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Pennies metal value exceeds their face value. | April 8th, 2008 David Owen wrote this article for the New Yorker. It is long, but worth sharing: Several years ago, Walter Luhrman, a metallurgist in southern Ohio, discovered a copper deposit of tantalizing richness. North America’s largest copper mine—a vast open-pit complex in Arizona—usually has to process a ton of ore in order to produce ten pounds of pure [...] MORE>> |
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The Suicide of the Postal System | February 20th, 2008 When Benjamin Franklin first stepped in as the United States Postmaster General in 1775 he had visions to propagate communicate from one person to another. The Post Office’s postal rate in 1885 was 2¢ per ounce. Business was booming, as there were no other ways for individuals, or businesses to effectively disseminate a tangible message [...] MORE>> |
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You are Better Than the Rest. | February 7th, 2008 The past month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate was at 4.9%. There are several sites out there that play matchmaker for the unemployed, like the popular Monster.com who boasts hundreds of thousands of jobs, but recently a new site has come into the playing field; the Maserati of job finders, [...] MORE>> |
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An Ode to Print | January 19th, 2008 To all of my printing friends out there. MORE>> |
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advertising never misleads | January 7th, 2008 Often at 2 in the morning when I can’t sleep I find myself watching a commercial and wondering to myself ‘why hasn’t someone done this before?? It is a no-brainer, it’s brilliant, it’s magic, its so simple and easy and does just what I would ever want…this product needs to be seen during the day’…then [...] MORE>> |
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Merry Christmas. The Countdown begins. | December 24th, 2007 It’s nearly Christmas. My favorite time of the year and although our world of Political Correctness tries to “protect” people’s feelings from getting hurt; I just want to say Merry Christmas. You can see that Norad Santa is already on his way. MORE>> |
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Clap if you believe. | December 14th, 2007 It’s official, absinthe is now legally available in the United States, and Bostonist and the Boston Globe have found some good places to sit back and have a drink. Although the drink has been available in its ‘wormwood free’ form (think alcohol-free beer) the true absinthe (which has been none to sneak into my liquor [...] MORE>> |
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Europeans have smaller…cars. | November 24th, 2007 This is an interesting european football video….. I am not entirely certain it’s purpose, but I do know that if the Brazilian team were to play the USA team they would have more injuries as a result of our “larger players”. Their only way to win would be to have our players move around enough [...] MORE>> |
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Busted and Outed. Facebook the new HR. | November 19th, 2007 Thanks to Dave to sending me this link of a widely circulated photograph. It only goes to show that “privacy” is a relative term….sure, most of us have pictures and information that a stranger can’t directly access, but our friends are our enemies in the on-line social networks. General rule of thumb, if anyone can [...] MORE>> |
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I don’t need YOU anymore. | November 15th, 2007 There are arguments out there citing that technology forces social isolationism. I can certainly see this my first year at Rochester Institute of Technology when my freshman year roommate failed out of college after playing video games literally 23 hours a day. Technology has also created social independence, most notably in 1985 with Aldus’ PageMaker and [...] MORE>> |
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