The Ashes

Do you have a pool in your backyard?  If so, you are not alone.  Throughout the United States, pools can be found in many backyards. When it comes to purchasing a pool, you have two main options. You can either purchase an in-ground pool or an aboveground pool.  While many of these pools may seem [...]

Two students at Cornell University built a machine that determines how bad a fart smells.  The two students Robert Clain and Miguel Salas assembled the fart detector after learning how breathalyzers work.  The fart detector was built using a hydrogen sulfide monitor, a thermometer, and a microphone. If the machine noticed a slight perturbance in [...]

Next month the movie The Social Network will star production and it was previously rumored that Michael Cera or Shia LaBeouf would be starring in the movie.  The Social Network movie will be based on the founding up until the current state of Facebook. Now two more names have been thrown into the movie rumor [...]

There are golf etiquette tips that every golfer should know and every golfer should follow.  It has been said that golf etiquette and manners are the lubricant that makes society flow smoothly and that is even truer on the golf course. While golf is a wonderful game many people take the game quite seriously and [...]

AllTel announced earlier this week that they will be selling the HTC Snap.  AllTel joins T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon (AllTel’s parent company) who have been selling the device for a little while now.  The cost of the HTC Snap on AllTel is $79.99 with a one year contract and $70 mail in rebate. The Snap [...]

Not all of us can afford a brand new 2007 ATV with all the bells and whistles. As with cars or motorcycles or any large vehicle for recreation or pleasure, we sometimes have to start out with buying second hand. Of course there’s nothing wrong with purchasing a used car, bike or used ATV. If [...]

When it comes to flowers for the garden, annuals and perennials are the two largest families. Plants designated as annuals are those that grow from seed, blossom, set seed and die within a single season. Perennials are the best for gardening Perennials, on the other hand, have the ability to return to life season after [...]

From the most famous zoonotic disease—the Plague—to the most recent (Bird Flu), diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans have been a source of concern for hundreds of years. Known as zoonotic diseases, many potential illnesses still exist today. The most common zoonotic diseases are rabies, ringworm, and Lyme disease. Some of the [...]

  Shildon in County Durham has been labelled an internet crime hotspot with a higher percentage of fraudulent purchases than anywhere else in the UK. Last year, 24% of all internet purchases there were made using stolen credit card details, according to security company The Third Man. Durham Police say investigations are being hampered because [...]

Digging trenches is one of the oldest types of work with both construction and excavating.  Prior to World War 2, these were dug by hand. As workers dug these deeper, the sides needed to be shored or supported, to keep the walls of this from caving in. Following the World War, several innovations were made [...]