A Single Zune To Rule Them All© jc.westbroo
I have owned a Zune, and to be honest, I really enjoyed it. If it had a disk mode or OS X support, I would still own it, and I would have already pre-ordered a Zune HD. But alas, Microsoft has no interest of expanding their market share to Apple users. It would appear that Microsoft also has no interest in the small, flash-based MP3 player market either because it is rumored that all other, non-HD Zunes have reached the........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 10:42:47 PM)
First Business? Some Tips.....Entrepreneur published some tips this month for rookie business owners. If this is your first business, you should take note...
Tip number one? Focus!Many first-time entrepreneurs feel the need to jump at every "opportunity" they come across. Opportunities are often wolves in sheep's clothing. Avoid getting side-tracked. Juggling multiple ventures will spread you thin and limit both your effectiveness and productivity. Do one........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 10:19:46 PM)
An uncertain future for forestsThe composition of some of our nation's forests may be quite different 200 to 400 years from today according to a recent study at the University of Illinois. The study found that temperature and photosynthetic active radiation were the two most important variables in predicting what forest landscapes may look like in the future. The uncertainties became very high after the year 2200.
Approximately 100,000 acres of forested area west of Lake........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 2:39:19 PM)
Luxury Vacation Rentals - The Blend of Style and ComfortThe word vacation carries different meanings for different people. Some people might just take few days time out to rest at a weekend resort and call it a vacation. To some others a vacation means to break free from any kind of rules that they are bound to and go to some place far from home. For them vacation means relaxing and enjoying themselves in a great way. Concierge hosting companies make sure that the luxury vacation rentals have all........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2009 3:28:05 PM)
Business Credit Cards are Making Business Transactions EasierBusiness credit card and personal credit cards more or less share the same purpose of usage. However, a business credit card has some additional features that allow the businessmen to keep track of their expenditure. Business cards are also referred to as corporate cards. A business card is actually a credit account issued to a company. Individual employees of the company are provided business credit cards
with which they can make purchases........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2009 2:10:44 PM)
Having Your Moonfruit and Eating It, TooA small, UK-based company that offers a free, DIY Web site builder came very close to blowing up Twitter earlier this month with a viral marketing campaign that, at one point, was generating 10,000 tweets an hour (about 165 tweets a minute) and outranked Michael Jackson and Iran in Twitter's trends
The company is Moonfruit, and to celebrate their 10th anniversary they decided to give away 10 MacBook Pros in random drawings to people who........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/2/2009 10:58:32 PM)
I Love My Magical PillsPhoto by Zoe Cusker
When I was in Toronto, I stumbled upon a miracle. A real humdinger. A secret worth guarding — if only I were good at keeping secrets. Well, what then? Don’t keep us in suspense. Okay. I found magical pills. Really: magical
Here’s how it breaks down. One day I left my friend’s house in search of some multi-vitamins, having run out of them the day before. (Also, I am a vitamin fiend;........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/1/2009 11:02:06 PM)
Coors Light and Bud Light Marketers Exchange OpinionsBud Light has launched a billboard ad campaign in Toronto.... in response to the Coors Light controversy that stemmed out of British Columbia last week. It didn"t take long for the marketing minds at Anheuser-Busch (a Labatt partner), who make Bud Light, to respond with their own take on the debate. The Bud Light ad sign above, in copycat layout style reads "Torontonians aren"t cold. Not in August, anyway," and was spotted by blogTO reader Ian........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/1/2009 10:54:39 PM)
Models With Natural Hair: Fayruz AbdiamanI just love her haircut. I think this particular shape is so versatile. Fayruz is signed with Sutherland Models in Toronto.........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/27/2009 7:08:35 AM)
Hankering for molecular electronics?The sandwich recipe recently concocted by researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may prove tasty for computer chip designers, who have long had an appetite for molecule-sized electronic components but no clear way to satisfy it until now.
