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Own your own private island!

“I want to establish my own country. Is there any unclaimed land?” ~ Paul, San Francisco, California

“Sadly, every bit of land is claimed, but don’t let this ruin your dream of being Grand Poobah. For anywhere from the low six figures to the tens of millions, you can purchase your own private island and start from scratch. After you’ve got the island’s facilities (electricity, safe drinking water, etc.) squared away, you’re ready to build your nation. But remember, your island will still be under the jurisdiction of the country it belongs to and subject to its laws. One man, Las Vegas millionaire Michael Olivier, learned that the hard way.” ~ Ask Yahoo

iAfrica.com: According to John Greer of Unusual Villas & Island Rentals you don’t have to be Ted Turner to own your own sand spit. Not all the islands are reserved for the rich and famous. Apparently if you’re a serious island buyer, then Bahamas is the place to pick. It has zero income tax and is a democratic and stable member of the Commonwealth.

Vladi Private Islands of Hamburg, has sold more than 600 islands over the last 25 years and has thousands of private islands to buy or rent on their database.

My favourite island website is Private Islands Online.

Here are some more affordable islands I loved:

• Castle Island, Scotland – €490,000
Castle Island, rising dramatically out of the centre of Lough Kee, a three mile wide circular lake at the centre of the 350 hectare Lough Kee national forest park, presents a dream opportunity to possess your very own Celtic fairy tale. Once sought as the ideal mystic getaway by WB Yeats, this ruinous three storey 19th century castle extends to 4,000 sq.ft.

• Isla Aguja, Panama – $395,000€
A beautiful TITLED 7 hectares or 17 acre island covered in Rainforest, located in the Archipelago de Las Perlas

• American Island, West Canada – CAD 84,900
This fully treed island is quite flat, has beaches all round and two nice bays.

***SITE UPDATE ***
The sidebar has been updated with a brand new “recommended” list. Stuffed with blogs I love and visit regularly (in alphabetical order). Have a look – you might find your new favourite there.

Diego Garcia: The Secret Files That Reveal How A Nation Was Deported
“Three forgotten, grainy films shot more than 40 years ago reveal the evidence of a crime committed by British governments against some of its most vulnerable citizens. What they tell is a shocking, almost incredible story in which the Blair Government has played a major part…”

The Alternative Energy Institute
AIE is a non-profit educational organization deeply committed to raising public awareness and generating a healthy concern for the limitations and consequences of burning fossil fuels.

AEI is also working diligently to harness the hidden potential of the American farming community through expanded development and use of bio-diesel and ethanol based fuels.

INBOX: I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdenieg!

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt!

The Hutchinson Effect
Canadian born Inventor John Hutchison claims to have levitated objects, caused solid objects to slide freely into one another, and seems to have discovered a method for producing unique batteries using common minerals.

Free energy batteries
He suggests that his innovative batteries are “basically the secret to the energy crisis, using ordinary non-toxic materials that will interface with zero-point energy.” The batteries are developed by his so-called “shake and bake” method, in which Hutchison mixes materials and shakes and bakes them into a composition whose crystalline lattices are thought to grab zero-point energy. His cells are “cheap to make and basically derived from nature’s own minerals with no poisons or toxins.” By setting up a series of his inexpensive cylindrical batteries working in harmony, Hutchison claims that in theory, the power system could generate up to 110 to 130 volts and apparently work forever. He does caution that tapping too much zero-point energy can be dangerous and that precautions should be taken. He warns, “If you draw too much from the electro-magnetic jitter of zero point energy, you’ll get a minor meltdown. I’ve had to clean this area up once because of this.”

• John Hutchinson’s Official Website (recently designed by Richard Harris)

• More info and pictures

Still in its testing phase, LiTraCon© is a light-conducting concrete stone block.

Think of the applications! What a great idea. I hope they can come up with greener version.

Rich has started a new South African flavoured blog at joblog.co.za.
Cute name, great content!

The International version is at helloworldblog.com. They’ll crack you up!

Mighty Goods is a shopping weblog.
Mighty Girl and Douglas Bowman of StopDesign look for things they really like, and then put them there, right where you can find them.

“Buddhist Extremists” - off Paperfrog.com

The Guardian interviews Eddie Izzard. The British actor/comedian says one of his primary dislikes is extremists — religious extremists, in particular.

When asked what a Buddhist extremist might be like, Izzard answered: “Really calm.”

For a chance to win Eddie Izzard’s DVD box set, visit his site.