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White is Winsome: Discounting Black Plastic Skin

By David W. Boles on March 10, 2010 8:06 AM | 2 Comments

Walmart are being accused of Racism for marking down a Black Barbie to $3.00USD while selling the White Barbie for the full price of $5.93USD. Some argue Walmart needed to be more sensitive to issues of Race in the marketplace and that the company needs to sell all Barbies for the same amount. Walmart replied, with a stone ear against a burning fire engulfing them, that they needed to move inventory and the Black Barbies had to be discounted so they would sell better.

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Eyes as the Sign of Life

By David W. Boles on November 18, 2009 10:09 AM | 6 Comments

We used to think breath was the sign of life -- and while that may be true in real life -- online, your life is found in your eyes. I know you have no idea what I'm talking about, so go to -- MP Change -- and look at the lifelike image. The eyes are alive and stalking you!

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Google Wave on your iPhone

By David W. Boles on October 28, 2009 12:30 PM | 4 Comments

Did you know you can use Google Wave on your iPhone? Just point your Safari iPhone browser to wave.google.com and dismiss the "incompatible browser" warning and click on the "take your chances" link and you're in on the Wave!

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SMS for the Blind

By David W. Boles on October 2, 2009 8:51 AM | 2 Comments

Nokia have developed a SuperGenius SMS Braille reader for the Blind and Visually impaired for cellphones.

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MIT Gaydar Golden Recipe

By David W. Boles on September 24, 2009 8:21 AM | 2 Comments

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is watching you. They're following you on the social networks and making note of your friends. MIT also has divined if you're Gay or not -- based solely on who your friends are and what relationships they have besides yours.

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Museum Street Food

By David W. Boles on June 18, 2009 6:52 AM | 4 Comments

If you've ever lived in a Big City, you have eaten in the street on the run. Dornbracht has a wonderful museum show demonstrating how food vendors across the world do their jobs from the gutter.

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Drowning Debris

By David W. Boles on May 19, 2009 9:39 AM | 4 Comments

US Airways Flight 1549 skidded to a stop on the Hudson River and then sank to the bottom.

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