Don’t look down, airmen honoured and our password curse

Next time you cross the wide Cats Eye footbridge between Moore Park and Bennington Heights, just savour how safe it feels. In Portugal, they’ve just opened a mile-high 175 metre-long, four-foot-wide pedestrian bridge. Most people think it’s pretty scary.

Dutch honour Canadian airmen lost in 1943

The 75-year bond between the people of the Netherlands and Canada continues as two Canadian bomber crew are honoured after the discovery of their long-lost aircraft off the coast of Holland. The Canadian army was assigned the task of liberating the Netherlands and other low countries in 1945. The Dutch have never forgotten those who helped them restore their freedom.


Make your password so hard you can’t remember it

That incidental curse of the Internet age never goes away. There was a time when only you and your bank manager knew where your money was. Now, anyone who can peek into servers can rob you. Sigh.