Do you think lighters are less dangerous than sippy cups? "Federal aviation authorities have decided to stop enforcing a two-year-old rule against taking cigarette lighters on airplanes, concluding that it was a...
created by ryan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1637 views | 20 recommendations | 1 comment
I am by no means an MS Access adept, but I have worked with databases since the heyday of mainframes. I like Zoho.com quite a bit. It is on the web, free, and not all that tricky to use. Why do things the expensive way if you can do it with Zoho? There is a movie if you check...
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iRobot, of Roomba fame, have come up with a new autonomous 'bot... this one is armed with a Taser. The reasoning is sound, I suppose: an infantry robot to support flesh-and blood troops or SWAT officers. However, the risk is high. What if it malfunctions? Well, "what if" has...
US town set to ban saggy trousers
A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear
Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people
A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...
""One mile wide UFO" - report by Airline Pilot and passengers. Recorded on radar.Guernsey UFO - Latest on "1 mile wide" UFO by 2 pilot sighting - confirmed by ground control and passengers. Full Story American...
created by danB | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 5068 views | 2 recommendations | 4 comments
"O'Hare? Pah! - "One mile wide" UFO seen TWO pilots, passengers, ground-control and radar - Guernsey / Alderney, UK - 24th April '07
"One mile wide UFO" - report by Airline Pilot and passengers. Recorded on radar.
ITV NEWS REPORT - VIDEO
25th April 07 - BBC News
BBC REPORT
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Yet another big company caught in the act of slipshod information management. One would think that a company would pay closer attention to how such items as credit card numbers and medical records were disposed of, but evidently one would be wrong:"Texas Attorney General Greg...
I am not sure...but I also heard a rumour that Google may be acquiring Scotland for 8.1 Billion. Why? Because they can. Buy me Sergey...buy me! "Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG - News) announced...
created by Leonard Brody | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 1203 views | 15 recommendations | 3 comments
As more and more companies express interest in RFID (Radio Frequency ID tags), more and more people are expressing concern over privacy issues. One such person had taken action..."A group of Dutch researchers at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, led by PhD student Melanie...
"There is Sea Salt and then there is "See Salt". Many love to experiment with different types of salt this great Earth provides while others don't get much farther than ripping open the paper packets or breaking...
created by Edmund Jenks | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 585 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"I bet you have no idea how many types of kiss exist.
According to Romantic Tips, there are 24 kiss types, from the innocent but fluttering butterfly kiss, to the vacuum kiss, which is supposed to be playful, or...
This is an usual subject for BoingBoing to feature but I've always thought it needed more examination. "Jeremy Scahill's brave and outraged "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army"...
created by mtippett | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 666 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Britain's tanning industry--which is largely unregulated--is allowing for younger and younger users to have access to coin-operated tanning salons without supervision. This unfettered access is leading to a huge...
created by Kaitlin | 6 years ago | updated 6 years ago 671 views | 15 recommendations | 2 comments
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Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True)
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Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
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40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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