The Living Machine

A German company has come up with superb idea for 21st century living, called the Loft Cube. It’s a complete ready-made penthouse which can lifted by crane onto the top of any existing flat-topped building. The 55 sq. m 1-bedroom luxury living machine, has every thing built-in and costs 144,000 euro. The architects say it [...]

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The Palm – Paradise Lost?

The superb marketing machine for Palm Jumeirah, the man-made luxury island in Dubai, described it as the Eight Wonder of the World, and it is indeed a tremendous feat of engineering. However all may not be so well in this paradise which has been built by tens of thousands of low paid, migrant workers. [...]

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Tummy-Tuck Tales for Toddlers

It could only happen in LA…
A plastic surgeon, has sensed the pain that intending cosmetic surgery patients were experiencing when trying to explain to their young children, that mommy was getting her nose reshaped and her sagging stomach, tucked, to become a trimmer, leaner mommy!! He’s come up with a kids picture story book [...]

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San Francisco’s Greenest House

When you think of green homes, it brings up an image of a hi-tech house in a rural area, with solar panels soaking up the sun’s free energy and a few wind turbines out the back to collect and convert more free energy. But now Robin Wilson has created a zero net energy home right [...]

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“Pay what its worth” Restaurant

Radiohead tried this “Pay what its worth” approach for their last online album, with mixed results. Now a restaurant (called Penn Central) in Branksome, UK is trying the same thing. Surprisingly, people are paying a fair price, so far, but how long will it last? Its certainly a novel marketing approach, after all, ask anyone [...]

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The best companies to work for in 2008

In the USA the top 10 companies to work for are:

Google
Quicken Loans
Wedgemans Food Markets
Edward Jones
Genentech
Cisco Systems
Starbucks
Qualcomm
Goldman Sachs
Methodist Hospital System

Google employees say its the flexibility, financial security and opportunity to get thing done, that make it the best company to work for. It encourages employees [...]

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Facebook: a world of opportunities

Facebook, the social networking site, has 66 million users and now more than 50% of daily visitors are 35 years and older, spending on average 2 hours per month on the site. Although not much e-commerce is carried on in this environment it is growing as a location for creative people to build networks. The [...]

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LifeOver30.com Podcast 12th April 2008

This is the Link to the LifeOver30.com weekly podcast for 12th April 2008
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Be careful what you ask for

Matt Rudd had an eye-opening experience as a concierge in a five star London hotel in Knightsbridge, where it costs up to £5000 per night. One of the many things he learnt was a coded message: if a customer asks for an extra pillow for the night, they’re actually asking for a prostitute, [...]

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Google Earth Outreach

Google Earth Outreach is Google’s guide to global causes and it helps charities and nonprofit organisations to quickly and easily (and literally) put their story on the map.
Millions of Google Earth users can now easily find and learn about vital situations across the globe. It gives these organisations a new way to connect directly [...]

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