Soon, the largest pyramid in the world will no longer be in Egypt. Or so Dubai hopes. As part of a new project called Falcon City, the rapidly modernising emirate will be adding replicas of the world’s wonders that include its own version of The Tower of Pisa, The Great Wall of China, The Effifel… Read More »
“My husband gave me a necklace. It’s fake. I requested fake. Maybe I’m paranoid, but in this day and age, I don’t want something around my neck that’s worth more than my head.”Rita Rudner, writer and comedian Paranoia? Methinks such prudence is not only practical but necessary, considering snatch thieves will do anything to lay… Read More »
Believe it or not, spam has been around for 30 years, and two years past the deadline Bill Gates set on eradicating its existence. More surprisingly, a recent survey conducted by Sophos revealed that 11% of people admit to having bought goods in response to spam messages. Well, if nobody responded to spam, the tactic… Read More »
BusinessWeek recently ran an article, “One Place for Your Many Online Lives“, about FriendFeed, a new Web service that aggregates together feeds from different social networking services such as Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. The beauty of FriendFeed, according to the article, is that it allows you to keep track of your friends and colleagues without… Read More »
Face it, social networking is a silly idea. The countless social networking sites may be fun and novel at first, but once you’ve established contact with your long-lost “friend” (loosely defined here to include everyone that you’ve come across, no matter how brief the encounter), you’ll get bored quickly with these online procrastination services. That’s… Read More »
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