An interesting feature about the demise of arcades, in this case in Toronto, though I'm sure the trend holds true just about everywhere.I can remember going to arcades as a kid and loving it. Double Dragon was the...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1002 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/29/2149351.htmProblem gambling a 'root cause of homelessness'
By Daniel HoareResearch has pointed to a link between problem gambling and homelessness.
While the Australian Federal Government has been quick to act on its election...
created by RogerRamJet | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 810 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"January 25, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh group has come up with a work-around to fix bungled installations of the new Office for Mac 2008.
The move followed reports earlier this week that Microsoft's newest suite incorrectly assigned full read and write...
"Gaza's last gasp
Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 23 January 2008
Palestinians in Gaza gather in front of the Rafah border crossing at the border with Egypt, 22 January 2008. (Wissam Nassar/MaanImages)
By now, people watching their news programs around the world...
created by worldviews | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 737 views | 4 recommendations | 3 comments
"Handling money really is a job and process of its own. One creates and has a successful retail enterprise and then the biggest problem becomes “How do we accurately count and keep what money we take in on our...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 906 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"I used the Comma delimited database: NH municipalities hand count vs use Diebold machines from BlackBoxVoting.org to see if there was a deviation between the results from precincts which used hand counts and those which relied on Diebold machines. The results were...
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is returning to the company in an attempt to restore the premium coffee chain to its former glory.Since flooding the North American market with more than 10,000 of its cafes,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 756 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
"A team from the office of the California Secretary of State found that voting machines manufactured by Dibold and Sequoia have significant security vulnerabilities. A new round of testing that focused on the...
created by Edmund Jenks | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 751 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
A wise move: by choosing open-source, Macedonia is ensuring that its students get a scalable computing experience that isn't beholden to a single company's software (and therefore shortcomings/proprietary...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 476 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
There have been a couple of prominent theories advanced to answer
this seemingly simple question. One popular theory is that women
started working during WW II and they just never left. Another theory
is that...
created by BigT | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 948 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
Thousands of construction workers suffer severe injury and even death every year that otherwise may have been preventable. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,226 construction workers died as a result of some form of negligence in...
created by comoms | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 3121 views | 6 recommendations | 1 comment
After reading this, please let us know if you laughed or cried..."Three Dover officials say they've found a serious homeland security threat to chew on: gumballs.
They worry the colorful round treats could be...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 613 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
"Plans for the world's biggest wave energy project were today given the green light by ministers.
The £4 million project, located in Orkney, will deliver enough power for 2,000 homes using a chain of four...
Actually, Calgary isn't even calling them meters any more. They're "parking machines". The city has applied for a world patent on their new solar-powered parking machines, 200 of which will be...
created by ppeggy | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 454 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments