February 2010

Dwight Schrute of ministries

by 53X11 on February 25, 2010

Recently I read about the results of a study done by several prominent universities (unfortunately I don’t remember them as I write this, but they were east and west coast schools known for research I do remember) that determined businesses that have a Dwight Schrute type individuals on teams make better decisions. For those that [...]

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Human Target Reboot

by 53X11 on February 23, 2010

On the day when there are stories everywhere (NY Times story here) about a mint 1938 Action Comics #1 (the one which introduced Superman) selling for $1 million dollars, I thought some readers may also be interested in a piece I found at Popmatters about the reboot of the 70′s comic Human Target (i.e. Christopher [...]

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US Government poison’s alcohol

by 53X11 on February 23, 2010

I am a student of and big fan of history, but Slate has a interesting story up about a part of US history I knew nothing about. During prohibition the US government had a program designed to taint industrial alcohol where it was lethal if consumed. This was designed to both discourage illegal drinking via [...]

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What stores do you want to see in Knoxville?

by 53X11 on February 23, 2010

Knoxify writer suzytrotta ask the question on Feb 5th What Stores or National Chains do you want to see in Knoxville? Some do not want any more chains or stores, while others want to see their favorites from other areas of the nations develop some roots in Knoxville. On the 18th Knoxify posted the results [...]

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SUPER High speed Internet

by 53X11 on February 10, 2010

The Wall St Journal, and about 1,000 other sources, has an interesting story out today about Google’s move into the internet provider building with the announcement of their plan to roll out some test cases (for 50,000 to 500,000) users high speed fibre based internet access. This service would offer 1Gbit (that is right 1 [...]

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Uses for old CD’s and tech stuff

by 53X11 on February 10, 2010

Found some interesting things on the web about reusing some of the left overs of the IT revolution – old computers, walkman’s, CD / DVD’s that have failed to burn right, etc. Uses for old / outdated tech times here. Uses for old / flawed CD’s here.

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