If you hand your grandma an iPod and tell her to “shuffle,” chances are she’ll jump to her feet and start doing a shuffling two-step. So we don’t blame this 13-year-old kid from Britain, who took three whole days to realize that there was a Side B to the tape he popped in his dad’s old Walkman.
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Daily archives for January 18th, 2010
Teen Tries Walkman for the First Time...
If you hand your grandma an iPod and tell her to “shuffle,” chances are she’ll jump to her feet and start doing a shuffling two-step. So we don’t blame this 13-year-old kid from Britain, who took three whole days to realize that there was a Side B to the tape he popped in his dad’s old Walkman.
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Prolonged Internet Use May Lead To Ps...
There might just be some truth to the notion that excessive indulgence in the “interweb” makes people a tad–just a wee bit–cuckoo. Research being conducted by the Clalit Health Maintenance Organization, Israel’s largest HMO, points to a possible connection between unrestricted Internet use and the occurrence of psychotic episodes.
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Upper East Side Apartments Get Cheape...
We never thought we would never say it, but Manhattan is getting a little cheaper. Not if you want to shop or go out, but if you want to move into an apartment. As unemployment in the city hit 10 percent, and Wall Street jobs vanished into thin air, rents across the borough dropped 9.4 percent in the fourth quarter, according to a report by b [...]