A mysterious bulge on the surface of the earth that covers about 100 square miles seems to be growing.
The bulge is centered about 3 miles from the South Sister, 25 miles from Bend, Oregon, and is rising about 1.4 inches a year since about 1997. According to the likely cause is a pool of magma, and could signal a new volcano in the making. Read more about the Oregon Bulge.
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are house hunting in Charlottesville, Virginia. They're expecting a new baby in November and have been looking for a rural retreat recently.
Canon introduced some new Mini-DV camcorders recently, with a number of advanced video and photo features, including true two-in-one video and advanced photo features, as well as video viewing on wide screen TV and printing photos at home.
Geared toward beginners and hobbyists, the new 2.2 megapixel Canon Optura 50 and the Canon Optura 60 can capture quality video and photos using the high resolution 16:9 widescreen video recording mode and the same advanced photo features found on Canon's digital cameras.
Both of these new camcorder feature Canon's exclusive DV Photo Plus system, a combination of features and technology that allows users to achieve high quality video and high resolution photos.
With widescreen televisions growing ever more popular, Canon has responded with a high-resolution 16:9 Widescreen video recording mode found on both the Optura 50 and Optura 60 camcorders. You can capture high-resolution 16:9 home videos with up to 33 percent more picture than standard video and play-back on a widescreen television.
According to Canon, the new Optura 50 and Optura 60 Mini-DV camcorders represent the strongest two in one product Canon has ever offered. The new Optura series includes a 2.2 megapixel CCD with an RGB primary color filter for color reproduction that contends with three CCD camcorders.
Just because you have a boring-looking scooter doesn't mean you have to slink through the streets, or only scoot at night. It just means you have to accessorize! You can start with one of these hand-crafted scooter seatcovers made by Crystal Waters to spice up your ride. There are dozens of different styles to choose from, so if you're not into Zebra, try the Leopard.
Britney Spears may not always appear to be a fashion diva—she is often photographed in clothes that look like dish rags—but her baby will definitely be fashionable.
The SF Gate's Daily Dish reports that Britney's soon-to-arrive baby will have a personal wardrobe designed by the one and only Donatella Versace. Not only will the Spears-Federline baby be well dressed, but the exclusive wardrobe will be designed for free.
Britney has good pal Madonna to thank for the helping hand in this fashion deal. Look out Hollywood, a fashionable baby is coming to town this month.
See the story at Daily Dish.
Although Britney's baby will be fashionable, you do not need to be Britney Spears to have a fashionable baby. Baby fashions are sweeping the nation. The shoes that every baby has these days are Robeez Baby Shoes, so don't be caught without them. They are soft leather shoes that feature only the cutest designs. For the upcoming fall and winter seasons, check out the new Booties by Robeez.
From about World War I through the mid 1920's under the reign of Emperor Taisho in Japan, there was an evolution of a new culture in Japanese society.
The American Roaring Twenties reached Japan, and the Jazz music and styles mixed—and clashed—with the traditional Japanese values of tranquility and harmony.
These styles were reflected in the Taisho artwork of the period, which focused in large part on the "modern girl" (modan gaaru or moga), whose styles were equivalent to the flappers of the Western world. The art of this period evokes a stunning mood and fascinating mix of cultures.
You can view the artwork at Taisho Chic: Japanese Modernity, Nostalgia and Deco at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive from September 14, 2005 - December 23, 2005.
The newest addition to the infamous line of Apple iPods is the iPod Nano. The new iPod Nano, which will replace the iPod Mini, weighs only 1.5 ounces and uses flash memory instead of a bulky hard drive. This switch to flash memory is what makes the Nano's ultra thin design possible.
The iPod Nano comes in black or white and in two sizes: the 4GB holds about 1,000 songs and the 2GB holds 500 songs. They cost $249 and $199, respectively. The Nano also features a color LCD screen that can display photos and album art.
Buying Information: 4 GB iPod Nano (white) or 4 GB iPod Nano (black).
In the face of a lost city, the question is being asked, "Should New Orleans rebuild?" An opinion piece in the Charlotte Observer suggests that New Orleans may have reached its time to abondon itself to the water—to Atlantisize.
If the city is to be rebuilt from the ground up, it should be done so to accomodate the natural waters. Instead of Atlantis, it could be the Venice of the South. With its historical significance, New Orleans won't die. Economic investment can determine how great the New Orleans city can be.
