Category: Interesting

This doesn’t work for any of the local stations, but it appears that some Portland and Eugene stations are popping up on this map. Anybody know if this works accurately?

I don’t have a clue how long this will last and it’s running dirt slow, but all that data that AOL accidently let loose now has a pretty searchable interface. Link via Tech Crunch.

Update: Looking at the comments at Tech Crunch, there are also several other sites that have interfaces for the data. From what people are saying there’s nothing really super exciting in the data, unlike when the AOL idiots post on this site.

But it genuinely sounds like he’s not only trying to better himself with this, but better the prison community.

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) — A convicted killer who sold postcard-size paintings he created with dye from M&Ms and brushes fashioned from his hair broke prison rules by running an unauthorized business out of his cell, officials said.

While Donny Johnson hasn’t profited from his art — all the money is being used to start a program for children of inmates — prison officials said he was wrongfully engaged in a business without the warden’s permission.

Thanks Cheryl for the link.

Honestly, if I were more financially stable, I’d quit my job right now and do something I love for the rest of my life — if I only knew what is was.

My guess is you won’t find seizure-inducing profiles at this social-networking site aimed at the 50+ set. Created by Jeff Taylor, the founder of Monster.com, the attempt is to be the online center of gravity for the 78 million Americans born from 1946 to 1964. Full story and interview here.

I may be a messed up dude, but scientific studies now show that your siblings may have as much of an impact in shaping you as you grow up as your parents. So I blame my brother and sister.