Monthly Archives: December 2009

via gizmodo.com Guy’s got stones; it’s pretty damn hard to get a table at Panera most of the time! Posted via Posterous

We’ve started to receive a few e-mails from the International Star Registry saying the usual “name a star after you’re loved one for the holidays.” I just wanted to remind you that while naming a star after your honey bunny … Continue reading →

Worst Plain Cheeseburger Five Guys Cheeseburger (plain) 840 calories 55 g fat (22.5 g saturated) 1,050 mg sodium via health.yahoo.com These burgers might kill ya, but what a way to go! Posted via Posterous

A decade of pesky germs, from SARS to avian flu to H1N1, has given rise to dozens of products bragging about their microbe-killing properties. Everything from hand-sanitizing liquids to products like computer keyboards, shopping carts and tissues tout that they … Continue reading →

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A former South Dakota lawmaker convicted of raping his two foster daughters has sent news organizations what he claims is a copyright notice that seeks to prevent the use of his name without his consent. A letter and an accompanying … Continue reading →

Fox said it has for the past nine months attempted to “negotiate in good faith” with Time Warner Cable, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, which serves some 14 million customers, and said those talks are ongoing. But there is … Continue reading →

Last week I wrote a twin piece with my fellow blogger Herman Wagter regarding bandwidth hogs entitled “Is the Bandwidth Hog a Myth?“. In this piece, I offered to analyse a properly built dataset that would allow an accurate measurement … Continue reading →

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A number of cold weather American states are reporting their dismay at finding out that LED traffic lights are so energy efficient that they do not produce enough excess heat to dissipate any snow that covers them. It turns out, … Continue reading →

Meet GJ 1214b, the most Earth-like planet ever found outside our solar system. It’s not exactly Earth’s twin: It’s about six times bigger, a whole lot hotter and made mostly of water. But compared to the giant gas balls that … Continue reading →

The iPhone now has more U.S. users than Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, new research shows. Apple’s iconic handset had an average of 8.97 million users in October, compared to Microsoft’s 7.13 million. This is the first time the iPhone has led … Continue reading →

The company Old Carco — better known as “Old Chrysler” — will not repay the initial $4 billion government loan it received from the Troubled Asset Relief Program in January, according to the reorganization plan filed in a New York … Continue reading →

Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean argued Wednesday that the health care overhaul bill taking shape in the Senate further empowers private insurers at the expense of consumer choice. “You will be forced to buy insurance. If you don’t, you’ll … Continue reading →