Author: staff
Fantasy hybrid animals that we wish existed
Posted by staff / June 4, 2013See more examples at Wired.
Read MoreBad baby names: What NOT to name your baby
Posted by staff / June 3, 2013“Mention baby names at a party — and I do, frequently — and someone invariably brings up the name urban legends: the twins named Oranjello and Lemonjello, the baby girl called Female, pronounced fe-MAHL-ee. We’re not sure those stories were ever true, but if you look at the very bottom of the Social Security baby name records, you …
Read MoreAdios room-service. Hotels join airlines in cutting services, adding charges
Posted by staff / June 3, 2013UGH. It really can get annoying, eh? All these extra charges on your trip’s bill. We take one step forward and three steps back. Here in Canada for example, it took years of arguing for the real cost of a flight to be shown in advertisements (we used to see, fly from Toronto to Vancouver …
Read More5 life lessons learned on the yoga mat
Posted by staff / June 2, 2013We’ve all heard about the health benefits of yoga, from relaxation to maintaining the ability to touch one’s toes, but Judy Ringer of Ki Moments Blog found five valuable life lessons following a session of downward-facing dogs as well. And the best part is, you don’t have to don a pair of see-through pants and …
Read MoreShould I post that Facebook photo? [flowchart]
Posted by staff / June 2, 2013Having second thoughts about posting that 100th selfie taken in the bathroom? Looking for guidance? Look no farther than this helpful and humorous flowchart from Photoworld and post (or not) with confidence! Via Photoworld. So many decisions on Facebook.
Read MoreWhere do the world’s richest people live? Top 15 countries.
Posted by staff / May 30, 2013The Boston Consulting Group has released a report, “Maintaining Momentum in a Complex World: Global Wealth 2013,” which shows that global household wealth grew by 7.8 percent in 2012, to $135.5 trillion. Behind the rise was a strong rebound in world equity markets, which contributed more than usual to the rise in private wealth and …
Read MoreGot to love these Chinese DIY projects
Posted by staff / May 29, 2013Thirty-nine pictures of DIY projects in China. These projects range from submarines to welder’s masks. More DIY. Photo credit: Reuters/Reinhard Krause
Read MorePhotos of the damage done by the Moore, Oklahoma tornado
Posted by staff / May 29, 2013Thirty-eight photos that show the devastation caused by the Moore tornado. More about weather. Photo credit: AP Photo/Steve Gooch
Read MoreThe ABCs of creating engaging content
Posted by staff / May 29, 2013If you’re missing the mark when it comes to creating content that grabs your target audience’s attention, it could be time to get back to basics. Nothing is more elementary than the ABCs, so Social Media Examiner’s Debbie Hemley presents twenty-six tips on how to build a strong blog, from analyzing the competition to using other social …
Read MoreHoly kaw, even the figure skaters in Canada are tough!
Posted by staff / May 28, 2013This is Dorothy Skonieczka of Google Waterloo. More hockey.
Read More1976 Apple-1 a steal at $700K
Posted by staff / May 28, 2013You must admit, it says something about the quality of Apple products that one of the first models ever made by the legendary Steve Wosniak and Steve Jobs is still ticking after all this time. Thought to be one of only six surviving models, the Apple-1 was purchased by an unnamed Asian client from German …
Read MoreHigh school sweetheart finds lost love’s diary in museum
Posted by staff / May 28, 2013Thousands of sweethearts kissed their soldier boys goodbye as they headed off to fight in World War II, many for the last time, but few got the surprise that Laura Mae Davis Burlingame did when she visited New Orleans’ National World War II Museum. Before her high school love, Thomas “Cotton” Jones headed overseas, she gave him a …
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