Archive for September, 2008

Sep 29 2008

Red Flag Deja Vu

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Some things I didn’t know. Fox News Special Report on The Banking Crisis

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Sep 21 2008

Higgs Boson or Bust!

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Some interesting videos about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Brian Cox: What really goes on at the Large Hadron Collider Big Bang v2.0

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Sep 20 2008

Work Walking

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NY Times – I Put In 5 Miles At The Office Losing weight while you work – I like it!  And this would be perfect for the kind of work I do since 80% of the time I am behind a desk.  Don’t know if I could walk the full 8 hours of my shift, [...]

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Sep 20 2008

The Mess Explained

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Good simple video presentation about the current financial mess.

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Sep 19 2008

Round Two

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Another good article about the current financial mess.  The final paragraph of it couldn’t have been any better said than it is: In the end, however, there is only so much the government can borrow and so much the government can do. The only other choice is for Americans to finally put their spending in [...]

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Sep 19 2008

You’re Fired!

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Wow…guess it wouldn’t be so bad in Venezuela or Bolivia now would it?  Article

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Sep 19 2008

The Great Greed Bailout

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What a great time it is to be a bank or some other financial institution!  The government is essentially handing out money by the bag load to help you out.  While it’s a good thing the government is taking steps to stabilize the economy, we have to consider who it is that’s actually getting the [...]

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Sep 13 2008

Eye Of The Storm

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If you’re looking to get the latest on the hurricane or tropical storm action, then stormpulse.com is the place for you.  It gives all the different NOAA advisories and current info, location info, and even allows you to toggle historical data as well.

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Sep 10 2008

Pop Vs. Soda

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Should have known someone was going to do this eventually.  It’s always been known that different parts of the country refer to crabonated drinks as either pop, soda, soda pop, etc.  This map was created to show what parts of the country prefer which term.  It’s actually broken down by county in each state.  Some [...]

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