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The ThankGodI website is one of the most hilarious scams out there. It’s asking for story submissions, but before you could darken their doorstep, you have to rifle through your purse and hand them at least $300 to register.
The concept is supposedly “triumph over adversity”: be thankful for every piece of crap you’ve had in […]

CBS reports that there are more and more empty street corners where pay phones used to be.
Nationwide, the number of pay phones has dropped by half, to approximately 1 million, over the last nine years, according to an estimate by the American Public Communications Council, a trade association for independent pay phone operators.
I’m not intrigue […]

Engadget reports that there’s another Dell notebook, a Latitude D410, that exploded in Singapore. It’s the third Dell casualty in this on-going saga about brave, selfless modern devices going before their time. And again, it’s still about the batteries.
The Sydney Morning Herald says:
“But remember, these are not simply reports of overheating. We’re talking about full […]

On one hand, good things like thoughtful bikinis, a device that “writes” on water, Microsoft’s Zune, and the mighty Apple admitting to bad behavior. On the other, fireworks that think they’re batteries and another variation of the old fishy-toilet tank theme.
George Bush and the world of tomorrow.
Solving the energy problem in a big way.
Using the […]

Just got back from sleeping over at the house of a real live Korean family. They live in Deokso, just outside the eastern part of Seoul. Their condo unit is on the 14th floor and they have a good view of the mighty Han river (at the moment muddy and swollen from several weeks of […]

A spate of reports about PC notebooks, PDAs, and other shit and stuff figuring in jaw-dropping spontaneous combustions make us very excited, primarily because none of those things were ever owned by us. So why care?
The wronged consumers, however, were not only baffled, they were also quick in climbing the pulpit to expound brand loyalties: […]

Lindsay Lohan’s heavy partying ways have caught up with her and it comes with a heavy price. She was sent this letter from James Robinson, the CEO of Morgan Creek Productions. Morgan Creek is currently producing Georgia Rule, which stars Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, and Jane Fonda. Check out the letter. It’s priceless! (Click on […]

I like Nicole Richie. She’s spunky and wicked plus her father is Lionel Richie. I think she’s more interesting than Paris Hilton and I wish that they become best friends again so they will appear on The Simple Life Together. That’s not going to happen if she’s going to die soon because from the looks […]