This is Chauncy Morlan, and around 100 years ago his obesity was so shocking that people would pay money to see him as he toured the country as a circus “fat man”. I find the unremarkableness of his size to be a telling sign of how we’ve pushed the limits of obesity in the . . . → Read More: How the perception of obesity has changed
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We went to the Nacht der Museen (Museum Night) in Frankfurt yesterday. This annual event is always well visited, and is a good way to see inside the 47 participating locations in Frankfurt. The tickets cost 12 Euro for unlimited visits to any of the museums last night. As well as being able to visit the regular exhibitions in the museums, the organisers also lay on special events for children and a wide range of musical performances for the adults. You can get an idea of what was on offer here (zipped PDF file, 3.3 MB). It’s impossible to visit everything in the time (19:00 hrs to 02:00 hrs), but we enjoyed visiting the Museum für Angewandte Kunst, the Museum der Weltkulturen and the Museum für Kommunikation. Using the waze desktop maps There is a new social mobile application on the block – waze.com. You can download the application onto your smartphone (Apple, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian at the moment, Blackberry is coming shortly) and use the free software as an on-board turn-by-turn navigation system. The maps are . . . → Read More: Help fill in the blanks on waze.com
RadarVirtuel following the volcanic dust cloud over Europe You can follow the track of the volcanic dust cloud over Europe, and the flight tracks and details of the few flights that are still taking place despite the cloud, over at RadarVirtuel.com. . . . → Read More: Follow the dust I can’t see the point in some of the more modern internet trends – I tried FaceBook and gave up after a couple of weeks, and have never felt the slightest urge to share my life using Twitter. However I know quite a few people who do use Twitter. They may want to consider . . . → Read More: Careful what you tweet… If like us, you have the feeling that flying with Ryanair is no longer the bargain it used to be, you could be right. The Sydney Morning Herald has just published a report showing Ryanair’s charges have increased by 700% since 2006. You can avoid part of the increases by using a . . . → Read More: Ryanair’s additional charges up by factor of 7 since 2006 Alice in Wonderland on the iPad The iPad seems to have quite a potential to shake up the market for eBooks. (Click the pic to view). On almost the same subject – we saw the Alice film in 3D at the weekend – and thoroughly enjoyed it! (Via Daring . . . → Read More: Alice on the iPad |
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