Swedish company Flattr has opened up the beta-test version of its social micropayment platform to everyone, the company said in a blog post on Thursday
Until now an invitation was needed to use the service — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Police raiding a drug den in the Italian capital have been confronted by an aggressive albino python which was used to intimidate addicts — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Czech Republic may allow North Korea to repay its debt with ginseng roots — via redwolf.newsvine.com
IT is the name of Scotland’s oldest shopping mall, where generations of couples have sealed their love with diamonds, silver and gold.
Yet an ugly split over who owns the name of the Argyll Arcade has finally been resolved after an expensive legal battle — via redwolf.newsvine.com
US doctors who thought a dark mass on an X-ray was a tumour were surprised to find a pea sprout embedded in the patient’s lung — via redwolf.newsvine.com
An Australian company is offering a watery alternative to cremation or burial, using a process it says ”totally eliminates pollution” — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Nine people have camped out for several blustery winter days to secure a plot at a Melbourne cemetery — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Historic mayoral robes are among thousands of items lost in a massive blaze that destroyed the Liverpool City Council chambers overnight — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Plant scientists around the world are warning that hundreds of years of accumulated agricultural heritage are in danger of being plowed under after a Russian court ruled today (August 11) that the land occupied by a world-renowned plant bank on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg may be transferred to the Russian Housing Development Foundation, which plans to build houses on the site — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A human foot has been found on a beach in North East Lincolnshire — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 74-year-old Devon man is “gutted” after being asked to stop walking his owls by a busy Plymouth road — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A South Seattle man who police say threw a bucket containing feces, urine and vomit at a woman was arrested Wednesday night for investigation of assault — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Peanut butter bars are the perfect thing to serve at a party or picnic. Or if you are like me… just because on a Thursday night. They are easy to make and a little addicting — via Make it Do
I found a neat service that works wonders for TextEdit and (I’m sure) a bunch of other text editors. It’s free for the downloading from Ron Fleckner in Melbourne, Australia. What you’ll get is a ZIP file that expands into a little, 86KB application file called Change Case — via The Unofficial Apple Weblog
What I came up with is a series of hardware checks that anyone can perform right after taking an iPhone 4 out of the box and syncing it for the first time. This is by no means the only way to test an iPhone 4’s hardware for defects, and there are probably more comprehensive methods out there, but the following procedure is basic enough for almost any user to follow. Plus, it should catch any glaring hardware defects in an iPhone 4 right away — via The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Archaeologists say they have discovered Britain’s oldest house at a Stone Age site in northern England, and have compared its historical significance to Stonehenge, the country’s most famous ancient monument — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Just fire up your Safari browser and enter the following URL into the address bar: camplus://enablevolumesnap. Hit the Go button and you should see Safari close and Camera+ load up, except now when you go into the camera mode hitting either volume button will immediately take the picture. Should you wish to turn the feature off again, simply repeat the process but with camplus://disablevolumesnap instead.
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