Wikipedia’s False Information is Now Truth
I like Wikipedia; every time I’m remotely interested in a television series I crack open Google, type ‘[series name] wiki’ and navigate to the online encyclopedia’s article. I always find a world of interesting tidbits including comparisons of characters to literary and real life persona, breakdowns of key episodes, and an overview of the series’ [...]
Teenagers Spend Too Much Time Online
I just read that teenagers in the United States spend on average more than 31 hours online every week. Considering a full-time job would be roughly 40 hours per week I have to say I’m surprised; I expected the online hours to be higher. So how does the time break down? 1 hour: Cosmetic surgery [...]
The Credit History Mystery
Even though poor credit management is in large part responsible for the melt down we are currently trying to deny, the average North American is woefully ignorant of what it means to have a “credit history”. People generally know that when they apply for a credit card or loan, the banks somehow check their credit [...]
Tar Sands Will Never Replace Mideast Oil
There is a great myth that as the cost of pumping oil out of the middle east increases with declining supply it will be viable to draw fossil fuels from the tar sands of western Canada. While it may be true that the sands will be tapped to a greater degree, the idea that it [...]
Citigroup Splits
Despite their expensive newspaper ads insisting all is well, it turns out that Citigroup is in fact – wait for it – having problems! Now that the government is their biggest stakeholder with $45 billion in bailout funds, the company has basically abandoned its “lets become as big as we can” and has started selling [...]
Facebook Friends are Less Valuable than Whopper Sandwiches
I try to avoid using Facebook for anything more than its originally intended purpose – that is, to connect with friends and colleagues whom I already know in real life. A close friend told me she didn’t want to go too far into the site because of the seemingly egotistical way in which users add [...]
Circuit City Liquidates
My heart goes out to Circuit City today. They failed to overcome their harsh business environment and have been forced to liquidate their American holdings, putting 35,000 more people into the unemployment lines. It’s a tough market and the consumer and electronic goods they sell have thin profit margins. Next time you go to Best [...]
Should We Protect the Union Job?
I heard a lot of negativity surrounding unions as I grew up. Our family consists of many working-class individuals who almost universally prefer to keep their noses to the grindstone and avoid getting involved in the larger picture. Unions are a sore spot – although none of us (to my knowledge) have been harmed in [...]
Presidential Endorsement Worth $50 Million
According to the New York Times, President-elect Obama’s dedication to his Blackberry may be worth up to $50 million for the Canadian firm Research In Motion. Not bad – you can’t buy the kind of publicity that results from the most loved man in the world pimping your gear. The new president is famous for [...]
I Will Never Give Up My Newspaper
I love getting my news online. Being able to flip through articles and search back content is exceedingly useful. So too is the ability to quickly check on the validity of claims made in article online (as evidenced by the news about LiveJournal’s cut to staff – some sources quoted 20 of 27 staffers were [...]
