With the advent of high speed mobile Internet, Twitter, and Web 2.0 features, the masses are finding new ways of making their voices known. This election year, three different ways of interacting with the candidates and their audience have presented themselves on the Internet. Current.com is teaming up with Twitter to offer realtime commenting to their [...]
It’s midnight. Benjamin Vandermeir sees the stop sign but ignores the bright red octogon that his headlights momentarily illuminate, before passing by — without stopping. A deputy on patrol sees the incident and gives chase, but some quick thinking and a lead foot allows the suspect to escape on 40th street. He misses a turn [...]
Think you’ve lost some money? Not even close. Private equity firm, TPG, lost $1.35 BILLION because they invested in Washington Mutual six months ago. If you’ve missed the news recently, WaMu just crashed, burned, and was seized by regulators. Their assets were then sold off to J.P. Morgan.
TPG, considered one of [...]
The Trans-Canada Highway — or Highway 1 — just reopened after 2 and a half weeks of closure between Charlottetown and Cornwall following tropical storm Hanna’s rampage through the Maritimes. The tropical storm washed the highway away on September 7th forcing residents to detour around the initial destruction and later reconstruction.
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A 60-year old hacker obtained a customer database used for Maserati’s Free Omaha Steak promotion and tried to blackmail the automaker into sending him money in exchange for the information.
Check out the promotional Web site that Bruce Mengler of Solana Beach, Calif allegedly hacked. Customers who wanted to get a free steak submitted their personal [...]
Ideas are ubiquitous; I mean, even I manage to have one almost every day. Now, in celebration of their 10th birthday, Google has launched a new project called Project 10 to the 100th to harness these random thoughts for world changing possibilities.
The process is simple: You fill out a 20 step Submission Form that covers [...]
The trailer for Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut was released earlier today and reveals a twisted alternate reality with Philip Seymour Hoffman. When I say twisted, it’s hard to tell how strange this film will be, but so far reviews have pegged it as a strange masterpiece.
The trailer’s opening scenes reveal a dying Hoffman who wants [...]
Last weekend was my sister’s wedding and I took a few photos of the guests that drove across the province to get there! Thank you everyone for doing that, I know my sister loved having you all there.
First it was the airlines, then the ferries, and now drug dealers. Fuel prices are just starting to come down after a recent jump last week, but compared to last year, fuel prices have increased over 30 cents (in Canada) and some retailers are starting to pass on the costs to customers. Enter Anthony Salinas, [...]
Yarr, have a stuffy nose? A quick hop in bed with ye and your loved one should clear that up. T’ Journal of Medical Hypotheses has proposed that men can keep their noses clear from congestion with regular ejaculation.
Zarrintan, S “Ejaculation as a potential treatment of nasal congestion in mature [...]