Career Networking Made Easy

LinkedIn is a fairly new service to help manage your business and career contacts. The interface reminds me of an Amazon.com page only the product is you as a valuable human capital tool instead of a book or a movie.

No more pills

Researchers are developing a new way to deliver medicine from an artificial tooth. Just another way for your dentist to become your best friend.

Reinstall, Reinstall, Reinstall

It never hurts to have a backup plan. Maximum PC has posted a way to make a streamlined backup of Windows XP (called a slipstream copy) complete with all the necessary drivers to have you back up and running ASAP in the event of big problems.

Noooooooo! Not Peanut Butter

CNN reports that Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter has been linked to several cases of salmonella recently. As luck would have it we even have a can beginning with the dreaded product code "2111" that we can return according to Yahoo! News.

The truth behind your Credit Score

A credit counselor at Credit Pro has posted the Top 7 Credit Score Secrets. Hey, knowing is half the battle...

Final Four Simulation

ESPN ran a mid-season simulation of the Final Four for 2007. I like the results, but I'll wait to see the real outcome. I'll be shocked if their Final Four teams really pan out.

Super Bowl Simulation

ESPN ran a simulation of the Super Bowl on Friday, February 2nd. You can read the results in an article and even see video highlights (the video link was down as of Monday February 5th).

iPod not just for music

Several podcasts are now running to help teach a foreign language. The Open Culture blog recently posted a list of podcasts to teach Arabic, Cantonese, Russian, Spanish, and more. Several of these sites use some mechanism such as daily news broacasts in simplified and slow format along with a transcript to follow along with what you hear allowing listeners to keep up with the news while learning a new language (see Le Journal en français facile for French).