Archive for August 21st, 2009
BuzzFeed: Sometimes the Internet messes up. Here are some ads that don’t really fit with the article next to it. Photos by BuzzFeed.
FSB Magazine: Squeezed between Moe’s Coffee Shop and the Shop N Go minimart on hardscrabble Frankford Avenue, in the heart of working-class Northeast Philadelphia, lies the Philly Pretzel Factory. With its algae-green sign bolted to the building’s khaki stucco exterior, it looks more like a takeout joint than the headquarters of a $40 million empire. [...]
Surprising Inventions By Famous People
DivineCaroline: Some people just have a gift. They may already be talented musicians, actors, artists, or mathematicians, but some prolific thinkers have minds that work in overdrive in multiple different areas. Some very famous inventors originated items that we still use every day, and even those who didn’t fill sketchbooks full of ideas sometimes had [...]
Lose Your Mind, Release Your Creativity
Men With Pens: Not thinking and not caring. That doesn’t mean you don’t care about the work you’re doing. There’s a huge difference between not thinking and not caring. When you don’t care, you’re just slapping words into a sentence or throwing images up onto the page. Whatever works – you just don’t give a [...]
Weird Scholarships Nearly Anyone Can Apply For
ABC2News: It is said that “necessity is the mother of invention.” So, with two kids in college, our family is inspired to get creative in our search for ways to help pay for higher education. Along the way, we’ve discovered that a unique hobby, special skill or unusual interest could be the ticket to financing [...]
Tips To Becoming A Mompreneur Within 3 Days
Have you always wanted to be a mompreneur, but didn’t know where to start? Here are some tips from CurrentMom that might help. Day 1 On the first day, you figure out what you want to do and what you will charge. If you’re a professional with a specific skill — such as an accountant [...]
Mom/Daughter Team Make The Clothes That Strippers Remove
Oregonlive.com: Let’s say you’re a stripper. Or maybe you just like to wear lavish or fantastical clothes. Filmy things. Sparkly things. Heels high enough to redefine the meaning of high heels. The thing is, you have very particular needs. A certain slinkiness, obviously. But whimsicality doesn’t hurt, either. As it turns out, there are plenty [...]
Twitter Is A Twademark. Tweet: Not So Much
Mashable: There’s been a lot of talk over Twitter’s attempts to trademark the word “tweet” (Twitter has been a trademark of theirs for some time now), but blogger Sam Johnston did some digging and found out that it’s unlikely that Twitter will ever be able to trademark this particular word. Just like the verb “google”, [...]
Website Lets Customers Choose The Price They Want To Pay
Imagine walking into your local store, picking out a cart full of items, and going to the check out line just to tell the cashier what you will pay for each item. Feels like a dream, doesn’t it? Anyone who has bought from Shoppers Rule knows that it is a reality. Through an innovative system [...]
