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.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

10 years of blogs: An incomplete timeline

Hard to believe it, but the now-ubiquitous weblog turned 10 this month. Here are a few of the milestones -- minus any incidents of people being fired for blogging, bloggers getting people fired, or famous bloggers being fired (which explains why it's a short list).

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

WHAT YOU SAID: What's your favorite Girl Scout cookie?

3.2% - Cartwheels
16.1% - Caramel DeLites
8.6% - Peanut Butter Patties
8.6% - Classic ShortBread
50.5% - Thin Mints
6.5% - Peanut Butter Sandwiches
4.3% - Lemonades
2.2% - Thanks A-Lot

Answer another poll


YOUR 2 CENTS

The best thing about going to work is...

- Water cooler chit chat
- Free coffee
- Escaping my family
- Not watching daytime TV
- Unlimited Web surfing
- The fulfilling work I do

Answer this poll

Monday, April 16, 2007

WHAT'S WHIRLING

Feature: 21 biggest tech flops
Out of IT: Physicist needs $20K to test time-travel hypothesis
Something to do: Search for an R2D2 mailbox in your town
Go figure: Scientists determine formula for perfect bacon sandwich
Geek comic of the week: I Saw You