Offbeat snippets from other sources…
Amazing – Bette Calma, 83-yr-old yoga instructor (pic) and still going strong [Dailymail]
China – Probably world’s new tallest man [BBC]
Cool – Espresso Book Machine launches in London, can print any of 500,000 titles in minutes [Guardian & Youtube]
Everest – World’s highest cricket game [Tobeasian]
Norway tests laptop exam scheme; secondary students are given a laptop by the government (wow!) when they turn 16 for schoolwork [BBC]
UK – 400-year-old mummified cat found in the walls of a house [Telegraph]
Who? College student Moot voted the world’s most influential person [Times]
Yahoo to close its web hosting site GeoCities [BBC]… which btw, was the first place I learned about building a website in the 90s. So, it’s thanks and goodbye.
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