How to prevent eye strain and RSI

If you spend a lot of the time in front of a computer screen, you might appreciate a little piece of software called WorkRave. It's a free, timer-based app that works out when you need to take a break and also suggests exercises you can do to reduce any eye/muscle strain and generally relax a bit!

Tags: health, RSI, eye

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Free rice

Improve your vocab and donate some rice to fight hunger at the same time at FreeRice.com!

Related: food, hunger

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Pixar presents Lifted

Lifted - a very entertaining animated short :) A sort of driving test with a difference!

Australians all hate England

This is what Australian Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill said ahead of today's Rugby World Cup quarter final.

When people say stupid things, I think it's important to work out whether it was out of character. Perhaps in this case the thought of revenge has clouded his judgment. Certainly what winning in sport is all about would be lost on someone who harbours such sentiments. Question is, will he be big enough to apologise?

Tags: Australia, rugby

Trouble at Mill

Wallace and Gromit are back! Nick Park has announced that a new animation short is going to be on our screens at the end of next year. See his interview as well as a whole bunch of all-time favourite W & B clips for free here.

Related: animation

Apple iPhone already on sale in UK!

Amazon sent me an email today saying that they had iPhones for sale already. Wasn't going to launch my in stock checker until the release date but I had a look and, indeed, Prizeflex Ltd claim to be selling them! Bit too expensive for me though...

The official release date is in early November and the price for the 8GB model is £269. So if you want an iPhone but are willing to wait a little while, you can sign up to the notification service mentioned above and an email will be sent out to you when stock comes in.

Top tip for UK iTunes users

There's an offer available from the iTunes site until 28 September - send a text message (which for most people is at their standard rate, ie. costing roughly 10p) and you receive a voucher code for a free track from online music store iTunes, which normally cost 79p or 99p.

How? Text one of the following words - ROCK, POP, LIVE, or ITUNES to 85100, and you'll get a message back with a code. Log into the iTunes store, go to buy a music track and you'll have the option to enter a discount code. Pop the code you were sent in there, and the track will be free. You have until September 30 to use the voucher.
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Tags: hack, music

Home birth safety

The midwife is stuck in traffic! Here's a recording of a 999 call made by a very calm man at home with his wife who is about to give birth. (Is it me or does the woman on the phone sound a bit like Big Brother's Jade Goody?

Related: health, pregnancy

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