Category: Fun
The best apps to help you find your new rented home
Moving house is stressful. Whether it’s for an exciting reason or not, finding a suitable new place and moving all your worldly possessions to it is one of those arduous tasks that the average person in the UK does eight times in their life. 36% of properties in England are rented, giving you the freedom…
10 Kitchen gadgets, tools and utensils for healthy living
[nextpage title="Next"] We all know what we have to do to live a healthier life: eat less of the bad stuff and more of the good stuff, right? Well we also all know it's much easier said than done and one of the reasons many of us tend to find healthy eating hard is that…
8 of the daftest, flashest, fashion-est phones ever made
[nextpage title="Next"] Every so often, a tech company woos a fashion or lifestyle brand, and together they birth a branded phone. Sometimes these are prettier, pricier versions of their less-fashionable siblings – and sometimes they're the ugliest pieces of tech known to man. We've collected 8 of the most interesting examples, including the alleged inspiration for the iPhone and…
Now China has a special mobiles-only pavement lane
A street in the Chinese city of Chongqing has designated a pavement lane for chatters, texters and tweeters (or Weibo-ers, more likely), according to Engadget. A local publication first flagged up the innovation, which has a sign announcing 'First mobile phone sidewalks in China'. And we probably shouldn't be surprised, given that China is now…
You should judge Facebook users by their profiles, says study
Ever looked at a friend of a friend’s Facebook profile, made a snap judgement about them, and then felt guilty because you can’t really tell what someone’s like without actually interacting with them? Well, it turns out you were right the first time. Researchers from the University of Kansas have found that looking at someone’s…
People in Redcar swear the most in the UK (on Twitter)
Some of us (not me of course, I would never) have been known to let out our frustrations on Twitter from time to time with a crass well-placed swearword. Or two. Or three. In fact, Dr Hannah Fry and Dr Ed Manley from University College London's Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis were so curious about…
This Game of Thrones language course will teach you to speak Dothraki
Winter is coming, and so is season five of Game of Thrones (eventually). If you’re not sure how to channel your inner Khaleesi in the meantime, how about picking up a little Dothraki? You’re no longer limited to fan-made YouTube videos now that Living Language has just announced a new in-depth course that takes learners…
How a clothes steamer changed my life, and other gadgets your wardrobe needs now
I am a very creased person. No, I really am. Despite caring a fair bit about my clothes when it comes to buying them, I’m totally slack when it comes to looking after them, ironing them and making sure I don’t look like I fell asleep under a hedge. I don’t dare count the number…
Action this by EOP: the world’s worst corporate email speak
We’re taught many things at school that are meant to prepare us for the world of work, but at no point do I remember being told what EOP stands for. Nor did any of my teachers brief me on how best to go about being onboarded, or explain what it means when a future boss…
Could we actually see a Supergirl TV show?
The next superhero to be getting a reboot could be female, for a change. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers Television wants to make a Supergirl TV show. They’ve apparently asked Ali Adler (who co-created The New Normal and wrote for Glee) to write a pilot script and Greg Berlanti (creator of Arrow and…