The research team, which includes collaborators from the University of Maryland, has found a simple method of sandwiching organic molecules between silicon and........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 8/26/2009 11:01:48 PM)
First discovery using revolutionary long wavelengthResearchers from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with scientists from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) located in Socorro, N.M., have generated the first scientific results from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array (LWDA). The measurements were obtained during field tests and calibration of two prototype antennas for the much larger Long Wavelength Array........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 8/19/2009 7:16:55 AM)
Cognitive behavioral therapy improves sleepA study in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that the use of cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I) is an effective therapy for older patients with osteoarthritis and comorbid insomnia.
Results showed that therapy improves both immediate and long-term self-reported sleep and pain in older patients with osteoarthritis and comorbid insomnia without directly addressing pain control. Participants who........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 8/16/2009 9:54:10 PM)
Learn about Getting Hawaii Car Rentals OnlineExploring a beautiful place like Hawaii, driving along the scenic roads all by yourself or with friend and family can be an enthralling experience. Traveling independently with a car at your disposal is a different experience when compared to going on a conducted tour, or taking public transport. Plenty of car rental agencies are available to provide you with a car for you use. Now, how do you think you will get a car in Hawaii that will suit........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/11/2009 8:43:29 AM)
Breakthrough Performance in Organic Light-Emitting DiodeSRI International, an independent nonprofit research institute, and Showa Denko K.K. (SDK), a Japan-based chemical industry company in partnership with Itochu Plastics Inc. (CIPS), have achieved record-breaking results using SRI's new cavity organic light-emitting diode (COLED) technology and SDK's light-emitting polymers to produce a highly efficient light source that could one day replace incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs.
SRI's........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 7/28/2009 11:26:46 PM)
Trash or treasure? Families and their beloved possessionsWhether it's grandpa's piano or a Nintendo Wii, certain objects become a part of family routines and histories. A newly released study in the Journal of Consumer Research helps explain why some possessions wind up in permanent storage or get tossed away, while others are kept for generations.
Amber M. Epp (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Linda L. Price (University of Arizona, Tucson) conducted a two-year case study that tracked the........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 7/20/2009 11:45:06 PM)
Breaking (good!) newsPhoto Credit: Tracy Co
In what can only be called a serendipitous turn of events, it has come to my attention that June 1st, besides being Doughnut Day, is also the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Milk Day
While Canada’s love of milk seems to be sadly under represented on the roster of events planned for June 1st , you can commemorate and celebrate the goodness of a cold, tall glass of........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 6/4/2009 8:59:37 PM)
Observations of biological particles in high-altitude ice cloudsA team of UC San Diego-led atmospheric chemistry scientists moved closer to what is considered the "holy grail" of climate change science when it made the first-ever direct detection of biological particles within ice clouds.
The team, led by Kerri Pratt, a Ph.D. student of atmospheric chemistry Professor Kim Prather, who also holds appointments at Scripps Institution of Oceanography as well as the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 5/18/2009 5:37:03 AM)
Business email listOur collection of business email lists offers accuracy and reliability. To keep your company’s competitive edge intact in a fluctuating market, Data Depot knows the importance of connecting directly with customers. This familiarity with the industry’s challenges has led us to offer superior business email list services that arrive with volumes of information and will deliver scores of successful leads. Communicating with B2B consumers has never........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 5/13/2009 5:10:31 PM)
Too much information?Choosing among products can be more difficult if you tend to think more about the process of using an item rather than the outcome of the purchase, as per a newly released study in the Journal of Consumer Research
"Marketers often try to tempt consumers to buy their products by encouraging them to imagine themselves using the product," write authors Debora Viana Thompson (Georgetown University), Rebecca W. Hamilton (University of Maryland,........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 5/13/2009 5:22:30 AM)
Help! I have a split personality!A recent study conducted by Cornell University scrutinized 770 family cooks to discover that there are five distinct cooking personalities among home cooks
1. "Giving" cooks (22%) are enthusiastic about cooking and specialize in comfort food, particularly home-baked goodies
2. "Methodical" cooks (18%) rely heavily on recipes, so their cooking is strongly influenced by the cookbook they use
3. "Competitive" cooks (13%) think less about........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 4/30/2009 8:31:09 PM)
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Top Venture Capital BlogsTechCrunch had a nice resource piece last week on the top venture capital blogs. Are you reading them? It's a great way to keep up with the trends and issues involved in the VC industry today
Guy Kawasaki's blog (How to Change the World) is at the top of the heap at the moment with over 24,000 readers. Fred Wilson (A VC) is in second place with about 21,000 readers. It's a long way back to Bill Gurley's Above the Crowd; he........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 10:52:40 PM)
Media misleads with Cerberus Hedge FundThis morning on the HedgeCo hedge fund blog, Aaron posted this interesting piece on Cerberus and the new three-year lock up policy that they instituted for their new hedge funds. The article points at the main stream media who insinuate that the new lockup they instituted will affect existing investors
One of the main misconceptions with most of the articles presented in the media is that the Lockups will affect existing hedge fund........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 10:27:28 PM)
LG releases XD3 minimalist, portable HDDsIt seems LG has sent out its portable HDDs for a facelift and ended up with a luscious makeover - the XD3 slim, portable HDDs announced for the Korean market.
