If you were looking for a great example of a collaborative map-reduce, then you don't have look much further than the amount of feedback and commentary that the earlier 'Collaborative Map-Reduce in the Browser' post received in a short span of twenty four hours. After making appearances on Slashdot,...

From Breitbart : PITTSBURG, Texas (AP) - Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. said Friday it will cut 3,000 jobs, or about 7 percent of its U.S. work force, as it shuts operations at three of its 32 chicken processing plants. The closures, which will reduce the company’s chicken production by roughly 1...

HP Office at Cyberjaya Immediately after reporting missed profit target, HP taken drastic steps to reduce operation expenditure including salary cut for every employees worldwide. In gloomy economy situation like now, this move come with not really surprising. The CEO take the lead with 20% reductio...

From Jay Fitzgerald at the Boston Herald : The state is now paying out more money in benefits than it’s receiving in taxes from employers, Suzanne M. Bump, the state’s secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, warned yesterday… In a worst-case scenario, the state can borrow money from ...

I know that Windows runs super slow in some people's machine. And try as hard as you can but you can seldom find a good reason for the slowing up or a remedy to it. So here is a surprising trick which can improve your Windows booting time. if you uninstall your unused fonts. Believe [...]...

(Image: Rich Pedroncelli/AP) On the homepage of the Container Recycling Institute is a counter clocking how many beverage containers have been landfilled, littered and incinerated in the United States. This year alone the counter has tallied over 125 billion bottles and cans. Amazingly, the average ...

I'm feeling a bit like a crazy lady.  I've been hauling water in a big bucket around the house.  It's 'grey-water' from our high-efficiency furnace.  You see, the furnace  condenses water from the air (as part of the heating process) and that water drains into our laundry room sink.     I'...

I’ve been thinking. Since I’m not an ironclad expert on … well, much of anything … what I think I bring to any discussion table is the interest in critical thought. And, as I’ve mentioned in past posts here at sustainablog, even that contribution – or the interest in making i...

I’m encouraged that BusinessWeek concurs with my opinion regarding our economy: The great job bust of 2008 is being felt keenly in communities across the U.S. Few may be suffering more than Greensboro, N.C., one of the South’s most scenic and livable cities and no stranger to disruptive ...

I'm asking because we live in such a throw-away society these days.  And we're all crazy busy.  Who has the time to patch or darn socks?  Even someone like me who is somewhat handy with a needle & thread and a sewing machine, hardly ever takes the time to actually repair things.  You should ...