The 1000 Day Holiday

Been there, done that? Then put on your horse’s head and get ready for a bizarre journey. Jordan Baker reports.

In the new age of travel, tourists will visit the Opera House blindfolded and ski Thredbo in a horse’s head. They’ll choose their destination with the roll of a dice, arrive on a penny farthing then play croquet on a roundabout. Government waiting rooms will become tourist attractions and brides will hitch-hike from Yass to Yemen wearing their wedding dress.

When freewheeling hippies first hit the Asian trail, travel was adventurous. But these days we think nothing of crossing the Nullarbor, cruising the Mekong or trekking in Antarctica. There’s a guide book to every corner of the globe and Intrepid is the name of a tour company. Travel ennui is setting in; we’ve been there, done that and have the stubby cooler to prove it.

So for the jaded traveller there’s a new frontier: experimental travel. It’s based on the theory that while there might not be anywhere new under the sun, there’s always a different way of looking.

The Lonely Planet Guide to Experimental Travel, by Joel Henry and Rachael Antony, introduces travel of the mind. It proposes bizarre experiments to help travellers get more out of new places or look at old ones with fresh eyes.

Adventure Travel Article

A 15-year-old girl has been rescued from the top of a 40-metre crane she scaled while sleepwalking in London, according to reports.

The girl was spotted on the crane’s boom by passers-by, who called police to the building site in Dulwich thinking it was a suicide bid, the South London Press reports.

But the girl, who has not been named, had apparently managed to climb up the crane and walk across a narrow metal beam while fast asleep on Saturday night

A firefighter from the Forest Hill station then climbed the crane to wait with the girl until a specialist crew arrived.

Dangerous Sleepwalking News Article

After a boy in Bangladesh complained of a stomach ache, doctors discovered a fetus in his abdomen. Apparently, the 4.5 pound fetus was 16-year-old Abu Raihan’s undeveloped twin. Physicians at Bangabadnhu Medical University surgically removed it on Saturday. From the BBC News:

“Apart from the head, all other limbs of the baby were developed,” (said Dr. MA Mazid).

The condition is known as “foetus in foeto”, or inclusion twin.

“In this case the foetus of the baby entered into the foetus of the boy and continued to grow like a tumour in the boy’s abdomen,” gynaecology specialists Nurun Nahar said.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Doctors ‘find dead foetus in boy’

Eww!

Its not often there is news coverage of my fellow non sleepers.

Apparently there was also a documentary on sleep walking on the box the other night.

Oh well, not to worry if my Antics at the sleep clinic are any good, ill get it on DVD for all to see

Sleep disorders now as costly as asthma

Darling Harbour Jazz Festival is on again! 11 - 13 June

Cool Game that tests your google search intuition

Guess-the-google

Apparently I’m not alone:

Prepare for generation Y or suffer staff shortages

Organizations keen to retain IT staff better start preparing for Generation Y.

The next generation of workers are more interested in achieving a work/life balance, an environment for which the IT industry isn’t exactly famous.

Andrew Cross, NSW sales and delivery manager for ICT specialist recruiter Diversiti, said retaining Gen-Y employees challenge companies.

Defined as those born between 1980 and 1995, these new workers are less motivated by money than previous generations because their focus is on personal fulfillment.

“They work to live, and they expect to go straight into a role with a lot of responsibility, instead of expecting to first pay their dues and prove their loyalty,” Cross said.
read more: Generation Y

For once the Government of this country is doing something good.

TAX CUTS!

almost $90 a week better off. Hell, Im happy!

No longer will you be able to perform as evolution intended.

No longer will you be able to grab a quick view of a ladies marketing material.

In a glance of even only 15milli seconds it can be detected. How?

A new cellphone has been produced utilising the latest technology of measuring brain response using imaging technology developed in 1970 (MRI)

Utilising this technology the lady does not even have to be looking in your direction, the only requirement being her cellphone having an unobstructed view of your head.

Its life Jim, but not as we know it.
Perve detector technology

Half the world does it, so why can’t we take a mid-afternoon nap when we feel like it?

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You know the feeling. It’s mid-afternoon; you partied hard last night, your screen is moving in and out of focus and you’re so sleepy you risk waking up in a pool of drool with QWERTYUIOP imprinted on your forehead.

You’d kill for a few minutes’ sleep, but instead you reach for your third can of Red Bull or start sticking paperclips in your thighs just to stay awake.

But what’s so wrong about succumbing to that universal urge to grab a quick sleep in the middle of the day?

Nothing at all, according to growing evidence that shows a quick nap is just what you need to shake off that drowsy afternoon deadspot.
Radar:Sleeping on the job

Must say, I would love to be back at a place that has a chill out room/library. Where you can go and ZZZzzZZ