And the results are appreciable in a single glance - a high-quality, brushed aluminum casing that comes in four colors (red, gold, black and silver) and with rubber padding for shock absorption, plus an enviable 13mm thickness. While it comes to specs under the hood however, there........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 9/15/2009 9:56:16 PM)
Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cellsUsing a carbon nanotube instead of traditional silicon, Cornell scientists have created the basic elements of a solar cell that hopefully will lead to much more efficient ways of converting light to electricity than now used in calculators and on rooftops.
The scientists fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell called a photodiode, formed from an individual carbon nanotube. Reported online Sept. 11 in the journal Science, the........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 9/11/2009 7:35:51 AM)
Hassle free 'no fax payday loans' for your emergency cash requirementMany people run short of cash before next payday, at that time 'no fax payday loans' come to their rescue. You are not required to fax any paper or get bogged down with completing formalities when you apply for no fax payday loans. There are hundreds of lenders available online to help you in filling your emergency cash gap through no fax payday loans.
The name 'no fax payday loan' itself indicates that it is devoid of faxing any document.........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/7/2009 11:15:00 AM)
Why You Should Get Car Insurance Quote?In the US, auto insurance is compulsory as it provides protection against liability and losses that occur due to accidents or collisions.
Typically, auto insurance quotes and premium are determined on many factors, such as:
the driver's record
place of residence
the type of car
The most efficient way to get auto insurance quote is to:
fill the information forms on an online insurance provider's website and submit it.
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Buying Car Insurance Online - Know the AdvantagesHave you got a new car a few days back? Did you buy the car insurance policy yet? If not then without wasting any time insure your car and reap the benefits from the insurance. You might contact an insurance agent, you can buy insurance over the phone or you can browse the Internet to find the best car insurance. There are some advantages when you buy online car insurance. Car insurance is quite expensive. You can get a very good deal and save........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/2/2009 7:49:07 PM)
Mona Lisa Recreated With Cups Of CoffeeThis incredible coffee masterpiece measures 20 feet high and 13 feet wide, took 8 people and three hours to complete using 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk. This replica of Leonardo Da Vinci"s La Gioconda was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, which attracted 130,000 people in just one day. It was created by adding various amounts of milk to the cups of black coffee. "Each coffee cup was filled with varying........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 9/1/2009 11:01:58 PM)
Where Did All My Free Time Go?As of last Friday, I have a new employer and it turns out that he hates when I"m on the computer instead of paying attention to him. We"re both healthy and happy and doing well at home :)There probably won"t be much activity on the blog until we are settled into a new routine. In the meantime, I invite you to read the blogs linked on the right hand side of this page. Thanks for reading!Brigitte........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/27/2009 7:08:20 AM)
Oven Fresh Pie a SnapHomebake Pizza Company in Roncesvalles is totally a breath of fresh air in (or a splash of delicious tomato sauce). I tried it for the first time the other night and it proved to be an immediate cure for the dismay I experienced the last time I ordered delivery pizza.Using organic flour doughs along with all fresh (many organic and gourmet) ingredients, Homebake Pizza Company brings a new twist to pizza options in Toronto. The catch? They make........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/26/2009 11:22:05 PM)
Increased climate volatility expected to worsen povertyA newly released study supported by the World Bank has for the first time tried to combine, understand and predict the effects of climate change on food prices and wages in developing countries to assess how badly different socio-economic strata in sixteen vulnerable countries will be hit by extreme weather conditions, linked to climate change such as annual-scale hot, dry and wet extremes.
