Verizon is launching the VZ Navigator (version 4) in Florida today. The service allows customers in 75 cities nationally and all major Florida markets to access information about traffic incidents, obtain traffic updates and find detours. In addition, the new version of VZ Navigator shows gas station locations and their current pricing, and offers a…
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Female Adventurer Becomes First American to Complete Historic Journey Across Antarctica
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Renowned adventurer Alison Levine has become the first American to follow a remote route to the geographic South Pole pioneered by legendary Italian explorer Reinhold Messner. Levine, a San Francisco resident, left in early December for the Ronne Ice Shelf in west Antarctica and finished the arduous 574-mile journey in just 38 days….
Married Twins, truth or advocacy?
The Internet is currently buzzing with a story of twins in Britain who met and married, only to be seperated by a judge. This story was passed around and no confirmation is forthcoming as to the validity of the story. Now comes the big question: Is this a true story or an anecdote designed for…
Female Adventurer Nears Half Way Point on History-Making Journey Across Antarctica
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Adventurer and explorer Alison Levine has completed 225 miles in her attempt to become the first American to follow a route to the geographic South Pole inspired by legendary, Italian explorer Reinhold Messner. Messner was the first to complete the route in 1989. Levine, a San Francisco resident, left in early December for…
Nail Art of Leonardo da Vinci [image]
Take a famous drawing of Leonardo da Vinci and reproduce it by banging nails into a piece of wood. AMAZING! You need to take a look at this. What we have is a guy who copied a famous sketch of Leonardo da Vinci by banging nails (varying heights) into a large piece of wood. You…
Truemors – Rumors, News, Gossip and more
Recently Guy Kawasaki revealed a new idea in social news, Truemors. A site designed to share rumors, news and gossip. Some on the web scoffed at this idea while others just scratched their heads. The idea of giving away gossip and rumors for free does not sound like the web 2.0 way to me. What…
Dude, Where’s my Lake?
For those of you who haven’t yet heard, a lake in Southern Chile disappeared at some point in the last two months. That’s right, disappeared. The lake itself, situated in the southern Andes Mountains, was almost 100 feet deep and had a surface area of 10-12 acres. That’s a lot of water, about 39 million…
Only in New York…
In a fit of jealous rage a two-timing pregnant woman ran over the father of her unborn child, then she backed up and did it again! Janine Harrington (25) was so obsessed by the belief that her boyfriend, Jeffrey Moore (45) was sleeping around behind her back that she took her live-in boyfriend’s Nissan Pathfinder…
Speed Linking for Friday May 18, 2007
I have not done one of these in a long time! Partly because I have been busy but mostly because I’m just lazy. Links worth looking at 10.4.9 + 1 = 10.4.10 But Don’t Cut Off the Zero – Parislemon points out that even though Apple is great for making cool looking products they don’t…
Music Review: Naama Hillman
‘This article has been in the works for a number of weeks now. I wanted to make sure I did it up right before publishing it. I also want to thank charbarred from The Plugg for turning me on to this great musician. The fact that he is a guitarist on the album and is…