Morrison Institute offers $2,500 in scholarships

Seeded on Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:44 PM EST (Arizona State University)

Are you an Arizona high school senior planning on attending ASU in the fall? If so this is a MUST read.... great scholarship opportunity!

education, asu, college, scholarship

All the Rage

Seeded on Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:04 PM EST (Utne)

Even those of us who consider ourselves slow to anger struggle with anger on a daily basis (think: TRAFFIC)

anger

Man 'marries' dog to beat curse

Seeded on Fri Nov 16, 2007 5:13 PM EST (BBC News)

An Indian man has "married" a female dog, hoping the move will help atone for stoning two other dogs to death.

odd-news, marriage, dogs, india

It's Official: Google + MySpace = OpenSocial

Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 5:09 PM EDT (Mashable!)

MySpace has some tricks up their sleeves...

technology, social-networking, myspace, google

Hackers Can Now Deliver Viruses via Web Ads

Seeded on Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:48 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Anyone who uses websites like MySpace need to be aware of the dangers of just clicking random ad links.

technology, hackers, web-ads, viruses, phishing, malware

Beat a Woman? Play On; Beat a Dog? You're Gone

Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:08 PM EDT (Women's eNews)

"Football superstar Michael Vick is in big trouble for his role in a dog fighting ring. Sandra Kobrin agrees he's in the wrong, but wonders at the outrage deficit when it comes to the guys who beat their wives and girlfriends and stay in the game."

sports, michael-vick, football, spouse-abuse, animal-abuse

Crowd Control

Seeded on Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:33 PM EDT (eWeek)

How to leverage social bookmarking and tagging in the enterprise

technology, 2-0, social-bookmarking, blogs, bookmarks, knowledge-management

Facebook Snaps Up Firefox Founders' Startup Parakey

Seeded on Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:27 PM EDT (TechNewsWorld)

Facebook made its first acquisition, picking up Parakey, a startup founded by Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt, a pair who created Mozilla's Firefox browser.

technology, facebook, parakey, mozilla, social-networking, web-applications, os, platform

Looking for work is an exercise in selling yourself

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:46 PM EDT (Overqualified)

anyone looking for work is well aware of the necessity to sell oneself. it's a nasty business that i don't enjoy. i take refuge here --- at 'over-qualified' ---read for a release!

humor, cover-letter, employment

How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense

Seeded on Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:29 PM EDT (Wired News)

Do you think Twitter will last? I haven't seen the use for it yet, but maybe I'm not friends with enough geeks :P I'll let you decide.

technology, twitter, social-networking

The massiveness of the Web

Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:11 PM EDT

The web is fickle… ask former MySpacers, now Facebookers and future-other-widget-users. The web is MASSIVE – millions of voices, new gadgets, applications and other innovative concepts popping up every day.

Continue reading this entry ...

technology, social-networking, addthis, facebook, technology-trends, web, linkedin, web2-0

Facebook in, LinkedIn out

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:17 PM EDT (Segala)

I personally feel an overabundance of the networking sites available today... which to choose? which do you like better? which best captures our needs as far as online networking? here is an opinion... not that I necessarily agree, but just another opinion to consider

technology, facebook, linkedin, online-networking, blog, social-network, web-3-0

'Tragic,' 'unusual' week spurs refocus on CO risks

Seeded on Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:59 AM EDT (Salt Lake Tribune)

When Lake Powell was doing so much better, there has been another major drowning and set back related to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. Please educate people on the dangers of these boat/water activities.

health, co, carbon-monoxide, lake-powell, water-safety, houseboat, skiboat, cabin-cruiser