There are some things that always impress. A guy who holds the door open (I am ridiculously old fashioned), a dog that knows how to shake paws and the music identifying app – Shazam! Farhad Manjoo, who writes the tech column over at Slate describes the app as the closest thing to magic. I wouldn’t go that far, but if you’ve [...]
Daily archives for October 20th, 2009
Name That Song – How “Sha...
There are some things that always impress. A guy who holds the door open (I am ridiculously old fashioned), a dog that knows how to shake paws and the music identifying app – Shazam! Farhad Manjoo, who writes the tech column over at Slate describes the app as the closest thing to magic. I wouldn’t go that far, but if you’ve [...]
[Video] Sarah’s Big “O...
…is going to be sooner than later, going by this Associated Press report. Talk show host and all round Obama supporter Oprah Winfrey is going to dust her couch off to seat Palin’s puhrty behind on her show on November 16th – that’s just a day ahead of the release of “Going Rogue: An American Life,” Palin [...]
Indian Like You!
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, one of the winners of this year's Nobel chemistry prize
Just so you know, President Obama is not the only person with a Nobel win this year. A bunch of others won too, including three scientists who produced atom-by-atom maps of the mysterious, life-giving ribosomes. Israeli Ada Yonath and Americans Venkatraman R [...]
Palin on Linkedin!
Just when we were wondering where Sarah Palin had scooted off to, news outlets were buzzing with the latest on her – apparently someone stumbled on her resume on Linkedin- a site that connects professionals worldwide.
Her Linkedin profile lists her past positions including that of Governor of Alaska and Mayor of Wasilla. More importanly [...]
Whither Bam?
Despite storming into office on the wings of change, President Barack Obama has failed to pass significant legislation or bring meaningful reform to Washington. For those preaching patience, it’s worth recalling President Franklin Roosevelt’s first 100 days, President Lyndon Johnson’s Civil Rights Act, or the major tax cuts in President Ron [...]