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Traffic influx
2008-02-08 22:30:00 It just seems that I’m having less and less time to blog nowadays due to studies, our impending move and the preparation of my new business. On an average day, I have just enough energy to read blogs than to write it. I do apologize for not writing as much. I hope that my worse fears ... More About: Traffic
Are you normal or a genius?
2008-02-01 19:29:00 Here is a teaser/ illusion: How many Fs are in the sentence below? FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS… (look in the comments to see the answer - no peeking!) Share This More About: Genius , Normal
To pee or not to pee
2008-01-28 13:20:00 Pretty funny what people come up with on the web. Take a look at this site, it’s called MizPee. It’s purpose — to find you the closest and cleanest public restrooms in your area. So the next time you find yourself needing a bathroom badly, just use your mobile phone browser to key in your ...
Steve J. Kutnitsky: Rest in Peace
2008-01-28 01:03:00 Steve passed away on Saturday, Jan 26 just after 7 am. Surrounded by his family at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, he is finally at rest after a very long two year fight for his life. Thank you everyone for the prayers and support. He never stopped thanking everyone for the love he felt. ... More About: Peace , Steve , Rest In Peace , Rest
The Earworm Invasion
2008-01-24 22:55:00 My word of the day: Earworm. They stay in your head, they dig deep, they never let go and there is no known cure for it. I’m not talking about an animal or creature, I’m talking about the *Songs stuck in your head* syndrome and those you ultimately find yourself humming when you least expect ... More About: Invasion
Spidey a bachelor (again)
2008-01-21 02:41:00 The comic book world was rocked in the past couple of weeks when Marvel dissolved the Spiderman Peter Parker-Mary Jane marriage. Titled “One More Day”, comic #545 sees Spiderman deal with a devil like villian Mephisto to save Aunt May (who was in a coma). In the deal, Mephisto wipes Peter Parker and Mary Jane’s ... More About: Bachelor
Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
2008-01-11 21:59:00 J emailed me this nifty way of making her students solve a math problem (with an incentive) i.e. the answer to the math problem is the password to open the (Microsoft) Excel file. Lets see whether you are smarter than a 5th grader … There are 7 girls in a bus Each girl has 7 backpacks In each ...
Presidential candidate match
2008-01-11 07:30:00 Saw this on FOX news yesterday… find your presidential candidate match. # Play 20 questions to find your closest political match # Dig deeper into the candidates’ answers, stances and news coverage # Download a cool political bobble head widget # Embed this quiz on your blog or site Share This More About: Presidential , Match , Candidate , Presidential Candidate
Good music source: YouTube and TV
2008-01-10 16:58:00 YouTube seems to be a good place to find many good singers (and bad ones too). The pool of talent there is enormous. From randomly stumbling across them, I’ve come some very good ones that film themselves, hoping to get their big break and get picked up by record labels. You know they have talent when ... More About: Youtube , Music , Source , Good
Handy URL shortening services
2008-01-10 03:13:00 I was going to research/compile a list of URL shortening services but Mashable beat me to it today. Worked out for the best as it saved me a lot of time. If you don’t know what a URL shortening service is … It’s a service that minimizes a long address, creating a shorter URL address that gets ... More About: Services , Handy
Hillary to Obama ?
2008-01-09 07:06:00 “Anything you can do, I can do better!” With the New Hampshire primaries just completed and Hillary defying the polls to win there, I couldn’t help but post this one up. Link Share This More About: Obama
Car door of the future?
2008-01-08 10:51:00 Jatech LLC has come up with the Disappearing Car Door , a futuristic and innovative hingeless car door design that folds beneath the car. The technology can be implemented in any automobile or an originally designed body frame. It reminds me of something out of a Transformers movie. The site is not very informative and I ... More About: Future , The Future
Is it ever going to end?
2008-01-07 14:19:00 “Breaking news, Britney Spears has been released from the hospital hours after she lost custody of her two sons to her ex-husband…” It’s pretty sad when I turn on a news channel on the radio/ TV and they report on Britney Spears before the New Hampshire primaries, war in Iraq or any other national news. The ...
2.008 Status: Sick and Grumpy
2008-01-05 07:46:00 Nice way to usher in the New Year with a pesky cough and stuffy nose. This pesky cough has been lingering since the 27th. I’m so clogged up my head feels like it’s ready to explode, my ears ache, my skin’s dry and my nose is sore from constantly blowing it. It seems like when ... More About: Status , Sick
Happy New Year from The Foo Logs
2008-01-01 05:01:00 Happy New Year to all my readers and friends! Here is to 2008 being a year full of joy and happiness for all of you. Share This More About: Happy , Happy New Year , Logs
Reflecting on 2007
2008-01-01 03:01:00 As 2007 winds down with about 3 hours to go, I guess I’ll spend a little time reflecting on how the year went. 2007 really was not a pleasant one for me and the rest of the family with a lot of unforeseen circumstances, accidents and sicknesses. It just seemed like it was one bad ...
