The international infant and children toy manufacturer, Takara Tomy, have released their improved version of Bowlingual. Believe it or not, it's a device that translate the bow-wows of your dog into human language, so far only in Japanese. One part ...Read More
A case of meeting strangers: Gail & Haneke
A dear, old friend once told me that I should pen down these fantastical events proceeding in this unrelieved world we're in. I was flattered but not entirely convinced because if they happened ...Read More
Recent research findings of Professor Joe Forgas from University of New South Wales states that:
"Positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, co-operation and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking, paying greater attention to the external ...Read More
An entertaining and insightful interview with Annie Duke into the world of poker and the psyche of poker players.
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You can refill and bottle your own water with 321 Water. It has a carbon block filter and housed in special plastic that won't leak chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) into the water. Available in March 2010.
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A lucid article by Sharon Begley explaining why torture is not an effective way of retrieving information with a conclusion where the facts speak louder.
In what is probably a futile effort to avert a flood of pro-torture comments and e-mails, ...Read More
Truth or Fail is the most awesome and addictive weekly entertainment to come out of YouTube. And you thought Fail Blog was epic. Find out how it's so clever. Go on, I dare you.
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This ad appeared in Gumtree today, an Aussie version of Craigslist. It was the highlight of my day. Thank you, man from Kew.
Address: Kew, VIC
Date Listed: 04/08/2009
One wife to swap for peace and quiet.
Not brand new. May need repairs to:
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Fixing My Gaze is an autobiographical journey of Susan Barry and her recovery from strabismus, an astounding optical condition where the eyes are not properly aligned and in this case, it resulted in seeing the world flat, only in two ...Read More
KeepCup is a beautiful designed, fair dinkum Melbourne product that stops, if not reduces, wastes of the non-recyclable styrofoam cups. Read More
Amateur radio enthusiasts known as Hams have been sending a voice signal 384,955 km to the moon and back—known as Earth-Moon-Earth communications (EME)—in an advanced celebration of the Apollo 11 mission's 40th anniversary next month.
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The sound of the oldest musical instrument resembles greatly of a pan flute. It is a flute indeed, made out of bone, dated back 35,000 years ago during the colonising of Europe. Three of these artefacts were unearthed in ...Read More