I recently donated my low-tech 1964 Ford Falcon to the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Previously, I tried selling the car, but grew annoyed at wasting time meeting potential buyers who often weren’t serious. I highly recommend the Purple Heart program; you do not even have to be present when they pick up your [...]
A Severe Hi-tech Addiction CBS reports that a significant number of executives prefer their BlackBerry hand-held wireless device over their significant other: Yeah … there’s a reason some call ‘em … CrackBerrys. But are you having a love affair with yours? “I am on my BlackBerry more than I see my boyfriend,” one woman said. [...]
The Good Morning America TV show will be reporting from a special train over in the time between now and the U.S. presidential election: Welcome to one of the most ambitious network television projects ever undertaken, GMA’s “Whistle-Stop ’08″ Tour – the first show ever to broadcast live from a moving train! Over the course [...]
Text Messaging OCRegister.com reports that the engineer of a Los Angeles commuter train may have been text messaging in the moments leading up to a head-on collision with a Union Pacific freight train that killed at least 25 people: Nick Williams, who lives near the crash site, said he exchanged three text messages with the [...]
The WINC 92.5 FM Morning Mindbender yesterday asked: Besides running for president, what do Barack Obama and John McCain have in common? The answer: Neither have ever driven a stick shift automobile! Since both candidates claim to be committed to the environment and reducing dependence on foreign oil, perhaps they should learn how to operate [...]