Christmas gift ideas

Stuck for an idea and running out of time? Saw the Fisher-Price Smart Cycle on the Gadget Show the other day and thought it would make a great present for a child. A way to have fun and give them some exercise at the same time! Available in US and UK. More gift ideas coming soon!

Tags: Christmas, gift, idea

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African Nations Cup wall chart

Update (11th Jan): Fixed a few errors.

African Cup of Nations 2008 in Ghana is only a little over a month away so I've made a wall chart (poster) in MS Excel format for those who like filling in the results into a spreadsheet whilst following the tournament. Download from Sport.omani.ac.

Related: football, wallchart

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Great white shark attack!

Here's a clip from the Planet Earth series. This is what you don't want to witness when surfing in devon... well, surfing anywhere really!

Super Mario Galaxy

Splashed out and got Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii today, and it's every bit as good as the reviews say it is! Huge attention to detail and loads of levels packed in yet still intuitive to play and altogether awesome!

Tags: Mario, Nintendo, Wii

Pole to Pole

Remember Michael Palin's TV programme Pole to Pole? Interesting as that was, he didn't go from one pole to the other using only human power, he left that to these two nutters. Rob and James (who went to my old school) are already half way there. Why? To highlight climate change and also top what they did last year, becoming the youngest ever Britons to climb Mount Everest.

Related: climate change, travel

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Toilet Restaurant

Only in Taipei will you find a restaurant like this one. It has bathtubs for tables, and toilets for seats. Even the food is served in miniature loos. Wonder if the actual restroom is decorated like a dining room or kitchen? Might have to check it out over Christmas...

Advancing personal safety

Thought that, with the Meredith Kercher story in the UK news at the moment, it might be good to link to the Lucie Blackman Trust website. It was set up after Lucie Blackman was murdered back in 2000 to help improve personal safety through educating and recommending a range of safety products.

Tags: safety

Live sports chat

This is a plug for Sportomaniac - a new user-driven live sports chat site. Sports fans can gather while a fixture is going on and voice their views, vent frustrations and even vote on how well the referee is doing! A demo page is available to check out here.

Registration is required to participate in the banter, but that's quick and easy. A page for a particular event can be created by registered users if one hasn't been set up already. You could chat about the huge games for England and Scotland happening tonight that could decide whether they'll qualify for Euro 2008!

Related: Sportomaniac, Scotland, Euro 2008

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