Month: January 2013

Business Culture

A Must-See For Serious Whiskey Drinkers

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As reported on Businessinsider.com Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel is the art of distilling mastered. Only 1% of our whiskey makes the cut and is given the Single Barrel name. Single Barrel is a higher whiskey calling, because it is matured in the highest reaches of our barrelhouse and the angels are always happy with their share of our whiskey. Why not demand our Master Distiller’s masterpiece. It’s an experience that’s one-of-a-kind, just like the barrel itself.…

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Business Culture

How To Futureproof Your Job with a Career Insurance Policy

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Alan Henry Jobs come and go, but hopefully your career is bit more solid. If it’s not, your skills, goals, and personal career plan can guide you, but it’s never a bad time to prepare for a future layoff, job change, or even promotion. They can be tricky to handle, but a strong career “insurance policy” can give you the confidence to make the right choice no matter what life throws at you.…

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Culture

This is where Chicago gets its guns

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Robert T. Gonzalez   Gun laws are strict in Chicago. In fact, until 2010, there was an outright ban on handguns. But you wouldn’t know it from the number of firearms seized in crimes and unpermitted uses in 2012 (7,400 to New York City’s 3,285), to say nothing of the city’s staggering gun violence. “Not a single gun shop can be found in [Chicago] because they are outlawed,” readsthis piece in yesterday’s New York…

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Health

Eating Breakfast In the Morning Keeps You Thin, and Other Weight Loss Myths Debunked

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Thorin Klosowski We’ve all heard that weighing yourself once a day helps control weight, that you can lose 50 pounds in five years by walking a mile a day, or that people who eat breakfast are thinner. But as the New York Times points out, most of the weight loss theories we’ve heard don’t actually have a lot of research behind them. For example, take the idea that people who eat…

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Culture

Six Reasons You’re Not as Happy as You’d Like to Be (and What You Can Do About It)

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Kate Luther No one ever said that life was easy, and none of us ever assumed that we’d get all that we desire without hitting at least a few obstacles along the way. But come on! Does everything have to always be so hard? If this sounds like you, take heart; you’re not alone. And believe it or not, the answer to that question is no, it doesn’t. Things don’t have…

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Hacking

The Greatest Hacker T-Shirts This Planet Has Ever Seen

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As reported on Wired. BY CADE METZ It was a hacker conference, so just about everyone was wearing a T-shirt. And most of the T-shirts had something to say.  “Know Your Enemy,” said one, just beneath that familiar Microsoft Windows logo.   “There’s no place like 127.0.0.1,” said another, recasting Dorothy Gale’s famous mantra with internet speak.   “Stop laughing,” said a third. “Computers are cool now.” Some proclaimed a deep devotion for things like open source software and public key encryption.…

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Legal

Hacker arrested for allegedly blackmailing hundreds of women into sending nude pictures

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As reported on The Verge. By Adi Robertson In what could be the latest of a series of high-profile “sextortion” cases, a Los Angeles man has been arrested for extorting nude pictures. According to an FBI release, Karen “Gary” Kazaryan is charged with 30 counts of hacking and identity theft in the wake of his January 29th arrest. Kazaryan is accused of hacking Facebook, Skype, or email accounts, then mining them for the names of friends, passwords…

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Google Story

Chrome code update reveals new Notification Center, hints at future Google Now support

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren After a major update to its Chrome OS last year with Aura, Google appears to be readying a new feature: a Notification Center. François Beaufort has spotted templated notifications in the latest Windows Chromium build, part of a new Notification Center. The notifications can be enabled by togging a flag in Chrome’s settings, paving the way for users to create their own notifications within a Chrome extension. Beaufort speculates that that the…

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Space Story

Watch the moon rise in real time and embrace your insignificance

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Mark Gee had always wanted to capture the moonrise on film, but his previous attempts never really panned out. He got another chance earlier this week in New Zealand, and this time, everything fell into place. The result is Full Moon Silhouettes, a breathtaking short film that will likely encourage you to spend more time staring at the sky. Set to an emotive, piano-driven score, the piece was shot…

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Android Google

Is Google’s new Android statue made of Chrome?

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor There’s a new Android statue on Google’s campus, and it’s unlike any other before it. Android Community Manager Paul Wilcox posted a photo of the new chrome sculpture this morning, noting that it’s been installed at Building 45 on the Mountain View campus, opposite the lawn where the company typically places its statues. Judging from the image, the structure appears to be situated above an entryway, facing downward with one…

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