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When it comes to technology, there are two problems.  The first one is building the infrastructure to use it:  in the case of India, only half of the country’s 25,000 colleges are connected to the Internet, but they’re working on that.  The other problem is adoption:  if people have no money, how can they possibly […]

Celebrities always die in threes.  With the death of Steve Jobs, the question of who else will join him has been kind of pressing on my mind.  Then I fire up the computer and see another obituary for a beloved actor.  In this case, he made a career of being a tough guy with a […]

It’s time for your bi-yearly chupacabra sighting, boys and girls!  What once was only a Mexican phenomenon has now spread throughout Texas and up into the South.  It’s been seen as far north as Kentucky, though this most recent chupacabra shooting occurred outside of Mendenhall, Mississippi, in Simpson County.  Truitt Barnard was out hunting when […]

Bloggers don’t get a lot of respect.  I should know; I’ve been blogging forever and I still get treated worse than a journalist from the Podunk Tribune.  Still, bloggers are growing more and more powerful, but is it possible that a blogger may one day wear the Nobel Prize medal around his or her neck? […]

After 23 seasons on the air, The Simpsons continues to be a major cash cow for Fox.  There are college graduates who do not remember a world without Bart, Homer, Lisa, Marge, and Maggie.  There has been a successful movie, the show still rakes in cash around the world… would Fox really kill The Simpsons? […]

The “runaway millionaire” is running no more.  In 2009, Leo Gao asked for a $100,000 overdraft to support his ailing service station in Rotorua, New Zealand.  Well, that $100,000 became $10 million thanks to an error by Westpac.  When Gao noticed the error, he and girlfriend Kara Hurring split the money up into multiple accounts, […]

Are you a Bank of America customer?  Then I suggest you put the debit card away and start researching where the closest ATM might be, because you’re going to need that knowledge.  Bank of America, or BofA, has announced that they’re going to change their policy regarding debit cards soon, and like most policy changes, […]

If you want some exciting news, then I have some exciting news for you.  Amazon’s best-selling Kindle, which basically created a market for ebooks, is going to be branching out officially.  Amazon is preparing to launch a $199 iPad killer dubbed the Amazon Kindle Fire; meanwhile, they’re also improving the original Kindle by making it […]

Two different divisions in baseball, but the stories are the same.  On the last day of the season, two teams went from front-runners to also-rans in the blink of an eye, completing a pair of historic collapses the likes of which Major League Baseball has not seen in years.  In the American League, the Boston Red Sox […]

The last meal that kicked off the controversy was an epic one.  Lawrence Russell Brewer, who was executed on Wednesday after being found guilty of the horrific dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in 1998, must have ordered everything he could think of in an attempt to be too fat to execute.  He asked for two chicken fried […]

When it comes to robbery, the best idea is to disguise yourself as best you possibly can.  Cover yourself and hide every distinctive feature.  If you have to, wear sunglasses.  For one thief, the lack of sunglasses was his give-away.  Nineteen year old Conor McClelland was identified by a store clerk thanks to his unusually […]

Italy has a problem with children who simply refuse to leave the nest.  Dubbed “mammone,” or mama’s boy, they are young Italian males who simply do not grow up and leave the house.  An estimated 48 percent of Italians between the ages of 18 and 39 still live at home, but one family’s lawsuit may […]

Remember when people were scrambling to get invitations to Google+, and even going behind the back of the system to sneak invite people?  Remember when Google+ was the hottest social network, thanks to its grown-up population and lack of obnoxious, spammy games and apps and whatnot?  Well, if you haven’t gotten through the doors of […]

Netflix, as you know and love it, is over.  Soon, you’ll be arranging your streaming queue with Netflix and arranging your DVD queue with a new company known as Qwikster.  Netflix is going to split its business into a streaming arm and a DVD rental arm, with Qwikster taking over DVDs AND preparing to launch […]