Archive for November, 2006

CNN.com
Police fired 50 rounds Saturday at a car of unarmed men leaving a bachelor party at a strip club, killing the groom on his wedding day in a shooting that drew a furious outcry from family members and community leaders.
The spray of bullets hit the car 21 times, after the vehicle rammed into an undercover [...]


Laugh Out Loud

29Nov06

Posted on November 10, 2006 by Merideth Anne Daly

What the Democrats’ win means for techBy Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/What+the+Democrats+win+means+for+tech/2100-1028_3-6133833.html
Story last modified Thu Nov 09 09:16:53 PST 2006
It was the narrowest of Republican margins in the U.S. Senate that doomed a crucial vote on Net neutrality earlier this year.
By an 11-11 tie, a GOP-dominated committee failed in June [...]


Just watched -Mythbusters- test out the “myth”. They tried it out with no CO2 and of course it didn’t work. Four mentos is enought to make it shoot up quite high. [yes, I have tried it]


There is no escaping reason, there is no denying purpose, because as we both know, without purpose, we would not exist. It is purpose that created us, purpose that connects us, purpose that pulls us, that guides us, that drives us, it is purpose that defines and binds us.
I found this quote saved on my [...]


Boo!

25Nov06

“Boo.com, one of many poster-children for the dot-com boom of the nineties, has been threatening to re-launch for the last year or so. Mike Butcher at TechCrunch UK says that the site is now scheduled to debut in 2007, barring any further delays.
Mike also gives some background on version 1.0 of Boo.com, which lasted all [...]



Black Friday

18Nov06

“Every November, for 24 hours, we remember that no one was born to shop, we make a small choice to participate by not participating. If you’ve never taken part in Buy Nothing Day, or if you’ve taken part in the past but haven’t really committed to doing it again, consider this: 2006 will go down [...]


Couch surfing

18Nov06

I’ve heard of family/vacation swaps but this is a new one to me:
CouchSurfing
Yup – you can offer your couch to someone for the night. Maybe just go out for a drink, show you around town – basically delete modern day suspicions and have a great time with strangers!
You can search for a couch all over [...]


Oh, Snap.

Search :: Preview your result in the window to the right :: Copy/paste it into your email application if you would like :: Adjust the windows :: Add adult warnings :: etc.
Snap — The other way to Search
Snap is a new search engine that offers a very different alternative to the Big Search, Text-In, [...]