Denso (and others) Plea Guilty To Price Fixing – Coming soon, “Shame on Denso” signs in front of Alcoa Highway Wal-Mart. Has the Higher-Ed Revolution Begun? – I’ll take advantage of the CS courses, but I’d really love to see a business school offer this type of program. We may have to wait all the way until next year for something like that. What’s Wrong With the Teenage Mind? – Read More ...
‘Blue Christmas’ drug bust targets illegal prescription drug sales in Brevard – Big day tomorrow for mugshots! Tools vs insight – I am Jack’s complete astonishment that Seth Godin can come up with these amazing posts for his blog on a daily basis. I would read it in a box, and I would read it with a fox. Does Beer Affect Your Training? – I was warned not to read Read More ...
What If Middle-Class Jobs Disappear? – Some stuff to think about regarding your kids’ education. What will the world be like for the next two generations? Chinese TV Host Says Regime Nearly Bankrupt - Not good. Netflix’s New Tablet UI Does Not Solve Its Search Problems – Agree with this. When I have a movie selected, I should have options to search for more based on actors, directors, and community likes. Read More ...
Another link dump. I promise I’ll try to include more bloggers and less news stuff in the future. Here’s How to Stop FB From Tracking You Online – Logging out isn’t enough. Can We Play? – Feeling guilty because you don’t get to spend enough time on education and they are aimlessly wasting the day? Don’t. Career Ruin: Homeschooling I realized that public school is like Social Security. There is Read More ...
Google’s cloud music service. Request an invite to the beta. 20k tracks stored for free isn’t a bad place to start! Shit My Students Write – Best new (to me) website I’ve run across in a while Apple Trumps Google as Most Valuable Brand – Shocked Coca-Cola doesn’t trump both. The carbonate sugar water industry is much more stable than technology. Do you think it’s even within the realm of Read More ...
Android as Google’s Moat – I like this take on Android as a defensive product for Google. I also like what that implies for us as consumers–costs keep decreasing while functionality keeps increasing. Can you believe someone wanted to charge for a web browser at one time? Now there are several free browsers, and they are still trying to out-do each other in features and speed! The Quintessentially Victorian Vision Read More ...
Digital Will – I could do a whole series of posts on this. Maybe I should. Maybe I will (no pun intended). Just try to cut off Netflix’s content supply – Can’t wait until the cable companies are skipped entirely and we can buy directly from the producers and/or networks. Win-win-win-lose. The “lose” is for the cable companies. The market will find a way. Jon Bon Jovi says Steve Jobs Read More ...
Gmail’s threaded, conversation based approach to email is one of the things that sold me on it early on. But I know there are people who don’t like it and prefer the traditional “one message, one line in my inbox” way of viewing their email. Fair enough–diff’rent strokes and all. But I always thought it was a little unfortunate that people didn’t take advantage of all the other great gmail Read More ...
Disney Princesses, Deconstructed – All you can really do to fight it is to push a fascination with ocean dwelling killing machines instead of Princesses. But it’s an uphill battle. Muscles Remember Past Glory – I strongly suspect fat bellies have the same memory ability. Thanks No For Skipping Your Immunizations! Whooping CoughIs Back – I wouldn’t let Jenny McCarthy give me dating advice when I was 19. Why would Read More ...
Free Nature Work/Sleep Mix You Control – Awesome…sometime music is too distracting. Want to try an mp3 for running. Gmote Turns Your Android Phone Into a Remote Control for Your PC – TweetEffect- When did you lose or gain twitter followers? – FreshBooks – Online Invoicing, Time Tracking & Billing Software – Pretty cool for people who are one man shows. Hey, Michael Moore, I’m calling you out – Random Read More ...
Selling free food is now known as “entrepreneurial foraging“. It’s for the ubercool only. When Walmart carries organic frozen dinners and even your neighbor with the Hummer is touting the environmental efficacy and bonus deliciousness of peaches grown within a 50-mile radius of the neighborhood co-op, foraging represents the next link on the food chain of greener-than-thou eating. This is sort of like charging panhandlers $2 the morning after a Read More ...
8 More PowerPoint Train Wrecks – I went to a great 2 day coaching clinic last weekend. About 10 minutes of the 2 days included the use of PowerPoint. Coincidence? In Search Of Clark Griswold’s House – You have to check every single light individually. Carbonhagen Meltdown – LOL! “…riots, madness, styrofoam cups, people eating meat, real fur coats, CFC-laden hairspray cans, it’s crazy.” STOP! - 45 Free Online Computer Read More ...
Women linked to Tiger Woods – At least he has a better eye for talent than Bill Clinton. Shashi Tharoor: Why nations should pursue "soft" power – If this is true, please explain to me why chicks always dig the guy who can beat up everyone else. Surf’s up as biggest waves in five years come to Hawaii after North Pacific storm – Sick. About Those ‘Tax Cuts for the Read More ...
We Need Your Help Finding The Savings – I think I caught the gist of the bill in the first few words where it says, "and for other purposes". That’s a cannon of a pistol | No Silence Here | knoxnews.com – The ever-accurate media. android-scripting – I can't wait until I have some time. And my device gets upgraded to Android 2.0 The woman who stopped a mass murderer Read More ...
