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Archive for the ‘News & Current Events’ Category

May 6th, 2008

I Actually Agree with Dvorak on the "Green" Issue

I’m an on-again-off-again fan of John C. Dvorak. I regularly listen to TWiT and CrankyGeeks and Tech5 podcasts that he’s on regularly. Sometimes he offends me, but every time he at least makes me think a little harder about a topic.
I came across this recent column, Turn Off the Lights! of his in PC […]

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May 3rd, 2008

The Definition of Good Sport

In a time where we see our professional athletes in court, taking steroids or beating women; here’s an inspiring story of what it means to be a real, good sport and play on a team.
It’s refreshing to see this type of news coming out of the sporting world. Not sure if it says much that […]

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April 25th, 2008

Public Service Announcement: Men Stay Away from the Congo

This is just a quick little PSA to all of my readers out there that are male and may have been thinking about traveling to the continent of Africa, specifically Congo.
This is all I can really share without tipping my hat:
If you were brave enough to click the link above, you have undoubtedly crossed Congo […]

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January 22nd, 2008

Tom Cruise Wins Scientology’s Freedom Medal of Valor

Gawker’s got an interesting story and video of Tom Cruise being interviewed about his faith in Scientology and how it impacts and directs his life and who he is.
Let me put it this way: if Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch was an 8 on the scale of scary, this is a 10.

That says […]

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January 11th, 2008

Marriage Over for Adopted Twins Separated at Birth

How odd is this? We’ll add this one to the new category of “Strange News” section.
A pair of twins who were adopted by separate families as babies got married without knowing they were brother and sister, a peer told the House of Lords.
A court annulled the British couple’s union after they discovered their true […]

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January 3rd, 2008

World Record Setting Motorcycle Jump

Australian Robbie Maddison breaks motorcycle jump world record in Las Vegas.

Thanks to Ben for sharing this on his site so I’d see it. Pretty cool, potentially even more meaningful since we lost the ultimate of all daredevils, Evel Knievel this past year and he had set the original record.
Here’s more information about the jump on […]

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December 28th, 2007

Popular Science Presents their Guide to the Year in Science: 2008

If you enjoy science, and I do, you’ll probably be interested in Popular Science magazine’s guide to the year in science for 2008.
You’ll get to read about stuff like:

jellyfish
Olympics
the future
the new Internet
illegal activities

and more!
Your Guide to the Year in Science: 2008 by Popular Science
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December 21st, 2007

An Inconvenient Report?

The Internet is capable of producing much more than just the latest video available on YouTube for your enjoyment. You can also get loads of information about the world around us. The highlight for today though may not be what you would have expected to hear about the world around us.
A report by a […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

November 26th, 2007

Internet DOA by 2010

Get it while the getting is good folks. This old set of tubes and the rest of the information superhighway is about to hit a roadblock and go the way of the dinosaurs, or worse dial-up!
The Web will start to seem pokey as early as 2010, as use of interactive and video-intensive services overwhelms […]

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November 4th, 2007

The Face of a King - Tut Unmasked

I was always excited to study about Egyptian history when in school. News today announced that they’ve removed the shroud from King Tutankhamun’s face for all the world to see.
 The Reuter’s photo to the left provides the best portrait view of the face of the king from the collection being shared on Yahoo! News website.
Scientists […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

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