Skowronek

Another reason for government intervention in corporate usa

http://money.cnn.com/2005/04/25/technology/adelphia_settlement.reut/?cnn=yes

Many of us are torn between allowing government into corporate America or not. After seeing this article (along with countless others) as well as experiencing corrupt business practice first hand, I am now all for it.

Opera CEO, Jon S. von Tetzchner, begins transatlantic swim

http://www.opera.com/swim/

Opera’s CEO, Jon S. von Tetzchner boldy proclaimed at a company meeting that if download numbers of Opera 8 reached 1 million within four days he would swim from Norway to the USA. Today marks the commencement of that trek.

Got Camera-Mail

http://verba.chromogenic.net/archives/2005/01/cameramail.html

Clever idea. Mail a disposable camera across the country. I wonder if anyone has tried to do this across the world?

E-mail hurts your IQ more than pot

http://www.redherring.com/article.aspx?a=11870

Does this mean I’m in the negatives at the end of the day?

Mister T says ‘Treat Your Mother Right’

http://www.ifilm.com/WMPPlaylist.asx?ifilmId=2667017&bandwidth=300

Free music downloads from Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/561964/gizmodo-20/104-2731093-1082301

Not sure how long this will be online…so enjoy now.

No need for that spell checker anymore

http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/personal/matt.davis/Cmabrigde/

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Or rather:

According to a researcher (sic) at Cambridge University, it doesn’t matter in what order the letters in a word are, the only important thing is that the first and last letter be at the right place. The rest can be a total mess and you can still read it without problem. This is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself but the word as a whole.

Looking for an alternative to an pricey PDA? Try Hipster

http://www.43folders.com/2004/09/introducing_the.html

Recently, I got sick of lugging my Palm V around, so I developed a vastly superior, greatly simplified device for capturing and sharing information. I call it “The Hipster PDA.”

I love it!