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, August 22, 2007

Poll: What's your favorite vacation spot?

- A rental house on the beach
- A luxury hotel in a big city
- A bed and breakfast in a quaint little town
- A tent surrounded by spectacular scenery
- In my own home

Answer this poll


WHAT YOU SAID

Barry Bonds home run record: Asterisk or no?

47.8% - Yes! Everyone knows he used steroids
13.0% - No! Who knows what substances ballplayers in other eras used?
39.1% - Barry who? Aster- what?

Answer another poll

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

She's a 10: The best top 10 lists the web has to offer

* Top 10 PDF tricks
* 10 fun things you can do with Google Earth
* Top 10 worst Mario games of all times
* Ten Must have Programs for Windows Mobile Smartphones

See all the tens

Monday, August 20, 2007

Train passengers, concertgoers may provide alternative energy source

Our evil robot overlords in the Matrix movies used humans as batteries by keeping them in vats of goo. But if two MIT grad students have their way, we'll all be generating electricity by our mere presence in large numbers at the same place at the same time.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20201266/


WHAT'S WHIRLING

News: Movies raising a nation of science morons
Tip: Cheating on your spouse? Don't use E-Z Pass
Out of IT: Chinese couple tries to name baby "@"
Web comic of the week: 'Scary Go Round'