One would have to live under a rock, in a cave, on mars to have not heard about the $700 billion bailout program Bush is asking for, the press won’t shut up about it. The big 3 auto makers are trying to get their grubby little hands on $25 billion of those dollars so they [...]
Yesterday fellow blogger Tina Su published 15 tips to writing an effective email. Tina is a very talented writer and I suggest you follow her blog, but that’s beside the point. The title alone got me thinking about email and how I use it to interact with other people. The realization is that I [...]
Randomn3ss reader Janelle sent me a link to one seriously amazing 5-year-old kid. She has basketball skills that I could only dream of. I highly doubt she will ever be the last one picked during recess pick-up games.
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The stock market here in the US and most of the world is in the toilet, we all know this. Most of us are unsure what the future will bring and outside of the near 50% drop in gasoline prices, there isn’t much of a silver lining in any clouds over head. Randomn3ss reader Scott [...]
Last year the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) campaign offered a buy one to be donated, get one laptop deal. They are doing it again this year and offering the same deal. For $399 you get yourself a sprite little lappy and one goes to a third world country. Some more on the laptops and [...]
11.18Meh!
One of perhaps the most over-used internet phrases is now officially a word. In the 30th edition of the Collins English Dictionary, the word Meh will appear.
The dictionary defines “meh” as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring. Examples given by the dictionary include “the Canadian election was so [...]
As a child I always enjoyed the game of Monopoly, up until a point where I realized how I could better my odds at winning and the game was really played, i.e., buy everything you land on no matter what. So now in my [late] 20’s, what would be worth playing with friends that is [...]
One month ago the contest to win an i2i Stream went live, today we have a winner! After entering just about as many ways as one could, the odds were stacked in her favor and by random drawing, April wins! I’ll be mailing them off to her shortly, if you still want a pair (or [...]
Randomn3ss reader Angela passed along this email, too amazing not to post. The only info in the email is,
This Dachshund is fostering this little guy for another mom who couldn’t take care of him. He had his eyes closed, but now they are open. He is just a little bigger than her other pups. She [...]
This morning I found a pretty cool add-on to the site, a 5-star rating method. At the bottom of each article, above the share articles are 5 stars. One star, or the one on the left is the lowest, 5, or the one on the right is the highest. Click on the star you think [...]