October 26, 2009
More than 600 runners participated in the 4.NINERK Fundraiser event last Saturday. Although the morning of the race was hit with rainy weather, it did not stop the event from being a complete success.
According to Chancellor Philip L. Dubois:
“Almost every day I receive e-mail messages from students faced with financial decisions no student should [...]
August 21, 2009
The advertising industry is already a difficult business with extremely tight deadlines, demanding clients, and limited budgets. Now, with the recent economic downturn, the industry has cut nearly 70,000 jobs.
Lemonade, a documentary exploring the lives of people who once worked in the ad field, shows how these people are managing with their recent job loss [...]
February 25, 2008
Gotta love Diablo Cody, who took Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars last night. It was the former exotic dancer’s first time at the Oscars — as she waltzed in and took home the hardware for her screenplay, “Juno”. I know that everyone raved about the movie’s fast-paced, witty dialog. But it felt like Napoleon [...]
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Emma Clarke, the voice of the Tube in London has been fired for saying negative things about the underground transportation system. If you’ve ridden the Tube, you’ve heard her– reminding you to “Mind the gap”. Apparently, she doesn’t use the Tube– saying it would a “dreadful” experience for her to hear herself. And [...]
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You’re an affluent woman with an education. You enjoy your Starbucks, your job, and the random trip to your gourmet grocery store. Your makeup probably doesn’t come from Rite-Aid, and your hair-color and skin-care regimes rank right up there in importance alongside your house payment. You open up Elle and here’s what you see. [...]
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Here’s a cool mobile campaign founded on something the phone is used for, anyway. The campaign utilizes the large digital screens in Hong Kong International Airport, to let travelers say goodbye to loved ones by using their mobile phones to post photos of themselves with goodbye messages on the big screens. Created by Hyperfactory, on [...]
SHARE | No Comments »July 7, 2007
I avoid walking under ladders, never toast with water, and am even known to throw salt over my shoulder now and again. I braced myself, ready for the luck that was sure to come my way on this 7/7/7, the Luckiest Day of the Year.?Ǭ†I came up snake-eyes. On the other hand, it was [...]
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We’ve all gotten them– those crafty emails from ailing millionaires who need your help sending their money to various charities. These emails usually start with “Greetings, In Jesus’ Name!” or something equally friendly. These Scammers cheat people out of $$millions every year, apparently. Here’s where the fun comes in: a group of vigilantes known as [...]
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This video collaboration technology from HP makes holding meetings in Second Life seem so 1982. Named “Halo” (works for me, because it does appear to be heaven-sent), the technology allows people in different locations to see each other (life-size) and communicate in real time. Used in the making of Shrek, here’s what they have to [...]
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