So if you follow gadgets at all you may have heard that yesterday at 6pm the iPhone was unleashed for the relatively unheard of price in cellphone land of $499 or $599 depending on the 4gb or 8gb model. Now critics and fans have been writing about the phone for a while now, really ever [...]
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If you are or have been in law school pretty much anywhere in the country then you probably have heard of Professor Whitebread of USC. The reason I say that is each fall he somehow visits practically a third of the law schools in the entire country (I think his site said 81 law schools [...]
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Anthony Bourdain is one of my favorite ‘celebrity’ chefs. Actually for the most part the true celebrity chefs I am not to big a fan of for the most part and I’ve lamented my loss of the Food Network earlier on here. Anyway, one of the few non-cooking, cooking shows that I really enjoy is [...]
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Looking out my window at work to the East yields these amazingly stunning views of acres and acres of surface parking lots, right in the center of downtown. Time after time I have thought how this space could be put to such better use, the lots could be combined into two or three garages and [...]
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“You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it’s probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work.” Alli warning labl on ‘treatment’ side effects. You may have heard about the new wonder drug, [...]
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The United Kingdom knights various people for various reasons, and most recently the controversial author Salman Rushie, who is most famous for his book The Satanic Verses, that led at the time to violent protests and a death wish from Iran (which has since been taken back). I will be the first to admit I [...]
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I’ve always loved everyday economic explanations to simple little things that often we don’t notice. I found a great post over at Design Observer that mentions the milk carton situation (has to do with maximizing the space in refrigerated spaces, versus unrefrigerated soda – although carbonation may prove to be another answer that some of [...]
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Its scary how fast the weekend can fly by, haven’t gotten too much done unfortunately, did make it to the Latino festival here in Columbus which was packed to the gills with people and got out to the driving range for the first time in a long while, so while Sunday still is technically here [...]
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After watching my BAR/BRI bar review morning lecture on Contract home on DVD after getting up a bit later then I wanted and not wanting to rob Charlie of a walk, I was primed for a lunch break after hour two, and instead of my usual 10 minute break the school gives you at home [...]
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I read awhile ago about a UK push to make illegal those little standby lights that are on so many devices today (red light showing the dvd player is plugged in, but off See Times UK). Apparently these little lights which alone may not use a lot of power, together waste lots and lots of [...]
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