Small Businesses Heart Social Media
Small businesses heart social media, according to data based on a telephone survey of 500 small business owners conducted by The University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business in December 2009.
The study examined the relationship between social media and small businesses, revealing that technology adoption rates in the U.S. have doubled in the past year [...]
When Global Warming Pulls the Rug Out From Under You, Literally
Sure, it’s easy to ignore when it’s all happening to some far off iceberg somewhere, but what about when it reaches your own backyard?
New extremes in weather are causing increasing failures of suburban home foundations across the US.
Still think it’s a myth?
You won’t when you go downstairs tomorrow to make some coffee and find the [...]
Ryan Doyle: Parkour Legend (1/5)
pop!vlog is proud to present part 1 of a 5 part interview with Parkour Legend Ryan Doyle conducted by Bullettrun.
Ryan is a member of WFPF (World Freerunning and Parkour Federation) and Airborn. In this interview, Ryan discusses his career, attitudes towards Parkour and Freerunning, the future of Parkour as an art form, and its evolving [...]
USA: Give Us Your Poor, Your Tired, Your Huddled Masses of Creepy Homeschooled Weird Kids
America likes to pride itself on the acceptance of persecuted peoples from other nations seeking asylum.
But are parents hell-bent on homeschooling their kids really in need of political asylum?
OK, so I have 3 big problems here, so let’s start with the least of the evils:
A. I don’t like the idea of homeschooling. I think it robs [...]
How to Make a Quick $ Off of Global Warming
Yes, now that they’ve got the little people all sufficiently worried about doomsday, the evil forces of world domination are back to their mission statement: Greed.
Not content with their role in causing Global Warming, European, North American and now Asian super powers are fixating on how they can turn a profit from all that melting [...]
Quake in Chile has Shortened the Length of Day on Earth
Say Whaaaattt!
Yup, the 8.8 quake shifted earth’s axis and shortened the day.
But don’t clock out of work an hour early yet.
The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA’s Jet Propulsion [...]
HIGH SOCIETY: Must-See TV meets Reality
When I was younger in the late ’80s, I recall flipping through the pages of W before it was a magazine.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the post-party write-ups with boldfaced names and being hypnotized by the glamorous photos of High Society in New York, Palm Beach and their wacky royal cousins in Europe and South [...]
Conor Mccreedy: The Art World’s Next Renaissance Man
During Fashion Week in New York last month, YP interviewed South African high fashion model turned artist Conor Mccreedy at his Gramercy Park studio in NYC for the last pop!talk art video.
In part two of the exclusive interview, Conor delves deeper into his artistic process and reveals how the natural world in Africa influences both [...]
Education: Battle Won in War Against Stupidity
But will we win the battle and lose the war?
After being given the boot for failing idiot students, a British University Professor wins his court case, giving hope to meritocracy fans.
But I think what is missing here is the bigger picture. If everyone now basically has to go to college just to get a [...]
NO COMMENT: If You Only Knew…
There’s a news channel that I used to watch on TV when we lived in Bruxelles called Euronews. Similar to CNN, the latest news is usually played over and over and over again in a loop. Usually the same drivel you see on CNN, but this time it’s with graphics that haven’t quite left the [...]
