GQ Profiles Google

The Mens magazine, GQ would not be the first place I would look for tech news, but they do have a pretty good profile of Google and its founding.

Will US Dollar Rise Again?

The US Dollar has been steadily decreasing against the currencies of the world, but the US government hasn't been quick (or hasn't even started) to react to this change. While the government doesn't seem too troubled, some people are worried that the decline in US Dollar will be difficult to reverse.

Standing Up For Principle

John Gilmore, the person who founded the EFF is a strange character. While many would acquise to the government's demand for identification, he has taken it upon himself to challenge the non-existant laws that force travellers to show their identification. John Gilmore's led a memorable life which the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette details.

Pauline Shou in OCT

Pauline Shou is part of a featured article in this month's Ontario Teachers' College magazine.

The History Of the Universe

So you say you want to learn the history of the universe but you just don't have time eh? Well here's a short, concise version of the history of the universe in just 200 words. Now if I could only understand it.

Walmart Doesn't Pay Its Employees Well

The CEO of Walmart would want you to believe that Walmart employees are treated better than other employees of department stores in America. Unsurprisingly, it is not true and interpreting their statistics properly prove that Walmart infact doesn't pay its workers more.

Good Resource For Photography

For all those aspiring photographers, check out this photography resource by Ken Rockwell for both your digital and film needs.

Miss McDonald

This post is mainly for all those with a Ronald McDonald fetish. A girl from the Philipines has a blog on which she takes pictures of herself as Ronald McDonald's wife. Only on LiveJournal would you find this weird stuff.

Every Hour On The Hour

In the 80s, an artist performed a piece of art whereby he hit a clock every hour on the hour. He continued to do this for all 365 days of a year and filmed himself doing so into what may become a testament to crazy human determination.

A Savant Explains

While autistic people are very, very smart in certain ways; they are also very, very stupid in certain ways. One problematic area for most savants is their language capability and their inability to express themselves. This makes the study of autistic very difficult. However, one British savant is actually very, very good at expressing himself and has explained how an autistic person may think of problems and their solutions.

The Future Of Web Apps

There's a new buzz word in web design called ajax, which is basically Asynchronous Javascript and XML. It's heralded that ajax will bring forth a whole different world of web applications, some of which you may have already seen from Google. I'm looking forward to them!

Fonts For Rock Bands

Ever look for a great resource for creating graphics using fonts of your favourite bands? If you like rock bands then you're in luck; if you're looking for other artists then you might have to look a little further.

Does Google Promote Blogging?

Google owns Blogger so you would think that they would be really into blogging right? Well in the end, they are just like every other big company out there and want to keep their internal happenings private. If you don't believe me, then here's a story of a Google blogger who got fired for his blog.

Tips To Improve Email Productivity

If you have a ton of emails to go through every day, then you would appreciate these five fast email productivity tips. If you don't, then don't bother joining spam lists because I don't think that will make you more popular.

A Cool Prank

Here's a cool prank to do, pretend to be a well dressed bathroom attendant at a McDonalds and see the reactions of people who visit the washroom. It's not that great of a job though, he only made $6 and change in tips.

More EA Hate

As you may well know, EA was competing with SEGA in their sports franchises. Well now, even though EA has an exclusive NFL licensing agreement, they're still looking down on SEGA, to the extent that they would bleep out the word SEGA in their background music.

Interview with Flickr CEO

Blah Blah Flickr, you're either on board or you're not. Well if you just really can't get why Flickr is so popular and different from the other photo sites on the web, then read the interview with the CEO of Flickr, Stewart Butterfield and maybe you'll get a better idea.

Not Ironic

Remember that song Ironic by Alanis Morissette? Well it was so catchy (in a bad sorta way?) that people wrote all sorts of alternate lyrics for Ironic. I would make this blog ironic, but i don't know how to

Big Shoes To Tie

So you just bought a shoe, what now? well you lace it up of course. Did you know there are 2 trillion possibilities of how to lace up your shoes? Granted there are a lot of useless permutations but if you still can't decide (or know which permutation to use) then there's a site full of shoe lacing methods for you.

College Students Ditch Land Lines

People have been replacing their land lines with their cellphones for awhile, but perhaps the highest percentage of people replacing their land lines may be college students. It makes sense really, since you're only going to be on campus for eight months or so, your land line isn't really permanent. So why pay extra? just use your cellphone.

How To Make An iPod Sound Good

Slate has an article about how to make your mp3s sound great on your iPod. The quick answer is that you need to spend lots of money on headphones and a headphone amp. It wouldn't make the iPod as portable as it is at the moment though.

A Blind Painter

New Scientist has an article about a painter who has never seen most of the things that he draws. Studies on his brain patterns show that when he draws, his brain acts like he's actually viewing the drawing; a so called "mind's eye".

Deuce Bigalow Fights Back

A journalist at the LA Times specifically picked out Deuce Bigalow 2 as an example of blockbuster Hollywood films not being Oscar worthy. Well Rob Schneider took out a full page ad to rebutt the journalist's claim with satircal results.

Social Software Not That Useful?

One of the reasons that social software is getting so popular is because you have your list of friends online. So in the event you need some help or advice, you can ask your friends. It turns out however, that social software makes bad recommendations. Why? because friends aren't always experts.

Advice From Warren Buffet

If you had an exclusive audience with Warren Buffet, the richest investor in the world for three and a half hours, what do you think he would say? Well surprisingly he didn't speak much about economics but rather Warren Buffet's philosophy on how to live.