Zero G for 200g

Book now! Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic Space travel is taking off! The cost of $200 grand sure beats the Russian space travel experience for $20 million; in fact you could take Richard's spaceship 100 times for the same price as one Russian trip!

A lesson in Cockney rhyming slang

A quick lesson in Cockney rhyming slang:

Gravy = ('gravy' rhymes with 'navy') Army and Navy = "Pass the Army, please."
Legs = ('legs' rhymes with 'eggs') Bacon and Eggs = "She has great 'bacons'"
Money = ('money' rhymes with 'honey') Bees & Honey = "They have a lot of 'bees'"
Knees = ('knees' rhymes with 'cheese') Bisquits & Cheese = "I landed on my 'bisquits'"
Head = ('head' rhymes with 'bread') Loaf of Bread = "Use your 'Loaf'!"

Easy, right? Remember, use your loaf and you'll make a lot of bees!

Frankly, Frank & Frank both build bold buildings!

I wonder what Frank Lloyd Wright would think of Frank Gehry? Frankly, I think they are both great!

We all love 'Mother'

In 2004, the British Council surveyed over 40,000 people in 46 countries to find the most beautiful english words. 'Mother' was chosen number one. In the top 70 were classics like: peekaboo, flabbergasted, kangaroo, extravaganza, bumblebee, twinkle and smile!

This is not Mickey mouse!

Paul Allen, of Microsoft fame, has started the Allen Institute. Their latest project allows the public (Neuroscientists) to examine the brain functions of a mouse! Online viewers can select various parts of the brain to understand what functions relate to a given region.

Neuroscientists are applauding Allen's generosity of providing this revolutionary research au gratis. This is the same man that donated the Experience Music Project in Seattle. A very cool interactive attraction housed in an equally cool Frank Gehry building.

Allergy-Free Cats!

Yes! Finally, for those people suffering from allergies and were unable to have a cute little fuzz ball kitty, can now own (for the bargain price of $3,995) an allergy-free kitty! The only way you'll get stuffed up, with eyes welling, will be when your little genetic masterpiece performs a trick that fills you with tearful pride.

Illustration with type; Dylan sings too...

This is a very cool site. Check out the other fonts.

The Future of Television

T-Visionarium II: A channel surfer's dream come true

You're handed a pair of plastic, smoke-colored 3-D glasses and suddenly, hundreds of digital television images begin to swirl around you on a 360-degree movie screen that's 11 feet high. Twelve projectors display images on the screen; six showing images for your right eye, six for your left.

With the push of a remote control, you can select which of up to 22,000 programs you want to watch. With each selection you make, a computer identifies other programs you might also enjoy and arranges them within your line of sight.

The technology "allows you to reassemble television or any digital data according to your own particular preferences," Del Favero said at a recent demonstration in Sydney.

Mona Lisa Smile

A fake Mona Lisa, painted in the 18th century has been claimed to be a more accurate colour rendition than Leonardo's original. It appears that the original has faded but the fake which is 'newer', was painted with techniques that were more resistant to fading. Thus interest is gathering amongst the artworld, not commonly moved by 'fakes' to see what da Vinci intended.

The Amber Room

In 1942 Germans took The Amber Room from Tsarskoe Syolo and mounted it in the castle of Krolewiec (Koenigsberg). However, the danger of the British bombing in the summer of 1944 forced Germans to disassemble The Amber Room and to pack it in boxes; as late as in April 1945 it was still in the Koenigsberg castle. Despite extensive search no trace of the missing amber treasure has been found.

A Very strange advert/game...

The Face of Mars

If Microsoft had invented the iPod...

For all you Marketeers out there...

Why the name 'Sawsee'?

In 1992, when I first registered for an email account, I needed a name to use. I wanted a name that was somewhat reflective of my nature. The step of feeding my head with facts, stories, and travel begins with 'seeing'. To 'see' therefore I 'saw'. Yes, my first email account was 'Seesaw'. Merrily, I used this email identity without realizing this name has a second meaning!

'seesaw-saw/n.,v.,adj., & adv.

1. a device consisting of a long plank balanced on a central support to sit on at each end and move up and down by pushing the ground with their feet

2 an up and down motion

3 to vacillate in policy or alternate'.

I didn't mind being thought of a fun activity on a 'see-saw' but objected to a name that means 'to vacillate'. Sounds rather 'wishy, washy'---not good! A flake! I had to change my name.

Then it hit me; I'll just transpose (Is this boring or what!) the two words: seesaw=sawsee.

Wow! I was happy with myself! (I know, it is a rather sad commentary on life that such a simple thing of switching two words would make me happy! But isn't that the secret of happiness? To allow simple things to bring happiness to oneself and hopefully others?)

So, I rushed my new name into the internet world. Later, I was reminded again about 'other' meanings a word may have. I looked more closely at my moniker: 'Sawsee'. It did not appear as a word in the Oxford Dictionary. Then it struck me!

'Sawsee' sounded like 'Saucy'. I quickly ran to the bookcase and grabbed my Oxford and flipped to the word 'saucy': adj.

1: impudent

2: smart-looking

3: smutty, suggestive

I was horrified and began to rock back and forth. Slowly, I contained my emotions and knew within my heart that I was none of those things! Wait. 'Smart-looking', I guess that was better than being 'not smart looking'. But I regress...

Right. I was saying that I would not change my name again! I would live with 'Sawsee'. Who cares! What, maybe two people will remember my name! I'll be one of those 'outposts' in the middle of 'No-where'. No visitors! No comments! Like Lost or something...

Bu then my wife just came by and said, "You sure have fun with that." And, that's why I have started this blog, registered my name and kept it too! Fun!