While working on one of our many websites a day or two ago, I found a really cool image magnification effect that I’d not seen before.
Eager to track it down, my first port of call was my favourite site for this type of script, Dynamic Drive, and lo and behold, I found it instantly.
It’s called jQuery Image Magnify v1.1, and it’s dead easy to install (and it works on IE, Firefox and Opera).
Give it a try - you’ll love it!
One of my favourite recent finds in the world of music is a group that has actually been around since 1987 or so: the Gipsy Kings.
Yes, as is often the case, I’m way behind the times when it comes to music, but the fact that their music is still available shows just how popular this group is.
They come from southern France, not far from the Spanish border, and their music, and their voices, are distinctive, but perhaps hard to classify - the nearest I can come up with is flamenco, but it’s more than that.
I first came across them when watching The Heist (a pretty good movie starring Pierce Brosnan and Tom Skerritt), where their version of the famous song My Way is played (except they call it Mi Manera, and, at the expense of upsetting Frank Sinatra fans, I actually prefer it to his version).
Anyway, well worth checking out!
… are OK for adults but not for children?
Many children may grow up without friends for any number of reasons, and in most cases, having an imaginary friend to share their days with probably causes no lasting harm. It’s a habit most children grow out of, once the need disappears.
And yet their parents will often see this as a bad thing, and try to stifle their children’s imagination and creativity.
But what about the socially-acceptable imaginary friend that a huge percentage of the world’s population talks to?
I am, of course, talking about (more…)
Gastromyopia is the condition that most of us are familiar with, which describes the situation where our eyes are bigger than our stomach.
Did you hear about the man who suffered from premature ejaculation but didn’t tell his girlfriend?
It was a case of the sin of emission.
I’d never really thought about this matter until one of our customers asked us a question about it, but did you know that there are different canine blood groups?
According to Wikipedia, there are as many as 13 dog blood types, and of these, eight of the so-called Dog Erythrocyte Antigen (DEA) types are internationally-recognised as standard canine blood types.
And, just like humans, some dogs’ blood type can be considered a universal donor type (that would be DEA 1.1. Negative, in techno-speak).
Conversely, others that are known as DEA 1.1 Positive (which represents just over one third of the canine population) are universal recipients, which means that they can receive transfusions from any canine blood type without risk of adverse reactions.
My brief research took me further, and at a bit of a tangent, as I found that there are even different diets for different blood types, which is an interesting concept I may pursue, if and when I get the time.
(See my previous post, My Internal Jukebox for what this category is all about.)
As somebody who has always been a pet lover (but mainly dogs), and also as somebody who has always preferred not to take chemical-based drugs of any kind, I was delighted to come across a highly-regarded book by well-known East Cost vet, Dr Martin Goldstein DVM, called “The Nature Of Animal Healing“.
There are two chapters in this book that I found particularly interesting - one on vaccinations, and why he believes they are the number one killer of dogs and cats in the USA today, and one on diet (you wouldn’t believe what they put in most commercial dog food these days).
So, if you’re looking for a great book that will help keep your pet healthy, the natural way, then I highly recommend “The Nature Of Animal Healing“.
I really don’t understand how some companies stay in business!
Let me explain …
We recently experienced one of the coldest nights of the year - 12 degrees (and that’s Fahrenheit)!
Needless to say, some of our pipes froze, and in the morning, we found that we had no water.
Initial superficial investigations revealed no obvious leaks, so we rang our usual plumber, whom we found back in April and who has turned out to be one of the best trademen I have ever come across - he goes out of his way to be helpful, and his approach to customer service mirrors what we try to achieve with our own pet health business.
Anyway, Bill came out on the next day - a Saturday - to take a look, and much as we feared, it wasn’t anything Bill could fix as it was (more…)
(See my previous post, My Internal Jukebox for what this category is all about.)
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