Using some new technology, scientists have been able to photograph a previously veiled moon of Saturn. While pics aren’t like what we saw with the Mars lander, it still is always cool to get a glimpse of another world.
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Downsizing Ice Cream
No you won’t see your favorite ice cream flavors standing in line at the unemployment office, but what you might see is the bottom of container a little sooner. Premium ice cream brands are following Edy’s lead and reducing their “half gallon” size from 64oz to 56oz while keeping prices the same. This stealthily raises prices by 14% mostly in response to rising milk prices…
You can see the full article at Boston.com
— Thanks Jeff
Waffle Hiz-ouse
This was orginially posted yesterday, but I had to take it down when i realized my site was being reviewed for inclusion in Google’s AdSense program…
There is currently a grass roots campaign to place John Kerry’s web site at the top of a Google search for ” Waffles “. Finding this to be hilarious, I have joined the cause and am adding a few Waffles links on my site to join my fellow web-loggers in “Google Bombing”. Google Bombing is when enough sites have links on them with a specific key word like Waffles which Google’s bots consider when creating the rank.
Next up a DOS attack against the RIAA for suing all those people! Oh just kidding, that would be mean (and it would require writing a virus to take over all those servers and personal computers — which really shoulds like a lot of work). And my lawyers tell me it’s probably e-legal ;)
Lots-O-Debt
Over the next year you’ll be hearing a lot about the National Deficit and the National Debt – it being an election year and all. The deficit is how much we are spending beyond what we brought in as a country. The consumer equivolent would be how much we spent on our credit cards in one month that we couldn’t pay off at the end of the month. The debt is owed total for all our years of government. This would be like your balance you on your credit cards.
The National Debt Clock gives an up to the minute total of our Debt as a nation (through magic i assume). I found the adjusted totals graph under the FAQ to be quite telling personally.
Camping Rewards
For all you campers out there, the great company REI has expanded it’s dividend program to it’s members. For those of you that don’t know, REI members pay a lifetime membership fee of $15 and then they receive a 10% “dividend” at the end of the year from purchase they made. The new(ish) feature is the REI credit card which provides a 1% dividend on all purchases. Somehow, i think getting a free Nalgene bottle is much more useful than say $20 off my next GM vehicle or 12 miles on my frequent flyer program.
If you’re still scratching your head, “REI….” read below: