Day: October 8, 2011

  • Out of water in the middle of the ocean

    Out of water in the middle of the ocean

    You may have never heard of the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu, but you may now. They have experienced a horrible drought. And now the country in the middle of salt water is out of the most precious gift on earth: Drinking water.

    The nation of 11,000 can now only hope that the help they are getting from New Zealand and Australia will be enough to avert a very bad disaster.. We will be watching this story..

  • Big Bird and company protest

    Big Bird and company protest

    Occupy Wall Street!? Try this: Occupy Sesame street is the newest fad.

    This thanks to the website Tauntr.com, which is posting perfectly photoshopped images of Sesame Street characters in the midst of the Occupy Wall Street protests..

    One image shows Grover being arrested by strong-armed police..Another shows a sneaking Oscar the Grouch hiding from cops.. Elmo on the ground being cuffed.. Bert angrily being arrested.. and the Count crying after being pepper sprayed.

    And now, after Tauntr’s efforts to parody with purpose, other sites and people who quickly getting into the act. The images are spreading like wildfire around the internet–and other Sesame Street related websites are popping up.

    Another new fad during chaos.. humor during crisis. And a bigger message through laughter. The internet is showing the modern way people deal with problems.

  • Money can’t buy happiness

    Money can’t buy happiness

    Since his passing only days ago, the world is celebrating the life, times, and products of Apple’s Steve Jobs.

    Mr. Jobs’ death at an early age this week and was immediately heralded as a genius of this age, someone who created products with purpose that people needed and wanted.

    But while he was making billions for his company, the back story of his life is only now being revealed from those close to him.

    In proof that money can’t buy pure happiness, the UK INDEPENDENT is reporting in fresh international runs that Steve Jobs had a final wish that had nothing to do with his products or his profits: Instead he wanted to get to know his children before it was too late.

    According to the INDEPENDENT report, Walter Isaacson, Jobs’ biographer, visited Jobs a few weeks ago and found him curled up in pain, too weak to even climb stairs. Isaacson told the paper that he recalled Jobs saying, “I wanted my kids to know me. I wasn’t always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”

    Jobs is survived by a wife and three children..

    Friends have also rumored that some who went to see a dying Jobs weren’t alllowed in, but some others were, including Roger Iger of Disney, and other Apple officials..

    An amazing man, indeed.. And a showcase of how, while money may equate happiness while health is good, when it’s not, the real things begin to matter: Life, family.. and the legacy you will leave behind.

    Mr. Jobs’ public legacy is strong and respectable. It appears that he wanted to ensure that his private legacy was just as powerfu before he lost his battle with pancreatic cancer.

  • Steve Jobs is gone..

    Steve Jobs is gone..

    But his products are not.. DAILY MAIL reports that there are years of products coming, due to his last minute plans before death.. Amazing man, sad passing.. and no way that Apple will ever go away..