Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog (April Fools 2010) An astonishingly timely hotel concept launches today with the opening of the first 7 hotels in the newborn X-Hotels™ chain. This infant in the worldwide hospitality scene is expected to grow fast – there will be 30 X-Hotels open within 6 months and brand-linked cafes and restaurants under the X-Presso™ [...]

Having to buy, invent, dream up & magically conjure up gifts for Roger, I have always been on the lookout for unusual, original gifts. Here’s a list of ideas I have used or saved for future use: A personalized caricature portrait (www.sprattiart.com). This looks amazing & of high quality. It is also very original! Cost: [...]

Christmas snow scene illustration I love Christmas! It is such a wonderful time when most people are in a good mood and kinder than usual to each other. Smiles come easier, little hiccups are dismissed faster, we do more fun things with our friends and family, we play with children. If we are lucky, we [...]

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has announced the winners of the “What is Nano?” video contest held by ACS Nanotation, the Web community site for nanoscience and nanotechnology researchers and enthusiasts. See also: http://www.physorg.com/news158337074.html 1st place: The Nano song The Nano Song from nanomonster on Vimeo. runner-up: Nanotechnology Brings us Delicious New Solar Cells

Re-printed from CreteTravel.com blog The New 5 Star Raft Hotels group launches We are delighted to announce the first of our new hotel brand – “5 Star Raft Elafonisi Crete”. 5 Star Raft will build and float super-luxury wood raft floating hotels. The first is the 5 Star Raft Elafonisi Crete. The new hotel phenomenon [...]

By far the best, our very own  The New 5 Star Raft Hotels group launches on CreteTravel.com (some of my friends “bought” it!) Then Guardian switching to Twitter-only version (!) and Gmail’s Autopilot is just hilarious