The Biggest WiFi Hotspot in the World
925M is a website about telecommunications, that included this info today. “Bet you thought San Fran was getting the best Wi-fi vantage. Well, apparently according to a CNN article today, the world’s largest hotspot, a wireless cloud that stretches over 700 square miles of landscape, is not in any metropolitan […]
Why Do We Quit So Often?
Below are two of the top ten reasons that people quit their jobs, according to AOL today. #3 Insufficient Recognition or AppreciationPercent Responding: 34.2% “There is no recognition of my creative talent, training, or skills.”The three major portions of an employee’s total rewards package are compensation, benefits, and the work […]
The New Head of the Big Bad Fed
Meet Ben Bernanke, he’s the next head of the Fed. “A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard University in 1975, he received his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1979. During his years in Boston, he focused on the economic underpinnings of the Great Depression and the losing […]
In Sony’s Own Words
Sony Stark has a great blog, it really moves along at a fast pace. A recent dispatch: “Mahatma Ghandi referred to them as “God’s Children” and after eating, sleeping and meditating on their turf, I can see why. They are warm, kind, respectful and proud. They are called Untouchables or […]
How Does My Labia Look?
The Detroit MetroTimes ran a long story about the hottest thing in cosmetic surgery. Designer vaginas. “During Kim’s consultation, Dr. Berenholz asks her a number of frank questions about her ability to orgasm, before and after childbirth. “I’m just really loose down there,” she says with a shrug. Having finished […]
Olsen Look-alikes Spew Racist Hate in Song
ABC News reported on a pair of twins who have made a career out racist hate.Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans. They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the […]
"The Mother of All Unfunded Mandates"
The federal government, vastly extending the reach of an 11-year-old law, is requiring hundreds of universities, online communications companies and cities to overhaul their Internet computer networks to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to monitor e-mail and other online communications. The New York Times featured this piece today. […]
The Lives of the Super Obese
We flipped the channels on Friday night and found a fascinating program on Discovery called Super Obese. How could we resist? The show featured five profiles of super obese people, all currently in a clinic to help them reduce their staggering weight. The stories were similar, and all of them […]
A Toastmaster At Work
Cindy had me up before the sun this morning. It was cozy in the bed with the flannel sheets, but it is my birthday today, so it was time to have our coffee and open presents. She gave me a beautiful assortment of new clothes, very tasteful and classy. So […]
Secret New Project Being Hatched–Right Here!
We are hatching a million dollar scheme here at GoNOMAD/Computer Cleaners. We are going to surprise the locals with a technology-driven way for a nearby city to save thousands per month and offer citizens something that most of them want, and soon all of them will want. Expanding my business […]
Ad Clutter Fear Prompts Solo Sponsorships
This week’s edition of the CBS current-affairs program will run longer news segments, and fewer ads, as a result of an unusual sponsorship deal with Philips Electronics. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Amsterdam-based consumer electronics company says it is paying about $2 million to be the sole national […]
Eyewitness: Hit by a Truck on Graves St.
Outside in the October chill there was a commotion. A large truck had just struck a bicyclist on Graves St. A crowd gathered, little kids tittered about, and a man lay on the pavement, not moving. A police officer cradled his head, another man in uniform went to the back […]
Hitchhiking —It’s BACK!
Today’s Republican included this story about promoting hitchhiking in the Pioneer Valley. It does make sense to share our big cars when we drive alone to the store. In Chile we were told that index and middle finger out means you will pay someone to pick you up and give […]
D’oh! In Arabic is Still D’oh!
The Simpsons are coming to the Arab world, but there are a few changes in the works. AOL news writes today about how Fox’s cash cow will play on Arab TV. “Homer Simpson’s ubiquitous Duff beer will now be soda in the Arab version of the show. Hot dogs will […]
Why, Oh Why, Did We Film Her in a Canoe?
In what would have been a beautifully choreographed segment, Ms. Kosinski was reporting live about flooding in Wayne, N.J., in a canoe that was floating down a submerged suburban thoroughfare. The NY Observer and Poynter had the story. “Eight days of rain, and some neighborhoods don’t even look like neighborhoods […]
Swatting Down Cameras In North Korea
Dan Schoor just got back from North Korea, and blogged about it. “When I pointed my camera at the large picture of Kim Il-sung that hung over the stadium, a woman in uniform swatted my camera down, resulting in a blurry shot of the chairs. I noted the stern, disapproving […]
Carpooling Cool in the Back Forty
An informational meeting to help West County people set up carpools is set for next Wednesday, Oct. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Stillwaters Restaurant, reported the Recorder. The meeting, planned by Stillwaters owner Michael Phelps, aims to introduce selectmen, business and religious leaders and anyone else interested to MassRides, a […]