We have been talking about moving house for a long time and are finally starting to do something about it. Whilst I love our house, it is starting to get a little small for our needs and with four cats and running a business from home it’s definitely time to move on. We made the…
Month: February 2008
South Africa to Cull Elephants
It’s interesting that the elephant population in South Africa has now got so large they will have to start culling the population. The elephant appears to have become a victim of its own success with numbers growing from just 8,000 to nearly 20,000 in just over ten years since culling was banned. An elephant herd…
PC2Paper Virtual Printer
PC2Paper, the website that allows you to send real letters from the internet has just launched a new and easier way to use their service. It is called the PC2Paper Virtual Printer and basically allows you to print your letters as you would do to a normal desktop printer. The letters are then passed to…
Has Facebook Lost its Appeal?
Facebook saw its first drop in users during January prompting the question of whether it is starting to lose its appeal. Users fell by 5% to 8.9 million from 8.5 million according to data from Nielsen Online. All the indications show that the site is simply not as popular as it used to be. An…
Weather Balloons for Rural Broadband
Weather balloons could be used to provide mobile phone and broadband services to rural Britain. An American company called Space Data has already used small phone masts attached to balloons to provide wireless internet access to remote areas. The group has supplied military and commercial clients for four years but is now preparing to link…
Giant Burger
A restaurant owner in Michigan has created what could be the world’s biggest hamburger. The burger weighs 60.9kg (134 pounds) and contains beef, bacon and cheese. It took around 12 hours to make and takes three men to flip it. If you want to order one it would cost $350 (£178) and the restaurant requires…
Spurs Win the Carling Cup
Spurs beat Chelsea by 2 goals to 1 today to win the Carling Cup. As a long time Spurs supporter I must admit that my expectations were not really that high. Although I thought there might be a slim chance of winning I did think that Chelsea would prove to be the better team. This…
Beer Costs to Rise Noooo….
It is likely that beer drinkers will soon see the price of a pint of beer hitting the £4 mark. The drinks industry is facing huge rises in production and distribution costs meaning it will soon have to pass these increases onto the customer. A pint of beer currently costs around £3.20 on average but…
Learning to Smoke
I found this article called learning to smoke. It’s about a forty six year old man called Tom Chiarella who decides to do a thirty day experiment on the effects of smoking. Having never smoked a cigarette before he started the experiment, the article makes interesting reading. It charts Tom’s progress from non smoker to…
eBay Sellers to Start Boybott
Further to my article about the proposed changes at eBay it appears some sellers are planning a week long boycott of the auction site. Sellers are angry over higher fees and other policy changes which mean they can no longer leave negative feedback for a buyer. According to eBay sellers this means that they cannot…