Can’t Get to Milan? Da Vinci’s Last Supper is Now Online
Seeing Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper in person is difficult. First, you have to go to Milan Italy and that’s the easy part. The hard part is gaining admission to the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie where the painting is located. Only 25 visitors are admitted every 15 minutes thus limiting the […]
Albertson’s Shows How To Provide Poor Customer Service
It seems that Albertson’s has a "Zero Tolerance, Zero Brains" policy. Here’s the story from the Northwest Florida Daily News: Man arrested for eating jelly beans in store.
It seems that the guy ate a few jellybeans out of the bin and he was busted from shoplifting.
OK, the guy was wrong for digging into the bin […]
Dr. James Watson’s Big Mouth Gene
It seems that Dr. Watson might have a built-in excuse for his racist comments that created quite a stir last week, the DRD3 or a ”novelty seeking gene”. Here’s the article about it:
MSNBC: James Watson’s foot-in-mouth gene
I was unable to find out if Watson has a gene associated with people who sometimes say inappropriate things and […]
What Would You Do If You Won a $49 Million Lottery?
Bryon Woods and his wife Barbara used their 2003 Texas Lottery winnings to rebuild a classic 1940-1950’s roadside structure, a Tee Pee Motel. Here’s the story…
AP: Tee Pee Motel restoration in Texas
As in the Tee Pee Motel, a throwback to the 1940s and ’50s, when taking a drive was still in style and roadside businesses […]
AP Puts Comcast BitTorrent Blocks to the Test
Comcast has been using sophisticated blocking technology to stop its customers from using BitTorrent or other such technologies. The Associated Press decided to run some tests to see what’s happening, here’s the article about the results:
AP tests Comcast’s file-sharing filter
In two out of three tries, the transfer was blocked. In the third, the transfer started […]
Dr. James Watson Apologizes for Racial Gaff
It seems Dr. James Watson has apologized for the questionable remarks he made earlier. Here’s the story:
CNN: Nobel-winning biologist apologizes for remarks about blacks
"I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said," Watson said during an appearance at the Royal Society in London.
"I can certainly understand why people, reading […]
DNA Discoverers Are Less Intelligent
In a classic case of a smart person being dumb, Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA double helix, claimed that black people are less intelligent than whites. Here’s the story:
CNN: Nobel winner in ‘racist’ claim row
The eminent biologist told the British newspaper he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our […]
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- Can’t Get to Milan? Da Vinci’s Last Supper is Now Online
- Albertson’s Shows How To Provide Poor Customer Service
- Dr. James Watson’s Big Mouth Gene
- What Would You Do If You Won a $49 Million Lottery?
- AP Puts Comcast BitTorrent Blocks to the Test
- Dr. James Watson Apologizes for Racial Gaff
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