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Billions of electronic-eating 'crazy rasberry ants' invade Texas – Times Online

May 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Environment

Billions of electronic-eating ‘crazy rasberry ants’ invade Texas – Times Online

Computers, burglar alarm systems, gas and electricity meters, iPods, telephone exchanges – all are considered food by the flea-sized ants, for reasons that have left scientists baffled.

This is a little scary.  I wonder how long until we find an effective method of controlling these little buggers.

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Sham by Steve Salerno – eBook

May 19th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Misinformation

Sham by Steve Salerno – eBook – Random House

Self-help: To millions of Americans it seems like a godsend. To many others it seems like a joke. But as investigative reporter Steve Salerno reveals in this groundbreaking book, it’s neither—in fact it’s much worse than a joke. Going deep inside the Self-Help and Actualization Movement (fittingly, the words form the acronym SHAM), Salerno offers the first serious exposé of this multibillion-dollar industry and the real damage it is doing—not just to its paying customers, but to all of American society.

This would make a good companion book for Weakness Finder.

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links for 2008-05-18

May 18th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Delicious Marks

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May 13th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Delicious Marks

Surprise Yourself at The Something Store

May 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Stores

Surprise Yourself at The Something Store

SomethingStore is a fun new website that operates simply: We will send you something, an item selected randomly among many things from our inventory, for $10 (free shipping) and you will find out what your something is when you receive it. What will yours be?

Like Woot’s Bag O’ Crap, but without the sold-out sign.  I have not, and probably will never, buy anything from SomethingStore.com.  But don’t let that stop you if you want too.  It’s just not my sort of thing.

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Powerset, the Next Google Killer?

May 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Web Tools

Is Powerset set to take on the Google? Somehow I doubt it, but they are getting a lot of marketing buzz today.

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links for 2008-05-12

May 12th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Delicious Marks