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1906 and 2006

2006-10-11T10:39:00.000-04:00

My Dad sent this to me in an email. I am posting here as I found these facts pretty staggering. It is quite amazing how far we've come in 100 years. THE YEAR 1906 This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1906 : ************************************ The

Google Gadgets

2006-10-04T21:31:00.000-04:00

I am impressed by the google gadgets product. Google has found another way to bring their code / products into the mainstream, this time in the form of personalized content for bloggers. I wanted to copy one of the widgets onto this blog, but script tags aren't allowed by Blogger.com. I wonder if google forgot to account for this, as many blogging services don't allow javascript.

Are you being watched at work?

2006-09-21T11:44:00.000-04:00

More and more companies are watching what their employees are doing at work. They're relying on surveillance to monitor everyone in the firm, from cubicle to corner office to boardroom. More than 75% of employers monitor their workers' Web site connections, according to a survey by the American Management Association and ePolicy Institute.Most employees still make the mistake of using their

Five Tips to Increase Your Likeability

2006-09-20T22:55:00.000-04:00

I love this article. Most of the advise in here is pretty sound, although not easy to implement. When I started thinking about people that are really likeable in my personal and professional life, they all seem to have most of these characteristics in one way or another. Five Tips to Increase Your LikeabilityIn the office and the world

Mythbusters beat the finger print security system

2006-09-20T12:45:00.000-04:00

How to beat the finger print security system, the Mythbusters way. They need to make these systems much more secure!Watch the Video

Send An Email To Yourself in 2036! (Send it now, receive later!)

2006-09-19T22:57:00.000-04:00

http://futureme.org/ automatically sends you an email of what you said on whatever date you specify. For example, I could send my self an email reminding me to have plastic surgery in 2036! (Or perhaps, sadly, I won't actually need a reminder for that). Neat idea, if you thought burying time capsules in high school were a good idea (I DID). I wanted to send an email to my husband in 2036, but

The 46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities

2006-09-19T22:01:00.000-04:00

Pretty lengthy, but has some good sites in here.read more | digg story

Social Bookmarking sites comparison - Part 2

2006-09-19T10:52:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, I wrote about different social bookmarking sites I have used and asked for help to list any other ones you may have used. Today, there is an article on the read/write web that compares major social bookmarking sites and the features they offer.This is really a comprehensive comparison and I discovered a few new sites along the way. Do read this, if you are a user of any social

Social BookMarking - what do you use?

2006-09-18T14:32:00.000-04:00

There are plenty of social bookmarking sites out there to help you keep track of what you're reading, finding interesting, as well as see what others are reading and tagging. Even Yahoo recently got in this area too, with their My Web. So, which site do you use? I would love to hear your thoughts. I'm listing a few here that I've tried myself:Furl.netdel.icio.usYahoo - MY WebBoth Furl and

If there were only 100 people in this world

2006-09-18T13:16:00.000-04:00

Sorry for the long sabbatical. A new job and a promotion kept me busy over the last few months. I've made a promise to myself to write more frequently. So, I was looking at my networks' del.icio.us stories today and noticed this intriguing site:http://www.miniature-earth.com/We always hear about problems in the world, but find it hard to grasp the numbers and the severity of the issues. This

Find your pub in nyc

2006-03-17T00:00:00.001-05:00

This google map shows you all bars in the vicinity of your neighborhood in Manhattan. A heaven for drunks! You can search for an address and all the bars around that area, with info will be displayed on a map:http://newyorkontap.com/subways.asp

Find your pub in nyc

2006-03-17T00:00:00.000-05:00

Find out what bloggers are talking about

2005-04-04T23:55:00.000-04:00

Technorati is a search engine that lets you keep track of what's going on in the weblog world. It lets you search for blogs, create tags, search keywords mentioned in the weblogs etc. Very cool site...A google of the weblogs!

Hopstop: A Must for all around NYC

2005-04-04T23:46:00.000-04:00

If you've ever had a hard time finding out how to get someplace around New York CIty via subway or walking, you'll appreciate this site: www.hopstop.comI can't remember last time I was this happy finding a new site. If you live in or around NYC, I know you will be as ecstatic as I was.

Why do we DEBUG computers?

2005-03-04T11:47:00.000-05:00

A friend of mine shared intersting history on why we call fixing computers or bugs DEBUGGING computers? I am posting his email here, with his permission:I've always wondered why we 'debug' computers, and in a bit ofrecreational reading last weekend, I came across the answer.It seems that before the advent of solid state transistors, computers,like radios, used modified light bulbs to amplify

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?

2005-03-03T14:24:00.000-05:00

What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?I came up as 100% Democrat

I can't help but Numa Numa

2005-03-03T12:41:00.000-05:00

I can't believe Gary Brolsma (Numa Numa Dance) doesn't want to embrace his new found fame. C'mon Gary!! http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/numa.php

Blogline Wins the RSS reader race

2005-03-03T00:22:00.000-05:00

I have tried a few RSS readers (Sage, Yahoo RSS, NewsGator) but have found Bloglines to be the best one yet. The best feature? It's transportable, so I don't have to be on my laptop at work or home to get to the RSS reader. It's also very easy to add other feeds to your reader and it's free. Another feature I really like about Bloglines is the "Bloglines: Top Links". This feature lets you know

Google Maps

2005-03-02T18:03:00.000-05:00

I love google's new maps. They are highly interactive and allow you to zoom in and out of any location/ place within U.S. I also find them very user friendly. Allowing users to visually browse to a location makes for a better user experience, rather than having to type in a whole address.

Hi Everyone!!

2005-03-01T17:41:00.000-05:00

This is my blog...I mainly use it as a place to highlight things/ news I find interesting.