Drunk Tourist kills shark by jumping on its head.
Should you be drinking more tequilas too?
Debate is out whether this story is actually true, well - as the adage goes- if it's too good to be ridiculous true then it probably isn't, but we'll give it a go...
Tis the Season for Faux-Pas.
As the multitude of holiday parties continue to rage on, ad infinitum, I find myself in a curious position: somewhere between shocked at how far we’ve fallen from social grace and simply not giving a shit....
Report Says Blogging on the Decline; Being Replaced by Facebook, Twitter
A recent infographic report from Pew Internet, which surveyed a sample 2,252 America adults aged 18 and up, suggests that the practice of blogging is quickly declining because Twitter and Facebook are slowly replacing it as...
Google’s Satellite Images Reveal Chinese ‘Ghost Cities’
Satellite images pulled from Google Maps showing empty Chinese 'ghost-cities' surfaced and went viral yesterday, capping months of allegations that there are allegedly over 64 million brand new vacant apartments in China, enough to house...
Beauty & Essex – Very Fine Dining and Pawn Shoppery
Chef and Entrepreneur Chris Santos has made a name for himself as an authority on fine food. Having honed his craft at Wyanoka, Suba and The Stanton Social, Santos has brought his worldly palette back to...
28 Aussie Asylum seekers dead, many more feared dead.
Looking for a better life finding despair instead.
Rescuers are currently battling rough seas in hopes of recovering Indonesian asylum seekers swept to their deaths as their wooden boat smashed against the notorious cliffs off (ironically named) Christmas Island to...
Are you ready to finally dress like a Swiss banker?
Are you ready to turn up to work properly dressed now that you received your 43 page worker dress manual?
First impressions count, especially if you happen to be a retail UBS banker looking to snag your customer's confidence. That...
Scoop at Scope- the highlights, Art Basel Miami 2010.
Ideally the reason to go to Art Basel is for the art shows, not to see David Guetta perform at Mansion or to stay awake till sunrise at parties in the Florida Room beneath the Delano hotel...
On Critics, On Outcry And Dead Horses
Alastair Macaulay’s review of George Balanchine’s Nutcracker catalyzed a furor in recent weeks, over an off-hand remark over Ballerina Jennifer Ringer’s weight. As a result, the internet basically had a hissy-fit.
For those unfamiliar with the term,...
Why did Anne Hatch decide to kill herself?
In the continued media documentation of high profile suicides comes the disturbing case of Anne Hatch.
DailyMailCoUK: A respected family is in mourning today after the 27-year-old daughter of a top lawman committed suicide.
Anne Hatch, whose father Mike was formerly...
50 Sudanese Women Arrested for Protesting a YouTube Video of Laughing Policemen Administering a Public Whipping
50 female protesters were arrested in Sudan on Monday for standing up against the public humiliation of women in response to a YouTube video showing a woman crying for her mother as police officers (one of...
Dick Cheney must pay Nigeria a $250 million fine or go to jail.
Bitter sweet irony.
In what amounts to a ricocheting bribery case, from one entity back to the other- it seems that the Nigerian government, infamous for its very own very special brand of corruption is willing to drop charges of...
The top 10 most beautiful women of NYC.
We picked this up from one of our favorite ‘it’ girls – fashion stylist/visionary Alexa Winner, whom if you remember we recently did a feature on. Talking of which Ms Winner has gone on and done her own feature...
How to kill yourself in public and create a scene: A study in the American myth.
There are many ways to kill yourself if inclined; jumping off bridges because of the stigma associated with one's sexuality, shooting yourself in the head, hanging yourself live on a chat room session whilst being cheered on, being gunned...
Will Americans Have to Rebuild the Internet From Scratch in the Name of Freedom?
Think the internet is a free flowing sphere of space and content? Think again, it’s anything but that…
While WikiLeaks has, at least to date, failed to release any truly earth shattering information (unless you take the properly schizoid...
