Archive for February, 2012

Investment Banking May Be Bad For You, Study Finds — And 7 Other Jobs Linked With Health Risks

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Health

According to a recent study from the University of Southern California, Wall Street life may not be as great as it seems — at least, when it comes to health

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7 of the Healthiest Foods You Should Be Eating But Aren’t

// February 29th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Food, Health

When it comes to choosing what to eat, I like to get a lot of nutritional bang for my buck, so to speak. The best deals? “Superfoods” that are far more plentiful in nutrients than they are in calories and that research has shown deliver health benefits.

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PRINCESS LEIA-LIKE HOLOGRAM COMING SOON

// February 29th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Tech

The system includes an LCD panel a few feet behind a large, translucent mirror equipped with a motion-detecting Kinect camera on top. This setup allows for computer graphics to be displayed on and around people and objects that are reflected in the mirror. For the most part, graphics are displayed in real time, however, there’s a slight delay

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Some seriously awesome stairs

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Humor

One, who thinks of this stuff? And two, who has the money to actually make it come to life…. must be nice LOL. Enjoy :)

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Public Bucket List

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Random

This is a seriously awesome idea! Check it out.

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Zynga IPO Fizzles as Stock Falls 5%

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Business

Zynga Inc. bombed on its first day of trading Friday, closing down 5% in a signal that the appetite for new issues of fast-growing technology companies may be waning.

The San Francisco social-game maker’s shares finished trading at $9.50, a day after the company priced its initial public offering at $10 a share. Zynga opened at about $11 a share on the Nasdaq Stock Market, but fell below its IPO price within the first 10 minutes of trading.

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Top 10 Money-Saving Tips Posts for 2012

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Business

After all of the financial challenges we had to battle through in 2011, the idea of saving money doesn’t feel very realistic. However, according to Henry van Deventer, financial planning coach at acsis, the good news is that saving money does not always require us to live like paupers or change our lives in a way that will leave us missing out on most of the good stuff.

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Facebook Going Public: The SEC Filing And Mark Zuckerberg’s Letter

// February 29th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Business

“Facebook plans to list under the symbol “FB,” but did not signal whether it will join Groupon on the Nasdaq or follow LinkedIn to the New York Stock Exchange. The company did not disclose how many shares it will sell, but for the purposes of the filing listed a proposed maximum offering price of $5 billion.”

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP TOUCH

// February 29th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Tech

Your iPad 2 just got a little more useful. Apparently aware that Photoshop Express wasn’t getting it done for a lot of us, Adobe’s upped the editing ante with Photoshop Touch ($10).

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Would You Use a Condom-Based Foursquare to Check In When You Have (Safe) Sex?

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Tech

A lot of effort goes into manufacturing condoms that are comfortable and effective, but that doesn’t do anyone any good if no one wears them. So some well-intentioned goober has decided to slap QR codes onto condom wrappers so you can check in every time you, uhh, unwrap one.

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Idiot Hitman Uses “HitManForHire” Domain Name

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Humor

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the site you’re on is legit. But if you stumbled on HitManForHire.net, what would you think?

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This Is the iPad 3 Hiding In Plain Sight

// February 29th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Tech

Apple just flashed their new iPad 3 on theirWednesday 7 event invite. You can clearly see the new Retina display in all its glory. Compare the left (invitation) to the right (the iPad 2).

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APPTAG LASER BLASTER

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Tech

What can’t smartphones do? Mark laser tag off the list. The AppTag Laser Blaster ($35) promises to turn your phone (or iPod touch, we suppose) into a laser tag gun/shooter that works via IR and high frequency sound to let app developers create nearly any kind of multiplayer shooting game you can imagine,.

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Real Medical Uses for Illegal and Abused Drugs

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Random

They may be the party favor of choice for rock stars and a source of illicit income for chemistry teachersbreaking bad, but many highly illegal and often abused drugs have real medicinal benefits.

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‘Conan The Barbarian’ Chases 2,165 BitTorrent Downloaders in Court

// February 29th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Tech

A mass lawsuit against 2,165 alleged downloaders of ‘Conan The Barbarian’ was filed at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland last Friday.

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Upper classes ‘more likely to lie and cheat’

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // World

In contrast, members of the “lower” classes appeared more likely to display the traditional attributes of a gentleman.

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Salma Hayek Talks Beauty With Latina Magazine (PHOTOS)

// February 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // Hotness

Salma Hayek can wear pretty much anything – long or short, tight or loose, sparkly or subtle — and look amazing.

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1989 World Series Earthquake (Live footage)

// February 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Sports

For those of you who are too young to remember, an earthquake registering 7.1 on the Richter Scale struck the San Francisco Bay Area….killing many and bringing our national pastime to a standstill.

Watch as Tim McCarver and Al Michaels rock and roll

Click here for the amazing —> The World Series earthquake

 

 

Greatest Kung Fu Fight Scene Ever?

// February 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment

This is considered to be the greatest fight scene ever filmed….

JACKIE CHAN VS. BENNY THE JET

Click here for the “holy sh*&!!! —-> Fight scene

 

Revisit the 90′s: Everclear

// February 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment

Once they were really great….

Click here for Art rocking —> Everclear: Heroin Girl

 

Movie: The Movie!!!!

// February 28th, 2012 // No Comments » // Entertainment, Humor

Nuff said.

 

Click here for the genius —>Movie: The Movie (trailer)

 

 

Things I Hate about My Clients

// February 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Design

In the Things My Clients Hate. What about Yours? article I discussed 5 things my clients hate. Now, let me present the other side of the story – i.e. 5 things I hate about clients. Well, with so much hatred, it might sound like we freelancers and clients are at a war but definitely I don’t think this is the case.

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Daytona 500: Drivers Who Will Thrive in Chaos of Great American Race

// February 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Sports

This is going to be a wild, wreck-filled Daytona 500, and that certainly favors a certain type of driver.

Obviously, that driver has to be talented, but they also have to be at their best when things are going haywire all around them because that is exactly what is going to happen here.

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CineMassacre: CineMassacre: The Top 10 Worst Movie Clichés

// February 26th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Entertainment

James Rolfe uncovers the tired movie conventions that pop up time and time again.

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