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Where Did All the Girl Geeks Go?

admin writes, "A professor says he has only one girl in a computer science major class in 2008, down from 40 percent in 2000. What happened? "

Posted on Apr 16, 2008 17:06pm. (Read More... | 5546 bytes more)

Dozing in a Tornado Watch

admin writes, "By Bill Allen © It was while dozing in the embrace of thunder rumblings, unaware of a tornado watch imposed by the weather gurus, that I remembered forty or more April Fools' Days that marked the first day of trout season in the mountains. Now...if you do not believe it is possible to doze through a tornado watch, listen to these points: "

Posted on Apr 06, 2008 09:30am. (Read More... | 2105 bytes more)

The Buds WILL Come... By Bill Allen (copyright)

admin writes, "Forty six years ago, in a March after the groundhogs did NOT see their shadows, and we were promised an early Spring, I caught a Greyhound in Memphis and rode all the way East to Murphy, N.C. in a sleety blizzard. A magazine assignment in Hernando, MS was aborted and we joined a rowdy group outside Graceland to welcome our Elvis home from Germany in a snowstorm. All flights were grounded....Thus, the bus."

Posted on Mar 10, 2008 16:23pm. (Read More... | 1507 bytes more)

The New IT Worker Shortage By Eric Chabrow

admin writes, "An all-too-common complaint from CIOs is that they can't find enough talent to staff their IT shops. No wonder. Supply isn't keeping up with demand."

Posted on Jan 23, 2008 16:24pm. (Read More... | 3528 bytes more)

SBA Disaster Loan Deadline is January 24

admin writes, "Small business owners in all North Carolina counties except Cherokee, Clay, Currituck, Graham, Granville, Pamlico and Vance, have until January 24, 2008 to apply for federal economic injury disaster loans as a result of abnormally low temperatures and freezing conditions April 6 - 9, 2007. "

Posted on Jan 22, 2008 11:02am. (Read More... | 244 bytes more)

Library of Congress Taps Web 2.0 for User Photo Expertise By HEATHER HAVENSTEIN, Computerworld, IDG

admin writes, "As part of an effort to expand access to its photograph collections and tap the collective knowledge of user-generated content, the Library of Congress Wednesday launched a pilot project with photo-sharing site Flickr to publish some 3,000 photos."

Posted on Jan 18, 2008 12:10pm. (Read More... | 2128 bytes more)

Repair your scratched CDs instead of turning them into coasters.

admin writes, "The No. 1 source of aggravation in having a CD collection is keeping it free from scratches. Family and friends often expect you to lend out your prized CD collection each time you're asked. Well, what do you do if someone returns a CD in a state not far from unusable? Today I have a few options for all of us who are not willing to replace our favorite CDs just because they have a few scratches. "

Posted on Jan 17, 2008 09:40am. (Read More... | 6065 bytes more)