I want to be a dog

Okay okay – I don’t actually want to be a dog.

That would just be totally weird……

But….. I have to say – watch this video and you will feel:

1. Warm
2. Like the Grinch
3. Cuddly
4. All Christmassy
5. Happy
6. Smiley
7. Suicidal
8. Like you wanna give me, jamieonline a huge cuddle

The Rainwater Toilet

A good friend of mine is doing her bit to help make Planet Earth a more environmentally friendly place. A few months my friend worked hard on installing a new water system for her toilet – that runs on rain water.

It is astounding to think that there are so many people in the world who have little or no access to clean drinking water yet in most developed countries we flush out toilets with it.

My friend, Liz, being an IT whizz – decided to make a little video of their new system. It looks simple – although I don’t think I would know where to start.

DIY is not my strongest point.

Liz said:

The plan was to save money and be inventive. Five years on we’ve done both while saving water, electricity and having fun along the way. One of the most interesting projects to date has been our rainwater WC. We have a long-term aim to have some independence from mains electricity water and heat. The WC didn’t cost much and it’s very simple.

Watch the video here!

Now – Time to get yourselves down to the DIY store to make one of your own.

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Mexican teacher protects class during gun battle.

An amazing teacher posted a video onto Facebook showing the scenes when she calmly protected her class whilst a drug cartel gun battle went on nearby.

The video, posted below, has taken the internet by storm after it was discovered by local news.

Class teacher, Martha Rivera Alanis can be heard asking the children to lie on the floor and stay down. “No, my love, nothing is going to happen, just put your little face on the floor,” she tells one girl.

During the shoot out there were 5 people shot and killed at a nearby taxi stand in Monterrey.

The teacher has since received an award for her bravery by the state’s governor.

What an amazing teacher!

Moments of ‘cuteness’.

A video to make you smile. I saw this on YouTube and loved it straight away. I thought I’d share it with the world too.

It’s so simple but so funny. I love the way the baby laughs at the perfect time.  I also cannot believe that I was the 271,005,687th person to view it online. Wow! That’s some viewing.

After further investgation web browsing, I discovered that the video had made ‘TIME’s Top 50 videos of 2010. That’s pretty impressive. Not only was it in the Top 50….. It made the Number 1 spot.

Wikipedia have even got a page about the ‘phenomenon’ (as it has been referred to online). If you don’t believe me you can see it here. Following the success from the short video clip they have their own blog. 

The power of the internet never ceases to amaze me.