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MythBusters Episode 65: "Exploding Lighter" A lighter can explode when put in a laundry dryer. busted A lighter was left in a running laundry dryer but suffered no significant damage and did not explode. According to this web site, a MythBusters episode stated...

Tons of pot found in school bus Tuesday, February 03, 2009 | 7:06 PM LAREDO, TX -- More than 41/2 tons of pot has been found in an abandoned school bus near the U.S.-Mexico border. A Texas Department of Public Safety statement released Tuesday says a state...

It makes me wonder how stupid some people can be when I read stories like this: 911 dispatcher put on hold for drug deal CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police in Cleveland say a man called 911 because he felt he was in danger - then asked the dispatcher to hold on while he made a drug deal. Police Lt...

I thought the fingerprint scanner on my laptop was pretty cool but now we're using veins that carry blood to electronically identify you? I wonder what they'll come up with next. Is my fingerprint not unique enough? Sony unveils vein authentication tech Forget face recognition, retinal...

No, it's not President Obama but his half-brother in Kenya. George Obama NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- All charges against George Obama, half-brother to U.S. President Barack Obama, have been dropped after his arrest in a drug raid, according to police in Kenya. He was released on Saturday...

The Telegraph is reporting that social networking giant Facebook has new plans for generating revenue; offering its 150 million user database as a market research tool to corporations. Starting this spring, companies will be able to selectively target Facebook's members in order to research...

I've taken a couple of the recent requests and put them into action on the forums today, live. Here's what's been happening: - Added page navigation to the top of threads. - Fixed the "quote this" on pms to a proper "reply to this pm". - Minor changes to actual post layout. - I've spent a...

I've retired the Christmas theme until the time comes again to be Christmasy or "festive". Anybody with the Christmas theme still set (it seemed that there were a lot) have reverted back to the default blue background. Remember, you can always change your theme from the top of every forum page...

I've just discovered that in Internet Explorer 7, the "Themes" menu wasn't working. I've identified the problem and IE users are now able to switch their themes. Themes will also soon be selectable via your control panel, but for now it is only available to people who have JavaScript enabled and...

Karrie has made it very clear she wants and infact probably needs a Christmas theme with a Christmas tree in the bottom right corner.. so I've created something which may be construed as 'christmas-y'. Available in the theme menu for a limited time, or until I get around to cleaning up in the...

I've managed to break the polls without even really touching them.. I'll have a fix shortly!

Bell/Rogers/Telus greed kills Twitter updates in Canada Thanks to Canada's mobile carriers and the high costs still associated with sending and receiving text messages, users of "Twitter" effectively no longer able to use service:

By Jasper Copping Last Updated: 2:39PM GMT 29 Nov 2008 Existing technologies require an average current of five or six knots to operate efficiently, while most of the earth's currents are slower than three...

Dec 01, 2008 04:30 AM Marc Kielburger Craig Kielburger Outrageous and solvable. That's how Dr. Jane Philpott sees the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Outrageous...

I saw hermann's status "petitioning to remove 'is'" and it was on my todo list.. Now you're given the option of using "is" or anything else you want.

Canadian Content goes web 2.0+ with ajax powered themes! The forums are powered by vbulletin and unfortunately, designing hundreds of different templates to suit each member was not an option, so I created a workaround I simply call "themes". Perhaps skin would be more suitable, but to each...

November 26, 2008 (Computerworld) Every form of communication, from snail-mail to e-mail, chat and others, is subject to fraud and scams. But social networks like Facebook are subject to new, more dangerous opportunities for fraud. With e-mail and IM spam and Internet scams, the whole...

Initial release changes - New blue layout & logo. In the future will be personalisable. - Page size feature added. javascript - Search box selection. javascript - Recent threads now tabbed into 5 categories. Only one category active right now. - Photo albums have been added. - Added user...

Introducing Canadian Content's new look Closed Beta Version It's been in the works for a while and all suggestions have been taken into consideration, incorporated into the new look or in the process of being added. We'd like to welcome regular members to try it all out and tell us what you...

With the odd exception of easyJet and Air Berlin every now and then, I always fly Star Alliance (Air Canada, Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, etc) and currently at the frequent flyer level of Star Alliance Gold (Air Canada: Super Elite). I'm looking for a low-priced fare at which I'd be able to use...