Frustrated IT techs in South Africa prove their point with an information-transfer stunt using a pigeon named Winston. I love the photo on the same page, a beautiful shot of a pigeon flying over New York City. (And speaking of pigeons, have I ever done my post about hero pigeons in WWI and WWII?)

Frustrated vineyard owners turn to falcons to scare ( Read more... )

Headlines can be so confusing. Their stylized attempts to use economy of language sometimes just muddle things, and it doesn't help that the English language has many verbs that are used as nouns and vice versa. Sports headlines are the worst for me - I often have no idea what they mean - but other subjects can do me in. I recently saw this one in ( Read more... )