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Microsoft’s browser flaw exposed Google to hackers – Yahoo! News

January 16th, 2010

Microsoft’s browser flaw exposed Google to hackers – Yahoo! News.

Hmm, you think Microsoft will now pull out of China?

Nutrition and Health

January 9th, 2010

My lovely wife has started blogging about Nutrition and Health, so if you’re into that thing, check out her blog: Nutrition and Health.  It’s often about alternate approaches to eating and disease.

Enjoy!

 

That time of year — snow shoveling time

January 8th, 2010

How do I know it’s winter?  Besides, the cold temps, that is?  The number one search on my blog right now is my algorithm for: How to shovel your driveway.

Good luck to everyone with their snow removal!

Sick of “Fill in the Blank” news articles

December 22nd, 2009

I can’t help but wonder if one of the reasons newspapers are in decline is due to the tired old, fill in the blank articles they crank out on a regular basis each year for some annual event.  For instance, and by no means limited to just this, every NHL preseason, Raleigh’s News and Observer trots out some article about how Rod Brind’amour is once again the most fit Cane in camp (I guess in a year or two they will have to think of something new).  Yawn.   Then, every year about this time, we get a in-depth article on the “real reason” College Football coaches like making Bowl games is not the huge payday, but the fact that they get 2-3 extra weeks of practice.  Wow, how insightful.

Obviously, with more and more consolidation and cost-cutting in the industry, it is all the more likely to happen.  Sigh.

House panel considers college football playoffs – Yahoo! News

December 9th, 2009

House panel considers college football playoffs – Yahoo! News.

Always good to see our tax dollars at work…

RCA student radically improves the UK plug | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE

December 7th, 2009

RCA student radically improves the UK plug | ICON MAGAZINE ONLINE.

Having just gotten back from London, I can really appreciate the design of this new plug:

Sure hope the kid who invented it got a patent…