Swiss Miss, Behenji & Saving Lives in Second Life

Do you like design? Tina Roth Eisenberg runs the Swiss Miss blog and has a sharp Teutonic eye for "clean, elegant design". Here she is on the iconic Swiss Railway Clock (now immortalised in an iPhone App) which anyone who has visited that beautiful country will instantly recognise:

Hilfiker created the Railways' masterpiece in 1944. The design, with its clear and easily read face, mimics the smooth running of the trains and incorporates clever features that demonstrate punctuality in a highly visible fashion.

Mumbai-based Kiran Manral fears that as she approaches middle age she might be turning into a behenji . . . do you recognise the symptoms?

I have what some might consider terribly old fashioned values. No alcohol. No cigarettes. No using foul language. Monogamy rocks. Respect your elders. Doing your puja paath [relgious devotion]. Lighting the diya [candle]. Doing the occasional vrat [fasting]. Celebrating festivals. Touching feet. The works.

Here at Blogworld we like to think we're shining a light on some of more off-the-beaten track corners of the globe, but how about an insight into the sights and sounds of the online virtual reality game Second Life? Ken Lim in Singapore is your guide:

I spent a very pleasant hour today in the company of Tig Spijkers and Micky Lancaster of the SL Coast Guard.

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