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The Vertiplex VTP200
It looks like Birmingham might be on the verge of gaining a truly great tourist attraction. The VTP 200 ‘Vertiplex’ Tower is described as a ‘Vertical Theme Park’ and frankly, it looks pretty amazing! If the design in the video below is realised, it’s going to be awesome and a major draw for Birmingham. I [...]
AT&T censor Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza…
A webcast of Pearl Jam’s set at the recent Lollapalooza festival was apparently censored by AT&T in order to remove certain lyrics aimed at U.S. President George Bush. This censorship has brought a strong (and justifiable) reaction from the band, which can be read here.
The video below explains a little more why this [...]
Branson gives Sky the finger…
My parents got the following email a couple of days ago. It looks like Virgin Media and Sky aren’t going to get on very well. More background here.
Dear customer,
Let’s face it. Things would be pretty boring if choice didn’t exist. There’d be just one kind of airline to fly with. One type of car [...]
This man deserves a medal!
A plane pilot recently hatched a cunning plan to disable an armed hijacker who tried to take control of his aircraft, in order to seek political asylum.
Even the flight crew and passengers got in on the act, when the pilot cunningly told them what he was going to do.
Read the full story here!
[tags]Canary Islands, Hijacker, [...]
Immi @ The Grammys 2007
this image was originally posted to moblog.co.uk by user James
“Mary Poppins on acid” is how one website described Immi’s outfit that she wore at the Grammys last night! Despite not winning an award (she was nominated for 2), Immi caused a BIG stir on the red carpet with her custom-made outfit which was (in [...]