Credit BBC website: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20150406-the-biggest-flub-of-tech-founders

By Lucy Marcus

7 April 2015

With a nod and a wink, a well-known venture capitalist said something that made my blood run cold.

As the Solar Impulse sets off from Japan to Hawaii, its quest to become the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world continues. But its pilot only gets 20 minutes' sleep at a time. Can this be healthy?.

For five days and nights the pilot will fly alone over the Pacific, taking 20-minute "cat naps", 10 to 12 times a day, and leaving the autopilot temporarily unobserved. He's been trained in self-hypnosis, allowing "th...

Excellent aerial shot of the Big Buddha here in Phuket.

Credit Richard Barrow https://twitter.com/RichardBarrow

We are getting many orders for custom size mattresses and beds at the moment - round, larger (& smaller) sizes, European, US & other foreign sizes as well as unusual shapes - all are welcome, we are happy to be able to supply them, it seems that it is something not that easy to find here in Thailand.

Typically a custom size mattress or bed takes about 4 weeks to manufacture and the cost is only a little more t...

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) snapped this composite photo as the spacecraft stared at the sun from its spot in space on Oct. 8, 2014. In the image, hotspots of magnetic fields on the sun have gathered to form what appears to be two "eyes," a nose and a super-spooky grin on the sun's face. There even appear to be ears on the sides of the sun.

The image is a composite of two taken in ex...

Got sent this recently.
Not sure I agree with 'save the bedroom for sleep' but still!

Today is Buddhist Lent day or ‘Wan Kao Phaansa’, which is the start of a three lunar month period during which monks are required to stay within their temples to study and must adhere particularly strictly to the teachings of the Lord Buddha.
It is also known as the first day of ‘Vassa’, the Theravada rains retreat.
The two main thing...

Despite the political problems Hugs Thailand are still operating normally - if the internet works, so do we!

For any enquiries about our Beds, Bedding, Mattresses or Furniture please contact us at our regular email address: [email protected]

Last night this tweet from a guy called Adam Beardsmore in Bangkok made me laugh: “Turn on the TV to find the same music on ev...