Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Friday, December 5, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
St. Jude's
This is a serious post. I recently participated with the "Up 'Til Dawn" Event over at Bentley University, writing letters to people asking them to donate money to St. Jude's. St. Jude's is a hospital for children with cancer and it not only treats them, but it helps them deal with their fatal illness. If you get the chance, please donate to them, they need all the help we can give them.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Rare Bill Gates Photos, Narrated by Bill Gates
Fortune has a nice package for Bill Gates' upcoming departure from Microsoft—the best is their exclusive gallery of 15 rare photos from throughout his life, narrated by Bill himself.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Google Street View Car Gets Pulled over by U.S. Park Police
It appears that a mounted member of the United States Park Police briefly detained a Google Maps camera car for some sort of driving infraction this morning.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Messing With Drivers Ed Instructors
This kid signs up for 5 different drivers ed classes then messes with the teachers to the point where they cant take it anymore.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
SNL NBA Playoff Spoof Featuring Hillary/Obama Split
If you've ever seen those NBA playoff commercials featuring two basketball players split down the middle giving the same speech then you will understand the parody. Very funny take on the democratic primary.
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
Digg Office Snapshots [pics]
The office itself is located in San Francisco and is really designed quite nicely. They just recently expanded from the third floor to some additional space on the second floor, which at this time does not see much use. As with my other recent office visits, everyone was super friendly.
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Friday, April 18, 2008
Teen Attempts to Rob Man, Man Takes Him Out To Dinner
Copied Directly From NPR All of the following is property of NPR
Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.
Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.
But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.
He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.
"He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says.
As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm."
The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, "like what's going on here?" Diaz says. "He asked me, 'Why are you doing this?'"
Diaz replied: "If you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me ... hey, you're more than welcome.
"You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help," Diaz says.
Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.
"The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi," Diaz says. "The kid was like, 'You know everybody here. Do you own this place?'"
"No, I just eat here a lot," Diaz says he told the teen. "He says, 'But you're even nice to the dishwasher.'"
Diaz replied, "Well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody?"
"Yea, but I didn't think people actually behaved that way," the teen said.
Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. "He just had almost a sad face," Diaz says.
The teen couldn't answer Diaz — or he didn't want to.
When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, "Look, I guess you're going to have to pay for this bill 'cause you have my money and I can't pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I'll gladly treat you."
The teen "didn't even think about it" and returned the wallet, Diaz says. "I gave him $20 ... I figure maybe it'll help him. I don't know."
Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen's knife — "and he gave it to me."
Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, "You're the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch."
"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."
Produced for Morning Edition by Michael Garofalo.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Five Lost Cities Of The Future
Continuing our theme of lost cities, news editor Ben Ray explores five American cities, which in the distant future could be reclaimed by nature.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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