The 10 Things I Won’t Give Up Just To Save Money (4)
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By Julie RainsTimes are tough and they may be getting tougher as inflation and unemployment rates rise. There are 10 things that I could cut out of my expenses to save money right now but these measures will likely cause my earning power to shrink and my cost of living to rise in the long term. I’ll share my plans for spending, my ideas for cutting back, and so, you won’t think I’m frivolous, my ...
The Highest Skyscraper in the World [Architecture] (12)
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When it's finished in ten years, Dubai's latest architectural monolith will be the tallest skyscraper in the world. At more than one kilometer high (3,280 feet), the Nakheel Tower will have the hundred floors. "From our perspective, we are building a tower that's going to be over a kilometre in height. This is a complete iconic development. It may be the tallest." [Daily Telegraph]
What Does The Bailout Mean For You? [Main Street] (9)
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So, Congress finally passed the bailout bill. You know about the Treasury's newfound $700 billion, and you've heard about the snipped golden parachutes, but what does the 451-page week-old shotgun savior of a bill actually mean for you? Your 401k Should Stop Free Falling The bill was heralded as a way to calm the markets following the 778-point mini-crash the day after the original bill failed. That plan hasn't exactly worked. But! If the bill ...
How to Deal with a Racist Joke at Work [Personal Relationships] (18)
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You're standing around the water cooler chatting with your co-workers, and someone makes a racist (sexist, homophobic, or otherwise stereotype-based) joke. What do you do? Call him or her out on it and risk your work relationship? Don't say a thing (and imply that it's ok)? Over at the Brazen Careerist blog, race and culture consultant Carmen Van Kerckhove says: My recommendation? Play dumb. Put on a bewildered expression, act as if you don't understand ...
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Chad said:
I do something similar to this. I ask them to explain the joke, but in a slightly more confrontational way. "What do you mean by that? What are you trying to say?"
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joco said:
A módszer jó, de egy idő után te leszel az a faszi, aki minden rasszista vicc után hülyének tetteti magát, ami feltűnik. Szóval időnként azért mégiscsak érdemes elküldeni a picsába az ilyen kollegákat, már csak a megtévesztés végett is :)
The Non-Digital Photo Frame, Because We Have a Planet to Save [Photography] (6)
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Everybody has a digital photo frame these days. Even at 32 inches, they impress no one. So keep your eyes out for the next trend, which we humbly suggest could be non-digital photo frames. Making a brief appearance around the turn of the century, these frames accepted one analog picture but were able to run without a source of power (AC adapter or solar) indefinitely. Now if only scientists could learn to harness this non-digital ...
Surprise! Wells Fargo is buying Wachovia, ... [Money Meltdown] (2)
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Surprise! Wells Fargo is buying Wachovia, even though Citibank said at the beginning of the week that it was going to. (Check out the full post here.) Unlike Citibank, Wells Fargo will absorb all parts of Wachovia, including its securities and retail brokerage biz, in a "$15.1 billion all-stock merger." [DealBook] (Thanks to Stephen!)
Nintendo Pedometer Is Made for Walking (Game) [Nintendo] (4)
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Nintendo has confirmed the existence of their rumored pedometer with the release of a Wii Fit meets Brain Training meets Nike+ game. Your Life Rhythm, as it is called, uses the little pod to record your physical performance, and it looks a bit weird to me. But then, I don't have a clue of Japanese. [Kotaku]
Bailout passes. 263-171. [CNN] ... [Bailout] (3)
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Bailout passes. 263-171. [CNN]
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Paul said:
Roll call: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2008/roll681.xml
It’s Going To Be A Grinch Christmas: Slowdown Forecast For Online Holiday Sales (7)
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With credit tightening and consumer confidence shaky, you know this is going to be a tough year for holiday sales. A forecast that came out this morning from Lehman Brothers (now Barclays Capital), puts Internet sales over the upcoming holiday season growing at just 8 percent, compared to 19 percent growth last year (and 26 percent in 2006). That’s still better than the one percent growth in holiday ales expected at physical department stores, but ...
