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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
obama colada - what are you drinking tonight?
Joe six packs? Obama colaadas? Candy McCains? All inside Bloomberg’s guide to election night parties.
No Comments » - Posted in tidbit by Marty Finestone
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
october was a bad month for car sales
Oy, as everyone knew, October was a very hard month for automakers in North America. Follow this link to see how bad things were. Only 1 car brand, Mini, had a noted increase in sales, while everyone else tanked. Hummer saw its sales drop by 64.6%. Yikes!
No Comments » - Posted in auto, business by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
bottom 10: the 10 worst bond cars
Channel 4 has compiled its list of the 10 worst cars to appear in James Bond films. The Citroen 2cv (picture above) made its shameful appearance in For Your Eyes Only - albeit without the very unstealthy (how’s that for a new word) paint job.
via autoblog
No Comments » - Posted in auto, movie by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
the polish are leaving ireland
During Ireland’s years of economic prosperity, the country opened its borders to Polish and other eastern European immigrants to fuel the good times. And they came in record numbers.
Poles have changed the face of Ireland. Bars sell Polish beer alongside Guinness; butchers advertise Polish sausages and pork cuts along with Irish beef.
In all, 1.2 million [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in interesting by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
clint eastwood’s gran torino
Clint Eastwood stars in the drama Gran Torino, marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood also directs the film in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices.
No Comments » - Posted in movie, video by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
inside a sears home
It’s been 100 years since Sears sold its first pre-fab home. Metropolis Magazine takes a look inside one of these homes.
No Comments » - Posted in architecture, design by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
mobile phones help sell wireless plans
In what may not be a surprise to most, a recent Google study found that mobile phones, their features and their brands (think iPhone and Blackberry) influence - I would say guide - which mobile providers consumers sign up with. This finding is not surprising given that we are in the age where mobile phones [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in business, product by Marty Finestone
Monday, October 27th, 2008
steps towards an eco-friendly pc
Recyclable plastics, bamboo cases and reduced power consumption all go along way to making computers more environmentally friendly. According to this article, Dell, HP and other companies have taken big steps to making better for the environment. However, as Forrester Research analyst Christopher Mines says, probably the best thing would be to extend the lifespan [...]
No Comments » - Posted in green, thinking by Marty Finestone
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
‘away with the bansky’ - london orders
London city council has ordered the removal of a Banksy work, located on the side of a building. The official rationale is that the mural is graffiti and should be covered over to deter other graffiti artists. One has to wonder however, whether the message of the work - “One Nation Under CCTV” - [...]
No Comments » - Posted in arts by Marty Finestone
Sunday, October 26th, 2008
bob marley - jamming and get up, stand up live
No Comments » - Posted in music, video by Marty Finestone
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
shoe care tips
With winter on its way, perhaps you might find some shoe care tips handy. Tip #7 - shoe bags.
1 Comment » - Posted in Uncategorized by Marty Finestone
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
what’s like to be a nake sushi model
Here is an interesting diversionary read, Melanie Berliet writes in Vanity Fair about the experience of being a naked sushi model.
I managed to climb aboard, but not without flashing her and nearly taking a spill that could have killed me. I envisioned the paramedics arriving to collect me, perplexed by my get-up. The newspaper headline: [...]
No Comments » - Posted in food, interesting by Marty Finestone
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
female plants ‘communicate’ their willingness to mate
A recent study reveals that female plants communicate whether they will accept or reject pollination.
“Unlike an animal’s visual cues about mate selection, a plant’s mate recognition takes place on a molecular level,” said Bruce McClure, associate director of the Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center and researcher in the MU Interdisciplinary Plant Group and Division [...]
No Comments » - Posted in science by Marty Finestone
Sunday, June 8th, 2008
activitybook is taking a break
As much fun as activitybook.org is for me, I need to take a bit of a break until mid-July. Between getting married in a couple of weeks, the nice weather outside and my job, I foresee that it will be tricky to squeeze in blogging time.
See you in a little bit,
Marty
1 Comment » - Posted in site-related by Marty Finestone
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
tasmanian devils are endangered
The Tasmanian devil, the real critter and not the cartoon character from the Looney Tunes universe, has been designated an endangered species by the Australian government. The demise of the devils is due (how’s that for alliteration) to a communicable form of cancer that leads to facial tumours that impair the animal’s ability to eat, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in news by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
lawsuit expected over refusal to allow women’s ski jumping at the winter olympics
The organizing committee for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver is being taken to court in an effort to have Women’s ski jumping added as an official event at the Games. On the one hand the lawsuit is a bit of an oddity given that the International Olympic Committee (”IOC”) decides what events are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in sport by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
swimmers mimic sharks and dolphins
In the quest for competitive success, U.S. swim team members have taken to mimicking the swimming techniques of sharks and dolphins.
No Comments » - Posted in science, sport by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
making money in the music business today
Interested in the dynamics of today’s music industry? Rolling Stone has a solid article for you. While this article is not exactly chock full of new pieces of information, it is thorough.
1 Comment » - Posted in business, music by Marty Finestone
Monday, May 19th, 2008
spiked frozen coffee shots
Here is a perfect example of a “why didn’t I think of that.” Coffee and liqueur ice cubes. Get the recipe here.
No Comments » - Posted in food by Marty Finestone
Friday, May 16th, 2008
the weepies - world spins madly on
What can be better than a beautiful song and claymation? Enjoy the Weepies, who are a husband and wife duo.
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