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Monthly Archives: February 2007

Teacher Arrested For Snorting Cocaine In Class

The title pretty much sums up everything for this blog entry. 59-year-old substitute teacher Joan Donatelli in the UK has been arrested on allegations that she used cocaine repeatedly in front of the class she was teaching. Two girls, aged 9 and 10, told police that Donatelli was dipping a pen cap into a small [...]

Meizu M8 aka miniOne Approaching Production

The Meizu M8 phone became a little bit more of a reality today, and the Chinese company announced that it will in fact not be called the M8 but rather the miniOne. There isn’t much else known at this time as no other information has been leaked/released, but some new photos surfaced today which make [...]

Beer Goggles Explained

We’re all familiar with the beer goggle phenomenon. You know, you go to a bar and have a few liquor drinks, next thing you know you’re playing tonsil-hockey with that man/woman you previously found horrifically unattractive.
Scientists at St. Andrews University and Glasgow University have been able to show that alcohol actually stimulates the part of [...]

jonholato.com updates

Some of you regulars may have noticed a few changes, some may have not or have not seen them yet. So to prevent any cardiac arrest from utter shock, I am gonna give you a little rundown on what’s been going on around here.
Two nights ago I deactivated the SNAP Preview plugin. While I have [...]

North Korea Tentatively Agrees to Shut Down Nuclear Program

U.S. and Chinese officials announced Tuesday that North Korea has tentatively agreed to shut down its nuclear weapons program in exchange for energy aid. All parties are currently reviewing the proposed deal before anything gets signed and becomes official.
According to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, “the United States will give an unspecified amount [...]

Learning Polish - Day 28

So it has been a LONG time since I’ve written an updated one of these posts. Truth be told I’ve been slacking a bit with the Polish learning, but I need to pick it up because Carin’s babcia (grandma) is coming in May and each day that gets closer and closer.
Last night Carin decided to [...]

New York City Getting Nuke Detector Perimeter

No longer will New York City be surrounded only by water. The Department of Homeland Security announced Friday New York City will be “protected” by a ring of devices to detect nuclear or dirty bombs by the end of 2007. A dirty bomb is one that gives off radiation without the nuclear explosion, and the [...]

Sys-Con Announces Top 150 i-Technology Heroes

Sys-con has released their top 150 i-technology heroes who, according to their editors, columnists, commentators and readers, are responsible for the conception, building, maintenance and advancement of the internet, as well as modern computing as we know it. There are some real geniuses on this list, and while it’s too exhaustive for me to republish [...]

I’m a Mac, and I’m a PC, but I’m Linux

Stumbled across this hilarious photo this morning which is horribly stereotypical, but I couldn’t resist posting it because it really is so true:

To continue with this parody a bit more before ending this post, I’m going to quote a Digg user who wrote a would-be script for one of those Mac vs PC commercials that [...]

Yahoo Pipe #1: Jon Holato Via Flickr

To better illustrate my previous post in which I introduced and explained Yahoo Pipes, I decided to make my own and share it with all of you. My Yahoo Pipe is called Jon Holato Via Flickr, and is essentially my blog in Flickr pictures. Let me explain.
There are 4 pipes, or filters, in Jon Holato [...]