Man accidentally cuts off own penis – gone forever itsReal

WANTAGE, England, July 5 (UPI) — A 54-year-old carpenter in Wantage, England, accidentally cut off his own penis while working with a saw, his mother says.

Stuart Keen’s mother, Edna, told The Sunday Telegraph her son had been cutting wood for a cabinet when the saw inflicted the horrific injury. Surgeons were able to reattach the severed appendage, she said.

“Stuart is a carpenter and uses sharp and sometimes dangerous tools,” Keen’s mother said.

“This was an unfortunate accident but these things happen all the time to people in his profession.”

A South Central Ambulance Service spokesman said paramedics found him bleeding in his bathtub.

“I have spoken to him and he is quite embarrassed about the whole incident,” Keen’s mother told the Telegraph.

via Man accidentally cuts off own penis – UPI.com.

Project Natal – meet Milo

MICROSOFT have amazed me – meet MILO a 3D interactive Boy

Karen Mulder And Other Misbehaving Supermodels | The Frisky

Supermodel Karen Mulder, a Victoria’s Secret Angel from the late ‘90s, was arrested in Paris yesterday for allegedly threatening to attack her plastic surgeon. WTF?!

The Angel-gone-bad was trying to get the female surgeon to reverse a procedure. Karen “began screaming and shouting about the operation and became extremely threatening,” said a detective. “There were repeated calls to the female surgeon who was extremely scared.” We don’t know what kind of botched procedure could made her freak out, but if she got boobs and a stomach like Tara Reid once had, we understand her reaction, but not the violent threats. Karen, sadly, isn’t the only supermodel to exhibit bad behavior, she’s just one of a few to be actually arrested.

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Courtesy: http://www.thefrisky.com/site/slides/246-karen-mulder-and-other-misbehaving-supermodels/

Singpore Entrepreneurs Homeless – itsReal

With the “relocation” notice up at the Geek Terminal Singapore…

…Many who frequented the Geek Terminal are now homeless and looking for a new home – the new home must have …

- free reliable wireless access
- adequent power outlets for hungry laptops
- tables big enough for laptops and coffee
- great coffee and snacks for thirsty and hungry entrepreneurs & their guests
- CBD location preferred…

If anyone can help these Homeless Singapore Entrepreneurs email me APLINK

Firms have faith in Facebook – Scotsman.com Business

NEARLY nine in ten businesses in the Lothians now want to make social networking on sites like Facebook and Twitter part of their marketing.

A study of firms by Midlothian and East Lothian Chamber of Commerce found that 87 per cent believed that the sites, as well as the likes of Linkedin, E-academy and Flickr, were thought of as part of their social networking mix.

They said they used the site to contact business clients and prospective customers.

Chamber of Commerce manager Laura Socha said: “Social networking is a relatively recent phenomenon in the world of business-to-business communications but it is astonishing how quickly it has taken off and been accepted as an extra marketing tool.”

She said every option needs to be explored in the current climate.

via Firms have faith in Facebook – Scotsman.com Business.

News Ltd editorial boss – we don’t like our journalists using Twitter – mUmBRELLA

APLINK wonders also if twitter has a limited lifespan ?

The group editorial director of News Ltd, Australia’s biggest publisher, says that the company is “very uncomfortable” with its journalists using Twitter to tell followers news. In an interview with today’s Media section of The Australian, Campbell Reid says:

“It’s our belief that journalists who work for us who have news to tell should do so through the vehicles they are employed to supply material for. We’re very uncomfortable with staff tweeting in a professional sense under their own names, for a whole bunch of reasons, not the least of which is legal protection and concern about what is published.

“Like so many things that burn so brightly on the internet, we’re watching to see how it goes. We don’t want to spend a lot of time developing policies … and in three months’ time everyone’s realised it’s another way of having fairly boring conversations.”

As well as The Australian, News Ltd’s publications include The Daily Telegraph in Sydney, The Herald Sun in Melbourne, along with The Courier-Mail in Brisbane. It also publishes news.com.au and the newly-launched opionion site The Punch, where the whole editorial team is on Twitter.

Read more on social Media & Marketing downunder here:

http://mumbrella.com.au/news-ltd-editorial-boss-we-dont-like-our-journalists-using-twitter-7193

Confirmed: Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia

What are the Australian Politicians doing ? Who relected them? Are they CRAZY ? APLINK astonished…

The Australian Minister for Censorship has today confirmed what I’ve been reporting for nearly two years: online adult games including Second Life will be banned in Australia.

A spokesman for Censorship Minister Stephen “Goebbels” Conroy confirmed to Fairfax newspapers that “under the filtering plan, it will be extended to downloadable games, flash-based web games and sites which sell physical copies of games that do not meet the MA15+ standard.” In Australia, the MA15+ rating means that the content is restricted to those aged 15 and above. Australia does not have a R 18+ or similar rating for computer games, with all adult games automatically being classified as RC (Refused Classification.)

via Confirmed: Second Life, online adult games to be banned outright in Australia.

