Five days underwater in a shopping mall swimming pool were enough to get Namik Ekin mentioned in a newspaper (and mentioned here). The May 15, 2005 issue of Turks reports that: A former Turkish marine stayed underwater for 121 hours and 35 minutes, breaking a world record, on Sunday. Namik Ekin, a former Turkish marine, […]
The Mirror Project
The Mirror Project is "a growing community of like-minded individuals who have photographed themselves in all manner of reflective surfaces."
The Dead Grandmother / Exam Syndrome
The dead grandmother exam / syndrome is — or rather, should be — in the news. British students, teachers and parents are upset about the official policy concerning what happens when a student’s relative or pet has died just before the student takes an exam. The BBC produced a news story about this on May […]
The still further blossoming of Troy
Investigative reporter Phil Novak send us further details (with photos) about the newest hard-to-believe exploits of Troy Hurtubise. (Full details of these details (with detailed photos) are in the May 12, 2005 edition of Novak’s publication, Baytoday.ca): The invention, Hurtubise said, was able to see through walls, detect stealth technology and disable electronics. But there […]