Broke British author Paul Carr gave up his dumpy London flat for a life of luxury in the best hotels around the world. How did he do it? A combination of a strong British pound, a weak dollar and some clever uses of Internet travel sites. Watch for his favorites, his failures, the cities he loves and those he won’t be returning to any time soon. Carr has written the book, “The Upgrade: A Cautionary Tale of a Life Without Reservations,” on his adventures. He has blogged for HuffPost and writes for TechCrunch, which is also owned by AOL. WATCH:
Continue reading …Broke British author Paul Carr gave up his dumpy London flat for a life of luxury in the best hotels around the world. How did he do it? A combination of a strong British pound, a weak dollar and some clever uses of Internet travel sites. Watch for his favorites, his failures, the cities he loves and those he won’t be returning to any time soon. Carr has written the book, “The Upgrade: A Cautionary Tale of a Life Without Reservations,” on his adventures. He has blogged for HuffPost and writes for TechCrunch, which is also owned by AOL. WATCH:
Continue reading …Eda_E says: RT @1BDG : Sting Cancels Concert Over Human Rights Concerns http://t.co/BpmlsTp NOTHING LIKE STANDING FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE!
Continue reading …Not having much luck in the world of online dating? Consider becoming an Adele fan. Tastebuds.fm , a dating site that matches users based on musical tastes, finds that Adele lovers have an edge when it comes to receiving messages, receiving replies to messages, and having their profiles viewed. Following…
Continue reading …Someone needs to study the Republican Party, and not a political scientist, but “a mental health professional,” writes Richard Cohen of the Washington Post . “The GOP needs an intervention. It has become a cult.” To get into the cult, one must not just “mouth banalities about Ronald Reagan,” but take…
Continue reading …In the wake of Mark Halperin's suspension by MSNBC for calling President Obama the D-word, there have been numerous vulgarities aired on the network further proving his offense wasn't what he said but who he said it about. After MSNBC allowed numerous F-bombs during its Independence Day coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, Matthews uttered a D-word of his own on Tuesday's “Hardball” (video follows with transcript and commentary, vulgarity warning): CHRIS MATTHEWS: The world’s watching Greece last week, and the parliament finally got its act together and pushed through a serious budget. All of a sudden the world was at ease and we had a serious sense of relief. You don’t think they’re going to be watching the most important country in the world, us, when we start dicking around with stuff, and we don’t get it done? You don’t think they’re not going to notice we’re not getting it done? That it’s four o’clock in the morning and it’s August 3rd or August 5th or August 8th and we still haven’t gotten it done? You don’t think they’re not, there’s going to be a world watching this and saying, “They’re blowing it? There’s something wrong with America today?” So, five days after Halperin was suspended for calling Obama the D-word, Matthews used a version of it to describe all of our national elected officials if an agreement isn't reached on the debt ceiling. This came a day after numerous F-bombs were broadcast during MSNBC's Independence Day coverage of the Casey Anthony trial. Speaking of F-bombs, MSNBC intentionally aired one during last Monday's “The Last Word.” Yet the only MSNBCer to be suspended or disciplined in any way so far was been Halperin. It sure seems vulgarity is quite acceptable on this so-called “news” network – as long as it's not directed at the President, that is.
Continue reading …When it wanted to increase its search market share in the US, Microsoft sought out a partnership, resulting in a Yahoo-branded engine with Bing-flavored results. So, it seems natural that the company would look for a similar deal in China, the world’s largest market, where the company only manages a presence of around one-percent of search. This time, however, Microsoft’s managed a deal with the number one search engine, Baidu, which currently lays claim to three-quarters of the Chinese market — far greater than Google’s 20-percent or so. Baidu and MS announced a deal this week that will put Redmond in charge of English searches on the site. No money changed hands with the deal — Baidu gets advertising revenue, Microsoft gets a larger slice of China’s search pie, and we get an excuse to do an image search for Steve Ballmer on a Chinese search engine. Microsoft, Baidu strike China search deal originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Can’t stop eating French fries? Blame the marijuana-like chemicals in your own body. A new study shows that eating fatty foods triggers the body to produce such chemicals, which in turn make you want to eat more fatty foods. Endocannabinoids, which are similar to the chemicals contained in marijuana, are…
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