Melissa

Melissa writes on culture for Two Little Fleas. Her work is located in the Hub section.

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Arizona airplane graveyard

14 Amazing Images from Google Earth

Google Earth is an amazing tool. Simply download it onto your PC, then zoom around the planet, getting a bird’s eye view of far-off places. So many people have done just that, in fact, that they’ve found some pretty amazing things. Luckily for us, they took screen grabs and put them online. Below are 14… Read more »

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Collaborating With a Toddler

Most parents try to keep their little children away from their work, and Texas-based artist Mica Angela Hendricks felt the same. She got a new sketchbook, and she worried that her four-year-old daughter Myla would scribble all over her precious drawings. So she kept Myla far away from her sketchbook. But Myla had learned one… Read more »

Underwater Dogs

Great Books for Animal Lovers

Loving animals is a passion like few others. It informs our hobbies, interests and even our taste in clothes and entertainment. It never fades with time. Instead, the more you learn about animals, the more you love them. If this sounds familiar, you’re going to love this post. Today, we’re looking at great books for… Read more »

American Hustle

The New Film Releases You Want to Watch

It’s that time of year again, when critics let you know which films are so important that you must watch them. Generally, these are worthy affairs, full of angst and bitter dialogue, with impenetrable plots and character motivations. Well, we here at Two Little Fleas look at films a bit differently. In this article, we… Read more »

Cute Greetings Cards You Can Make

Cute Greetings Cards You Can Make

Greetings cards are big business in the UK. In fact, Britain spend more each year sending cards than any other nation. There is something about a card that seems so much more personal, so much lovelier, than an email or even a phone call could ever be. How much more personal, lovelier, then, would a… Read more »

The Most Viewed Music Videos on YouTube

The Most Viewed Music Videos on YouTube

YouTube is an amazing playground for those who like clips of kittens, quick tutorials and quasi-legal videos of copyrighted content. It’s also one of the most influential factors in the success of songs in the pop charts. Get to the top of the most viewed music videos list, and you’ve got a bona fide hit… Read more »

Courgette cake

Get Healthy by Hiding Veg in Your Food

Since the dawn of time, parents have struggled to get their kids (or particularly stubborn adult family members) to eat healthy food. Whether its broccoli, cauliflower, courgettes, mushrooms or whatever else, you soon learn when cooking for picky eaters that you can’t just steam up a plate of veg and expect them to eat it…. Read more »

Xbox One and Playstation 4

The Biggest Gadgets of 2014

Every year, it seems our new gadgets are rendered obsolete by the new, big technology releases. 2014 is no different, and these are the biggest, most revolutionary gadgets we’ll be able to get this year. Google Glass Source You’ve probably heard about Google Glass all throughout 2013: commentators and early testers raved about the wearable… Read more »

Trompe loeil wallpaper

The Big Wallpaper Trends of 2014

When you think trendy, you rarely think of wallpaper. And that’s a good thing. Wallpaper manufacturers realise they make a product that won’t likely be removed for five or ten years, and they want to make designs that will stand the test of time. But they also need to look somewhat modern for the customers… Read more »

Breaking Bad

Why We’re Entering a New Golden Age of TV

Television has come a long way. The first Golden Age of Television was in the 1950s, when formats were perfected and genres were established. It was an age of creativity, when classic shows like Hancock’s Half Hour and Dixon of Dock Green were setting the tone for all the shows that followed after. Soon, however,… Read more »