ITwhirled

Take a break from workday drudgery with ITwhirled. Each weekly installment covers the best in weird news, humor, gadgets, and all manner of offbeat items from the world of IT and beyond.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

IT Haiku: Antique

Antique
My 486.
Bleeding-edge, back in the day.
Now it's a doorstop.

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Rejected names for Windows Vista

We all know that Longhorn became Vista. But what other names were in the running? Windows: Tokyo Drift? MS-DOS v9.0? Windows BORG: Resistance is Futile? (TopFive.com)

News: Japanese job referral company provides robot temp
Out of IT: Most delicious beta test
Geek Comic of the Week: Videogame Idiocy
Things to do: Release your driving frustration online

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

#1 Best Thing about Thanksgiving ... Not Working

YOUR 2 CENTS: What is your favorite cell phone function?

- Music player
- Video player
- Camera
- Video camera
- PDA
- Email
- Web browser
- Games
- Phone

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WHAT YOU SAID: The best thing about Thanksgiving is...

Time spent with friends and family - 25.5%
Football - 12.8%
The food - 14.9%
Post-dinner nap - 2.1%
Not working - 44.7%

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Monday, November 27, 2006

SHE'S A 10: Top ten girl geeks

- Top ten girl geeks
- Top 10 data loss disasters
- Top 10 reasons to pursue a career in plumbing
- 10 Weird science facts you didn't know
- Top 10 investing scams

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