OMG!!!

Is this the first sign of the end of humanity as we know it? Better lay in a supply of joe to get through this crisis!

Starbucks to close all stores for three hours - Food Inc.- msnbc.com

Just in ... Dunkin' Donuts to offer 99 cent lattes and cappuccino during Starbucks blackout.

Snowy Going

This was one of the worst trips up to school I ever had to make. I snapped this probably a mile, mile and a half before I reached the junction with 453. It was very slow going, like driving in soft butter. That little Aerio gets along OK, though.

Times Machine - NY Times

The New York Times has scanned and made available free online every issue of the paper from V1, N1, Sept 18, 1851 through Dec 30, 1922.

Pages are displayed just as they appeared originally. What a source of primary information!

TimesMachine - New York Times

Balanced and Fair?

Following are screenshots of two items in this afternoon's news feeds. The story is the same, but the headlines are distinctly different.

This one is from USA Today ...

This one from MSNBC.com ...

You Gotta be Foolin' Me!

How stupid can we be?

Updated 2/25/08: Apparently Amazon thought better of selling this item. It was a book holder that attached to the steering wheel of your car to facilitate reading while driving.

Read an eBook, Save Some Trees

Read an Ebook Week is March 2nd through 8th. Novelist Michael Pastore lists thirty reason for reading ebooks. The top ten follow ...

1. Ebooks promote reading.

2. Ebooks are good for the environment.

3. Ebooks preserve books.

4. Ebooks are faster to produce than paper books.

5. Ebooks are easily updateable.

6. Ebooks are searchable.

7. Ebooks are portable.

8. Ebooks (in the form of digital audio books) free you to do other activities while you are listening.

9. Ebooks can be printable.

10. Ebooks can be delivered almost instantly.

See the entire list.

The Sweetest Place on Earth

Recently, I had the opportunity to stay at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania. I was co-presenting to a professional group and was there only one night, but it is quite a nice place. It would be a nice holiday destination.

The chocolate theme dominates the establishment. You receive a Hershey candy bar when you register. Different parts of the place have chocolate candy inspired names, Cocoa, Fifth Avenue, and so forth. Check out the design of the wallpaper in my room ...