Cheers to british laws
The UK seems to be keeping up with its history of spectacular legislation with its newest proposal to curbe binge drinking. The parliament has proposed a law banning all happy hours, pub crawls, and ‘all you can drink’ offers, so that their citizens can behave themselves.
Nice way to battle the financial crisis!
Filed Under Food
Google v/s the flu
In the ever-raging battle between man and nature, mankind has now decided to pull out its strongest weapon - Google. With Flu Trends, the website now uses its Google Trends software to track the flu as it spreads across different states. It compiles this data based on how many people run searches for flu related terms in that particular city.
Take a look at how it works. Makes the flu seem almost poetic.
Filed Under Technology
Alta Surfing
On Tuesday, when Venice’s flood waters reached their highest level in 22 years, and tourists waddled around with plastic bags tied till their knees, Duncan Zuur created coolness. He got onto his wakeboard, and took four turns of St.Marco’s Square while tourists applauded and the Police looked the other way.
I would have gladly walked through a metre of Venice’s sewage-filled water, just to be able to see that.
Filed Under Water
Some Fishy Art
The first impressive thing about Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard is her double-hyphenated name. The second, is her beautifully eccentric art, scenes from daily life, made out of fish heads.
And while I watch and admire the photos of her work, I can’t help wondering - Do the ‘models’ make it to the dinner table after the shoot?
Filed Under Art
Word of the Year
Now that we’re officially in December, it’s time for my favourite end-of-the-year pastime- Top Ten Lists. Merriam-Webster has already made the first one - a list of the top ten searched words on their online dictionary.
Their top word for 2008 is no surprise - Recession. But the second most searched word leaves me completely baffled. Why is it that nobody knows the meaning of the word ‘Vet’!
Filed Under Media & Society
Let’s send Bush a teddy bear
The man has spent eight years groping chancellors, dropping puppies and being confused by doors - and every single time, we laughed at him. This video, however, is just sad. Shot at the G20 summit, it shows the Presidents of every country ignoring Bush, and refusing to shake his hand.
Edit: Nov 24, 2008. Apparently CNN misinterpreted the handshake. Bush had already greeted everyone earlier in the day, and was concentrating on finding the spot where he was supposed to stand for the photo. I guess we all believe what we want to believe.
Filed Under Politics
Did your TV pass?
If it wasn’t already hard enough to choose a TV out of the hundreds of TVs with LCDs, Eye Protecting Technology and Superflat screens, an environmental website has compiled a report card of different television brands based on how ecologically responsible they are.
The sad news is, nobody got an A!
Filed Under Environment