Another Friday is upon us and we have such a lot going on this week.
We have a video from Jeb Corliss, a man who has dedicated his entire life to human flight – this is one you will not want to miss.
There is even a new take on the old Space Invaders video game…but this time the players are shooting at pictures of me.
I have some stunning sunset pictures, proof that I am more awesome than Blain Jones, a contented cat and much more.
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If you are in the business of writing a dictionary there are no shortage of words to choose from.
In fact there are often far too many to print and some just have to fall by the wayside.
Here are 2o words that were considered for inclusion by the editors at Chambers but which never actually made it into print. [click to continue…]
In November former trash collector Rob Shoesmith made international headlines by camping for ten days outside an Apple store in London to ensure he was amongst the first to get his hands on a brand new iPhone 4S.
Today he is set to make headlines once more…but this time he is prepared to sell his £100,000 (US$161,000) home and give all the proceeds to a homeless charity. [click to continue…]
Yesterday I watched as dramatic an end to the UK Premiership season as I am ever likely to see.
Manchester City came from 2-1 down against Queens Park Rangers to snatch the Premier League trophy from the grasp of arch rivals Manchester United. High drama indeed.
It was the very stuff of sporting legend and this victory – the first Premier League title for City in 44 years – is something which will be talked about for generations to come. [click to continue…]
This week there is a clueless candidate on TV’s The Apprentice who totally failed to understand the most simple of instructions…a very odd vibrating cushion to hold your mobile phone and plans to build a new version of the Titanic.
Oh and there are a couple of pictures of planes…just for a change.
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While new words offer striking examples of how the language is evolving, so too can existing words.
From time to time we like to give existing words new meanings so that they can be used in new ways. Here are half a dozen good examples together with the years their new definitions were written: [click to continue…]