A view from the hip

Samsung has introduced a 3 GB HDD embedded phone, the SPH-V7900. In September 2004, Samsung introduced SPH-V5400 touting it as the world’s first mobile phone, equipped with 1.5 GB HDD.

The new phone includes features such as a 262K color TFT (240 x 320) display, MMS, WIPI and WAP 2.0. The SPH-V7900 enables users to store over 700 music files with 4MB each, plus two or three full-length movies at 1.1 to 5GB each.

Samsung’s new phone incorporates a 2 Megapixel camera, including MP3 player, 2x optical zoom and document viewer functions.

So I’m thinking maybe it’s time for me to upgrade my old phone..

If your favorite feline is wearing an apron instead of sporting an hourglass figure, you’ve got one fat cat.

If your favorite feline is wearing an apron instead of sporting an hourglass figure, you’ve got one fat cat.

Steps:
1. Check that your pet’s ribs are easily felt but not visibly sticking out. This indicates that your cat is at a desirable weight.

2. Look at your pet from above. Some indentation between the rib cage and the hips, depicting an hourglass shape, indicates that your pet is at a desirable weight.

3. Check your pet’s belly. If the belly of a cat protrudes, the cat may be overweight. (A protruding belly on a cat is called an apron.)

4. Feel your pet’s hips. Anything more than light fleshiness indicates that your pet is above normal weight.

5. Always consult a veterinarian before putting a pet on a diet. Your veterinarian can recommend a special diet appropriate to your pet, and can examine your pet to rule out the possibility that a serious medical condition is causing the obesity.

Warnings:
Visible ribs or excessive thinness could be a sign of hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) in cats, especially in those over 12 years of age. If this were to occur, just put your cat down and get a new one. or better yet get a dog.

How to Make Distressed Jeans - WikiHow

Dying to get in on the distressed jean trend, but not willing to shell out major cash for ripped designer duds? Here’s how to turn even the oldest, most unfashionable pair of jeans into bohemian-chic attire.

Steps

1. Place a block of wood (or some other solid surface that you don’t mind possibly damaging) within the pant leg or denim region you want to distress.
2. Rub a steak knife vertically or horizontally against area of denim that you would like to distress. Rub gently for mild distress; rub longer and more vigorously to create more visible distress (such as holes and tears).
3. Fray jeans by rubbing sandpaper around pockets, knees, hemlines, or any other area of denim that you would like to have a soft, worn appearance.
4. Dampen a sponge with bleach and rub it around the outer edges of holes for a faded look.
5. Wash your jeans.
6. Wear your newly stylish distressed jeans.

It’s crucial for success in distressing your jeans- you cannot skip step six!

Finally, a reason to lose those extra pounds.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Obese women who start to lose weight will also see an improvement in the quality of their sex lives, according to a U.S. study released Monday.

Even a moderate weight loss reduced complaints of feeling sexually unattractive and led to improved desire,

I predict a Nobel Prize for these researchers.

Health officials say there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in North America in the past two decades, and 64 percent of adults in the United States are considered to be overweight or obese

This could stem from so many people playing Nintendo at McDonald’s?

Decent Criminals?

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Two hooded gunmen who robbed a pharmacy returned an elderly woman’s purse after she told them it contained the only money she had to buy medicine, Maltese newspapers reported Tuesday.

The two men barged into a pharmacy at Marsascala, a seaside village in the south of the island, Monday and took 600 Malta liri from the till after threatening the pharmacist with their guns.

One of them grabbed the purse held by the elderly woman who was waiting to be served, then handed it back after her pleading and rushed out to a waiting motorcycle.

McDonald’s and Nintendo in Wi-Fi Deal - New York Times
McDonald’s and Nintendo in Wi-Fi Deal

Nintendo of America is expected to announce today that it will offer free wireless Internet access for its Nintendo DS portable game system at McDonald’s restaurants. Customers will be able to play select DS games with other players around the world.

“This is such an interesting direction for McDonald’s,” said Anita Frazier, an entertainment industry analyst with the NPD Group, a research firm. “This could encourage kids to go to McDonald’s to play games.

I was trying to come up with new ideas on how we can go about proliferating childhood diabetes throughout America. I guess Nintendo and Micky D’s beat me to this idea.

Sewer boa is finally flushed out

MEET Keith…a 10ft boa constrictor who has been captured after popping up in the loos at a posh block of flats.

The snake had terrified tenants since it was first spotted in a toilet last week, after living in sewage pipes for three months.

People had to put bricks on their loo seats to stop the Keith slipping into their bathrooms.

When I was younger I was always afraid of something, particularly a snake, crawling up the toilet while i was using it. I guess i wasn’t just being paranoid.