Would you like a Sheep or Goat for Christmas?

If you cannot afford a Wii for your loved ones, consider a sheep: Oxfam will let you “buy a sheep” as a gift, and they’ll send a postcard with a photo to your lucky gift recipient. They’ll in turn no doubt cherish the valueless photo, knowing that you’ve meanwhile donated the value of that sheep …

Free Rice: Addictive, but is it a scam?

Addictive. Very addictive – I’ve managed to donate 1830 ‘grains of rice through the UN to help end world hunger’. However I’ve only managed to get to level 44 – and then only once. There are 50 levels. Here’s the deal. Each time you get an answer right, 10 grains of rice are donated through …