February 2008
11 posts
Italy's highest appeals court has ruled it is a... →
WatchHow people around the world count cash
Kimchi Goes to Space →
Koreans say they must eat kimchi wherever they are. When South Korea dispatched troops to the Vietnam War in the 1960s, tearful mothers sent off their sons with clay pots containing homemade kimchi.
Saudis clamp down on valentines →
Religious police in Saudi Arabia are banning the sale of Valentine’s Day gifts including red roses, a local newspaper has reported.
Alison →
A life story told in pictures.
Frozen Grand Central by Improv Everywhere →
207 pranksters stand still for 5 minutes in New York’s Grand Central Station (via BB)
Killing of glamor model-bodyguard stuns Moscow →
Third undersea Internet cable cut in Mideast →
FLAG Telecom is expecting repairs on their Europe-Asia cable to be completed by February 12. — My ISP, LINKdotNET, routes almost all traffic through that cable. It’s gonna be slow internet till then :(
