So it was the Queen’s (Queen Elizabeth II) 80th birthday today, but unfortunately I was at work nearly all day so I have only just came round to blogging about it and seeing what happened today, but know I would like to know what everybody else thought about the celebrations today, and also did anybody go to any of them,
Looks like the wordpress.com bunnies are working hard to fix the downtime issues Update! Matt here again. We have everything back online, checked, and verified. However we are going to keep blogs offline for a few more minutes to synchronize the backup machines and prevent this sort of problem from ever happening again. Thanks for your patience and understanding. Downtime
David Blaine the 33-year-old magician is planning on living underwater for seven days and nights in a “human aquarium” in front of New York’s Lincoln Centre. He will conclude by attempting to hold his breath underwater longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds. The finale of his latest stunt will air live in a two-hour ABC special on
Surely not even the rich would go for this! New exclusive email service for the upper class – US$ 399.00 monthly Munich, Germany, April 11. 2006 – Welcome to the 21. century! Do you own a luxury car and enjoy the exclusivity? Of course… But why restrict yourself? Now the time has come to define your financial status even in
Anybody heard of UniqueAuction.com before, I’m wondering whether or not to try it out and see how good it really is, here’s what I’ve found out about it from Cnet: Imagine paying 92 cents for a new Xbox 360. Or $700 for a brand new Nissan 350z sports car worth $60,000. UniqueAuction.com says it auctions off hundreds of new “luxury
Erik Kastner the guy that made “Spell With Flickr” is giving people $1,000 out of his own pocket if he doesnt have a visable 6-Pack this summer. Six Pack by Summer is an experiment in willpower and game theory. I, Erik Kastner, will have until July 4th, 2006 to show the world a 4-pack, then a little more time for
Prime Minister Tony Blair and MSN Messenger teamed up to take Prime Minister’s Question Time online in a unique competition that gave five members of the public the chance to put questions live to the Prime Minister. Via: MSN Video
Is life hunky-dory?.. Sleeping peacefully at night? Well everything may not be as it seems. While there are plenty of you who deliberately interpret the law in your own special way, most of you may think you’re a model citizen. But little do you know… Fill in the Crime Sheet and find out exactly what you’ve been getting away with.
Flood Maps is a Google Maps mashup that takes flood data from NASA for the US and Europe (and maybe more parts of the world) and allows you to ‘raise’ the sea level from 1m to 14m. Via: A Welsh View
Just a reminder to everybody in Europe not to forget that the clocks go forward by one hour tomorrow morning so 01:00 GMT becomes 02:00 BST And as I’m so nice here’s a guide as to when the clocks will change between now and 2010 that is unless the rules on Daylight Summer Time change! 2006 Sunday 26 March 0100