Archive for November, 2007

Osama bin Laden kills children and women for fun

November 29th, 2007

Crawling out of hiding from a cave in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden looked at the midnight sky for but 30 seconds before running back inside as quickly as he could. The coward of all cowards didn’t want to take a chance on being spotted by a Predator drone over his cave.

Aside from his rushed once-a-night stroll, the only news about bin Laden in the news recently is that he is accusing NATO troops of killing women and children.

New logo for Firefox in the near future?

November 26th, 2007

Rome wasn’t built in a single day, they say, and many products and brands go through many logos, designs, and redesigns before the final — the right — logo is hit upon.

Get the best discounts, today only, because it’s Cyber Monday

November 26th, 2007

Today is the day online retailers have been waiting for all year. In fact, it’s estimated U.S. online holiday sales are expected to be right around $20 billion this year, and today, Cyber Monday, is when retailers expect things to take off for the annual Christmas shopping season.

For you, the consumer, what’s it all mean? It means that today, being Cyber Monday, is the day you can typically find some of the best online deals because today is the “Black Friday” shopping day for online retailers.

Get SnagIt for free for post-Thanksgiving cheer

November 24th, 2007

Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

Sleep Problems Plague the Older Set (HealthDay)

November 23rd, 2007

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Nov. 23 (HealthDay News) — Older Americans often have
difficulty getting a good night's rest. It's a huge quality-of-life
problem, experts say, because contrary to popular belief, seniors require
about the same amount of sleep as younger adults.

Mac ads to take a look inside?

November 23rd, 2007

The Mac vs. PC ads that ran on national TV for months, then took a short break just prior to the launch of Mac’s Leopard OS update, are back on the air — and ad nauseam at that.

While the argument about Mac-vs.-PC is one of those school yard arguments for elementary school students, the real differences between the machines have really disappeared over the past 10 years or so.

Black Friday Tech Freebie is Camtasia Studio

November 23rd, 2007

Thanksgiving is over, and hopefully you walked away from the table last evening with a full belly. In my home, I know my family and extended family did, but even my dog ate better than some people did last night, or, for that matter, any night of the year. That alone was plenty for us to be thankful for, but there were many other things on our list, just to be clear.

Today, though, while clicking through various emails that have been received over the past few days, as well as the blog posts displaying in RSS that I am catching up on today, I found an interesting Black Friday Tech Freebie, one more thing that can help some have even more reason to be thankful for this weekend.

Forget new gun laws in Pennsylvania; imprison scum

November 21st, 2007

In the rare instances where the scum doesn’t walk the streets, but instead, sits in a jail cell, it’s often in protective custody, not in with the “general population” in the prison, but the sentences are generally much, much shorter. That does nothing except repeatedly broadcast a message — loud and clear — to scum in every community that the laws are laughable.

Want to lose that baby weight? Get some sleep (Reuters)

November 19th, 2007

Reuters - Researchers presented a conundrum to
new mothers on Monday, saying that women who want to lose the
extra weight gained in pregnancy should try to get more sleep.

Where’s your local UFO?

November 19th, 2007

If things keep going how they are now, it seems all areas of the country may have their “own” UFO — you know, a proverbial unidentified flying object — to claim, just like one community in Pennsylvania has right now.

The local cops in Whitehall, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, have investigated claims of a “flying saucer” in the area, and after their careful investigation, declared there truly is a UFO in the area.