Knight Rider series being revived
2007-12-31 07:07:00 Managed to catch the 15 second new Knight Rider series clip on TV yesterday. It’ll be a 2 hour first episode — testing the waters so to speak. If it is well received, we’ll see a whole season of it. As a huge Knight Rider fan, I’ll be anxiously waiting for the NBC premiere on ... More About: Series
Merry Christmas
2007-12-25 14:26:00 Merry Christmas to everyone and a Happy New Year! Share This More About: Merry Christmas , Merry
Beneath the Rubber Tree
2007-12-22 13:56:00 A touching animated vid by Hanna Abi-Hanna. Beneath the Rubber Tree from Hanna on Vimeo. Share This
Looking for old versions of your fav software?
2007-12-21 10:39:00 If you are looking for old versions of web software because the new upgrades aren’t compatible with your computer for some reason (like Vista), here is site for you to bookmark. It’s called OldVersion.com. They currently have about 2388 versions of 179 of the most popular software applications used on the PC. Some popular apps include ... More About: Software
Not a good role model
2007-12-20 18:27:00 I read about Jamie Lynn Spears (Britney Spears’ 16 year old sister) announcing that she is 12 weeks pregnant yesterday. Wasn’t at all surprised, considering her big sister isn’t exactly a good role model. Ok, maybe that statement was a little harsh but she is a Nickelodeon girl, of *squickly clean* Disney… what in the ... More About: Model , Role , Good , Role Model
Leave a Legacy with Time Vault Letters
2007-12-20 13:38:00 I love the idea of Time Vault Letters i.e. you write a letter or record a DVD to someone or yourself, post date it, after which the company will mail it on the specific date. They will store it in their fire/ waterproof vault up to 5 years from the day you post date it. ... More About: Leave , Legacy
Happy Baby
2007-12-19 16:30:00 Saw this on TV last year. One of the few videos that will make you smile when you’re down. Just too cute… happy little one, isn’t he? Share This More About: Baby , Happy
Elfster: Your Online Secret Santa
2007-12-18 20:25:00 With Elfster, using pen & paper to exchange Secret Santa names is now a thing of the past. Using it is as easy as 1-2-3 … 1) Create a Secret Santa group 2) Invite the Friends, Family or Colleagues to join the group 3) Elfster will then pick and choose names at random, sending everyone their assigned ... More About: Online
My Charlie Brown Christmas tree
2007-12-17 01:11:00 Couldn’t help but buy a miniature version of Charlie Brown ’s pathetic Christmas tree from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Share This More About: Tree , Christmas tree
Wantz.it: Create wish lists from your Del.icio.us tags
2007-12-16 14:02:00 Wantz.it is a simple app yet mighty useful. It’s a tool that makes the creation of wish lists easy and fun - living online proof that less is always more. The idea comes from the fact that everyone needs a wish list but there isn’t a simple way to create and compile the links from different ... More About: Lists , Tags , Create
Organizing delicious tags
2007-12-16 01:12:00 I use delicious extensively to bookmark all my sites so that I can access it anywhere. Realized lately that I have not been using it efficiently at all. I found this out the hard way when I recently wanted to search for a bookmark (I knew I saved) but couldn’t find it — a classic ... More About: Tags , Delicious , Organ
The door of happiness
2007-12-15 13:29:00 “When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” - Helen Keller Share This More About: Happiness , Door
w00t for the word w00t!
2007-12-15 00:49:00 Bet you would never have guessed this but Merriam-Webster’s 2007 Word of the Year is w00t (interjection) Similar to “yaye” or “woohoo”. It’s an expression of joy for no reason at all, after a triumph or when you’re in agreement with something. Could also mean Waste of Our Time or Way Out of Topic (in online ...
IWantSandy: The virtual administrative assistant
More articles from this author:2007-12-14 11:39:00 I have been using this useful online reminder service lately, it’s called IWantSandy. Named after Tim O’Reilly’s real life administrative assistant, IWantSandy is a virtual assistant that allows you to schedule and create lists by email. All you have to do is email *Sandy* and she’ll create/ remind you of your appointments when it is due. ... More About: Administrative , Virtual , Assistant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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