The tech industry may be down but that doesn't stop the cheerful giver. And the obligatory quote to entice, "To make the journal's list, a donor had to pledge or provide at least $10 million."

Yahoo! News - EBay Founders, CEO Rank in Top U.S. Philanthropists

It's a rather slow Meme day so I submit this? Whoops. Add your favorite misspelled URL's for us all to enjoy.

foxews.com - Favorite misspelled URL's

Very interesting read about the branding of Google. I'll leave you the tidbit about Google's advertising tactics to read. I want to discuss why a company who "as fiscal 2002 profits at $100 million" would even think about an IPO?

Forbes.com: The Making Of A $2 Billion Brand

In this installment of "Gone in 60 Seconds" the suspect elludes the cops in "slow" cars and trucks. My question is, "What were the cops doing when he was stealig all these cars, WHILE they where chasing him?". Surely it takes more than 15 to 20 seconds to get out of the old car and get the new one going.

Yahoo! News - Man Allegedly Steals 6 Cars During Chase

Could payphone become wireless access hot spots? Seems so, atleast in Canada.

Making Pay Phones Pay

Wow. Did they write this for me? I have been struggling with this for quite some time. Besides asking "THE" question I have also asked, "Why do most people get up early, go to work, stay all day, go home, and do it all over again everyday?". This seems like an unnatural, engraved thought process forced upon humans. It could be I just haven't answered "THE" question, and therefore won't be able to answer question number two until I do. Thanks for the link.

RE: What Should I Do With My Life?

And the latest CSI goes:
Grissom: I can see the suspect prefers Heinz Ketchup and has a large dog that eats Purina.
Brass: You got that from a fingerprint?
Grissom: No, the new KROGER system.

Kroger lets shoppers pay via fingerprint

This is a problem many programmers face daily. Build your own or use something that's already available.

If you build it, will they come?