Well, it looks like Packard Bell's "dot" netbook just didn't capture that trademark Packard Bell flavor the company was looking for, as it has now officially ditched the netbook in favor of a new, as yet unannounced model. As you may recall, the dot was essentially just an original Acer Aspire One i...

This blog has often been silent for long periods while I’m working hard on something. This time I think it was worth it. With a few good friends, I’ve started Minds + Machines, and from now on most of my posting is happening on the Minds + Machines blog. While I was searching for a regis...

Blogger and full time Internet marketer, Kim Roach, has just released her Instant Payday Formula. Kim is one of the few females in Internet marketing and that makes her unique in the field. Her Instant Payday Formula, the subject of this review, is unique as well. Kim spent that past 4 months dedica...

Yesterday, I was in Seattle for a very special day. After 13 years, Sarah has received the highest title the United State could ever bestow on anyone: Citizen of the United of America. Yes, it’s true. I am now married to an American. Citizenship and the citizenship ceremonies are handle by the...

Michelle Malkin is hosting an amusing photoshop contest this evening. You see, and I know this will shock you, but Obama has come out with a gitchy, stylized, web 2.0-ish logo, or “emblem” for his economic “recovery” plan, which you can see floating cutely to the right here. ...

I haven’t copped out and written a post with dots in a long time. For some reason I’m in the mood to post but don’t really have anything to write about, or the brain power to devise something. So dots, you get. You know the first one, right? Of course. I’m going to beg you to...

An ITDP proposal for BRT on 34th Street. Rendering by Luc Nadal and Mark De Decker. This is the third of four installments in our interview with ITDP director Walter Hook about Bus Rapid Transit in New York City. Be sure to catch the first and second parts if you haven't yet. In this installment Hoo...

In an old Yahoo Mail account, I just stumbled on Yahoo's announcement that they'd be closing the Briefcase file storage service as of March 30. I was immediately curious if I actually had anything in my old briefcase. Perhaps a couple of non-working pens? Pennies? An old Hubba Bubba gum wrapper? Scr...

Since 1997, three pedestrians have been killed and dozens injured in collisions near Chatham Square, according to CrashStat. In November 2006, Manhattan Community Board 3 voiced support for "a comprehensive, community-inclusive initiative to study, identify and build consensus around strategies...

I lost my virginity to my manager at Just For Feet ("The world's largest athletic shoe store!") two weeks before my 18th birthday in his apartment behind the bowling alley behind the mall. He was 23 and had just broken up with his fiance. It was less than spectacular. That is the abrid...