Archive for February, 2009
‘i’m outta this hell hole’
that’s what one of my friends wrote in her farewell message back in the dot-com days. years later, we still laugh about it. it must be why this article caught my eye–the “i got laid off” memo to co-workers and friends is all the rage (it’s even bigger than the ‘25 things’ thing on facebook). [...]
must have been a bug in the spreadsheet software
haters will love this. former employees–not so much.
a month after the first-ever layoffs at microsoft, employees in the hr department realized they made a big mistake in calculating severance. it seems microsoft overpaid and they were asking the employees for the money back–in the form of check or money order and within two weeks, thank [...]
from pimp to chimp, er chump
seems that there may be trouble in the jungle that is newscorp because the king of the jungle has a stubborn and unending love for the newspaper. the new york times asserts that murdoch’s “lifelong fondness for newspapers has become a significant drag on the fortunes of his company…the company recently took $8.4 billion in [...]
do you live in a cave or something?
there might be new meaning to the question now that people are building and selling homes in caves. the sleeper family’s 17,000 sq feet 3 bedroom, 2 bath house, which was built inside a decommissioned mining cave, is listed for sale on ebay. located on 2.8 acres of property in festus, missouri, the family is [...]
matt’s still got it
meredith vieira was on the ellen degeneres show today and tried to prank call matt lauer. little did she know the prank’s on her.
no sign of daryl hannah either
google denies that an apparent grid of cities and streets found in a google earth image the lost city of atlantis. a google rep said that “what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process. bathymetric ( or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements [...]
i’d want a winebar
a recent survey asked people whether they’d want more mcdonald’s or starbucks in their neighborhood and the results were interesting.
43% of those surveyed would rather have mcdonalds over starbucks (35%)
liberals prefer coffee, so do younger people
conservatives prefer burgers, so do older people
the things that influenced the choice: level of education, income, political persuasion, gender, and [...]
