It takes a brave person to stand up and stare down Microsoft and Google. Sridhar Vembu, founder of online software suite destination Zoho, remains unafraid. The latest enhancements out of Camp Zoho are some major upgrades to online word processing tool Writer. Previous users will notice that the ent...

I am a better writer when I exercise, case closed. Maybe that’s why this blog post isn’t very good. ;-) We’re at the tail end of winter here in New York City and I can honestly say I haven’t moved a muscle in about two months. Ideas flow when I’m pounding the pavement. ...

It’s often said that one of the best ways to keep yourself financially afloat during difficult economic times is by moonlighting while ‘on the clock’ at your full-time job. Not only do you have the ability to make more money, but you also can fill a creative void that your ‘r...

Skinny dudes get no respect. In a culture obsessed with obesity, diets and weight-loss shows that act as a national sport, have taken the spotlight. But what about society’s stick figures? Sure they’re uniformly cursed by those who suffer to shed a pound, but they have issues of their ow...

You know how cartoon characters get those crazy spirally eyes when they get hypnotized? Well that’s exactly how I get when American Idol is on. Every year I rant and rave how I won’t waste a second of my life watching this predictable reality train wreck. Yet it pulls me in without fail....

I’ve noticed a trend in my blogging pursuits. The articles that I write that are the best-written, most researched, headline-friendly and totally Diggable, quickly fade away with a whimper. Yet blog entries that are thrown together, posted for the sake of posting with minimal thought, bring in...

Being called a “skank” or an “old hag” is never easy to swallow. Trust me, I would know. Model Liskula Cohen, who has represented Giorgio Armani and Versace products, is so pissed off that an anonymous blogger ‘defamed’ her, that she’s suing Google to reveal...

So, another New Year’s has come and, gratefully, gone. I don’t know about you, but I am damned sick and tired of all of the clichés that necessarily accompany this time of the year. The bad champagne, the boring parties, the meaningless toasts, and even less meaningful well-wishing....

Some weird exports come outta Japan, but this latest study might take the cake – or the virginity. Word on the Tokyo streets is that teens who skip breakfast have sex. In fact, the average age of first-time sex for those who said they ate breakfast every day as a middle school student was 19.4...

I’ll admit it: I’m a fireplace failure. When I purchased my home, one of the big selling points was a full-size living room fireplace. With the temperature steadily below freezing, ‘tis the season to get those logs a burnin’. It’s a simple concept, no? Get dry wood; add...