Reality
Exotic Pets
Need a new tiger or a replacement zebra? Texan Cheryl Morgan knows where you can get one. She’s found animals for zoos, movies and commercials. If she doesn’t have what you need roaming about her ranch, she has a global network of contacts she can call. See what’s she’s got here.
Camping in Vogue
With money a bit tighter than usual people are reassessing their holidays, and more are deciding that camping is not as bad as they thought. CNN have an article about families who are discovering the outdoors together and sales of camping equipment is up. Read more.
Crime Spider – for crime research
Crime Spider is an excellent and comprehensive resource for anyone researching US crime related stories. It has collated all the relevant websites into categories such as forensic antrhopology, missing persons, juvenile crime, serial killers, crime scene photos, domestic violence, behavioural profiling, gang violence, child abuse, unsolved murders and terrorism (among others). Explore the crime scene [...]
Cardstacker
34-yr-old Bryan Berg is the Cardstacker. He builds amazing, intricate houses of cards. In fact, they’re more like card cities. In 1992, aged 17, he broke the Guinness World Record for the World’s Tallest House of Cards when he built a 14 ft 6 in tower. His most recent structure topped 25 ft. He built [...]
Competitours
Bored of sitting on the beach for your vacation? Fancy taking part in a reality TV show but don’t want the exposure? Take a Competitours holiday, which is roughly based on The Amazing Race. Sign up with your team of family and friends and embark on a holiday that is packed with daily challenges. You’ll [...]
Moral Dilemmas
Here are some interesting moral dilemmas to consider over your morning coffee: If a lifeboat is at risk of sinking, is it OK to push some people over the edge to drown in order to save the rest? If a fat man gets stuck in the entrance to a cave, trapping other people inside, and [...]
Pirates 2: Stagnetti’s Revenge – Feature Porn
Stagnetti’s Revenge is a feature length porn film makes heavy use of CGI and Pirates of the Caribbean… watch the trailer, and wonder at the expense (and poor acting):
Directory of Forensic Examiners
The American College of Forensic Examiners is a professional organization for forensic examiners worldwide, aiming to advance the profession and increase education. It has a useful ‘Find a Forensic Examiner’ section if you are looking for an expert. As an aside – there are forensic nurses in the directory. Now, in nursing school they never [...]
Outstanding in the Field – Outdoor Dining
Outstanding in the Field is a restaurant without walls and without a place. For ten years they’ve wandered around hosting dinners for 100+ people seated at long tables in the open air. He sources food from local food artisans, who also a join the diners for dinner. Owner Jim Denevan wants to reconnect people to [...]
Scary Ideas
You might want to think twice before you get into a lift like this. The Freefall Elevator has what appears to be a glass floor that gives people the feeling of being in free-fall. It was designed as an advert for a Swiss sky diving company. Another ad for a zoo had the tagline “Come [...]
