This small town in Pennsylvania Dutch country, in the midst of cornfields and dairy farms, would seem an unlikely home for a warehouse filled with the detritus of rock concerts past and future — a large section of the stage for the next Black Eyed Peas tour, the sets for an Elton John concert and gigantic lips from the Rolling Stones, reports The New York Times .
Many people dream of using the internet to make money, but sadly, for most of us that prospect remains only a dream. Meanwhile, the web is filled with sites that promise to show us how it’s done, generally in exchange for a fistful of our money up front.So is the only money being made on
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Cash Flow Funnel -Ways To Create Cash On-Line – The Unproblematic Choices
King of financial bloggers Felix Salmon recently did a little mocking (gentle, by his standards) of the Global Business Oath of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. He was especially amused by the last two parts of the oath: 7. I will actively engage in efforts to finding solutions to critical social and environmental issues that are central to my enterprise, and 8
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Can Management Oaths Be Made Less Mockable?
SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College Garnet men’s soccer team hosted its 8th annual benefit youth soccer clinic on Saturday, January 30th, raising over $600 for the relief agency Genocide Intervention Network (www.genocideintervention.net).
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Swarthmore College Garnet Mens Soccer Hosts 8th Annual Benefit Youth Clinic
Which is the better e-reader: the Kindle or the iPad? It’s impossible to say for at least one reason–neither provides the physical feedback we expect from turning the pages of a paperback book. Until an e-reader arrives that can simulate physical interaction, many people will prefer to stick with dead trees.
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Could Shapeshifting E-Readers Speed Up the Transition from Paper to Electrons?
Before the holidays we noted that shipping orders were way, way up at FedEx over the previous year. Well, now it is the purple package-movers’ rivals’ turn to crow
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The Shipping News: UPS Sales Are on Fire!
Bill Watterson breaks a 15-year silence to joke about the death of newspapers. No word on whether he has an iPad.
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The Lit World’s *Other* Recluse: Calvin & Hobbes Creator Speaks!
Updating the old resume and I took on a part time, freelance writing position for a local bilingual newspaper. How can I describe this on my.
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Researchers at the University of South Dakota asked 65 students to answer a series of questions in which they had to choose between getting a smaller sum of money “tomorrow” or a larger sum in the future, according to a story at Physorg.com . The study participants responded to half the questions on an empty stomach and the other half after consuming a caffeine-free soda sweetened either with sugar or the artificial sweetener aspartame. Blood glucose levels were measured at the start of the experiment and after the volunteers drank the soda.
My essay ” Virtual Medical Devices and Vendor Liabilities ” was published at the HisTalk website, a website that serves as a healthcare IT industry news/gossip/watchdog site. It addresses the hold-me-harmless, business IT-type claims made to Sen
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Virtual Medical Devices and Vendor Liabilities
Making the jump from corporate worker to internet business entrepreneur requires a natural knack for decision making and time management. Pamela Slim, author of Escape From Cubicle Nation, “Most entrepreneurs go in thinking they just have to go in doing everything themselves, but that just isn’t true.” She says small business owners must have a
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We’ve all been there–so frustrated by an annoying co-worker or nagging spouse or whiny child or editor (ahem) that we feel like throwing whatever’s in our hands. These days, that something is often a smartphone (for 75% of Web-browsing men , it’s an iPhone). But before life’s frustrations leads you to hurl 3Gs worth of connectivity at the nearest brick wall, try putting your device to a more constructive use.
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C’Mon Get App-y! The Self-Help Section Comes to Your iPhone
John Scalzi, who has been one of the most listened-to voices on the Amazon/Macmillan feud, points out that Amazon has still not restored the ability to buy new copies of Macmillan authors’ works .
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John Scalzi: ‘Buy new’ option still not available for Macmillan titles on Amazon; please support Macmillan authors
Indie film buffs rejoice: Netflix announced it has secured agreements to stream films from several independent and foreign film companies, including The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories, and Regent Releasing. The move adds some 300 new films to the online streaming selection that tops more than 17,000 films and TV shows. It’s good news for indie film watchers and makers alike, especially with all the disheartening drama over at Miramax
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Netflix Adds New Streaming Indie Films, Moves Closer to Worldwide Streaming Domination
In the battle over health care reform, two ideas seems to bridge the divide between Democrats and Republicans: Private insurers should be required to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions and be banned from charging older, sicker people much more. But where the two camps jibe could also cause the most damage to health care.
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Old Masters New Perspectives considers some of the issues behind the apparent discoveries of two new works by Michelangelo and Velazquez, on view at the Met. … What makes these shows special is that they focus on a single work by two of the greatest artists of all time: Diego Velazquez and Michelangelo Buonarotti
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Lost and Found Again? The Dilemma of a new Michelangelo and …
Here are a couple of great posts from this day in 2009. Is College A Good Investment? Sell Boring Stuff that People Actually Need This blog has been updated almost every weekday since November 2001 — check out the archives , or use the search box on the top right.
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After reporting on the phenomenon of start-ups as virtual workplaces, telecommuting, the rise of the four-day work-week and other cost cutting workplace innovations made possible thanks in part to technological things like Google and the Internet and electricity, Inc. magazine is conducting its own experiment in the virtual workplace
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Working at Home in Pajamas Sounds A Lot Like Being Laid Off
Meet Matt Prager, a 42-year-old, Princeton-trained therapist who works as an “online dating facilitator” on the side. Think of him as the modern-day cyber-Cyrano: Just as the famous French poet took to his quill and parchment to woo Roxane on behalf of another, Prager hides behind the anonymity of his computer screen, seducing unsuspecting online daters on behalf of his male clients, reports The New York Post
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Cyber Cyrano