Please excuse my sanctimonious acridity, but who didn’t see this coming? The social networking and 140-character display of exhibitionism and self-aggrandisement (I’m guilty as charged), Twitter has taken this year’s top word from the Global Language Monitor. The annual survey of the English language saw that ‘Twitter’, follwed by ‘Obama’, ‘H1N1′, ’stimulus’ and ‘vampire’ were the most popular [...]

At a recent wedding, the groom,  Dana Hanna surprised his new bride, Tracy Page and the entire congregation by updating his relationship status on Facebook and tweeting about his nuptials on Twitter a second after being pronounced husband and wife. Standing at the altar with @TracyPage where just a second ago, she became my wife! Gotta go, time [...]

We all know I’m a bandit for a good stationery (among other things), but this little number tickled my fancy this morning. From present & correct, this giant button card is made from embossed recycled card and is best for telling someone you think they’re cute, and according to their website, “not recommended for giant [...]

Oh happy day! Something that combines my favourite pastime—drinking—with my second-favourite pastime—washing down prescription medication with alcohol. Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev of Saint Petersburg Technological University has invented a technique that can turn alcohol into powder to be compressed into pills. This new method is capable of solidifying alcohol renders it dry to carry around in your [...]