Searching for a new career?

Slashdot posts that cybercrime surpasses worldwide illegal drug trade in value! I'm not sure what the qualifications are for employment, but I'm sure a criminal mindset is a must.

The polar bear

Just released is a new report showing the detrimental affects global warming is having on polar bears. I'm glad we don't have to take any of this global warming stuff serious. Maybe if we just continue to ignore the problem, it will go away on its own!

Hospitals & cell phones

If you've been to a hospital in the past few years, you undoubtedly saw the "NO CELL PHONES" signs posted throughout the hospital. If you inquired as to why you were prohibited from using your cell phone in the hospital (like I did), you were probably told because your cell phone interferes with the hospital's electronic equipment. If you are anything like me, you probably refrained from testing this theory due to the causing sever problems for the patients attached to the electronic equipment.

Today, techdirt.com reveals new research that shows using a cell phone in a hospital is not as dangerous as once thought, and using the cell phone on hospital grounds may actually be beneficial. You can read the entire (short) story here.

I wonder who conducted the study that defied the "all knowing" hospital?

Is it real?

I stumbled upon this picture and found myself asking, is this real? I studied the picture for a period of time and did not any discrepancies. Post your opinion: is it real?

Staying Green

While I'm not sure this qualifies as a tech story, I have to imagine a lot of technology was used to create this home. www.treehugger.com has a story about someone in the Netherlands who converted a water tower into their residence - now that is recycling!

Recycle your water

Speaking of saving the planet, check out this short article and video clip from lifehacker.com. While the video certainly brings recycling to a new level, I'm not sure it will catch on real quick.

Global Warming

I saw the movie, An Inconvenient Truth the other night. While this movie does not have the latest in special effects, I found myself asking, "are we really doing this to ourselves"? As much as I wanted to accept the movie as 100 % true, I was skeptical about how much of the "Truth" was distorted. After all, this is a movie, and movies are made to make money, right?

As I was skimming through the news headlines yesterday, I came across an article titled, "Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Record Low". After reading the article, I was struck with the harsh reality of An Inconvenient Truth! The facts and predictions in the movie was now appearing as headline news. While a great movie blurs the lines between cinema and reality, this is not the kind of reality any of us wants to see. Do what you can today to make a change!