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.
Tags: ants, electronics, scary
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.
Tags: expose, scam, self help, sham
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.
Tags: crap, random, store
Is Powerset set to take on the Google? Somehow I doubt it, but they are getting a lot of marketing buzz today.
