Jan 24, 2012 | Forbes
The Priceline Negotiator, who showed his audience how to save up to 60% on name-your-own-price travel deals, recently died while rescuing a bus filled with potential customers. His last words were, “Save yourselves…some money.” He was 5 years old. It turns out that...
Jan 23, 2012 | Forbes
Image via Centro Astronomico When Dom Perignon first created sparkling champagne, he supposedly said, “I’m tasting stars.” But for those who drink Meteorito, a Cabernet Sauvignon, it’s close to truth: this Chilean red has been aged with a 4.5 billion-year-old...
Jan 23, 2012 | Forbes
Russell T. Davies, image via Wikipedia Russell T. Davies, who revived Doctor Who from its 16-year slumber and turned it into the BBC powerhouse that it is today, is producing his newest television creation: Aliens Vs Wizards. This show, a blend of science fiction and...
Jan 20, 2012 | Forbes
Photo by Jere Keys In the last few years, zombies have shambled into the public eye through movies, television, books, and videogames, generating $5 billion for our economy. But they haven’t stayed confined to fiction. No, the living dead have been walking among...
Jan 19, 2012 | Forbes
Image: Wikipedia When Richard Garriot de Cayeux, the founder of the Ultima series of computer games and the world’s sixth space tourist, went to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2008, he didn’t just kick back and bask in zero gravity. No, during his twelve-day...
Jan 19, 2012 | Forbes
George Lucas, whose headstone will surely read, “I created Star Wars…and Greedo shot first,” has announced that he will be retiring from big-budget movies in order to make smaller art-house films. The New York Times wrote, “I’m retiring,” Lucas said. “I’m moving away...
