By MaxW on Apr 17, 2008 in Featured, Rants & Raves, World | 0 Comments
During a recent trip I made a shocking discovery; I pulled into a gas station next to the freeway, got out and almost put my credit card into the pump before I realized that they where charging a premium for using a credit card.
I stood there for about a minute trying to figure out why [...]
By MaxW on Apr 11, 2008 in World | 0 Comments
According to a new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, Many pieces of military gear which were stolen have been sold on Craigslist and eBay.
Investigators posing as buyers where able to buy over a dozen items listed on the online sites, the sellers of stolen items were arrested.
The items include two F-14 fighter jet [...]
By JamesW on Apr 8, 2008 in Event Coverage, Featured, World | 0 Comments
You know Ben & Jerry, the two loveable old guys from the 60’s that have made ice-cream forever, and have always been active in worthy causes (why can’t we get presidents as honest and down-to-earth as these guys?). Anyway, they have just developed and dedicated one of the strangest sounding frozen concoctions you can [...]
By JamesW on Apr 3, 2008 in Environment, World | 0 Comments
Planning ahead can save big $$ on energy bills
As you can see from the chart, IT departments consume a great deal of the companies overall power consumption. Some recent advances in OS’s and hardware can actually save you money. But you can do a few things today, without any new investments. [...]
By JamesW on Apr 2, 2008 in Featured, Rants & Raves, World | 0 Comments
BioFuel Now Competes Directly with Worlds Food Supply
Are you wondering why your grocery dollars aren’t stretching quite as far? In Mexico City, a barely publicized riot, called “The Tortilla Riots”, break out in protest of escalating corn prices (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6319093.stm) and sharply rising flour prices destabilize Pakistan. In Sudan, a grocer that supplies the countries needy [...]
By MaxW on Mar 29, 2008 in Featured, World | 0 Comments
Google users in the United States will notice today that we “turned the lights out” on the Google.com homepage as a gesture to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. As to why we don’t do this permanently - it saves no energy; modern displays use the same amount of power [...]
By MaxW on Sep 11, 2007 in World | 1 Comment
A feckless stick-up man chose the wrong target when he was beaten and hospitalized in an attempted robbery of a karate school in Bucaramanga in northwestern Colombia, police said.
“The man entered the academy with a firearm, but could not intimidate the dozens of students, who fortunately reacted and disarmed him,” said Colonel Julio Cesar Santoyo, [...]
By MaxW on Sep 2, 2007 in World | 0 Comments
India launched into orbit a rocket carrying a replacement satellite that was destroyed last year, competing for global satellite launch business. The 49-metre (1,481-feet) rocket carrying the Insat-4CR satellite blasted off from the Sriharikota space station in southern India at 6:21 pm (1251 GMT) after a two-hour delay due to a technical glitch.
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