ADIDAS FRESCO, COLOGNE

Still on the world cup trail, the ceiling of Hauptbahnhof train stain in Cologne, Germany, sits a work of art reminiscent of the sistine chapel. Michaelangelo would be proud of.

What a Save!

If you are currently in Germany, you may be driving under the world's biggest set of balls. Adidas have graced an overpass at Munich airport with this brilliant ad for the world cup soccer featuring goalkeeper, Oliver Kahn. The campaign needed to be as large as the current wave of soccer fever sweeping the country. Very nice!

Coffee Could Help Keep Diabetes Away

Drinking lots of coffee cut women's risk of developing diabetes in an 11-year study, researchers report. But it was the antioxidants, not caffeine, in the brew that probably did the trick.

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How Two Russian Journalists Cooked an Egg with their Mobile Phones

Vladimir Lagovski and Andrei Moiseynko from Komsomolskaya Pravda Newspaper
in Moscow decided to learn first-hand how harmful cell phones are. There is
no magic in cooking with your cell phone. The secret is in the radio waves
that the cell phone radiates.

The journalists created a simple microwave structure as shown in the
picture. They called from one cell phone to the other and left both phones
on talking mode. They placed a tape recorder next to phones to imitate
sounds of speaking so the phones would stay on.

After, 15 minutes: The egg became slightly warm.

25 minutes: The egg became very warm.

40 minutes: The egg became very hot.

65 minutes: The egg was cooked. (As you can see.)

Conclusion ..1: Cooking eggs with mobile phones is possible but very
expensive ($4.55 or 123 Rubles)

Conclusion ..2: All this talk of danger is exaggerated; even if your brain
gets cooked, it would take a couple hours of talking on a cell phone.

Conclusion ..3: We dont recommend carrying cell phone in your pants.

Bush to protect sea near Hawaii *eyes-wide-open*

You might not believe what you read from the headlines, same for me, but apparently George Bush has finally done the best thing for marine life in his 6 years tenure to date with this decision.

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The Perils of PC Posture

If you spend as much time as me in front of the PC, this useful article by Deborah Rothberg of eWEEK might help. I certainly know I fall into the group of people who constantly slouch in front of the screen. The lousy chairs I have at work and home definitely doesn't help in my cause to improve my posture, although I think I am trying ...=P

iPod Nike Shoe Video

Surely you have heard of the latest gadget for iPod from Nike. It looks really cool, especially which the ability to 'power up' at the last lap, as well as able to view your run profile. Note sure if it works with non-Nike shoes though.