Tuesday, May 13, 2008

‘GTA IV’ Breaks Three Guinness World Records!

It would seem that Niko Bellic’s car-stealing, carnage-creating antics have resulted in the book being thrown at him — that book being the Guinness Book of World Records, with Grand Theft Auto IV stealing not one, but three records in the process!

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Complete Archive of September 11, 2001 TV Broadcasts

This collection contains television news programs recorded live from ABC, BBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, and NBC around September 11th, 12th, and 13th, 2001 by the non-profit Television Archive to help patrons research this important part of United States history.

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Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Weather Channel's $5 billion dollar sexual blunder

The Weather Channel is facing a hurricane of it's own. A lawsuit was filed by ex-anchorwoman Hillary Andrews after repeated sexual harassment from co-anchor Bob Stokes. As TWC tries to sell it's Weather.com website & Weather channel for $5 billion dollars executives aim to keep this lawsuit a secret. The forecast? A sprinkle, possibly a hurricane.

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Teacher Fired After Wearing a Bikini on Howard Stern Show

A Southington teacher who appeared on the Howard Stern Show no longer has a job at Thalberg Elementary School. Second-grade teacher Marie Jarry took part in an Ugliest Guy and Hottest Wife contest on Stern's show. She and her husband won $5,000. "I can't believe she would go on TV and do that when she is a second-grade teacher."

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Bill Clinton's Angry Confrontation With Voter (VIDEO)

From "CBS News RAW": While campaigning in Fayetteville, W.Va., Bill Clinton argued with an audience member over claims made by Hillary Clinton that she improved health care during his administration.

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The wedding planner who doesn't believe in marriage

Melanie Yexley is the woman everyone wants at their wedding. Even when the professional wedding planner is attending off-duty as a guest, she usually ends up saving the day — dashing in with a pin as the bride's button pops off or salvaging a cake dropped by caterers.

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Facebook Responds To MySpace With Facebook Connect

"Facebook will announce Facebook Connect later today, which is essentially a new version of their 2 year old API for third party websites. It will allow users to “connect” their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any website. One of their initial launch partners will be Digg."

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

People Can't Tell Diff b/t Blu-Ray and DVD, Sales Plummeting

Hot on the heels of last week’s report from ABI Research noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures from NPD Group. According to NPD, sales of Blu-ray standalone players plummeted 40 percent from January to February, then rose a scant 2 percent....

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Charlie Daniels and Lynard Skynyrd coming to Boone this year

CDB at the football stadium in July, Lynard Skynyrd at the Holmes Center in September, very cool!!!!!

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Facebook in Real Life



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18 Features Windows Should Have (but Doesn't)

Some of the coolest OS features are nowhere to be found in Windows XP or Vista. Here are 18 brilliant features that Microsoft should beg for, borrow, or steal--plus tips on how you can add many of them to your PC now.

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18 Features Windows Should Have (but Doesn't)

Some of the coolest OS features are nowhere to be found in Windows XP or Vista. Here are 18 brilliant features that Microsoft should beg for, borrow, or steal--plus tips on how you can add many of them to your PC now.

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Does sex addiction exist?

We're addicted to sex, some men say. Are they really?

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Ecuador Considers Right to Women's Sexual Pleasure

A new inalienable right could be enshrined soon in Ecuador's constitution: the pursuit of sexual happiness for women.

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$725 gets you a ticket to MLB's All-Star Game

Fans will pay starry prices for this year's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Tickets will be priced at $150-$725 for the July 15 game, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday. That's up from $75-$285 for last year's game at San Francisco and $10-15 for box and reserved seats the last time the All-Stars were at Yankee Stadium, in 1977.

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Monday, April 28, 2008

When Young Teachers Go Wild on the Web

It's almost like Googling someone: Log on to Facebook. Join the Washington, D.C., network. Search the Web site for your favorite school system. And then watch the public profiles of 20-something teachers unfurl like gift wrap on the screen, revealing a sense of humor that can be overtly sarcastic or unintentionally unprofessional -- or both.

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Bill Clinton in Boone tomorrow...should I go meet him again?

Clinton is in Boone (home of Appalachian State) tomorrow. Here is my question, should I go see him again? I am not a Democrat and I have shook his and Al Gore's hands before so the thrill of seeing an ex-president is not all that great but then again seeing an ex-president twice in a life time in kinda cool. What do you think?

Huey Lewis & The News in South Carolina

Anybody know anything about the Freedom Weekend Aloft festival in Simpsonville, SC?????

Freedom Weekend Aloft