I’ve recently discovered a great arcade-like shooting game, Grid Wars 2. It’s apparently a clone of something called Geometry Wars for the X-Box 360; I don’t have an X-Box, but Grid Wars is available for Windows, Mac OSX, and — wonder of wonders — Linux (if those links are broken, do a search, there are …
This article warns: “In a society flooded with mobile phones, Blackberry devices and computers of various shapes and sizes, a quarter of all Britons do not know their own landline number while as little as a third can recall more than three birthdays of their immediate family.” Oh no! The world is coming to an …
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A Chinese city called Chongqing is going for a world record with the newly-opened four-story toilet facility. “We are spreading toilet culture. People can listen to gentle music and watch TV,” said Lu Xiaoqing, an official with the Yangrenjie, or “Foreigners Street,” tourist area where the bathroom is. “After they use the bathroom they will …