Category: General

Somebody cue the 700 club: The Reverend Jerry Falwell says global warming is “Satan’s attempt to redirect the church’s primary focus” from evangelism to environmentalism. Falwell said the Bible teaches that God will maintain the Earth until Jesus returns, so Christians should be responsible environmentalists, but not what he calls … quote … “first-class nuts.” […]

The Brain on the ‘Tube: Speaking today to students at Texas State University as part of the school’s “Communications Week,â€? Karl Rove referred to YouTube, saying: “That can disrupt anything. Just ask former Sen. George Allen.â€? Note to Rove: It was Allen’s remarks — not YouTube — that disrupted his campaign.

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More discussion on that report about GenY being too self-absorbed. I work at a university, and consequently I’m around college students on a daily basis. I’m almost 29, and these students seem *ridiculously* self-important compared to people my age. Obviously, there is some ageism on my part (damn kids!), but the behavioral difference is striking. […]

Yesterday was the biggest market drop since trading began after 9/11. Dow Jones & Co., the media company that manages the well-known index of 30 blue chip stocks, said it discovered shortly before 2 p.m. that its computers weren’t properly handling the day’s huge volume in trades at the New York Stock Exchange. It switched […]

Behold friends the amazingness: I have started using Gmail as much more than an email host. With its gobs of storage, speed and tremendous search/tagging capabilities, you can transform it into a personal nerve center that’s available from any computer or mobile device. When you tap into this power and combine Gmail with some other […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has had all clips of the Oscars telecast pulled from YouTube: Now Variety gives us more insight into the takedown, saying that the Academy wanted “to help manage the value of our telecast and our brand.â€? So where can you view authorized Oscars clips? They want viewers […]

Gadgeteers at Gizmodo are announcing a boycott of the recording industry for the month of March and have launched a manifesto for their grievances. Clippings: The goal of the RIAA’s lawsuits is to make people so afraid of being sued that they will stop downloading music. However, in their lawsuits they circumvent the law and […]

Well that only took a decade: “We’re running out of time,” Ted Cohen, managing director of music consulting firm TAG Strategic, told the roughly 200 attendees. “We need to get money flowing from consumers and get them used to paying for music again.” As Mr. Burns would say: Excellent!

In 24 states throughout the country, beekeepers have gone through similar shocks as their bees have been disappearing inexplicably at an alarming rate, threatening not only their livelihoods but also the production of numerous crops, including California almonds, one of the nation’s most profitable. The sudden mysterious losses are highlighting the critical link that honeybees […]