I am on AIM/MSN/ICQ/YIM a lot. Before, I used multi protocol IM clients that allowed me to connect all that once but one of my quirks was that I wanted chat logs saved. Problem is, my hard drives tend to crash and I always forget to backup that folder. Enter Meebo. Meebo is a web based multi protoco...

Last night, I did it: I sold Vinny the Volvo. After 10 happy years and many adventures, Mr. Vinchenzo will be motoring out his golden years (appropriately,) on the Cape with his new owners, a young sweet couple. Even though Mark and I decided that selling Vinny and only having one car would be the m...

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Braaaaaaains! Are you a zombie fan? Are you a Jane Austen fan? If you can answer “yes” to either of these questions, there’s a treat in store for you! Philly publisher Quirk Books has a new take on a classic read, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies . Ye...

Two research articles were recently published that shed more light on the so-called “Internet addiction”, a concept we’ve long lampooned here due to its continuing lack of scientific validity. The first study (Dowling & Quirk, 2008) looked at one of the common measures of R...

My boyfriend was watching something on TV where he heard about cats that love to be spanked. I guess there are a lot of videos on Youtube of cats enjoying it. Good to know Victor isn't the only freak-cat out there! So, does your cat like to be spanked? I don't do it too hard but most people are shoc...

**Written October 26, 2008** Growing up my family was into cars. That was kind of lost on me. Just like I want my phone to function as a communication device (not a mini computer) I want my car to get me safely from one place to another. Don’t get me wrong, I like sports cars and I drool at au...

No Regrets — My Story Effective Monday, I have taken leave from Rose Tech Ventures and am dedicating my next month to helping Barack Obama win presidential election by winning my home state of Ohio. On Sunday, I took the 20 hour train ride, from New York to Cincinnati, passing through three cr...

The more I feel the pressure of time, the more challenging I become to myself. Case in point:  Yesterday morning, I closed and locked my office door to prevent Bruce's walking in as I was wrapping a birthday gift.  When I finished, I opened the door.  Now, this requ...

By Alex Manchester, Editor, The Internal Comms Hub (Australia), Melcrum There's been barely a moment to breathe since the end of our first Employee Engagement conference In Sydney last week. Instead of sitting back we've been immersed in planning and finalising details for this year's Strategic Comm...

In This Episode… Dr. Floyd meets his public at an autograph signing at the Saddle River City Galleria and Dr. Steve capitalizes on this and jumps back in time to steal something from famed chemist, Marshall Holt. This was a special episode written by Grant Baciocco to propose to his girlfriend...