Finally!

After all the hacking drama yesterday and today, Blogger is up and running once again!

I missed it. I know a lot of you did, too.

Gone Too Soon

Today two entertainment icons have passed away, leaving grieving fans behind. Michael Jackson died at the age of 50 after suffering from a cardiac arrest, and Farah Fawcett succumbed to her battle against cancer. She was 62. And so I pay homage to these two wonderful artists that have graced the music and film industry in their lifetime.

Charlie's Angel Farah Fawcett and King of Pop Michael Jackson, you will both be missed.

To read the news about Farah's death, click here.

To read the news about Michael's death, click here.

Lucky Misses

I believe these people are feelin' million-dollars right now. They should be, having missed their flight schedules with the ill-fated Air France Flight 447.

Yahoo News lets us in on the details:

"A reservation mix-up, an overbooking and a Brazilian cabbie's passion for soccer are all that saved some would-be passengers on Air France flight 447 from the fate of 228 others who lost their lives in the mid-Atlantic.

The survivors say their relief is overshadowed by the immense sense of loss they feel for those who didn't make it.

"It feels miraculous and sad at the same time," said Amina Benouargha-Jaffiol, who tried to get on the flight Sunday night, even enlisting a diplomat friend to try to pressure Air France to let her and her husband on.

"Of course, at some level we feel lucky, but we also feel an enormous sadness for all those who perished," she said.

For some it was a simple matter of arriving at Rio's airport late..."

Click here to read the rest of the article.

Isn't this the best time to sing Kylie Minogue's song?

"I should be so lucky
Lucky lucky lucky..."

Parts of the article aggregated from Yahoo.com and is copyright by its respective author.

Greek Photographer Arrested in London

Say what???

Photographers are in abundance right now because DSLRs have suddenly become cheap like mobile phones. Photographers are also running into different troubles because of this hobby, as evident in this news I came across with over the web:

The Greek photographer Pericles Antoniou from Athens Greece, was arrested in London England during the Greek Orthodox Easter for taking photographs of a girl in the London Metro.
Mr. Antoniou, who has a 25-year experience in artistic photography, was sent to jail, shoeless and was not allowed to communicate with any of his family; he is expected on a hearing soon this month.
Mr. Antoniou is also a member of Greek Caravan of Solidarity, which was featured in http://www.tvxs.gr

As he claims in his letter to the Greek Ambassador in England, he was visiting London England due to the Greek Easter seasons, and as a “tourist” he took his camera and rushed to the streets of the British capital city seeking themes to shoot. While on the subway, the mother of a child complained about the fact that he was taking photos of her underage daughter. Mr. Antoniou apologised to the mother and erased all photos which depicted her daughter. However, the father of the youngster was not satisfied with this, and on the next train station asked for the help of police officers, who arrested the Greek visitor.

Careful, careful!

To read the rest of the article, click here.

And guess what--the charges against him were dismissed! To read the rest of the article, click here.

Parts of the news aggregated from DPReview.com.

A Look At The Killer That Is Swine Flu

This is probably a day or two late, but it never hurts to inform.

The image below is the first ever snapped portrait of H1N1, the new swine flu virus that has swept the globe in recent weeks.

To read more about the development of the virus, click here.

Image copyright by National Geographic.

Image and parts of text aggregated from National Geographic News.