Archive for January, 2008

Crystal Cluster in London

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

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Thanks for visiting!Is it a new trend or a dreary winter weather makes us to name things, mainly buildings, with a sparkling grandeur in mind? [...]

The Home of the Diamond Billionare

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The most expensive new property ever is sold in Britain. “Israeli diamond billionaire Lev Leviev paid £35million ($70mil) for the seven-bedroom home and plans to move in with his wife Olga and two of his nine children.”
 
The article in Telegraph provides a short description of the house as well, as the new owner’s. “Mr Leviev, 51, [...]

Fluorescent Bulbs vs Incandescent Bulbs

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

About Energy Saving Fluorescent Bulbs and Incandescent Bulbs.
 
A few days ago I received E-mail. It contained an article about the danger of energy saving bulbs. So, just in case, I checked the Urban Legend’s Reference to make sure the facts are correct. I found out, that they are, if only a bit exaggerated, by the [...]

About Google, Costco, Amazon and Starbucks

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Have you noticed, how there are a few companies, which consistently get better. The services they provide always something helpful, useful, needed, time freeing for consumer, elegant and appreciated.
 
About Costco:
 
Recycle your Electronics, get Costco Cash Card.
If you need to dispose some of your electronics, you can “sell it to Costco
also take notebooks, MP3 players, LCD [...]

Google Tip of the Day

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Do you collect interesting videos and then send them to your friends? Why don’t you create your personal video tresure box and share your gems with like-mind individuals?
 
Instead of sending videos links by instant message or email to your friends and family, orkut now lets you add videos from YouTube or Google Video to your [...]

Money on the Wall: Graffiti vs Art

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

You know what graffiti is, right? Have you ever heard of Banksy? Neither am I, but today I found an article about both, and have a hard time comprehending the logic of the throng, which admires and promotes this thing and this man.
 
The work by the graffiti artist Banksy is offered on eBay for close [...]

Library Books and your Credit Report

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

When was the last time you visited your neighborhood library? Read the excerpts from the featured article and check your bookshelves, if needed.
 
“Eleven years ago, the Queens Library system, the largest in the nation by circulation, hired a professional enforcer to collect the 25-cents-a-day late fines as well as missing library materials from books to [...]

Library vs Internet

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I have to admit, that I don’t go to the library anymore. Whenever I need an information, I get it from the Internet.  I read books, which I buy, the magazines, which are delivered to my mailbox and the newspaper, which lands at my doorstep every morning.  And so, I was really surprised, when I read an article [...]

Ask and you shall Receive

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Directions, that is.
 
Ask.com launched a new service: call in, say where you are and where you are going, and recieve a text message with a link to directions. Direction are given for driving or walking. 
“Click to speak” is a free, voice activated service available to those, who have Web enabled mobile device. Program the www.ask.com [...]

Items Chosen: The Most Expensive of 2007

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

There is always an appropriate time to count things: usually at the beginning and the end of the specified period of time, in which the performance, the rise or the demise of whatever is being scrutinized. The end and the beginning of the year is the best time to analyze or predict the fluctuation of the certain industry’s [...]

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