CEATEC 2008: Panasonic’s LifeWall, the coolest product of the exhibition (3 videos) (7)
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I know it's very esoteric and all, but I (and tons of other CEATEC 2008 attendees) really loved Panasonic's super-futuristic LiveWall prototype. What you can see in the videos below is a wall-sized screen (LifeWall) that detects users anywhere they go in the room it's installed in through face recognition. AT CES, Panasonic called this concept "You-know-me-TV" and "Stay-with-me-TV", respectively, which sounds kind of creepy. Users operate the LifeWall by arm motions, much like Tom ...
So That's What CNN's Political Crew Is Doing On Their Laptops [Pundit Tech] (9)
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In the arms race to squeeze more pundits with more laptops into a single stage, CNN has always held the lead. They're for keeping an up-to-the-second finger on the blogosphere's pulse, receiving sordid tips from 21st-century Deep Throats, yes? Tell that to CNN's legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin—what you up to on that screen there, Jeff? Yeah, just watchin' a little pitch-by-pitch playoff baseball. Despite being from NYC, looks like Toobin had to keep watch of ...
Nintendo unveils Wii Speak channel for four-way voice chats (7)
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Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals Remember that Wii Speak microphone that Nintendo announced at E3 for Animal Crossing socialization, and then everyone promptly forgot about? Well, shuffled in with its other announcements yesterday, Nintendo announced the Wii Speak channel, that will allow for up to four people to voice chat directly without all that pesky fishing and digging and tea sipping and cute getting in the way. Unfortunately, literally nothing else is known about the feature ...
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Good idea BUT they should incorporate the LED emitters in the peripheral to avoid having too many cables...
PlayOn Media Server streams Netflix to PS3 / Xbox 360 today (22)
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Filed under: Home Entertainment Forget the lames waiting for a New Xbox Experience to bring Netflix streaming to the console, the latest edition of Media Mall's PlayOn Media Server beta includes Watch Instantly support right now. An update notification should be on the way to anyone already testing things out, the impatient can grab it from the website. Also streaming Hulu, CBS, YouTube, ESPN and others to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, HP MediaSmart TV ...
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Tommy said:
Awesome, testing this out tonight! I watch way too much hulu on my computer, the tv is really the place to watch tv.
Oops! Newspapers around the world use SNL pic as official Palin one - VIDEO (17)
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Filed under: Saturday Night Live, Video, Celebrities, Reality-FreeAs I was eating breakfast while flipping the pages of a French local newspaper this morning, my eyes caught the picture above, which accompanied an article about Sarah Palin. I couldn't put my finger on it right away, but I knew there was a problem with this picture. The caption under it says that during interviews, Palin is hesitant, troubled and clumsy but didn't offer more on where ...
Handheld Device to Diagnose Many Diseases in Under 15 Minutes [Science] (9)
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Worried that you might have Multiple Sclerosis but are too lazy to go to the doctor to check and see? Well, you're an idiot, but your laziness may soon be, if not rewarded, at least not punished thanks to the work of some researchers at the University of Leeds. They've developed new biosensor technology that makes it possible for a handheld device to check for a number of different diseases in under 15 minutes. This ...
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Cadu said:
marinho, aproveita ai pras tuas mazelas..huuhhauhua
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Alex Gorstan said:
article is interesting, but picture is priceless
Reader Saves $427 By Saving Save Every $5 Bill [Money] (3)
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Brandon Savage writes that he's having success with saving by taking the advice in our "Get Rich By Saving Every $5 Bill" post. Since starting in August, he's got $427 in additional savings this way. Here's how he does it: Brandon says, It's really easy...if you have the willpower to put $5s in an envelope. At this rate I'd save about $2,500 a year. It's a real pain when you buy $4.50 in ice cream ...
