This is how celebrities would look if they lived like regular people.   read more

China block russian search engine Yandex. This isn't the first foreign resource that china Internet users were denied access to. Livejournal, Flickr, Wikipedia and Blogger were also blocked. According to Yandex this is not a political decision.   read more

Sometimes a drink is perfect on its own :)   read more

Zubkov a long-term ally of Putin.Their working relationship dates back to the 1980s, when they worked in the St Petersburg mayoral office. In 2001, Putin, appointed Zubkov to head the finanical monitoring service, one of the key instruments in fighting illegal capital flight and financial crimes. Prime Minister Resigned Al   read more

Italian company Lamborghini released a new exclusive lamborghini Reventon. It's based on Murcielago LP640. Reventon has a 6,5 liter V12 engine producing 650 bhp. It goes from 0 to 60 in 3,4 seconds with the top speed of 340 kph. Each car costs $1000000 and all 20 cars are already sold.   read more

Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and his government. Who will replace Mikhail Fradkov is yet unknown but this move will enable Putin to appoint a new premier. Fradkov described his resignation as "his own desire to give Russia's president full freedom of decision including staff decisions" Fradkov will continue on an acting basis in the post until a new premier has been named and confirmed by the parliament. Source   read more

I spent all morning trying to find a clip of Bill Bailey doing a bit of Jean Michel Jarre - eventually found it at the end of 'Bewilderness 9;, but it wasn't as good as I remembered (see it here). So, instead, here's Bill's tribute to Kraftwerk, which was the final bit of his 'Part Troll'. Much more to be found on YouTube.   read more

A man found a maserati sports car covered with a camouflage net in the forest in Latvia. The car costs about $200,000   read more

Saturday at San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum a Yo-Yo Championship took place. Some 100 yo-yoers participated attempted to spin their way into the U.S. National Yo-Yo Contest, which takes place in October in Chico, Calif.Here are the photos from the Championship   read more

Following the new Transformers Movie released earlier this year, the toy figures could be the biggest thing for Christmas 2007. Hasbo has brought out a brand new range of Transformers Toys, most of which will transform from their robot form into a vehicle.The video below combines clips from the film with shots of the toys for the main Autobot characters. My favourite has to be the Ultimate Bumblebee, which looks stunning. It's not cheap though, as it retails for around $100! Don't let your toddler or dog chew on this one!   read more