The much anticipated iTunes enabled cell phone is finally here. The Motorola ROKR is the next best thing to an iPod and can hold up to 100 songs. The handy iTunes interface lets you scroll through your playlists, select a song and play it. You can even shuffle songs right from the main menu. Putting your music on the ROKR is as easy as syncing to iTunes. Just connect the ROKR to your Mac or PC, then choose the songs you want to sync.
Buying Information: Motorola ROKR E1 iTunes Phone (Cingular)
As exciting as this announement is, the phone is currently only available to Cingular wireless customers, and the phone does come with a pretty price tag of $249.99. Some poeple have noted that the phone is a little too bulky and lacks a signature Apple design. The iPod nano might be a more exciting purchase.
When you think of wine regions, Mexico is not the first to pop into mind. Mexico has traditionally been known for their hot tequilas and cold beers. But some Mexican regions are beginning to return to their original "New World" roots in wine making.
Many cities are beefing up laws to fight graffiti. In San Francisco, California for example, property owners are now given 30 days to clean up graffiti on their properties, or face paying the city to do it for them. Inevitably the question will come up, when does graffiti become art?
Thanks to ubiquitous mobile phone cams, the New York Police (NYPD) Yellow Cab Cops have been documented. Turns out that there are Yellow Cabs driving around New York City that aren't actually cabs, but are NYPD undercover.
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BBC News recently reported that Earth and Titan are actually quite similar. Activities such as rain, wind, volcanoes and earthquakes take place on Titan as well as Earth.
While the Hurricane Katrina disaster was unfolding, tens of thousands of artists and revellers gathered, unaware, in the Nevada desert for the annual Burning Man event.
This week Cool Hunting is featuring a classic version of the memory card game...their version is called "Pair-o-deez".
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Director Ang Lee's newest film Brokeback Mountain was awarded the Golden Lion award at the at the Venice Film Festival.
If you are a fan of Harry Potter and digital audio, then you will be excited to learn about the new Harry Potter collector's iPod from Apple Computers.
Scientists working at the Joint Genome Institute are looking for alternative fuel sources, and their current focus is on termites, and more specifically termite guts. Yes that is correct, termite guts may hold a very special ingredient that may make clean hydrogen fuel production possible.
This is not an ad for Sprite, but it is an endorsement for a hot product: Google Search, with it's mobile phone capabilities. And the anecdote of the Amazing Google comes from Google itself.
Forging into product endorsements at full tilt, Hilary Duff now has her face—and music—emblazoned on a new mobile phone. And if any phone is targeted directly at the lucrative teenage girl market, this one's it.
If you want to learn more about the concept of internet search and the rise of Google as a business technology, you should read this new book "The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture", by John Battelle.
Not only has Apple started shrinking down their products with the recent release of the new iPod Nano (white iPod Nano, or blackiPod Nano), but Nintendo also has a tiny surprise for consumers.
Yes, it is true! Horizontal corduroy pants are here and they are only available online. Linland's of San Francisco has taken the classic vertical corduroy fabric and given it a 90 degree spin, thus creating a new fashion—Cordarounds.
Following the numerous scandals on Wall Street and increasing distrust of our financial institutions, there's a growing criticism around the role of the Federal Reserve in the U.S. economy. And few topics will get the debate club juices flowing like asking the question, "Who Owns the Federal Reserve?"
FULL STORY »The most common methods of transferring files over the Internet are through a browser using "http" and through an ftp client. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer application, where files are accessed directly from one computer to another, without the intervening use of an official server. Some examples of commercial peer-to-peer software are programs such as Kazaa and Gnutella.
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This week's issue of Star Magazine reveals that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may soon be married.
Energy Trends: Due to Gulf supply shortages, natural gas prices are expected to rise 40% over the next few months on the West coast, and up to 70% in the Midwest. Watch out for the Winter when demands rise.
FULL STORY »The baby has arrived! Britney Spears checked into a Los Angeles hospital Wednesday morning. She gave birth to her baby boy later that afternoon by C-section. This is Britney's first baby, but it is already baby number three for husband Kevin Federline.
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Candace Bushnell is well known as the author of Sex and the City, a novel that focuses on the sex lives of four single New York women in their thirties.
