An Iranian blogger has been arrested on unspecified charges, reportedly because of interviews with the press on his website. Fellow bloggers are now joining forces to get him free.



posted by Cara at 5:40 AM

After years of ridicule and ruin, Internet stocks are seducing investors again. The big question: a dot-com comeback? Or another investment bubble?



posted by Cara at 5:11 AM

Elvis Costello is getting married to Diana Krall. Costello was married for 16 years to ex-Pogues member Cait O'Riordan. Last november, they announced they were splitting up. Krall is a Canadian jazz singer.



posted by Cara at 5:02 AM

Garlic breath? Maybe not such a bad thing after all. But if you're in Indiana, USA, you can not enter a movie house or a theatre, or ride a public streetcar within 4 hours of eating garlic. That is actually a law there...



posted by Cara at 12:03 PM

Britain's beaches are getting cleaner. For the first time in the 16-year history of the Good Beach Guide more than half the country's bathing waters are "recommended".



posted by Cara at 8:30 AM

Next week, Japan's DoCoMo hits the market. The DoCoMo is an i-mode phone that comes as a wristwatch. The price of this thing? About $310.
If you know Japanese, then click on the phone/watch to visit the DoCoMo site. If not, click below for more information.



posted by Cara at 8:20 AM

Headline of the week:



posted by Cara at 1:23 PM

Do you happen to be a tad autistic? Fear not, so were Einstein and Newton!



posted by Cara at 12:39 PM

Do you happen to look like Saddam Hussein? Then there may be a part waiting for you in an upcoming West End play!



posted by Cara at 12:31 PM

India's Supreme Court has allowed a woman to divorce her husband on the grounds of being constantly nagged and taunted by him. If this is a precedent, then I think zillions of partners will be suing each other shortly all over the world...



posted by Cara at 11:20 AM

Now I know where these unionists on strike get their inspiration!



posted by Cara at 10:59 AM

John Malkovich, the Prince of Cool (only topped by the King, Jack Nicholson), now makes his debut as a movie director with The Dancer Upstairs.
The Dancer Upstairs, a romantic political thriller based on Nicholas Shakespeare's 1997 novel, stars Javier Bardem as a married detective who falls in love with his daughter's dance teacher while searching for the leaders of a violent uprising in an unspecified Latin American country.
The story is inspired by a 12-year campaign of car bombings, political assassinations and massacres in Peru by a Maoist group known as the Shining Path, which ended with a series of arrests in 1992.



posted by Cara at 10:51 AM

On a side-note: what do you think about this blog? Is it too much? Too little? Too frequent? Any suggestions, comments? Feel free to drop me a line. Thanks.

posted by Cara at 10:27 AM

If you don't want your songs to be spread illegally through services such as KaZaA, it is basically NOT a good idea to spread bogus songs that contain nothing more than yourself cursing at the would-be illegal copiers. Anyone who downloaded the decoy songs from Madonna's new album got to hear her say "What the f--- do you think you're doing". This intimidation style might work in a kindergarten, but not on Internet. So someone hacked her website and put some of the new songs on line as downloadable files. Which is nice.
However, Madonna's now-infamous phrase is currently turning up in dozens of remixes and collages. Or when a fart becomes art.



posted by Cara at 8:00 AM

Need some new shoes? There is a pair of ruby-encrusted sandals on sale now at Harrods! Price? 1 million pounds. Too much? Well, the sandals do come with 642 round and oval rubies totalling more than 120 carats. The maker says he was inspired by the ruby slippers worn by Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. And, most importantly, part of the sale will be donated to children's charities. So what are you waiting for?



posted by Cara at 6:58 AM

Vietnam's success at curbing the spread of the deadly severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is fueling optimism among international health experts that the latest killer disease can be put under control.
Vietnam has shown that the SARS outbreak can be contained by "detection and protection".



posted by Cara at 6:45 AM

A little riddle: what has a biological clock, can sense the time of day, react to blue and red light and is able to defend itself against invading viruses?
- Bread mould!



posted by Cara at 1:02 PM

A telethon on Saudi state television has raised about 43.3 million Saudi riyals ($11.5 m) in aid donations to Iraq.
"Our aid for the afflicted in the world is not for earthly purposes or publicity objectives," Prince Nayef said during a live phone-in at Saudi television.
"Such aid is guided by our Islamic principles and authentic values."



posted by Cara at 12:52 PM

Finally... : GlaxoSmithKline, the biggest manufacturer of Aids drugs in the world, has halved the price of its leading Aids drug in poor countries.



posted by Cara at 7:52 AM

Some free time at hand? Why not sit down and write a book. A children's book maybe? It might be worth your while.



posted by Cara at 1:48 PM

Good news (for George Clooney, Russell Crowe and Mel Gibson - bad news for Michael Jackson, the Pope and myself):



posted by Cara at 1:32 PM

Marvelous idea! A new reality show is coming up. But don't worry. It will be lots better than the likes of Big Brother, Temptation Island and all that crap. Celebrities are to be put behind bars in... Alcatraz (or some place similar)! The name of the show: Celebrity Alcatraz.
The programme is described as an "extreme reality TV show in which stars are sent to live under harsh prison conditions in the grimmest, toughest jail on earth".
The spokesman added: "The only way the celebrities get out is if viewers vote to release them."
Yummy!!



posted by Cara at 1:27 PM