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According to Orbitz, who seem to have thoughtfully researched this, Mac users make more money, and are thereby willing to pay up to 30% more in travel fees which include plane tickets, hotel stays and car rentals, than their Windows using counterparts. That in itself is not alarming, what...
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A woman has claimed that her cupcake was confiscated by a Transport Security Administration (TSA) officer at Las Vegas airport because he deemed its frosting to be a security risk. Rebecca Hains said that the cupcake in question was taken at McCarran International Airport on her way home. The...
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Thailand has brought its infamous lèse-majesté law up-to-date, by expanding its scope to cover the “liking” of status updates or groups on Facebook. In Thailand a few years back, partying it up at a bar in Bangkok, my friend quickly corrected me when I handed a bill to the...
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This is one my brother will love. Las Vegas, aka. Sin City, has a new toy for those who love to waste money on fantasy. But it’s a bit more wholesome than the usual treats the city offers. It’s a sandbox for adults. Complete with excavators and other construction...
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More bad press for North Korea…. Seems Cannibalism is indeed practiced, not on a regular basis but because there is such a shortage of food in certain areas. A 791-page document is in the hands of the Caleb Mission in South Korea and it describes 721 different criminal cases...
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The Spanish resort town of Alicante has thrown a curve ball at boozy tourists in the form of some crazy paving that apparently plays tricks on both eyes and stomachs. From Metro: Set in rows of diamonds at 90 degrees to each other, the opposing slabs create an optical...
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Paris may be the city of love but if you’re looking to flirt go to Athens. In the recent “World Flirtation League” Athens ranked number 1 for the city with the highest number of flirtations monthly by users of the social networking site www.badoo.com. According to The Lonely Planet...
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“Tron:Legacy” Inspired Ice Hotel Hot in Sweden When “Tron: Legacy” hit theaters in December 2010 it’s guaranteed producers were thinking about merchandising opportunities. Action figures, books, maybe even lunchboxes. But it’s highly doubtful they ever imagined the “Tron: Legacy Ice Hotel.” Designers Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas-Jones did. And...
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The highly controversial full body scanners being used at US airports are getting ready to take a more modest view of things. Instead of displaying pictures of people in full naked detail more generic images are being used and red blocks appear over areas where there is a perceived...