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They're not talking about fun games. Rather, "how office politics sabotage the workplace".

I have seen many examples of some of the games mentioned here, both in a Fortune 100 company and in a medium-sized business.

Oh. Yeah.

Features a 42″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTV; three (3!) 26″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTVs; a 1000-watt Panasonic 5.1 Home Theater System; DVD player with 5-CD changer; iPod docking station; two wireless surround sound speakers; a live, 7-foot sports ticker, with built-in computer; a year's free service for the aforementioned sports ticker; a full-size, built-in, refrigerated beer keg with tap; a 1000-watt microwave oven; two cigar humidors (holds 25 cigars each), complete with gauges; and a 32-bottle wine rack. Price? Only $14,900.

Plus shipping.

This is a handy app which allows you to specify what you want your Mac to do when you attach photo-capable devices. For instance, you may want iPhoto to open when you connect your iPhone or point-and-shoot digital camera, but Aperture or Lightroom to launch when you attach your dSLR. Or maybe you don’t want iPhoto to launch when you connect your iPhone. You just tell Cameras what you want to happen.

"Old Map App allows an iPhone user to explore the effects of time on geography and urban development.
"The application displays layers of geo-referenced historical maps projected onto a modern coordinate system, so that the same location can be compared over time. Layers can be faded, adjusted, and explored freely. If the user is located within the region of the historical map, the user's position will be mapped on the old maps to the position of the compass indicator.

"Several maps of New York City & Region are included from the 17th to 19th centuries. All are high-resolution images from the Library of Congress."

Not yet released to the iTunes App Store, but you can sign up to be notified and possibly participate in the beta test. Looks really great.

"In recent years, at least three broadcasters have decided that the dead-center camera is worth the trouble. Tom Mee, who directs Cardinals telecasts for Fox Sports Midwest, says he decided to ditch the offset view in 2006 when the team's video coach showed him the difference between the two angles. The Red Sox went dead-center midway through last year at the behest of team owner John Henry. The Twins also switched last summer on an experimental basis and have since decided to keep the setup when they move into a new stadium next year. Minnesota color analyst Bert Blyleven is a fan of the new view, saying the camera makes it easier for him to convey the game's subtleties, like the tail of a fastball or a pitcher's positioning on the rubber. 'As an analyst, you're an educator,' he says. 'Having the camera directly over the pitcher gives the fan at home a better perspective of what pitching is and the game within the game.'"

"We're done with the tired old fontstacks of yesteryear. Enough with the limitations of the web, we won't have it. It's time to raise our standards. Here, you'll find only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts."

I really like Chunk and Junction.

"A new reservoir is filling in central China. The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River—the world’s largest dam—was completed in 2006, and the river is filling up its valley behind the dam to form a narrow reservoir extending more than 600 kilometers. This image from April 15, 2009, is one of the first images that astronauts on the International Space Station have been able to capture of the flooding behind the dam. The main objective for the dam is to supply water for the largest hydroelectric plant in the world and to help control the devastating floods that plague the lowlands downstream from the dam."

Eric Van Lustbader on continuing the Jason Bourne book series started by his friend Bob Ludlum.

I'm so glad I don't frequent bars.

"If your data is online, it is not private. Oh, maybe it seems private. Certainly, only you have access to your e-mail. Well, you and your ISP. And the sender's ISP. And any backbone provider who happens to route that mail from the sender to you. And, if you read your personal mail from work, your company. And, if they have taps at the correct points, the NSA and any other sufficiently well-funded government intelligence organization — domestic and international."

"If your data is online, it is not private. Oh, maybe it seems private. Certainly, only you have access to your e-mail. Well, you and your ISP. And the sender's ISP. And any backbone provider who happens to route that mail from the sender to you. And, if you read your personal mail from work, your company. And, if they have taps at the correct points, the NSA and any other sufficiently well-funded government intelligence organization — domestic and international."

Best-selling author Miller briefly mentions his upcoming book, but spends most of the interview talking about his latest endeavor, the worthwhile Mentoring Project.

Google's looking to roll out a device-agnostic e-book service. And Jeff Bezos thought he only had to worry about Apple making a tablet that outshines the Kindle…

Pretty self-explanatory. A blog of photos of hot chicks with stormtroopers. A sure sign of the apocalypse.

"We are a professional expediting company officially recognized and registered with the U.S. Passport Agency, allowing us to assist you in obtaining your passport in as fast as 24 hours or less!"

This would have come in handy last decade when my parents thought about going to Iceland when my sister had to have an emergency gall bladder removal (she was studying abroad at the time).

"Barack Obama went to Normandy for a reason this weekend — and it was a good one. The president had something he wanted to convey to the world. That message, to paraphrase a point Ronald Reagan used to make, is a simple one, even if it's not an easy one: It is that freedom is not free, and that democracy is worth fighting for — that sometimes human rights are worth dying for."