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forward Man, either I was really tired or the pilots were fantastic this morning, because I slept through my plane landing this morning. A first for me. Anyway, Today@ is finally back to normal. For those of you that don't stop by garrettwalker.com often and haven't hassled me about not getting emails anymore, here is a short recap of what went down. A few weeks back, my machine at home died from an overworked powersupply. Luckily, I had grabbed a copy of the entire site just the day before, so I quick headed over to phpwebhosting.com, set up an account, transferred the DNS entries and got the site running again. Unfortunately, I didn't have the mailing list so I couldn't send out emails telling you any of this. But, I got home this weekend, fixed my computer, got the list back and here we are. The upside to all of this is that if you haven't been checking the website, you have over a week of Today@'s to read!! the world | headline news [  Next step in Genetics]
First Came the Genome... Now the Proteome: Genes may be the stuff of life, but they're not the whole story. Scientists wrapping up the mammoth task of decoding the human genome say the next step will be understanding the "proteome" - the proteins that genes help make. [ Nothing substantial. Just mindless stuff. But worth the read]
Check Your Drawers - Organizational Study Purports to Tell Us How Sexy We Are: Would you rather have sex or dinner? And how's your sock drawer? [ Now THIS is interesting]
GDP on the Rise - U.S. Economy Shows Unexpected Strength in First Quarter: The U.S. economy, helped by resilient consumers and an improving trade performance, posted stronger-than-expected growth in the first three months of this year, a period when it had been feared the country could slip into recession. dotcomville | industry news [The web looked at as any other form of entertainment...] The Web Grows Up: A dip in Net surfing last December raises the question of whether the Web, like other media, is showing signs of seasonality. [Digital piracy goes commercial overseas] The New Cove For Piracy: Digital looting has made Ukraine a prime target for intellectual-property cops. But is the problem too big to police? [ Good read]
The Intellectual Property Arms Race: After another story this week about a code-breaking academic whose research potentially undermines copyrights, I have to admit that I'm growing weary over this ongoing debate about intellectual property, free speech, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (news - web sites) (DMCA). It's an exhausting conundrum. Maybe I should just hang it all up and get a real job like the rest of the dot-com employees - in the porn industry. [Hmm, e-commerce steps it up a notch] Open to the public: Does the prospect of falling years behind your competitors in e-commerce scare you? It should. It's why industry powerhouses are coming together to build public marketplaces. geek corner | gadgets, coding, etc. [I'll believe it when I see it] IBM earmarks billions for smart server: IBM is investing billions in research toward developing self-managing, self-configuring and self-healing servers that require little human interaction. |
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lighter side | fun for the whole family
[ JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW EVERYTHING]
1. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. 2. Peanuts are one of the ingredients in dynamite. 3. There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar. 4. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. 5. A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes. 6. There are more chickens than people in the world. 7. Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey. 8. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched." 9. On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag. 10. All of the clocks in the movie "Pulp Fiction" are stuck on 4:20. 11. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. 12. "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt". 13. All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill. 14. Almonds are a member of the peach family. 15. Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance. 16. Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable. 17. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and . . . (Can you think of the fourth one??? The answer awaits at the end of this email). 18. Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" 19. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. 20. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain. 21. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur. 22. In most advertisements, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10. 23. Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer. 24. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life." 25. A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours. 26. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. 27. A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. 28. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. (DON'T try this at home)! 29. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. 30. In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak. 31. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. 32. Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister. 33. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. 34. There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball. 35. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. And . . .here's the answer to those 4 "dous" words . . . tremendous, horrendous, stupendous. . . and . . .hazardous. NOW YOU KNOW EVERYTHING sicker side | not for the weak hearted [Ummm, I'm short of time and content today so here is some porn. You figure it out... (X, NWS)] Clown porn??? |
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