Archive for December, 2009
presenting.. your favorites
it’s been an awesome year at sb and before we jump into new year, we thought we’d take a look at your favorite stories from 2009. here are the top 5, in order by page count:
omg sharon, you’re … huge is the story of one man’s love … for his pumpkin.
not sure I want [...]
decade in 7 minutes
amazing what happened in the past 10 years–other than september 11 and the wars. newsweek put together a 7 minute video that reminds us that other stuff happened. remember:
wazzzzzup?
the tsunami?
space shuttle columbia?
the speech at the united nations?
mission accomplished?
martha went to jail?
the east coast blackout?
madonna makes out with brit-brit?
nip slip?
lord of the rings?
3/11?
massachusetts legalizes gay marriage?
p.o.t.u.s. [...]
the big ball dropping event
like everything else, the times square ball is going green this year with the replacement of some older halogen bulbs with new led lights. rain is in the forecast this new year’s eve so if you were planning on heading to see it in person, you might want to rethink it and choose one of [...]
another busy holiday news weekend
while you were out doing your last minute shopping, stuffing your face with holiday fruit cake and trying to come up with some last minute lame excuse on why you couldn’t go visit family, the holiday news anchors (cause all the A-list folks were on vacation) were busy. here’s what you might’ve missed (in chronological order):
the [...]
here’s the situation
yesterday we talked about the money spent on health care lobbying and on monday we shared with you reactions to health care bill by some influential politicos. today it’s all about the regular joe (mostly living in certain parts of florida, long island, and new jersey). at the 11th hour, a 5% tax [...]
maybe it’s time to try google docs
if you get a new computer this holiday season and it doesn’t come preloaded with microsoft office (and you really need it), you might want to make sure you buy it soon. back in may, microsoft was found violating candian i4i’s data handling of custom xml and they lost their appeal today. they’re now banned from [...]
dollars and (makes) sense
as mentioned, we’re going to give you a view into key factors influencing the healthcare debate this week — we did this a a while back when the financial debaucle was in full swing. whether you are for or against health care reform, it’s important to know what influences our elected officials. a website called [...]
