Friday: July 10, 2009
- A graph depicting how the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck.
An interesting visualization of a data survey provided by Department of Labor.
Monday: March 15, 2010
- Have a gander at twenty-six gigapixels worth of Paris, France.
Turns out that twenty-six gigapixels can make for some interesting aerial photography with some astounding details. For instance, try zooming in on that speck off in the distance, it's probably a building.
Thursday: March 11, 2010
- New survey shows that 12% of employees knowingly violate IT policies.
With 12 percent of those people actively working outside of stated IT policy (and plenty more who do so out of ignorance), IT admins certainly have their work cut out for them if they want to maintain a tight ship.
Wednesday: March 10, 2010
- World's first jetpack for consumers officially on sale over in New Zealand.
Welcome to the future, here is your jetpack. Oh, we'll need to make sure that your check in the amou nt of $86,000 clears before we can let you just fly away. Buy now and get a free a ballistic parachute with purchase.
Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Photoblog: Sunshine Yellow
Another quick macro shot snapped up while doodling with the kids using an obvious assorted array of crayons. Taste the rainbow.
Location:Eastchester, New York
- Ten SQL tips you can use to speed up your beloved databases.
This is a great collection of tips for anyone who happens to deal with writing SQL queries on a daily basis (cough). And yes, I actually own the t-shirt contained in the attached thumbnail.
Monday: March 8, 2010
- Announcement from Cisco on Tuesday promises to 'forever change the Internet'.
Cisco has clearly stated is designed to bring the company's highly acclaimed enterprise Telepresence video system into consumer living rooms, there may be enough of the sewing done to talk now about exactly how Cisco will deliver new end-to-end Web 2.0 capabilities...
Friday: March 5, 2010
- Twelve of the biggest ripoffs that one can currently find in America.
Others actually believe that it is essential to put premium gas in their car and that it will malfunction if you try to run it on anything less. For most drivers, nothing could be further from the truth. Just check your car’s owners manual.
Thursday: March 4, 2010
- Steam gaming platform most likely coming to the Mac platform in the very near future.
There are currently over a thousand games on the Steam distribution system that Mac users may get access to sooner than later. Now you just need to find yourself a Mac with a decent enough graphics card to play some of these fine games (sadly, my wimpy MacBook Intel GMA card will most likely not cut it).
Tuesday: March 2, 2010
- New study shows that happiness can come with some negative side effects.
Turns out that there is a correlation between your overall happiness and the level of selfishness you exhibit from a result of said happiness. Article covers some tests that were run that show some interesting and unexpected results.
Monday: March 1, 2010
- Internet manages to overtake print consumptionin the U.S. according to Ars Technica.
Only 17 percent said they read the print version of a national newspaper, however, and 50 percent said they read local papers. According to Pew, newspapers were most likely to be read by people who were over 50 or those who don't own cell phones — yikes.
