•Beer Through the Years
No one really knows exactly how the first beer came into being ...
Suffice it to say that, around 10,000 years ago, somebody let a primordial barley and hop concoction stand long enough for it to ferment. The result not only made anonymous history, it was the genesis of beer's own special influence throughout the ages.
Here are a few examples of note:
It was the accepted practice in Babylonia, as early as 4000 years ago, that for a month after a wedding, the bride's father would supply...
•DXCafés: The New E-conomy Is Coming
It seems they've been busy on the isle of Vanuatu ...
That's where a company called Global Digital Transfers Inc ('GDT') placed their headquarters for DXinOne, the e-currency exchange system that is the main topic on Longer Life's Opportunity page.
Since I last looked at the DXiO website, I've seen a number of new developments there, featuring services from travel to advertising with earnings and payments tendered by their unique coin of the cyber-realm, the digot. It's becoming quite...
•Gnash of the Titans
The Winter Olympics and America seem only to be fair weather friends ...
Underwhelming television ratings for the recently completed games in Turin indicate that the USA is only inclined to watch when their athletes are winning. Specifically, they watch when they expect to see certain athletes winning. Those would be the athletes who have been heavily hyped in the run-up to the Games.
Two examples of this point are skater Nancy Kwan and skiier Bode Miller. Both are definitely capable of...
•Katrina Cash Crisis Continues
The need to continue giving aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina must remain a priority ...
It's now months after the American Gulf Coast was devastated. Billions have been spent in relief, but billions more are needed. Such is the scope of a storm that ranks among the most severe in modern North American history.
To this day, residents' lives are still wrecked. Vital services are still wanting. Homes and businesses remain unrepaired. The effort to do so is not lacking; far from it....
•Modern Wonders
Apparently, it's time to turn the page on the original Seven Wonders of the World ...
Since only one of them is left standing, and since most people can't remember what the rest of them are, anyway, this is a good idea for someone who has too much time on their hands and the ability to raise money.
In this instance, that would narrow the candidates down to one Bernard Weber. He's a Swiss idealist who is behind the New 7 Wonders Foundation, which he founded in 2000.
Weber's motivation...
•The World's Coolest FranchIce
Samuel Johnson said it almost 300 years ago, and I still believe it today ...
"If you're tired of London, you're tired of life."
I enjoy many locations around the world, but none so much as London. It's the center of civilization, as far as I'm concerned. If something is 'happening' there, then it's worth taking note.
That's why I was quite impressed to see the IceBar had set up shop on Heddon Street.
You don't need to have a taste for vodka in all its forms, but it helps. That's...
•Top of the Pops Before Hitting the Shops
It was only a matter of time before cyberspace prevailed in the music industry ...
'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley made history by becoming the Number One song in the United Kingdom's singles charts without one CD being available in stores. Over 31,000 legal downloads were compiled after the song was featured on BBC's Radio One.
Among other things, that would rank the song right up there as the ultimate impulse buy.
To be accurate, 'Crazy' won this distinction because of a recent amendment...
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