Terry Grant, who stars in the popular show Mantracker, in which a pair of contestants try to outrun Mr. Grant as he chases them over vast stretches of Canadian wilderness on horseback using his tracking skills, is helping the British military teach their troops how to avoid IEDs. IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) were the cause [...]
Movie celebrity Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. The problem stems from violating her probation that resulted from two separate 2007 cases of driving under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. Rich, famous, and suffering from some demons. She needs to get rid of the demons. Further details at this site.
It started with a bet between blogger Jeffrey Strain and his sister. Jeffrey said he could eat for a whole month on just $31. His sister said he couldn’t. He set out to prove her wrong and blogged about it. Interesting challenge, and some very interesting ways of beating the challenge. Check out Jeffrey’s blog.
For most of us, eating a lot of beans can cause some problems later. Beans in often means smelly gas later. Well, a Ukrainian perfume company claims to have invented a jelly bean capable of producing perfumed “gas”. Some of the aromas offered so far are Sensation, Clara, and Calvin Klein. There are plans to [...]
Canadian-born Art Linkletter, who was famous after hosting TV shows “People Are Funny” and “House Party” in the 1950s and 1960s, has died. He was 97. Art, who was born in Moose Jaw, was also known for “Kids Say The Darndest Things”.
This is one of those, “You got to be kidding” stories. Apple had a policy that restricted sales of iPads to people with credit cards. The policy was there to stop black market sales of the highly sought after devices. So, when a lady on a fixed income (and no credit cards) wanted to buy, [...]
I have always refused to live in a home near a major power grid line. I believe that the flow of large amounts of electricity near me can impact my health. I am unsure where the research into that issue has gone. Now a new one. Some people living near wind farms are reporting health [...]
A one year old program designed to recycle old electronics is failing to meet goals. The Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES) — a private agency created by provincial regulation — gathered only 40% of the 42,000 tonnes of toxin-laced equipment it was originally supposed to collect. OES has a goal to keep millions of computers and [...]
Kindle, iPad, and more. This market is starting to grow nicely. It still does not have my perfect device. At least I do not think it does. I want one that can display/play computer files in the following formats txt doc pdf jpg wmv mp3 mp4 flv As far as I know, the only really [...]
So much so that we cannot even press the emergency strip for them. A 79 year old man was mugged on a half full Toronto subway car. No one helped. No one even pressed the emergency yellow strip that is so prominently displayed in every car. Nope. That’s about 25 or 30 people who all [...]