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Nice infographic showing where and when job loss and creation is happening. Particularly stark visualization of the recession happening.

This is from close to 30 years ago, but I think it illustrative of what could still easily happen in the US (and perhaps does, I'm not too knowledgeable about refugee issues): In t…

That's funny. I haven't watched many dvds in awhile because I mostly watching streaming on Netflix. The other day I watched a brand new dvd on my roommate's dvd player. It skipped/…

How is your mattress? I started having a similar experience this year and also started feeling better while on vacation. When I returned home and it immediately got worse again I r…

I'm not really familiar with iPhoto, so I'm not sure if it fills quite the same niche or not, but I find Picasa works well for photo management.

My experience with going soap free at various times in my life is that it works a lot better for me if I'm not showering in hard water. In soft water (I've mostly lived places with…

Where other realistic options do people have to invest their money but to put it in the hands of a financier? Put it in a bank/retirement account it goes to/through the financiers.…

Along with the advice about diet and a physical, you might consider taking a multi-vitamin and talk to your doctor about your energy/motivation when you get your physical. I used t…

I guess it depends on how fitness is defined. I would say a person can definitely have good cardiovascular fitness while being fat. They could also have strong muscles, low blood p…

Being fat doesn't mean you aren't fit. I've been thin my whole life, but am working to get fit now after a year or two of largely sedentary existence and it is making a big differe…

I'd like to hear your arguments for it being substantially more valuable for the rich man to have the dollar than the poor. At least in this economy it seems like I am constantly h…

>"The only way I can see to monetize bit torrent for artists are very indirect and way out of proportion to the enjoyment they create, akin to putting google ads on a popular websi…

I agree. I'm not sure that the technological techniques he mentioned will be very successful though. I think video of great teachers will help some, but as he said in his descripti…

Any advice for if the company has not received outside investment and has no plans to seek it? The best I've been able to come up with is to make a guess as to how much I think the…

Another possibility would be to have a smaller area, like a touch pad, that corresponded to the screen. Wouldn't be great for detail work, but would save space and cost and I suspe…

It would be cool if they could go out to the "floating garbage continents" and make use of the plastic to build out their colonies.

Loving something doesn't mean I want to do it all the time. I love playing my guitar, but I don't think I would enjoy playing it 40 hours a week. At my current job I seem to enjoy …

Perhaps web developers should stage a strike. Have a day (or more) where everyone participating turns off there work arounds for IE (and perhaps put up a link to their favorite bro…