When will they learn?: The world media have been publishing shock stories about a Las Vegas site, Hunting for Bambi, advertising a game in which men hunt down naked women with paintball guns in the Nevada desert for about $8000.
Women's groups, psychologists and local politicians were outraged, but this
was yet another net hoax. The culprit wanted to stir up reaction and apparently sells a few dodgy looking videos on the side.
Next Lord of the Rings: While the DVD release of the second in The Lord of the Rings trilogy nears, we're hanging out for the official release online of the trailer for the third. Visit the official site to keep busy until then.
What colour works best?: A kind of beige or green are shaping up as the colours of choice for net surfers on websites.
Take a photo of your favourite colour and send it in or check the current popular choice at favcol.com.
Four Kiwis and one Kombi: Check out the movie trailer at Kombination.co.nz of Grant Lahood's new movie on Kiwis' OE adventures.
The movie opens in Wellington this month and in Auckland in October.
Virtual investing: About 2000 high school students throughout New Zealand are trying their hand at investing a virtual $2 million over the next seven weeks in an online venture capitalist game.
The aim is for students "to experience the thrill of investing and being part of the business world and put into practice the enterprise, accounting and economics skills they learn at school".
Hunting for Bambi
Official Lord of the Rings site
favcol.com
Kombi Nation
The venture capital game
