- The British Sign Language sign for the Wal-Mart-owned supermarket chain ASDA is a double pat on the buttock (or on the hip, as the bum officially lies outside the designated area for signing), from the series of ads where at ASDA you 'pocket the difference'.
- 'Americans threw out just shy of three million tons of household electronics in 2006'.
- Googlegangers are people who share your name, often the result of self-googling.
- Whole coffee beans keep as long as they do because they are filled with carbon dioxide, which helps exclude oxygen. Once ground, they only keep a few days at room temperature.
- Arpanet launched in October 1969. That makes The Internets way older than I thought (but still younger than myself, dammit!
- A stealth startup is a startup that avoids public attention, either to hide information from competitors or a way to manipulate its image.
- iTunes will play only a portion of a song if you specify start and stop times within the song (Get Info > Options > Stop time).
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Saturday 19 January 2008 at 2:18 pm
Hmmmm, I remember the days when ASDA stood for Associated Dairies and not faceless American blood-sucking conglomerate.