Have you seen the Pepsi bottles with the orange caps lately? They say 1 in 3 people are supposed to get a ringtone. The invite you to visit PepsiSmash.com and enter the code on the bottom of the cap on the site in order to see what you’ve won. But wait, here’s where it gets [...]
» Go to this postI love this book! There, I’ve given away the clincher already.
Truth is, the writing is addictive. Once I picked it up, it was hard to tear myself away. Perhaps it’s because I’m fascinated with the subject matter, but boy, the writing style ain’t too shabby either. It’s easy on the eyes, and easy on the [...]
Newsweek has an interesting, behind-the-scenes look at Bush’s visit to G8. The article flatters Bush, to be sure, but what I find interesting are the snippets about Putin’s surveillance of the mansion where Bush stayed, and his slight of China’s Hu Jintao. The article has other juicy bits, and it’s worth reading.
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Wired News is running a great FAQ on Intel’s Dual Core processors - what’s on the market now, and what’s going to get here pretty soon. Bottom line - if you’d like some fast laptop processors, wait until the Merom line gets on the market, which will be late August. Perhaps some laptop makers (Apple [...]
» Go to this postIf you like JoT, or if you like comics and/or Macs, then you’ll love this book! And at $16.95, it’s a steal.
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» Go to this postYou wouldn’t think a monastery deep in the western woods of Wisconsin would be involved with re-manufactured laser printer cartridges, but there they are, a multimillion dollar business, up to their necks in profits… See, the monastery was in dire financial straits, and Father Bernard McCoy, now the Chief Operating Monk, struggled to keep it [...]
» Go to this postIn 1906, a German scholar discovered some of Archimedes’ long lost works in a medieval prayer book. A 10th century scribe had transcribed them from an even earlier manuscript, but in 1229, the pages were erased and used to make a prayer book. Normally, I haven’t got anything against prayer, but I think a priceless [...]
» Go to this postI’m not interested in taking sides in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon. What concerns me is the damage that’s being inflicted on the infrastructure of Lebanon, and more importantly, on its people, most of them innocent civilians. People are getting blown up left and right, houses, neighborhoods and towns are demolished by bombs, and [...]
» Go to this postIf you’re looking for a cogent comparison of evolution and creation, then watch this video. Dr. Doug Batchelor does a great job of presenting both topics in as fair a light as each deserves.
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Among other news, like their 48% rise in profits, helped by the iPods, Apple has also proven the dominance of their hardware and software market by achieving a 12% share of the notebook market. That’s double its previous share of 6%, as measured from June of ‘05 to January ‘06. Over 75% of the new [...]
» Go to this postTwo figures stand out when reading this book: twelve and twenty. What do they have in common? The same man, Richard C. Reale. For twenty years, he’s studied why change fails and why it succeeds. Then he boiled down his knowledge base into twelve principles that are absolutely necessary if change is to happen correctly [...]
» Go to this postThe story of this movie is simple, and normally bankable: small town girl makes good in big city. This is a story with plenty of room for nice little twists and turns that make a movie worthwhile. However bankable the story is, the movie feels fake all the way through. Granted it’s a musical, and [...]
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