Pepsi Fire and Pepsi Ice were introduced recently in Asian countries such as Singapore (see photo), and Mexico. Fans have reported being barred from bringing the products in to the United States, but some die-hards sneak the new hot fire and cold ice drinks across the border.
U.K. tabloid, the Daily Mirror reports about exclusive undercover Mirror photographs and video showing Kate Moss purportedly snorting cocaine at an all night party with pals in London, including companion Pete Doherty of Babyshambles.
Crumpler bags are hotter than Paris Hilton. OK, I said it. And by now, isn't Paris a bit yesterday? Crumpler offers bags for a variety of uses—from messenger bags, camera bags and laptop bags, to smalle bags for your other e-devices: iPods, mobile phones, what have you.
Country music star Kenny Chesney and his wife of 4 months, Renee Zellweger are seeking an annulment of their marriage. Zellweger has claimed "fraud" in filed paperwork, and according to various sources, it is because she wants children, and Chesney does not.
Postsecret.com is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. The secrets are displayed on the website, and reading through them is a fun and wonderful distraction.
The FBI is gearing up to fight pornography, and they're looking for a few good men (or women) for the new anti-obscenity squad.
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Memoirs of a Geisha, the best-selling novel by Arthur Golden, will finally grace the big screen this Winter. Geisha is the story of Nitta Sayuri, who is sold to a geisha house at the age of 9. She goes through training to become a geisha, and lives her life as one. Ziyi Zhang, of House of Flying Daggers and Hero, plays the starring role as Nitta Sayuri.
The drama unfolded over a couple of hours Wednesday evening when a Jet Blue airplane pilot discovered on takeoff that the plane's front wheel was damaged and stuck in a sideways position.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning that an epidemic of bird flu (or avian flu) could very well sweep the globe in the near future. Alarmist reports have also begun to surface in major news media, such as the recent sobering report about the United States' poor preparedness on ABC's PrimeTime.
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G-Star Raw Denim is expanding in its home market of the Netherlands but also internationally.
During a press conference about hurricane Katrina, when things got a little too hot for New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, General Honore stepped in to take the microphone. As reporters continued to ask questions about the previous hurricane, Rita, General Honore interrupted: "You're asking last storm questions for people who are concerned about the future storm. Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters. We're moving forward."
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Diapees & Wipees was named as one of the hot new baby products at "Hollywood's Baby Shower" at a recent event in New York City.
The new Nintendo Revolution will not only take home entertainment into another dimension by expanding the definition of video games, but it also will give you access to the great history of gaming.
The German company, BeverageMarketing/Nautilus GmbH recently announced the launch of NicoShot, a beer with a couple of cigarettes worth of nicotine in it. The beverage contains 3 milligrams of naturally derived nicotine alkaloids, and is considered a nicotine replacement product like nicorette gum.
Don Adams, the star of the 1960's hit Spy show, "Get Smart," died at the age of 82 on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California of a lung infection. His hit show, "Get Smart" ran on NBC for several years starting in 1965, and for a year on CBS, for a total of 138 episodes. The show won seven Emmy Awards.
An online coin counter has been created to make it easier for people to exchange their extra coins for cash. If you do not want to make the journey down to your local Coin Star location, this option might be good for you.
Palm, Inc. and Microsoft Corp. yesterday announced the new Treo smartphone. The Treo 700w is a new device for mobile professionals and businesses. Palm has licensed the Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system for an expanded line of Treo smartphones, the first of which will be available on the Verizon Wireless' network.
More stringent requirements to declare bankruptcy go into effect starting October 17, 2005. Passed by Congress and the House in the Spring of 2005, these new laws, supported by the credit card industry, will make it more difficult for people to file for bankruptcy, and require stricter repayment plans for those who file.
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Japanese zoologists have photographed and filmed a live giant squid, one of the strangest and most mysterious creatures in the world.
Donald Trump's third wife Melania Knauss is pregnant with Donald Trump's fifth child. This will be super model Melania's first child at the age of 35. According to sources, the child is due to arrive this spring.
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Madonna's new album Confessions on a Dance Floor, is due to be released November 15, 2005. Confessions will be Madonna's 10th studio album.
While most areas of the country are experiencing housing price appreciation, not all are bubbles, according to Freddie Mac CEO Richard Syron. However, some local markets, especially in higher end real estate, are overpriced, he says, and could be headed for a decline.
