The most successful pirate in history controlled 1,500 ships and 80,000 sailors from 1801-1810 AD, dwarfing some country's navies at the time. She also died peacefully as a grandmother. Want to know more?http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/08/27/

Our first job opening, website Designer, is up at https://tamujobs.tamu.edu. As soon as the direct link posts, I'll update this post. For now, you'll have to click on "search postings" and enter 071543 into the "N.O.V. Number" blank. Two more will be posting shortly.

Wow.  Our culture in its abundance and absurdity sometimes just stuns me.  So, you ask, what will a great blender do to an iPhone?  What do you mean you didn't ask that question?

http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafe&video=iphone

Thanks for the head's up, 
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Just a PSA:  LJ is selling permanent accounts for $150 starting today and ending on 28 June.  If you buy today, however, LJ is donating $25 to organizations like EFF.  See more at:

http://news.livejournal.com/100432.html

Nathan Sawaya is a LEGO artist. I'm kicking myself for not doing this first. (Not really.) ( Why is he a logo artist? )

Ever wonder if those who identify as male select different characters on World of Warcraft than those who identify as female? Every wonder why people select the characters they do? Well, now there is peer reviewed work on the topic:http://www.firstmonday.

I was thinking that this would be a rant, but it's actually a rave. I went to the Men's Wearhouse in College Station for my first suit purchase in this College Station. Don't get the wrong idea, I have a dozen or so suits--I just purchase them in Houston (with one from Vienna). I also haven't shopped at the Men's Wearhouse in more than 15 years ( Read more... )

Oh, this hurts.

Most fortunately, formal_copy is alright.

She and a few others linked what happened to me in 1999 with the collapse of Bonfire to the horrible, horrible events at VT. So many more will be affected by what happened at VT. We had memorials with 10,000 here; it will be as much or more there. Our sister schools responded with unity and ( Read more... )

She's in!

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/

At 7:00 PM Eastern from 22-24 January, Hillary Clinton will be having a series of live video webcasts which are billed to be interactive (no pun intended). Sign up! Join in!