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 -> The Google Guide
A very handy and frequently updated interactive tutorial on searching with Google developed by Nancy Blachman.
10,031 views | 04 Jan 2004
 -> Original gay porn: The Bible?
Possibly offensive , but just FYI. Read the passage for yourself.
10,930 views | 06 Jan 2004
 -> Cannot communicate with your child?
Use "intrafamily" instant messaging.
10,895 views | 04 Jan 2004
 -> Outsource this!
A critique of Bush's economic advisors leads to the suggestion: how about outsourcing the job to competent third world economists who can take advantage of modern communications, do the job from Beijing or Bangalore, and make 1-10th as much!
732 views | 01 Jan 2004
 -> 2003 in pictures
Wish you a very happy 2004! Here's a quick 15-picture recap from BBC. (Also look at the sidebar for a "Review of 2003")
295,961 views | 02 Jan 2004
 -> Nostalgic trip into the first Microsoft Windows (1.0)
A visual installation and boot-up sequence for the first release version of perhaps the most important software currently in the world.
1,752 views | 30 Dec 2003
 -> The 2004 hot spots
Lonely Planet's Tom Hall suggests the top 30 places to put on your travel wish list for next year.
817 views | 02 Jan 2004
 -> Response to "26 things a perfect man would do"
...and other propaganda disseminated by misguided women. A MUST-READ
713 views | 31 Dec 2003
 -> The Eight Biggest Tech Flops Ever
"Some of the greatest flops of all time have come from high tech. Millions of dollars and countless person-hours have been wasted creating products so bad, so misguided, and so difficult to use that entire companies have been destroyed."
878 views | 31 Dec 2003
 -> The proteins called Prions
Don't be surprised if these controversial proteins turn out to be involved in a lot more than Mad Cow disease, and maybe have some important biological roles. Storing memories for example!
391 views | 30 Dec 2003
 -> Bollywhat?
What is Bollywood, exactly? What does it mean when someone wags her thumb, or puts red dye in the part of her hair? All this and more..
638 views | 31 Dec 2003
 -> Lovers sex up British flight
A couple who were making it in the loo of a Thomas Cook flight TCX18L to Gatwick, were loudly cheered by 250 passengers when found out. The adventurous lovers had sneaked into the tiny cubicle during a four-hour flight home from Tenerife..
1,158 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> Epic trip for 'alternative' car
A car that runs on just hydrogen and solar power has completed a journey through Australia - the first crossing of a continent for a car of this type.
10,854 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> Monobrow!
For the people with one long eyebrow instead of two.
117,144 views | 31 Dec 2003
 -> Restoration of 500-year old Tibetan wall paintings
The 500-year old wall paintings in Lo Monthang's Thubchen monastery (Tibet) were dull & grimy in 2001. But the restoration team worked wonders, returning Thubchen's surviving wall paintings to remarkably close approximations of their original glory..
9,529 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> Man shot in groin to woo woman
A man in Sicily asked a friend to shoot him in the groin in the hope of making his ex-girlfriend feel sorry for him.
10,705 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> Son calls stunned parents after his funeral
Charles Wyckoff and his wife had returned home after a funeral for their son when the phone rang. "Hey, Dad," Kevin Wyckoff said.
950 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> The F-Word and US broadcast laws
When Bono said "This is fucking brilliant" on TV a while back, it stirred up a hornet's nest in a world that doesn't mind watching Aguilera gyrating 95% nude in a raunchy video, but cringes at the first mention of the F-word.
10,092 views | 28 Dec 2003
 -> Name your baby after a top brand
Well, what'll your newborn be? ESPN or Gucci?
9,597 views | 27 Dec 2003
 -> The Brandstand 2003
A website tracks the number of times top brands are mentioned on the Billboard topppers. Here's a resulting ranking.
9,828 views | 31 Dec 2003
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