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Living and looking well on the cheap

Lent may be over, but with all the talk of the credit crunch it seems that we're entering into yet another period of personal sacrifice. Cutting down on holidays, car trips and luxury items may be the answer, but some would rather forgo food and put another notch in their Gucci belt than do without the latter. Don't despair. Help is at hand at My Authentics, a style blog that provides tips on "luxe living on any budget". Be stylish without having to starve.

One of the best online games you'll ever play

It's Friday (finally!) and arguably the most unproductive day of the work week. Have five minutes to spare? Of course you do! Why not try your hand at what's being hailed as one of the "best online games ever" called You Have to Burn the Rope. Tired of how hard games were getting, Kian Bashiri designed the game which takes just minutes to play but offers endless fun - even for the video game adverse. Unleash your inner gamer (or at least idle constructively).

Filth and wisdom and the wisdom of crowds

With the honourable exception of The Times, Madonna's new film has garnered some pretty nasty reviews. Which means that connoisseurs of celluloid car crashes will be gleefully waiting to pan it for themselves. But if you love revelling in the truly trash, then there are many, many films far schlockier than hers out there. For a compellingly collated list of the 100 most cruel and unusual movies ever made click here

Jerboas and echidnas and anteaters.. Oh my!

Does the sight of a Siamese or an Afghan hound take your breath away? Were you one of the thousands in thrall at the never before seen footage of the endangered Mongolian jerboa? Brace yourself. That was just the tip of the unusual animal iceberg. See the world’s most “Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered” species from the Long-beaked echidna and Silky anteater to the Monito del monte on the site of the same name.

Bankable youth

Making money can be child’s play, but keeping it is harder. Reuben Singh, whose fortune once stood at £27.5 million after he opened a fashion chain as a schoolboy, is now bankrupt. In Delhi more than 1,000 street children have joined together to create the Children’s Development Bank. You can donate money to help to pay interest on their deposits, stopping them from wasting their slim earnings on cigarettes or sweets.

The greatest Tarzan calls of all time

If you're planning to enter our Scream like Tarzan! competition, here is your homework:

The Tarzan call has a long and chequered history, including

1. The Classic Weissmuller

Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller played Tarzan in five films. He often claimed to have invented the Tarzan call, although later admitted it was created in the studio by merging together several different voices.  He's seen here in a strange US advertisement for good parenting.

2. Baltimora: Tarzan Boy

Perhaps the Tarzan call's lowest point came when it was used by Italian dance producers Baltimora on their 1985 hit Tarzan Boy.

3. Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle

If you were old enough to be watching kids TV in 1976, then you'll probably remember this long-running cartoon series. The opening credits end with a classic Weissmuller.

4. Tarzan before Weissmuller

This clip from the 1929 film 'Tarzan the Tiger' has - at 4:25 - a pre-Weissmuller Tarzan cry. No yodelling, no flair, just a weird man-scream. The film was made silent, with various sound effects later dubbed on before release.

5. Who's Line is it Anyway?

This US episode of the improv comedy panel game proves that doing a convincing Tarzan call is much harder than it sounds.

6. Tarzan in Istanbul

It sounds like the punchline to a bad joke, but Tarzan Istanbul'da is a real film, made in 1952, with a very Wiessmulleresque call at 3:00.

Bonus: Tarzan my Tarzan

There's no Tarzan call, but this scene from the hugely successful Bollywood blockbuster 'Adventures of Tarzan' will change the way you think about Tarzan forever.

The Click: Putting the cat(tiness) in Catwalk

It’s New York Fashion Week and, no, you’re not swigging champers backstage at Marc Jacobs, you’re hunched at your desk, downing coffee from the vending machine. Luckily, Go Fug Yourself, the mercilessly catty fashion blog, is. While not spotting “fugly” (as in f*** ugly) clothes, it digs its claws into celebs. Referring to Mischa Barton’s dressed-down look, it comments: “Girl, please. Did you even go home last night?”.. and that was one of the more charitable swipes.

Drag racing for the noughties

Idle at the insufferably long traffic lights? Then why not try window racing? After buying and installing specially designed window stickers, pull up alongside an opponent with the same stickers (one for manual and another for electric), make 1, 2, 3, go hand signals and the fastest winder wins. Finally, a sport for the faint of heart. Bring on the red lights, traffic jams, road works! On your marks ... get set ... GO!