Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/21/08 in General, Internet Companies
Tom Hadfield who one set up Soccer.net in his humble home in Britain and the sold the popular website to U.S Sports network ESPN for $40 million, has now switched from soccer to well, charity.
The devastation caused by malaria that Hadfield saw with his own eyes caused him to realize that there are more to life than putting up soccer scores.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/18/08 in General, Internet Companies, Microsoft
“Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”
“Life is not fair; get used to it.”
“Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.”
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.”
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.”
“If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?”
“It is fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.”
“We are not even close to finishing the basic dream of what the PC can be.”
“If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.”
“Until we’re educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.”
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Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/17/08 in Editor's Pick, Featured, Internet Companies, Useless Facts
Do you know how long it takes YouTube to attract this billion dollar deal? Not 10 years, not 5 years, not 1 year, but 10 months! 10 months after its official launch, Google set an eye on the popular video-sharing website and offered perhaps the most outrageous offer ever to buy over an online company.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/16/08 in Gaming
“The Sims” is the world’s best-selling computer game; having sold 100 million copies since its launch in 2000. Including all platform game, it comes second to all-time favorite Nintendo’s Mario franchise which was sold 201 million copies.
In “The Sims”, players create virtual homes and businesses for and design the day-to-day lives of their “Sims” characters.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/16/08 in Gadget
The Lomak
The Lomak (Light Operated Mouse and Keyboard) is a computer input device that features a pointer that can be controlled by mounting it on one’s head. The light will point at a special input device that allows the user to type letters by moving his or her head slightly.
Lazy Teapot
For those whose hands are incapable to lift a teapot or simply don’t have the strength to lift it up. Simply tilt the teapot and it will pour the tea or coffee into the cup without having to fear if it spills or slips off the user’s hand.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/15/08 in Useless Facts
While albinism is more commonly being referred to, to humans, believe it, there are out there albinic animals too. They might be strange but they are beautiful!
This photo of SnowFlake was taken moment before he died in Barcelona Zoo.
Fun Fact 1: There is a belief that a person or animal with albinism will become blind halfway through life. This is NOT true.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/11/08 in Featured, Gadget, General
So Mother’s Day is coming. Forget about the conventional gift of microwave, card, flowers and cake.
Show your mom some love and make her the coolest mom this Mother’s Day with the latest, coolest gadgets made with a tinge of maternal instinct.
Crystal Rhinestone USB Optical Scroll Mouse
Perfect for working mom, so she can show it all off to her colleagues. Which women can resist a fully embellished, hand-applied crystal rhinestones scroll mouse?
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 04/3/08 in General
So is drinking an 8-ounce glass of water eight times a day help flushing toxins out of your body.
Two men said “No”.
Two kidney specialists at the University of Pennsylvania, Drs. Dan Negoianu and Stanley Goldfarb, did a research on human water consumption behaviour and found this amazing truth.
The specialists suggest that the water play no part in flushing the toxins out of your body. In fact, kidney is the one part of the human body that does all the work.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 03/31/08 in General
The moon is a special place. We all know. But making the moon as a final resting place?
Celestis Inc. is all set to send human ashes to the lunar surface using robotic landers and this service could begin as early as next year.
Celestis Inc., president Charles Chafer said his company in collaboration with Odyssey Moon Ltd. and Astrobotic Technology Inc., will attach capsules containing cremated remains onto robotic landers and cremation capsules will remain on the moon with the lunar landers when the missions were complete.
Posted by Phoebe Chin on 03/26/08 in Featured, General
Log on to missbimbo.com and engage yourself with a whole new adventure of a becoming a bimbo or more specifically the most ‘bimbo-istic’ bimbo in the virtual world.
In the game, you do what it takes; be it boob jobs, taking diet pills, dating a rich boyfriend to become the most famous and beautiful bimbo in the ‘world’.
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