Archive for July, 2007

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Drew Carey’s new career - CNN.com

Lucky SOB. I couldn’t eat at McDonald’s off my interest… 
Drew Carey has been living a comfortable life of semi-retirement. In a couple of months, he could be Regis Philbin.

The Cleveland native was just selected as Bob Barker’s replacement on the daytime game “The Price is Right,” and next week he will debut as the host […]

German Love Study: No Sex Leads To Less Sex, Research Shows

I’m filing this under “Crazy Germans,” but also under “Productivity.” 
That sex reduces stress — or that no sex increases stress — is hardly a new observation. A team of German researchers, though, is arguing that sexual frustration is a complex phenomenon not to be underestimated. It can precipitate a downward spiral, pulling couples helplessly and […]

I’m honored - featured on a splog

I won’t bother providing the link, given it is a splog, but just felt I would share the honor I felt.

links for 2007-07-31

First Snow of the Season « markitude
Picture of Mark’s house, bookmarked for posterity
(tags: blogs house+construction)

When banner advertising goes bad

Click to enlarge the image above. Carefully read the banner ad at the top, then read the story headline. DOH!
I can’t take credit.

jkOnTheRun: A day in the life- a tale of two tablets

I’ve been periodically visiting this blog/news site for a while, when their posts about Lenovo products started showing up in my Google alerts. This is a long, but great post about the author’s mobile productivity. It covers the author’s usage of technology throughout an average day for him, consisting of a lot of travelling from site to site for meetings and […]

links for 2007-07-30

Pontiac GTO Oversized Tires Class Action Filed :: The Lemon Law Blog
(tags: gto lawsuit)

Pontiac GTO Class Action Lawsuit-Uneven and premature tire wearing
(tags: gto lawsuit)

Talking & Reading Dog

A young farm lad from northern Alabama goes off to college, but about 1/3 of the way through the semester, he has foolishly squandered away all of the money his parents gave him.
Then he gets an idea. He calls his daddy. “Dad,” he says, “you won’t believe the wonders that modern education is coming up […]

Damn racoons

As Kat said: “This is why we won’t ever have a cat door.”
 

*updated* BREAKING: Chrysler announces lifetime powertrain warranty! - Autoblog

Update 7/27: Doh, hybrid owners among others are exempt!
Unfortunately there are some exceptions. The Cummins diesel in the Ram trucks will keep its current 5 year/100,000 mile warranty. Another important exception will be the new Dodge Durango/Chrysler Aspen hybrids which are coming next year. According to a Chrysler spokesman, the hybrid powertrain and battery will […]