- Women over 50 think men ignore them: 7 out of 10 think this. 8 out of 10 think the fashion industry ignores them, which seems rather a good thing unless we want a posse of skanky and bulimic grandmas snorting coke.
- Women's breasts are getting bigger: Obesity and hormones in the food take the blame. But I once read the guy who writes the cartoon strip "Dilbert" that affirmative thinking is very powerful i.e., will, or wish for, something to happen, it does. Men have been willing women to be bosomier since time immemorial. For heaven's sake we (men) coined "The Big Bang" to describe the Beginning. The emergence of Pamela Anderson was to this simmering, subliminal consciousness what an alien probe is to the average backside - cathartic, catalytic and ushering in a new era. As an additional attraction, the article uses this brilliant new mantra to further this phenomenon: "small in body, big in bust". A mouthful compared to "Aum", but I think it is worth it.
- Discount airlines wants to give cows for royal wedding: Following the African tradition of "lobola", the South African airline kulula.com wants to present cows to Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton. What caught *my* attention in this article was the chummy usage of "Wills" to refer to the Prince. I wish only to point out that the breast-research mentioned above was done in Britain on British women...
- China restricts smoking on films and TV: Actually, I really would rather they really restrict it in *real life* because second-hand smoke on screen really does not bother me.
- Dirty little secrets of search: A naive article about Google and how search results can be manipulated by the so called "black hat" tactics of "search engine optimization". The article is nevertheless quite fascinating. Google is fast getting to be a useless search engine that, thanks to the hit-driven algorithm, is fast losing common-sense in its results. In addition to getting snookered on its algorithm, Google has some entertaining predictions, which start predicting your search based on the first word or two, based on the most popular searches starting that way. Here is a window to the world, then. Google predictions are italicized:
How to grow taller - apparently there is a glut of midgets at this very moment.
How not to live your life - what is astonishing is that right below this were rather useful suggestions such as: (How not to) get drunk, be lazy, fall in love, be jealous, get pregnant, procrastinate.
How the hell can paper beat rock - speechless!
Why does my mom turn me on - I am not making this up. Someone should trace the IP address and nail the creep(s).
What not to wear - apparently it is prom season somewhere.
What not to do on a first date - dereliction of parenting duties was never easier than in the Internet age.
What to do when you are bored - ironic, isn't it?
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