Sore Thumb Seeks Same
by jpreardon on January 29, 2004
New York bar goers will be having disjointed text conversations with other like minded singles soon. Time2flirt allows people to flirt, via SMS, with others in the same bar, without revealing their phone number. Time2flirt is all the rage in (…)
Wal-Mart Audit Shows Labor Violations
by jpreardon on January 14, 2004
The New York Times reports that an internal Wal-Mart audit showed violations of child-labor laws and regulations requiring breaks. The audit of the time card system at 128 stores was performed in July of 2000 and has been under court (…)
Bloglines
by jpreardon on January 13, 2004
I have written about my search for an online RSS Aggregator before (twice to be exact). RSS2Email was working well, but the volume of email I was receiving through the feeds was quite unwieldy in my webmail interface. Not checking (…)
Apple Core
by jpreardon on January 8, 2004
c|net offers an interesting look at what Apple uses to run their business. It’s nice to know that they use their own products extensively in the back office. Xserve is the server of choice in their data center; there are (…)
Sign Here Please
by jpreardon on January 7, 2004
George Harrison’s estate is suing a Staten Island doctor. Two weeks prior to Harrison’s death, the doctor allegedly forced him to sign a guitar. The suit claims that Harrison said “I do not even know if I know how to (…)
WTC Memorial Selection Announced
by jpreardon on January 6, 2004
The New York Times reports that the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition jury has selected a design for the World Trade Center Memorial. Reflecting Absence by Michael Arad and Peter Walker was selected from over 5,000 entries. The Lower (…)
Bangalore Surpasses Silicon Valley
by jpreardon on January 6, 2004
Bangalore now employees 20,000 more engineers than Silicon Valley. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the trend in offshore outsourcing of IT jobs. In a related story, Christopher Kenton writes about the changing face (…)
Happy New Year!!!
by jpreardon on January 1, 2004
For all those nursing their first hangover of the year, Gothamist has some suggestions on how to cope with it. Have a happy and healthy 2004…