The first thing that went through my mind, when I read this article in The Independent, was that “Dementiaville” must be just like the village (Portmeirion) which the British cult TV series “The Prisoner” was set in. The Prisoner, an involuntarily retired British secret agent, was held in a village at an unknown location . . . → Read More: Dementiaville
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While searching the internet for information on the current crisis in Japan, I stumbled across an interesting press release from Reuters – it seems that a US-led research team thinks it has found the lost city of Atlantis in southern Spain in the Doñana National Park, which is just north of Cádiz. Their . . . → Read More: Lost city of Atlantis found? … there are some pretty dumb politicians around. Two examples from today’s press: 1. Berlusconi thinks Obama has a nice suntan. 2. Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent, or what countries were in North America (there are only three!). Mind you, there are a lot of uninformed US citizens out there too: . . . → Read More: Not surprising… (Photo from English Russia) When I see photos of machines like these, I am extremely glad that I haven’t ever had to fight in a war: During the WW2 Russian Army was using a ‘Fire Hedgehog’ – the set of 88 Tommy-gun alike machine guns loaded into a plane. It was used at . . . → Read More: The Russian Hedgehog Apparently, a couple who has been living for ten years in room 1 of the Travelodge hotel at Grantham, UK, has been forced to move out of their room as the hotel has been closed for refurbishment. I really don’t think I could live in a Travelodge for 10 years. (Posted from the Hotel . . . → Read More: I don’t think I could do that… The UN reports that you are less likely to get murdered in Croatia than the UK. The Balkan area is, surprisingly, one of the safest in Europe. The report Crime and its Impact on the Balkans by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) belies enduring stereotypes of the region as a . . . → Read More: UN says the Balkans are safer than W. Europe Coca-Cola is going to test market Coke in aluminium containers shaped like their traditional bottles – initially at night clubs and special events. I suppose its no different to packaging it in cans, but at the moment, looking at the samples, I don’t think it looks more attractive than the existing cans or bottles. Picture from Arborsmith Studios website (click picture to visit)Axel Erlandson an American arborsculptor opened an exhibition in 1947 featuring trees which he had shaped by pruning, bending and grafting. The original exhibition, called The Tree Circus had a chequered history, only bringing in a little over $300 in a good year (1955). Eventually 12 . . . → Read More: The tree circus Boston police have overreacted again (remember the advertising campaign for the Cartoon Network that caused chaos in Boston in January?) and arrested a student for wearing a circuit board on her sweatshirt at Boston’s Logan Airport. Whether you regard the charges as “paranoid” or think that the student showed “a total disregard to understand . . . → Read More: Circuit boards causing problems in Boston again Silly signs sent in to the BBC. See the rest by clicking on the picture above. |
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