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Witchfest 2005

Pocket-lint: Nintendo is planning on opening 7,500 Wi-Fi locations across the UK for the launch of its Wi-Fi gaming service on 25 November.

Partnering with wireless providers BT Openzone and The Cloud, Nintendo DS gamers will be able to play in McDonald’s restaurants, Coffee Republic coffee houses, Hilton and Ramada Jarvis hotels, Road Chef and Welcome Break service stations, First Great Western railway stations, over 25 student unions and city centre BT Payphones and airports, football stadiums and even the British Library and Canary Wharf for free. Nintendo UK will also be installing BT Openzone Wi-Fi hotspots into major video games retailers and other key outlets across the UK.

Chris Clark, CEO of Converged Mobility Operations, BT said: “We believe the future for Wi-Fi is that people will be able to access the Internet, their corporate networks and their games consoles any time, anywhere using whatever device they have”.

www.hybridsynergydrive.com

Toyota’s HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE is the new type of powertrain that combines the strong attributes of two kinds of power sources: the electric motors and the gas/petrol engine. HYBRID SYNERGY DRIVE delivers world class performances in terms of the fuel efficiency, low emissions, driveability and quietness desired of cars today. They even extensively use of aluminum to replace steel.

Toyota Prius

Toyota Highlander Prius

Toyota Gets Bitten by Environmental Group

BRANDWEEK: “Toyota has been pushing a green image with its Hybrid-Synergy drive ad effort, but the company is now getting heat from a division of Friends of the Earth for opposing emissions standards in California.” more…

House with a Bride

She is asking $600,000 (£343,000) for the house and furnishings and, “When I asked my girlfriends their advice on what I was worth, most responded that I was priceless. ”

“most”?

Four hundred years ago the gunpowder plotters hoped to change the world by blowing up Parliament and killing the king. Had they succeeded, what effect would this have had -

and would today’s UK be any different?

BBC News: The Seabourn Spirit sailing off the coast of Somalia was attacked by pirates firing a rocket-propelled grenade and machine guns.

The 302 passengers and crew, most of them believed to be Americans as well as some Britons, were surprised to find the ship under attack at 5.30 in the morning. The crew took evasive action, repelling the attackers without returning fire, and used an on-board loud acoustic bang to deter the gunmen. (more…)

A Skeptic’s Annotated Bible helps the modern day non-believer feel secure in his knowledge that he’s probably not going to Hell afterall.

“There she was, a grown adult woman without her vampire and without her savings account.”

This site has some pretty disturbing stories, supposedly all true, about (mostly) women who fall for guys pretending to be vampires.

“You know that it’s inevitable, so you might as well give in and resign yourself to approaching middle age in graduate school. …it’s inevitable because deep down it promises to be at least as fulfilling and it is likely to be considerably more fulfilling than alternatives. Any job that focuses on individuals–and I don’t care if it’s being a social worker, an animal-fixer and lover, a lawyer (I speak from experience), or anything else–will in time chew you up and spit you out, a burned out vestige of what all or your dreams and aspirations might have been. The system is just too relentless, the cast of characters too repetitious, to sustain a career where you aspire to do good on an individual level…”

-from This is the Worst Vacation Ever