A guide to what's hot and what's not.
WHAT'S HOT
Do the Haka shake New Zealand Maori start yowling at 8am. Up you get to support Brian's Lions.
Strawberries Try them with freshly ground black pepper. No kidding.
Summer sales Good time to restock your china cupboard for the great afternoon-tea, now back in vogue.
Punctuality barometers They're the people you see on the way to work every morning, allowing you to work out how early or late you are, depending on where you see them.
The Cloud Room Latest hot New York band.
www.bugmenot.com If you're weary of compulsory registration on websites, this name-sharing bypass could be the answer.
WHAT'S COLD
Exchange students Surely our own children, ahem, are not as sullen as the ones we've taken in.
Nutritional-info overload So now there's a variation on the GI diet. It's called the GL - or glycaemic-load - diet, and it takes portion sizes into account. Confused?
Boxing clever Irish fighter Kevin McBride takes on Mike Tyson this weekend. But why?
Coldplay's new album Or rather the fact that everybody is talking about how similar it is to the first two. What did they expect, a Mongolian folk album?
Gypsy skirts Can anyone show us how to wear them without looking like a bag of laundry?
Weekend Darts No sooner do they return to the northside than they stop - again - on the southside.