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Hurricane Dean Hit Jamaica Just Before My Trip

I am leaving for Jamaica tonight but there was a little doubt last week as I heard of Hurricane Dean’s approach to the island. Yes, Jamaica has been sparred for many years and many have become complacent but there will be another big one and you never know when.

I found it quite interesting that I […]

A Funny Story About Losing Shipping and Customer Service

Of course, it wouldn’t be funny if it was me. The tone of his conversations just had me laughing pretty hard. It really is disgusting how little help the customer service is and how little responsibility these companies take for their mistakes.

I quickly discovered the downside to the amazing power of the Internet: I have […]

Australian Youths Get Revenge on Stupid Automated Speed Trap

http://www.davesdaily.com/pictures/908-mischievous-aussies.htm
Niiiiiiiice! Personally, I hate the idea of automated speeding mechanisms. Unless they know it is YOU driving the car, how can they send the ticket?

Digg It

Oh, and I don’t care if it’s an urban legend or not — just the thought of it makes me happy.

What Keeps Poor Countries Poor

Reason Magazine has an article titled Why Poor Countries Are Poor. I wasn’t sure what to expect when reading it but it does cover some things that anyone who’s tried to help development in a poor country will notice right away. I found this paragraph to sum up the major points:

There’s no point investing in […]

Absurd Piracy Claims

From Slashdot — http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/17/009218

Full article about the retarded claims of the MPAA industry. These people really don’t understand their customers at all….