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Online sale of Scottish castle closes with two million hits
The online sale of a Scottish castle, Lee Castle, has closed after its website attracted more than two million hits, worldwide interest and nearly 40 formal offers.
198,908 views | 03 Nov 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Gay bishop consecrated
With the ceremonial laying on of hands by a cluster of bishops, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson was consecrated the next bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay prelate in the Episcopal Church U.S.A. on Sunday.
370 views | 03 Nov 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Worst Halloween costumes of all time
When I was growing up, most of the kids in my neighborhood were fairly uncreative. Instead of thinking long and hard about what you wanted to be for Halloween, they'd run to the store at the last minute, and grab a prepackaged costume..
573 views | 31 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Spiders 'remember first date'
Female wolf spiders - schizocosa uetzi - prefer to mate with males which look similar to those they encountered before they were sexually mature.
382 views | 29 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Don't say this loud: Air Action
VIDEO file: An interesting ad.
462 views | 28 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
The California Fire
A Satellite picture of the LA fires
4,284 views | 28 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Talk about "stiff" school regulations
Six British schoolboys were rushed to the hospital after taking the erection-enhancing drug Viagra at lunchtime.
384 views | 27 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Magic number tells when to change sex
From tiny shrimps to massive fish, many species change sex once they reach a certain size, and British researchers have now discovered an amazing universal rule: that they all tend to do this at the same relative size.
8,260 views | 27 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
VersaLaser: Translate computer drawings into real objects?
VersaLasertm can transform drawings on your computer screen into real items made out of an amazing variety of materials (wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber) and it's as easy to use as your printer!
8,682 views | 27 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
A Cool Flash Game
Samorost is a surreal Myst-like puzzle game with great music and beautiful backgrounds where you help the little guy in white save his driftwood planet from a collision with another driftwood planet.
454 views | 27 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Bubblar Theory
Which has more bubbles, a bar of soap or a bottle of champagne?
426 views | 26 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Embarrassed GM to rename car with risque overtones
General Motors will rename its Buick LaCrosse in Canada because "Lacrosse", it turns out, is slang for "masturbation" among teenagers in French-speaking Quebec.
373 views | 24 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Full length DVDs over the Internet in 7 seconds!
CERN (the research center Switzerland, to which the origin of Internet is attributed) have set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet.
8,161 views | 24 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Being a Jew in Malaysia
Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir said condemnation in Europe and the United States of his claims that Jews ruled the world proved he was correct and that his detractors were anti-Muslim.
8,151 views | 24 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Microsoft's Really Hidden Files
Did you know that MS Internet Explorer may not be clearing your browsing history despite your instructions, and Outlook Express may not be deleting your e-mail after you've erased them from your Deleted Items?
282 views | 24 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Images of space get a second look
It's another blow to our delusions that we are the yardstick by which the universe is to be measured.
453 views | 23 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Amazon surprises again: "Search Inside The Book"
Starting today, you can find books on Amazon.com based on ANY WORD inside them, not just the title or the author!
236 views | 23 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
The BURP.
A video piece from The Viral Company.
8,219 views | 23 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Tanzania bans import of used underwear
Tanzania has banned imports of secondhand underwear, fearing the used garments might spread skin diseases, an official says.
8,986 views | 23 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail
Bank robber escapes on tricycle
ail for an alleged New Jersey bank robber who escaped on a large tricycle was increased to $100,000 Friday. Police tracked the man down ten days after the October 1 robbery.
9,728 views | 23 Oct 2003 | Email this using SiphsMail

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