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Church takes out advertising to boost congregation

A church in the UK is creating a 60 second commercial to be shown in movie theaters advertising Christianity to boost their congregation.

Woman Charged $1,133 to Clip Toenail

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Woman Charged $1,133 to Clip Toenail – This charge from a hospital for toe-work has spawned a class action lawsuit.

Report: Open source years from mainstream

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Report: Open source years from mainstream – Leading edge businesses are still in early stages of Linux deployments.

Google Search

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Ryan Phillips points out this funny Googlism. Try a Google search on the word ‘failure‘. The first result is rather funny.

This Ajax based IM client looks really cool. I’ve been interested in how to dynamically rearrange things in a web page for a while. Maybe now I can find the time to scan the code and find out how to do it.

Smoke Breaks Boost Memory

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For you smokers out there who need your smoke breaks in order to think, scientists are trying to replicate the boost of the transmitters in the brain that are boosted by nicotine that help people think better. Once that happens, they just have to come up with a drug that emulates the other half of the equation — getting you away from your damn desk.

Study: CIOs to increase hiring

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Study: CIOs to increase hiring in Q4. Thats the upside. On the downside, tech professional are feeling “less hopeful” and face the threat of increased automation and and the prospect of their jobs being offshored.