What can you do with $399 and a tube of saliva? NO I wasn’t thinking that…think more like discovering about you through having your DNA analysed.

Here’s what you do. Order a kit from the online store at: https://www.23andme.com/store/. When it arrives, spit into the test tube and mail it back to the lab. At the labs, your spittle will be analysed and in about 6-8 weeks you can log into your 23 and Me account and check out what it says about your genome.

From their website, the tests are 99.9% accurate.

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Did you know Tasmanian Devils can open their mouths up to 120 degrees!

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Designed by Pritzker Prize winner I.M. Pei, the new Museum of Islamic Art in Doha looks simply stunning. Around about 376,740 square feet, it was officially opened on the 1st December 2008 in the Doha Bay of the Arabian Gulf. The museum will house Islamic art artefacts of exceptional depth and beauty from the 7th to the 9th Century.  

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On November 3, a student from Greenwich High School (could be the future Scorsese) wrote directly to Steve Jobs explaining that he wanted to purchase Final Cut Studio Pro but was lacking in the funds to do so. And 2 weeks later, his xmas came early as he received straight from Cupertino exactly what he asked for…free of charge.

Included is the letter written to Steve.

Don’t you feel all fuzzy and warm towards Steve Jobs now!

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Today it's all about big, bigger, biggest. From houses, cars, electronics, buildings, certain body parts (*ahem*) and the list goes on and on.

Sunforce jumps right on the bandwagon by introducing their mega bright torch light. Looking at it and its 35 watt HID bulb and 12 Volt 7Ah battery, it has the brightness capacity of 40 million candles. Which means that when the zombie apocalypse comes, we'll be able to see what we're shooting in the dead of night. It also has a function for emergency signal lights!

Yeah so now calling it a torch light seems a little silly. I think portable flood light would be more appropriate. But then again, from the specifications found on their website (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=200361824&R=200361824), I don't think the product is that portable. And as expected for the amount of light it emits, the battery will only last for 40 minutes. But the good thing (perhaps) is that it can be recharged via ac of dc power.

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What do Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Sheen, Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas, Crispin Glover, Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman have in common? Well, they will all be starring in the new Tim Burton movie Alice In Wonderland. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014759/)

By the by, apparently Lindsay Lohan was supposed to play the leading role but lost out to Australian actress Mia Wasikowska for some apparent reason.

Slated to be released in picture houses on March 5, 2010, the film is rumoured to be visually stunning employing live action footage, CGI and performance capture imagery.

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A splendid little page on love and all the emotions attached to it. “…I Love You But…” is the kind of thing that probably everyone has had some experience with.

A joint project by Alex Holder and Ross Neil. Check it out: http://www.loveyoubut.com/

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My father was looking around for a set of portable IPod speakers which were also affordable.

It just so happened that I stumbled across this article about the CupSpeakers created by Dmitry Zagga. I just love its simplistic feel and the fact that there is no electronics involved in the whole set up. Pretty cool, isn’t it.

The system features your humble paper cup, some toothpicks and a set of IPod earphones. The earphones go through the base of the cup which is horizontal (see picture).  You may be asking, “…but how…” Of course the sound won’t be comparable to ‘proper’ speakers but Zagga claims that the sound increase is measurable. Must be due to the shape of the paper cups.

Anyone having some free time and extra paper cups should try this one out.

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