OrSiSo – releases latest version – Tip for existing OrSiSo users

OrSiSo just released version 1.1.19 of OrSiSo !

Organize > Your social networks
	Connect to your friends on your favorite social networks. We currently support: Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Friendster, Twitter, AIM, MSN Messenger & Yahoo! Messenger.

Tip for existing users

This version contains a change that might cause issues with the automatic update.
If you have problems updating to the latest version, please follow these steps :

1. Select the “Postpone until restart” option during the update process



2. Then exit OrSiSo and relaunch it. The application will update to version 1.1.19

   Visit OrSiSo to take control of your social networks http://orsiso.com

Twinity set to launch virtual Orchard Road – Business Times Singapore

Twinity set to launch virtual Orchard Road – Media coverage Business Times June 2009

FANCY walking down Orchard Road in a fully air-conditioned atmosphere? Soon you will be able to – online.

ONLINE PROMOTION

Virtual Singapore can help promote the Republic as a global city and also boost business for hotels, travel, airlines, tour guides and attractions

Twinity, a 3D online world that meshes the real with the virtual, will launch virtual Orchard Road and Marina Bay in the third quarter of 2009.

And that means anyone, anywhere will be able to explore the Singapore cityscape.

Twinity, engineered by German company Metaversum, already provides a virtual replica of Berlin.

‘Virtual Singapore can assist in the promotion of Singapore as a global city based on innovation,’ said Jeremy Snyder, managing director of Metaversum Asia.

Virtual Singapore was developed in consultation with the Media Development Authority (MDA) and Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).

One aim is to boost business for hotels, travel, airlines, tour guides and attractions.

The project has plenty of advertising potential.

Twinity is tying up with AsiaOne – the interactive arm of Singapore Press Holdings – to seek retailers, brands and firms interested in promoting their products or space on the virtual ‘Orchard Road’.

Partners to promote Singapore’s history, rich culture and nightlife are also encouraged to join in.

‘We will work closely with Twinity to look for guest sponsors and partners for the upcoming launch, as well as to get users for the site,’ said Raymond Teo, assistant vice-president of AsiaOne’s interactive business unit.

‘We see this partnership as a key strategy to associate the AsiaOne name with a new, cutting-edge online platform like Twinity.’

As for other parts of virtual Singapore, Mr Snyder would only say the development and roll-out time-line is ‘dependent on partner relations and other external factors’.

But one thing is certain – you can look forward to sipping virtual coffee in Ngee Ann City come September.

via Twinity set to launch virtual Orchard Road – June 27, 2009.

The Value of Virtual Events – Virtual Worlds

If Events in Virtual Platforms interest you may i suggest you join the Special Events Committe on Association of Virtual Worlds

http://network.associationofvirtualworlds.com/group/specialeventscommittee

Post from Cisco  Virtual Worlds Blog –

The Value of Virtual EventsRecently there has been feedback from some folks that a virtual experience can not compensate for a physical experience. My first reaction was “really I had no idea?”. All sarcasm aside; yes physical and virtual experiences are different. The fact is they both offer different value for the attendees.

To use Cisco Live Virtual as an example…

Virtually you will be able to do things you might not have gotten a change to do physically such as:
1) Ask questions directly of Cisco SVP Carlos Dominguez and CTO Padmasree Warrior in the live executive chat sessions from 11:45 am – 12:15 pm PDT. The majority of our physical attendees will not have the opportunity to rub shoulders with our executives and ask them questions directly.

2) Participate in live interactive panel discussions on topics not covered at the physical event such as the Virtual University and the Sensor Networks. These events will provide you with the ability to ask questions and join the discussion with industry luminaries such as Dr. Richard A. Bartle who co-wrote the first MUD and Adam Dunkels the author of the uIP (micro-IP) and lwIP TCP/IP protocol stacks and author of the Contiki operating system.

3) All of this without traveling!

Physically you will be able to do things virtual just does not facilitate as well or as easily such as:
1) Access to distinguished engineers via the Meet the Engineer program for exclusive, pre-scheduled one on one meetings. The virtual attendees have access to Cisco and partner experts but not exclusive, pre-scheduled one on one meetings more a first come first serve experience.

2) Demonstrations of the Data Center of the Future which showcases an actual Data Center built on site in San Francisco for you to walk through and learn more about. Uh, can not really build out a Data Center in the virtual experience that you can touch, feel, hear, smell (?) and taste (if you are so inclined I suppose you could like a router? Yuck)…i.e. experience with all your senses.

3) Chance to see DEVO and the B52’s!

It is all about choices in my opinion. The goal for Cisco Live Virtual is to enable folks who can not or do not want to come to San Francisco to still get some of the Cisco Live experience from anywhere. Register now!

What do you think differentiates virtual and physical experiences?