SubscribeMonthly Archives: March 2009
Honda Links Human Brain With Robot
– Thoughts From Man Control Actions of Android –
Officials at Honda Motor Company announced they have produced a breakthrough technology which reads “patterns of electric currents on a person’s scalp as well as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements.”
The experiment went horribly wrong when the researchers neglected to file down the sharp edges on the android’s mouth and forgot that a man thinks about sex every seven seconds.
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No arigato, Mr. Roboto!
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Where to Look for Freelance Writing Jobs
Freelance writing doesn’t have to be a solitary endeavor. Sure, building your career from nothing to something substantial–and lucrative–is satisfying, but there are also a host of blog networks, individual Web site owners, and companies who hire freelancers who will pay you to write for their sites. Where do you find such work? Here are just a few sources:
• Problogger Job Board
• All Freelance Writing
• Freelance Writing Jobs
• Journalism Jobs – You have to register here, but it’s free.
• Indeed.com… More »
Gary Sheffield Released by the Tigers
Gary Sheffield, the 40-year-old slugger who could one day find himself in the baseball Hall of Fame, was released by the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. The Tigers stated that their motive was to add versatility and flexibility to their team.
Sheffield, who has 499 career homers, indicated that he will quickly sign with another team. In fact, he said that his career is far from over. One time that has supposedly shown early interest in Sheffield is the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Supernatural Rocks at the LA Creation Con: Part Two
When we last left the LA Creation Con, Jared Padalecki was delivering coffee to his co-star Jensen Ackles – sweet huh? Except ten seconds later we all hear the voice of Dean Winchester shout, “What are you trying to do to me!” Jared shrugs and says, it’s very strong coffee. But me, I’m thinking of Alona Tal telling the story about Jared trying to get her to drink coffee with soy sauce in it. . . yeah. Talk about… More »
Kevin Garnett Injury Update – Knee Strain
The Boston Celtics are trying to win back-to-back NBA championships. However, if Kevin Garnett’s ailing knee doesn’t cooperate, those hopes may be dashed before the playoffs even begin.
After Garnett struggled through a series of games and practices, the Celtics have decided to shut him down for the time being. Boston announced that he will miss at least the next four games. In the best case scenario, Garnett would be ready to return for the last three regular season games.
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Season Finale of “Road To Redemption” Airs Tonight
The season finale of T.I.’s “Road To Redemption” airs tonight at 9pm ET on MTV. The show chronicles the last days before T.I. has to check himself into a federal penitentiary for weapons charges. His original ten year sentence was reduced to just a year after he promised to help younger in trouble teen get onto the right track. In this weeks episode he goes out on a date with Tameka. Not sure what was… More »
Jelena Dokic Signs with Lacoste
Winning a tennis match definitely isn’t the only way tennis stars fill their bank accounts. If you can land a decent endorsement, most of them pay really well.
Jelena Dokic is making a comeback this year and she proved so during the 2009 Australian Open quarter-finals. Times have been tough for Dokic, but she seems to be bouncing back quite nicely.
It’s being reported that she has landed an endorsement deal with Lacoste. A deal that could potentially be worth $4.4 million… More »
What’s Going on in Miami?
Tennis is in full swing in Miami and the heavy hitters are coming out strong. British player Andy Murray and Serbian Novak Djokovic made it into the quarterfinals of the ATP and WTA hardcourt tournament today (March 31st). Murray defeated Serbian Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-0 and Djokovic defeated Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3, 6-2.
Murray played an excellent match and he knew it.
“I didn’t make a lot of mistakes, high percentage of first serves, used my slice well – just kept… More »
Compound Interest: Blessing and Curse
Like so many things that have to do with money, compound interest is both a blessing and a curse — depending entirely on which side of the yield you are on. If you are on the receiving end of the yield, compound interest is a great blessing and a great way to grow your wealth. Unfortunately, if you are on the paying end, you already know how devastating and expensive compound interest can be.
Simple v. Compound Interest
Simple interest basically means… More »
‘My Boys’ Season Three Premiere Coming Up
The third season of the TBS comedy My Boys lands tonight at 10:30pm ET with the opening episode “Welcome Back, Kalla Fötter.” In case you’re wondering — and I just know you are — the last two words mean “cold feet.”
Does that mean it’s safe to predict that Bobby isn’t going to marry Andy’s beautiful Swedish nanny Elsa (Mini Anden, Dirt), or does it mean that he’s going to neglect to reveal his feelings for PJ to PJ after… More »
Larry Johnson: Stay Out of Night Clubs
I don’t know about you, but I am so sick of hearing about these NFL guys that have to be babysat as if they are five years old. Get this probation arrangement for Kansas City Chiefs running back Larry Johnson. He is instructed to get out of any Kansas City night club before 9:00 p.m.
One source says he has been charged with two counts of disturbing the peace last week, and another couple counts of assault before that…. More »
Bye Bye Corporate Jets – Welcome Bigwigs
Ahh it seems there’s always a new story popping up about some company’s CEO’s or other executives being scrutinized and critiqued for their way of doing business. Most of it comes with the bailout right? I mean if the government is going to give you all that money, they want to know what it’s being used for and who’s doing what with what right? Funny, I don’t get the same transparency with my tax dollars now do I?
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Facebook: New CFO And IPO Coming Soon?
Today, Facebook announced that it is searching for a new chief financial officer. According to the Associated Press, Gideon Yu is leaving the company after serving as the head of finance for less than two years.
Mr. Yu had venture capital experience and also worked for Yahoo and YouTube before joining Facebook in July 2007.
The company also said it was looking to hire a person with “public company experience.” Adding fuel to the speculation that Facebook will soon go public.
An IPO would… More »
Jayne Appel Scores 46 As Stanford Advances
Stanford is going back to the Women’s Final Four … and this time, they mean business.
Without former Player of the Year Candice Wiggins, Stanford needed one of its players to step up big time. Jayne Appel did more than “step up.” She dropped 46 points on Iowa St., to propel her team to St. Louis for another go at an NCAA Championship.
There was no stopping the 6-foot-4 junior, who is 20 pounds lighter than she was last season. Almost every… More »
Walgreen Pulls WA Pharmacies in Protest
Walgreen Co. announced this week that they’d be pulling nearly half of their pharmacies out of Washington in protest of the state’s plan to change their drug reimbursement policies.
Medicaid in Washington plans to insist that their patients use cheaper, generic drugs, rather than brand-name drugs, whenever equivalents are available. In turn, they’ll also cut the rate of reimbursement on drugs for pharmacies that supply them. The plan will drop reimbursements by 6%, which will help keep Medicaid possible for Washington… More »
