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A very close friend of mine has been wrongfully arrested and detained in Dubai since the 26th of January. So far, without being officially charged.
31-year-old Cat Le-Huy, Head of Technology at Endemol UK, was detained and arrested during a tourist visit to Dubai for carrying melatonin, an over-the-counter jet lag aid. Though once in custody Le-Huy tested negative for drugs and his melatonin was cleared by officials, he is still in Dubai jail with no charges and no release date.
Full story can be found on the Free Diz page where you can also donate to his mounting legal defense fund. Talk about Dubai being a tourist trap…
All of his family and friends (myself included) are shocked and worried.
Please pass this on to friends and family. Also, please spread the word around that Dubai is NOT a safe place for Western tourists, regardless of what their advertising campaigns say.
More information about this and other similarly horrible cases can be found on the BBC news site.
February 10th, 2008
You know you’re working too hard when you have to take a break from your own blog.
Normal service will resume shortly.
October 8th, 2007
Introducing: CheatNeutral :
Jealousy and heartbreak are a natural part of modern life. And sometimes, no matter how hard we try, it’s just not possible to be faithful.
At Cheatneutral, we believe that we should all try to reduce the amount we cheat on our partners, but we also realise that fidelity isn’t always possible.
That’s why we help you neutralise your cheating. Your actions are offset by a global network of fidelity, developed by us. By paying Cheatneutral, you’re funding monogamy-boosting offset projects - we simply invest the money you give us in monogamous, faithful or just plain single people, to encourage them to stay that way.
Will all the married guys lurking on dating sites please give generously and help make our world a better place!
OK, so it’s actually a joke to make a statement about how carbon offsetting is a joke, but I still love it 
(Thanks to Roy for this one)
May 27th, 2007
Amora, a new themed interactive tourist attraction has opened in London this week. The theme is love, dating and sex.
We are in the process of arranging a partnership with them, so I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Amora while they were still putting the final touches on the place. I must say I was pretty impressed, although the site of rugged builders putting the final touches on the “orgasm tunnel” and the likes was rather amusing, to say the least.
Amora manages to be very explicit, but stylish at the same time while maintaining mass-market appeal, which is pretty impressive in itself.
The hi-tech interactive displays are very inspired. My personal favourite was the “find the G-spot” game with life-size body casts (male and female) that light up and moan when you hit the right spot. The “kissing mirror” was not operational when I visited, but promises to be very educational as well. I wonder what the tourists will make of it.
April 21st, 2007
It’s official, you can die of a broken heart.
The term “love doctor” has just gained an entirely new meaning.
April 21st, 2007
I held off writing about this for a few days, but enough is enough. Sooner or later it was bound to come out.
Durex are looking for condom testers. No money, but plenty of perks. Obviously.
Closing date for applications is 30th of April so there’s still time!
Just remember: saying you have a whole load of free condoms and a contract with Durex is not as good a chat up line as it may first seem
April 1st, 2007
Is this thing for real?!
Researchers at Arizona State University released a survey on Monday showing that writing love letters lowers cholesterol levels.
(Full article here)
Apparently writing love letters for 20 minutes, 3 times a week lowered cholesterol more than writing about “insignificant topics”
So by this token, heavy users of dating sites should be fitter than Madonna!!
Unless, of course, they use txtspeak, or talk about football…
March 27th, 2007
I’ve often said that online dating is not a million miles away from job hunting. Now someone has gone that extra mile.
A woman looking for Mr Right decided not to use a dating site (because some of her friends have had bad experiences) and has posted a “job advert” for a husband on a UK job site instead. So you thought online dating was pragmatic and business-like? It’s got nothing on this. It did get her far more exposure (and press) than an ad on a dating site ever would though, so good on her. Dunno what else to say, really.
Not a good advert for online dating in the UK, but it made me laugh.
Full article on the BBC site and here’s a link to her ad
March 26th, 2007
A new survey conducted in the UK by an organisation called Get Safe Online has found that only 48% of UK net users feel that it is their responsiblity to ensure their own safety online. Here’s a link to the BBC article and a pretty chart representation of most findings. Scarily enough, about 18% of the people questioned admitted to having replied to spam. Perhaps unsurprisingly, 12% said they had been victims of Internet fraud.
In a bit of good news, the UK government is actually fostering education, rather than empty measures like those being passed in the US. The people surveyed themselves seemed to be interested in being taught how to fend for themselves online, rather than rely on external measures. 78% even went as far as suggesting Internet safety lessons should be given to kids in schools.
The Get Safe Online site has a new online dating safety section meant to teach users how to use dating sites safely. It’s pretty short, but covers all the basics generally discussed in the safety sections of any decent site.
March 26th, 2007
Nothing like waking up in the morning and finding out some asshole has gone and spammed the hell out of my blog with all kinds of dodgy drugs and sex sites. As flattered as I am about my blog being chosen to promote East European criminals, I’ve now removed the lot and stopped all trackbacks. If anyone knows how to stop this from happening with Wordpress, please let me know.
March 19th, 2007
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