Posted in food on May 28th, 2006
Why is Heinz 57 Sauce so expensive? I realize most condiments are expensive by weight, but why is Heinz 57 so much more expensive Heinz Tomato Ketchup? A staple at Cheeseburger in Paradise, I’ve grown to like it and wanted a bottle for home. I was just at the store and saw a 10oz bottle [...]
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Posted in food on May 27th, 2006
According to this week’s Business Gazette “sales slipped 2 percent during the first quarter for Giant Food of Landover, according to a [recent SEC filing].” This shouldn’t come as a big suprise, especially for folks who have been in the Maryland area for a while.
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Posted in gadgets, wireless on May 26th, 2006
DefendAir Radio Shield is a metal-laced paint that claims to block radio waves. The product is made by Force Field Wireless and was covered in Information Week (briefly this May, in depth in late 2004). The idea is that it will prevent wireless signals from coming in or out.
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Posted in google, web sites on May 20th, 2006
A few days ago, requests for the public archives of my SAIC mailing list ceased. It appears that the pipermail archives have been removed from Google’s index entirely.
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Posted in culture, youth on May 14th, 2006
Today’s kids are known as “the connected generation,” according to a recent Information Week article about how the Internet can be a dark and lonely place for children.
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