There is an amazing post on Craigslist called Advice to Young Men from an Old Man that offers some great tips for how to go about living your life. There are 30 numbered points in all, and while I don’t necessary agree with all of them, I think most of them are great and want [...]
According to HitWise figures, internet traffic for the top 20 social networking sites increased by 11.5% from January to February of this year. This boost in activity means that the these sites now account for 6.5% of all internet traffic, and this figure is increasing.
Here are the top 20 social networking sites in order of [...]
Tonight I added another weapon to my learning Polish arsenal: Before You Know It - Polish. I know, I know, Jon you have so many things to help you learn Polish why did you get another one? Well, when it comes to something as difficult as learning Polish, one can never have too many tools.
They [...]
I’ve wanted a Mac for a long time, a very long time. Finally, after several years of waiting, I am in the position to purchase one. So now, the question that naturally arises is, well, which one to get? It’s easy to get lost in a sea of desire in Apple’s Online Store (and their [...]
Isabel Aguilera, chief executive for Google in Spain and Portugal, has confessed that Google is in fact working on a mobile device. In an effort to downplay any hype, she added that it was just one of 18 research and development projects currently underway in the lab.
She added that the device is being made with [...]
On Tuesday Viacom filed a lawsuit against YouTube and Google for massive international copyright infringement. Yesterday Google responded by saying it is confident YouTube and all its other service offerings are strongly protected under current copyright law. The law they are referencing is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998.
The DMCA has been the [...]
A study published in the March edition of the Research on Social Work Practice journal found that God answers prayers. The study, conducted by David R. Hodge of Arizona State University, was a comprehensive analysis of 17 major studies on the effects of intercessory prayer among people with psychological or medical problems.
“Conducting a meta-analysis takes [...]
What a shocker this must be to some of my human-interest loving readers, but yes, I am still in pursuit of learning Polish. I have not been doing my Rosetta Stone as I should be, but if you recall the last time I posted about learning Polish I had purchased a Polish phrasebook with two-way [...]
Our friends over at Strumerika.com, OK friend over at Strumerika.com who goes by the name Erika Strum, sent me an article yesterday from the Washington Post that told the story of female law school students who were unable to find employment due to unwilling objectification online. Several women were presented in a negative manner on [...]
Today Viacom filed a lawsuit in US District Court against YouTube and Google for massive international copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central). The injunction seeks $1 billion in damages, in addition to an injunction that prevents the two companies from further copyright infringement. In terms of damages, Viacom claims that [...]