Free-falling: Kaboom! Ever watch a building getting demolished? Sometimes they'll do it the boring caveman way and just have at 'er with a wrecking ball. But if you get fancy, they'll do an implosion, which means putting explosives in specific places around the building to bring it down in a way that's orderly and strikingly beautiful. ImplosionWorld.com has a video archive of successful demolitions-by-implosion and every few months even features live webcasts. Look out for the guy screaming while on fire at www.implosionworld.com.

Indian Spider-Man: There's not too many other ways to put it. Marvel comics is launching a version of veteran web-slinger Spidey for the Indian market. He has a new costume that better reflects his subcontinental abode, with baggy pants and genie shoes. The effect is slightly MC Hammer, but this crime-fighter is swinging in the mean streets of Mumbai, not the Big Apple. Oh, and he's not Peter Parker - it's Pavitr Prabhakar. No word on Dr. Octopus at www.gothamcomics.com/spiderman_india/.

Comments? Michael Citrome