April 30th, 2008 at 10:17 pm » Comments (0)

That would have been a truly shocking story to come across, wouldn't it. Sadly, that isn't the case; check here for details. The Greek government had planned to give unmarried couples ...more »

April 30th, 2008 at 11:52 am » Comments (0)

Following on from the previous post, we have another article from the BBC on innovative ways to harvest power from activities people already carry out. This one is all about ...more »

April 29th, 2008 at 7:12 pm » Comments (0)

Check out this video from the BBC for a report on how Kazakhstan is aiming to revive its national identity. I have not heard any more news about the President's ...more »

April 29th, 2008 at 8:16 am » Comments (0)

I've combined the following two news items into one post, as they are quite closely related. Firstly we have news of a dynamo that harvests the potential power we all ...more »

April 26th, 2008 at 2:04 pm » Comments (0)

This is an arm wrestling arcade machine. The idea is simple, and definitely existed in English fair grounds for a long time. Put your money in the slot, and then ...more »

April 26th, 2008 at 5:37 am » Comments (0)

Although flexible silicon circuits have been around for a few years, the next stage has eluded scientists - until now. If you look at a basic circuit, with just some ...more »

April 25th, 2008 at 10:19 pm » Comments (1)

In case you have not already come across this recently, the BBC have an article on the fact that information stored in your computer's RAM is not lost the moment ...more »

April 24th, 2008 at 11:36 pm » Comments (1)

What do you get if mix vegetable oil and urine? Well if you're a top notch team of scientists, you discover an important new form of artificial rubber. You or ...more »

April 24th, 2008 at 9:04 am » Comments (0)

Did you know that you can apparently tell what sort of person you are by the position you sleep in? Unfortunately (for the purposes of analysis at least), my own natural ...more »

April 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 am » Comments (0)

Not the most shocking of post titles, I have to admit, but this occurred near where Mum lives (in fact right where they used to live), so it caught my ...more »

April 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pm » Comments (0)

vs. Firstly, we have respected Newsnight presenter, Jeremy Paxman, complaining that Marks & Spencer's normally reliable lines of underwear has seen a marked decline in quality recently. Apparently, 'Their ...more »

April 21st, 2008 at 8:45 pm » Comments (0)

Imagine you are a Paul McKenna type hypnotist . Now suppose you don't earn a lot of money selling lose weight / stop smoking / self belief DVDs. What would ...more »

April 20th, 2008 at 5:09 pm » Comments (0)

As I recently wrote, some jobs can suck more than others, especially depending on where you live. Could be worse though... more »

April 20th, 2008 at 1:03 pm » Comments (0)

Reading does, in general, expand your mind, help you to think in new directions, and even relax you after a stressful day. Cracked has listed five books that maybe should not ...more »

April 19th, 2008 at 9:43 pm » Comments (0)

A police officer responsible for liaising with schools apparently skipped the research step before proceeding to send out a warning about strawberry flavoured crystal meth. Despite multiple articles on ...more »

April 19th, 2008 at 11:01 am » Comments (1)

Over in America, the tipping system is a little different to Europe. In most Euro establishments, staff are paid enough (not necessarily a lot by any means, but...), however in ...more »

April 14th, 2008 at 4:39 pm » Comments (1)

Fire fighters in Dundee, Scotland unfortunately found that one of the pets they rescued from a smoking home had become unconscious and was not looking healthy. Faced with the prospect ...more »

April 14th, 2008 at 3:46 pm » Comments (0)

Excuse if I don't cry myself to sleep tonight, but Japan has failed to meet their whale slaughtering (scientific research? Hmmm, OK, so if we kill this whale, there is ...more »

March 26th, 2008 at 5:01 am » Comments (2)

At least not all pets are welcome at the Wilcox Memorial hospital over in Hawaii. To be honest, in Britain at least, I've not heard of even cats and dogs ...more »

March 21st, 2008 at 4:56 am » Comments (0)

OK, not the prettiest picture to ever adorn this blog's front page, but that is the sort of toilet Westerners have been complaining about over in China. Having used them ...more »