Whatever is the world coming to?

http://www.penguinwarehouse.com/index.php

_{Note: my opening question was rhetorical. The answer though, for the pedantitcally minded, is: “an end”.}

Time magazine in the US has just published their list of the Coolest Inventions of 2003. You can see the list at:
http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/

There’s some absolutely fantastic stuff in here. I thought that the invisibility cloak, amphibious roadster and fire logs made from coffee were particularly interesting.
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One of the more interesting news stories I’ve seen for a while. According to an article in Russia’s Pravda newspaper, a psychologist hypnotised Hitler during WW1 to help him believe in himself, only he never got over it.

Truly illuminating reading. Truly. Kind of.
http://english.pravda.ru/science/19/94/377/11201_hitler.html