Google Earth controversy

I felt this was quite a strange, but fascinating story. Google has included some historical Japanese maps in their Google Earth service and there are calls for these maps to be taken down:
The maps date back to the country’s feudal era, when shoguns ruled and a strict caste system was in place. At the bottom [...]

The Afghan national cricket team

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 13:01 | Category : Crumbs, Uncategorized
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Taekwondo has really kicked off in Afghanistan (they got their first Olympic medal in Beijing in 2008). But there’s another sport that is developing rapidly in Afghanistan and it’s cricket. Here’s the story of a British-Afghan match held in Kabul, it’s really sweet :)

Some practical mobile phone tips

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 11:37 | Category : Computer Stuff, Crumbs
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I really liked this article. Sixteen practical tips on mobile phone use.

Hana’s Story - the struggles of North Korean defectors

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 11:29 | Category : Crumbs, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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This is a really good news report about Hana and her new life in South Korea.

Are sex strikes becoming popular?

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 0:34 | Category : Crumbs, Curiosities, Politics, Human Rights & Other Serious Stuff
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The first time I heard about women striking by withholding sex from their men was a couple of months ago. In Kenya things seem to have gone further.
The women in Kenya are worried that the political situation in the country has become so tense that it may have violent consequences - like it did two [...]

Oral sex between two men is not enough to scare off American distributors after all ;)

You may remember I wrote about how I love you Philip Morris (the Jim Carrey-Ewan McGregor romance) was having problems securing a distribution deal in the US because of a sex scene that was described as graphic (which probably meant oral rather than graphic ;)). It seems to have finally secured a distribution deal in [...]