Zimbabwe Dollar Slides to New Low - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog
To raise awareness on the Web, a stocks blogger started The Million Zimbabwe Dollar Homepage, a send-up of a famous stunt pulled in 2005 by Alex Tew, a student raising money for his education. - Congrats UGLY!!!
(tags: humor money [...]
‘Death Star’ found pointing at Earth : Nature News
But Wheeler says he isn’t yet scared of what is rapidly becoming known as the Death Star. “I’m not going to worry about it at all.”
(tags: astronomy life)
On Thai border, a rare refuge for Burmese children | csmonitor.com
As Ni Lar Win, an ethnic Mon, heads back to [...]
Official Google Blog: Google Calendar Sync
Finally! It’s arrived!
(tags: google outlook productivity software technology)
Getting Going - WSJ.com
Try these tricks on your kids, talk to them about the lessons to be learned — and then quietly muse about whether you, too, fall prey to these financial traps. - heh, good tips!
(tags: children, money)
Car Wash Abuse Allegation [...]
Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, as Is Dissent - New York Times
“People struggle to buy homes in this city, for sure,” Mr. Ellerbrook said. “And then you have what looks, on the face of it, like the city giving money to people who made bad decisions.” - Exactly, why should my taxes pay for some boneheads [...]
I Need a Virtual Break. No, Really. - New York Times
Or was I just one of those Americans who’ve developed the latest in American problems, Internet addiction disorder?
(tags: technology life)
Are Immune System Molecules Brain-Builders—And Destroyers?: Scientific American
The scientists believe that immune proteins in the brain may be so significant that disruption during development might also [...]
The LED Illumination Revolution - Forbes.com
Add awesomely long lifespans to the benefits ledger for LEDs. An Edison bulb burns 1,000 hours before the hammered metal filament flakes out. CFLs achieve 10,000 hours. LEDs last 50,000, and soon 100,000, hours.
(tags: technology)
YouTube - The Singing, Ringing Tree
A really cool and freaky piece of art. Wow.
(tags: art [...]
Teaching Boys and Girls Separately
Damn straight, boys and girls are different and they learn different.
(tags: education girls boys)