Using the same methodology for climate prediction........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 8/20/2009 6:42:48 AM)
Coordination needed to support green-fingered youthsThe project, which was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), observed that a number of young volunteers travelled long distances from cities to short-term projects in rural areas and felt they were being punished for being disruptive or naughty at school. They saw the conservation work as having no relevance to their future employment, or educating them on green issues.
'The problem lies in the mismatch between youth........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/13/2009 6:51:38 AM)
Hire a Good SEO Specialist for Promoting your Online BusinessAre you looking for a Search Engine Optimization
Choosing the right SEO specialist
There are certain factors that you need to keep in mind when seeking the right SEO specialist to get SEO services.
(SEO) specialist? Remember it is not a difficult task to get an SEO specialist, but you need to be really careful. The aim is to get your website a good ranking in the search engine results page for drawing in traffic and boosting your........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 8/12/2009 11:53:54 PM)
Myth, reality and gun crimeThe assumption that gangs are at the root of gun crime in the UK is overstated, as per a research studypublished recently in a special issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice, published by SAGE.
In their paper, 'That's Life Innit': A British perspective on Guns, Crime and Social Order, Professor Simon Hallsworth and Dr Daniel Silverstone suggest that while gangs certainly exist, they are not involved in most illegal shootings: the reality........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 7/28/2009 11:11:30 PM)
Trip to the SeaAre you feeling bogged down by the daily mundane schedule of life? It's time to take a break! Why not think of packing your bags and kick off for a much needed vacation by the seaside! Vacation can help you boost your drooping spirits. So leave behind all those daily trivialities and answer the call of the sea!
There are a number of websites that will help you find a good seaside vacation rental. The trend of seaside vacation rentals........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 7/6/2009 11:37:48 PM)
Atlanta, GA: OK CafeAlthough I have lived in Atlanta since the late 90"s, it was only a couple of weeks ago that I stepped into the OK Cafe for the first time. Terrible, I know! Everyone in Atlanta knows about/has eaten at the OK Cafe, but I just never had the urge to go........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 6/4/2009 8:51:46 PM)
Photo Shower CurtainsCameraphiles and amateur photographers rejoice! Now you can take your prize pics and turn them into awesome shower curtains! PhotoShowerCurtain manufactures one-of-a-kind, custom fabric shower curtains from your unique photo images and custom digital designs.
The curtains are created by using a sublimation process that fuses the image into the fabric, making a permanent, extremely durable, high detail image. The curtains can be laundered........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 6/4/2009 8:34:20 PM)
Opportunity costsWhen we choose to spend $10 more than usual for a bottle of wine, we'll have $10 less to spend on an appetizer, a dessert, or ten songs on iTunes. That's known as the "opportunity cost" of that choice. A newly released study in the Journal of Consumer Research looks at the benefit of drawing consumers' attention to opportunity costs.
Unless opportunity costs are explicitly named, most consumers don't consider them when making purchases, as........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 5/13/2009 5:24:06 AM)
Array Of UFO ShapesThe array is intended only to convey some idea of the variety of shapes that have appeared, it does not give an adequate impression of the relative frequencies with which the different UFO shapes have appeared.........Go to the Science-blog (Added on 4/30/2009 8:32:04 PM)
Ellen Sirot Hand Perfection Hand CreamFor 20 years, Ellen Sirot’s ageless hands have earned her worldwide acclaim as the “supermodel of hands.” Her hands have appeared in countless advertising campaigns, every major fashion and beauty magazine and worked with the world’s top photographers. Now thanks to the new hand care line she has created, Ellen Sirot HAND PERFECTION, any one of us can have amazing skin on our hands too! From the first drop of Hand........Go to the My-media-blog (Added on 4/30/2009 8:31:18 PM)
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