]
Google gets a second life
Google has recently been working on their next assault on the internet, this time it is a site that can only be described as a sort of Second Life.
But unlike Second Life maybe this time it will be policed in way that makes it both interesting and useful for business and individuals, this where Second [...]
Flip flops can damage your feet
As soon the sun appears in the summer sky that piece of footwear known as the flip flop also begins to appear on the feet of almost anyone these days. But although the flip flop of today is far removed from the originals the health problems remain the same.
Because of the design of these shoes, [...]
Chocolate to become a luxury
If we carry on the way that we are going, that is to say using up all of our natural resources, increasing emissions and grabbing land for the production of bio fuels, then other products that we take for granted will become rarer.
One such product according to the Ghana-based Nature Conservation Research Council (NCRC) is [...]
Now it’s Friends the Movie
There is a lot to say about the film and TV industry when one old show brings out a film version of the small screen show, they all begin to follow. Before long the cinemas are looking like a giant TV listings page with familiar names heading up the casts and titles that should not [...]
June 30, 2008Books 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 19, 2008Complex 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 [...]
Leisure time in work
There are quite few things that can get into trouble at work, but probably one of the more modern and most used tricks that employees use is going online and visiting their favourite social networking site.
But now as employers have become aware of these sites and in some cases have even blocked them form their [...]