It’s been a while since I wrote a post… Maybe, it’s a gloom and doom of the economy, that is reflected everywhere: sad news, deserted parking lots at the malls and devoid of people shops; maybe it’s a hype of the upcoming election, that manifests itself through the barrage of emails, street signs and TV [...]
Update 1 To offset fuel cost United Airlines are raising the roundtrip cost by $60 and considering charging for a first piece of luggage checked-in. Source: online.wsj.com “Domestic flight delays cost the industry and passengers $40.7 billion in 2007″. How you interpret this study is up to you, but the Joint Economic Committee from [...]
How often do you have time to stop and look at the clouds? How long can you afford the luxury of spending time watching the clouds move? It may be, that next time when you see an unusual clusters of clouds of absolutely unbelievable shape, you’ll stop in your tracks and ask yourself: “Am I [...]
Update: The violin, known as The Penny, was sold to unidentified buyer for $1.3 million. Source: Bloomberg Two years ago a 1729 Stradivari violin was sold at Christie’s auction house for $3.5 million, which was a record price for a musical instrument at the time. It still is. On April 4, 2008 [...]
A new $5 bill with an image of 16th President of USA Abraham Lincoln, comes into the circulation on March 13, 2008. Here are he changes: “Watermarks: There are now two watermarks on the redesigned $5 bill. A large number “5″ watermark is located in a blank space to the right of the portrait [...]
I don’t know what’s with Belgium lately, but in two days I encountered 2 interesting items, so I decided to combine it. It’s Friday today and I hope these items will help you to get to a right mood for the weekend. If you reading it over the weekend, have something to talk about [...]
A quick reminder: Set your clock ahead 1 hour on Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m. This year, second time in the row since 1974, the daylight savings begins on the second Sunday of March instead of the first Sunday of April. Since chances are you’ll be asleep at 2 a.m. on Sunday, don’t forget [...]
1. There is something new coming up in Google search: “onebox“. What is it and how it works? First of all, for now it works only for larger, trusted sites. When you search Google for information, you may encounter another search box right under the listing of the site you were considering checking. [...]
Have you ever experienced that awful feeling, when after a great day outdoors or a lengthy vacation you come home, finally ready to get to your computer and upload all the new pictures you want to share with the world, only to realize, after a long and unsuccessful search, that you left your camera in [...]
Have you ever visited blogs, where symbols of flags of different countries were present? Did you ask yourself what could it be? Today I’ll answer this question. This is a Translation Feature! If you scroll down a little, on the left side of the screen, you can see two rows of flags, representing [...]
