A beauty...
Earth braces for Mars close encounter: the closest Mars will be to the Earth in 60,000 years. For the record, Mars looked like an airplane (with lights) approaching the airport from afar... No doubt about it being the second brightest object in the sky at night, after the Moon.
MSN Messenger upgrade blocks Trillian | CNET News.com How uncool can this be? :|
Que ironia que Chavez diga en este articulo que "hay personas que de tanto repetir algo, sabiendo que es falso, terminan creyéndolo de verdad." Parece que deberia aplicarselo el mismo!
The Blind Men and the Elephant: Mastering Project Work, an interesting book I just read about in this very good article from HBS Working Knowledge.
Wired News: Are You a Good or a Bad Worm? A somewhat hilarious and ironic account of a worm that came to the rescue! :D
Lessons from kids... Very funny! (or scary)
> > > For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.
> > > For those who have children this age, this is not funny.
> > > For those who have children nearing this age, this is a warning.
> > > For those who have not yet had children, this is birth control.
> > > The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas:
> > >
> > > Things I've learned from my Children (honest & no kidding):
> > >
> > > 1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft.
house
> 4
> > > inches deep.
> > >
> > > 2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with
roller
> > > blades, they can ignite.
> > >
> > > 3. A 3-year old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded
> restaurant.
> > >
> > > 4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong
> > enough
> > > to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman
> > cape. It is
> > > strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all
> four
> > > walls of a 20x20 ft. room.
> > >
> > > 5. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When
> > using a
> > > ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before
> you
> > > get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.
> > >
> > > 6. The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit
> > by a
> > > ceiling fan.
> > >
> > > 7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it's already
> too
> > > late.
> > >
> > > 8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.
> > >
> > > 9. A six-year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a
> 36-year
> > > old man says they can only do it in the movies.
> > >
> > > 10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year
> old.
> > >
> > > 11. Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same
> > sentence.
> > >
> > > 12. Super glue is forever.
> > >
> > > 13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still
> > can't walk
> > > on water.
> > >
> > > 14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.
> > >
> > > 15. VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials
> > show they
> > > do.
> > >
> > > 16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
> > >
> > > 17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
> > >
> > > 18. You probably do not want to know what that odor is.
> > >
> > > 19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on. Plastic toys do not
> like
> > > ovens.
> > >
> > > 20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.
> > >
> > > 21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms
> > dizzy.
> > >
> > > 22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
> > >
> > > 23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.
> > >
> > > 24. The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful.
> > > First grade...true story......
> > > One day the first grade teacher was reading the story of the Three
> Little
> > > Pigs in her class. She came to the part of the story where the first
pig
> > was
> > > trying to accumulate the building materials for his home. She read,
> > "...and so the
> > > pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said,
> > 'Pardon
> > > me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?'"
> > >
> > > The teacher paused then asked the class, "And what do you think that
> > man
> > > said?"
> > >
> > > One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he said...'Holy
shit!
> A
> > > talking pig!'"
> > >
> > > The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes.
> > >
> > > 25. 60% of men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake
