Archive for April, 2009
oscar throws in the towel
boxing champion oscar de la hoya announced today that he’s permanently retiring from boxing. in his announcement, the 36 year old boxer who debuted on the world stage in 1992 during the olympics said “when I can’t compete at my highest level, it’s not fair — to me, [or] my fans…knowing that you’re never going [...]
and maybe it’s cause they’re just dumb
a new study of undergrad and grad students found that students who used facebook typically have gpas a grade lower than their counter part who don’t use facebook. not surprisingly, 79% of the facebook users don’t believe there’s a link between their gpa and their use of the site.
aryn karpinski, one of the authors of [...]
low tech hacking
just two days after we hear about hackers breaching the security on the us’s electrical grids, someone(s) out in california decides to snip some fiber optic lines. telephone (both wireless and landlines), internet, atms, credit cards, etc were rendered inoperable. hospitals, business and emergency workers were all affected resulting in massive disruption in the santa [...]
unfortunately, it is like slaying a dragon.
while i never had treatment this bad, their service (or lack thereof) has kept me off of united airlines for close to five years. according to a letter shared with the consumerist, a united airlines premier member (someone who flys at least 15 flights a year) was denied service by a ticket agent because the [...]
have enough family time?
in case you didn’t, here’s a holiday clip from the daily show to get you ready for next year and more importantly, to get your morning off right.
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week in review: april 6-10, 2009
we hope the holiday week was exactly as you liked it. here at sacred bird, there was some seriously weird news to report.
two stories referencing rappers: one dead, another trying to bring his career back to life.
two stories about gadgets for lazy people: one using motors, the other using batteries.
freaky cats, a tea party and [...]
‘party’ not ‘bag’
even though glenn beck the cryin’ fool decided to back out as keynote speaker at the san antonio tea party he’ll broadcast from there. the national events, organized by freedom works, a conservative organization led by dick armey and devoted to lower taxes, less government, and more freedom–seem to be catching on. freedom works says that they are [...]
