Another young life ended at 27

The world has lost a great deal of talent to untimely deaths and the music industry seems to suffer the most. These young stars not only influenced the music industry but often defined an entire generation.  The strange thing is that a large proportion of these young and talented musicians or rockstars died prematurely at the age of 27, is there a link to their talent or the demanding industry in which they find themselves in?

Amy Winehouse is just one of the latest victims to fall short of their 28th birthday.  Do these young stars suffer from the high expectation of their public thrust upon them at such an early age?  Fame driving them towards excess at the bottom of bottle or at the tip of  needle?  Or do they simple lack the support of genuine people who care more about their well-being rather then their bank balance?

But who are the most famous of these Rockstars to become part of this infamous club at the age of 27?

Jimi Hendrix - November 27, 1942 to September 18, 1970.  Their best known album was: The Jimi Hendrix Experience

 Kurt Cobain - February 20, 1967 to April 5, 1994. Their best known album was: Nevermind

Jim Morrison - December 8, 1943 to July 3, 1971. Their best known album was: Doors

Janis Joplin - January 19, 1943 to October 4, 1970. Their best known album was: Pearl

Amy Winehouse - 14 September 1983 to 23 July 2011. Their best known album was: Back To Black [Explicit]

 Brian Jones - 28 February 1942 to 3 July 1969. Their best known album was: Beggars Banquet

Richey James Edwards - 22 December 1967 to 1 February 1995. Their best known album was (well known after he passed but this album was made up completely of lyrics he left behind): Journal for Plague Lovers

Dave Alexander - June 3, 1947 to February 10, 1975. Their best known album was: The Stooges

Ron “Pigpen” McKernan - September 8, 1945 to March 8, 1973. Their best known album was: Grateful Dead

Rudy Lewis –  23 August, 1936 to May 20, 1964. Their best known album was: Under The Boardwalk

The raw power of the Tsunami is evident here.

With all the natural disasters occurring of late it might seem that we are heading to a doomsday of cataclysmic proportions.  But even though global warming is being rammed into our ear drums every day we have been seeing major disasters since the early dawn of this past century.

Sometimes I feel that the reason some of us feel that there is an immanent doomsday approaching is because of the access we now have to media.  You can hear about anything around the world in real time not only via the inordinate amount of news and information sites but because the proliferation of social media.  Take yourselves back 100 years and ignorance was bliss irrespective of the disasters occurring round the world.

Anywho, enough rambling from me, here is the top ten:

Rhino's have fur?

Today we are going to get all David Attenborough on you and talk about the top creatures on this planet that you have never heard of.  A rather subjective post you ask? Yes.  But we have done our research on this little bad boy, so much so that we even spoke to David Attenborough himself……when I say “spoke” I mean channeled but same thing really.

If you have seen or heard of these creatures before then let us know in the comments.

1. Sumatran Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

2. Solenodons

Solenodon

3. Cookie Cutter Shark

Cookie Cutter Shark

4. Star Nosed Mole

Star Nosed Mole

5. Greater Galagos

Greater Galago

6. Blob Fish

Blob Fish

7. Aye Aye

aye aye

8. Purple Frog

Purple Frog

9. Vampire Squid

Vampire Squid

10. Okapi

Okapai

What things have they failed at?

A lot of people talk about how dominant Google are (well there are also a load of negative conspiracy theories around this online juggernaut and Facebook is breathing down their necks as media consumption evolves) and what amazing success they have had since being founded back in September 1988.  But part of Google’s success has been born out of it’s failures (emphasized by their willingness to keep putting money into Google Labs) and today we will shed light on some of their biggest clunkers!

1. Google Wave – The hype far exceeded the practical application in every day use….although expect to see various features seen in Google Wave utilised across its Google Apps suite of products.
2. Okurt – Google has never really got social media right even though they have been dabbling in it since before Facebook.  Okurt is just another example of their social media attempts falling short….unless your in Brazil.
3. Google Answers – A paid service that could not compete with the likes of the free and hence vastly content richer sites like Yahoo Answers.
4. Dodgeball – No not the movie, it was Google’s first attempt at a mobile social networking site.  The founders of Dodgeball went on to set up Foursquare which is essentially the same although they themselves may find it difficult with Facebook’s release of “Facebook Places”.
5. Google Knol – Google’s attempt to take on Wikipedia.
6. Google Buzz - Yes this is still going, so are a few of these Google projects on this list but failure comes in many forms and in this case its the inability yet again to effectively enter the social media space.  Arguable it was their best attempt so far.
7. Google Page Creator – Rolled out in April 2006 it was just another way to create web pages that offered nothing new and was shut down 2 years later in favour of Google Sites.
8. Google Audio Ads –  A radio based advertising platform the failed to overcome performance tracking and business uptake difficulties.
9. Google Video Player – This was a desktop application, yes thats right a desktop application, everything that Google now avoids like the plague.  Turns out people did not want another media player.
10. Google Print Ads – You have to give it to Google for trying anything once and I doubt they will dabble in print again.  The thought process of the Google team who signed this off was like a Baseball player saying “If I can play professional baseball then surely I can become boxing heavy weight champion of the world?” umm no.

Canada Aye!

So you have been sitting there smugly basking in the glow of some famous American actors and their many achievements. When all of a sudden you see them closing the Olympic ceremony with other famous Canadian actors…”WTF” you say to yourself, “They’re Canadian?”

Oh yes, for years Canadians have been secretly infiltrating America, taking their talents main stream and flying under the radar in terms of their origins.

This is a Top Ten List for all those famous American people you thought were from the land of the free but are in fact from the land of the Moose and Maple syrup.

Alexander Graham Bell – Phone’s have come a long way.

Donald Sutherland – If you listen closely you can hear his Canadian accent.

Neil Young – Listen to all his greatest hits.

Michael J Fox – I don’t think the Delorian was made in Canada?

James Cameron – Yep, even the creator of Avatar is Canadian.

Kiefer Sutherland – You have 24 hours to decide this is true.

Evangeline Lilly – She is most definitely Lost

Ryan Gosling – One of the best young actors coming through the ranks.

Mathew Perry – Still managed to make friends.

Seth Rogen – The loveable goofball going green

What did the US Government know?

1. 9/11 was planned and orchestrated by the US Government.
2. JFK was killed by The US Government.
3. UFO crash cover up at Roswell or Area 51.
4. Global warming is not happening and that human C02 emissions have limited effect (account for around 3% of C02 emissions) on global temperatures.
5. Drug companies keep people sick and introduce new strains  to keep them in business i.e. Swine Flu.
6. Apollo 11 Moon landings were faked by the US government.
7. Princess Diana was killed by the Royal family.
8. Paul McCartney actually died in 1966.
9. There is a secret government called the New World Order who control the world.
10. Jesus survived the crucifiction