U.S. Will Allow Most Types of Lighters on Planes

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...

Zoho Creator is like Microsoft Access online

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...

Roomba Meets Terminator: Armed SWAT-Bot

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

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...

Identifying Different Types of Natural Healing Methods

"Excluding regular medicine, the various types of natural healing includes all types of methods that contribute essentially to good health."

UFO Guernsey - Pilots report HUGE UFO - WWW.OpenMindsForum.com

""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...

O'Hare? Pah! - "One mile wide" UFO seen TWO pilots, passengers, ground-contro...

"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 ...

That's Your Credit Card Number in the Trash Bin

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...

Google Acquires Doubleclick for 3.1 Billion

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...

RFID Shield: Stop Reading My Bra

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...

Salt Of The "Oval" Silhouette :: Oblate Spheroid

"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...

Learn how to kiss in 60 different ways

"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...

Blackwater: superbly researched indictment of America's hired killers

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"...

Younger tanners getting older cancers

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...

Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True)

" * Interesting Real Facts (Strange but True) 1 Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. 2 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 3 315 entries in...

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