Do We Need Yet Another Online Calendar?

Google Calendar, Zoho and a host of other relatively popular apps have already made the online diary and calendaring space seem crowded, and at times unneccessary. Yet, I recently came across a startup called...

Paraskevidekatriaphobia, a fear of Friday the 13th

Today, Friday March 13th, is the second time this year that we have had a Friday the 13th.  Some fear this day more than others, and there is actually a few official names for it: Paraskevidekatriaphobia and...

Brooklyn man wants you to burst bubble ... but one day at time

Like popping bubbles in bubble wrap?  Don't we all?  A Brooklyn man has designed a calendar that will drive fanatics bubble-popping mad." Stephen Turbek, 36, who works nine-to-five in the financial...

Google Calendar officially comes to Apple's iCal

Google on Monday formally announced full support for the CalDAV protocol along with the release of a small piece of software for Mac computers that lets users easily link up their Google Calendars with the iCal...

Photographers Without Borders Announces 2009 Charity Calendar Now On Sale

Photographers Without Borders is proud to announce the release of its second charity desk calendar. The calendar contains fine art photographs submitted by photographers from around the world. Proceeds...

2 Months Left, Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly

"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...

Canadian Grand Prix Is Officially Gone For 2009

It's sad but true ... in much the same type of problem that plagues F1 venues around the world, F1's monetary demands outstrip the budgets that can support the event. This was one of the main reasons that the Long...

Canada not giving up on F1 race yet

In an effort to confirm the ageless expression coined by famous NY Yankee baseball player and manager, Yogi Berra - "It ain't over 'till it's over", officials of the Canadian Grand Prix, the city of Montreal,...

Google adds video & voice chat to Gmail

Google has added a new service to it's Gmail Chat feature, since this morning it is possible to have video and voice chats with other Gmail contacts. This new feature is a direct threath to eBay's Skype service...

Canadian female biathlon athletes strip off clothes to raise money for the sport

You know Canadian athletes are desperate for funding when they strip down before a camera to raise money and awareness for their sport. Four female Canadian biathlon athletes bared their bodies for a calendar...

Stonehenge Dated, Was Healing Centre?

Radiocarbon dating has revealed that the Stonehenge monument was actually constructed in 2300BC, a few hundred years later than was previously estimated.  For the first time in over 40 years, excavation...

Google's New Smartphone Wows Consumers, But Enterprises Must Wait

"Google (NSDQ: GOOG), T-Mobile, and htc launched the latest salvo in the smartphone wars as they unveiled the first handset to support Google's Android operating system. The G1 smartphone, manufactured by HTC and...

This is where my site needs to go next. How about yours?

Rob Curley, news website visionary wrote this in a longer piece that is part of a recent Nieman Report. The giant relational database and geocoding are what http://creatingcommunityconnections.org needs next..."An interesting attribute of these local guides is that the entire...

Naked Clown Calendar: So Wrong, but for a Good Cause

The twisted minds at the Clown Conservatory have found something even more disturbing for clowns to do than hide under your bed and grab your ankle. If you read the headline, you probably know what's coming next,...

N-deal: New US draft text to be released next week

"   NEW DELHI: A new US draft text for an NSG waiver to India is ready and should be circulated to member countries this weekend. Negotiations between the US and India on the language are going...

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