Archive for June, 2010
they must have been thinking of ‘the nutcracker’
thanks to a tip from my buddy and love anderson cooper, i learned about the bp’s blog from the gulf today. in every way possible, the blog’s reporters take a glass half full reporting approach. my favorite example of this was from a report filed on may 28. in the blog post titled ballet at [...]
hanging up his suspenders
larry king announced today that this fall, he will end his nightly program larry king live. in a statement to his audience he wrote “talked to the guys here at CNN and I told them I would like to end Larry King Live, the nightly show, this fall and CNN has graciously accepted, [...]
mine was yellow scratch and sniff
the loss of the spaghetios guy and the loss of the gloved one just a year ago may have given some of us the feeling that bit by bit, our childhood was fading away. here’s a little more sand through the hourglass–the founder of swatch watches nicolas hayek died of heart failure at the age [...]
how badly do you want a free iphone 4?
with a reported 1.7 million iphone 4 phones sold in the first three days, it’s doesn’t take a genius to starting thinking about business ideas for that customer base. one entrepreneur guy (or gal) is way ahead of the game. check out this job posting on craigslist:
“Starting an online interactive pornography firm where woman will [...]
memories can be expensive
while record number of people are showing at food banks, the better half are busying shopping at auctions for memorabilia. here’s some of what they’re buying
three x-rays of marilyn monroe’s chest from a 1954 hospital stay netted $45,000
earrings worn by kate winslet in the blockbuster titanic movie sold for $25,000
one of michael jackson’s infamous crystal-studded [...]
qwerty
142 years ago this week pennsylvania native christopher sholes had his patent approved for the first typewriter. his wasn’t the first, others can be traced back another 100 years, but it was the first commercially successful one adopted by many. to create the tool, sholes followed some key design principles to improve his product. he [...]
don’t worry general, this cover caused trouble too
if you haven’t heard by now, general stanley a. mcchrystal, commander of nato’s international security assistance force and u.s. forces-afghanistan screwed up big time when he ran his mouth to a reporter for rolling stone. in it he referred to vice president biden as ‘bite me’, said he thought the president was basically clueless, and [...]
