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, November 28, 2007

POLL: What's your preferred investment strategy?

- Angel-funding promising startup
- High risk, high growth stocks
- Stock in reliable blue chip companies
- Professionally managed mutual funds
- Money market funds or CDs
- Canned goods and ammunition for my bunker

Vote now!


LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

Gentlemen: What facial hair do you sport?

Mustache alone - 17.8%
Soul patch - 1.0%
Sideburns - 2.0%
Goatee (with mustache) - 15.8%
Goatee (without mustache) - 2.0%
Goatee plus sideburns - 5.9%
Full beard (neatly trimmed) - 12.9%
Full beard (somewhat unruly) - 6.9%
Full beard (mountain man style) - 2.0%
None - a clean face is a sign of a clean soul - 33.7%

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Did badly in school? Blame your initials

If you were a mediocre student, don't blame yourself for your bad study skills, or your teachers for failing to inspire a love of learning. Blame your parents for naming you Chester or Doris. Researchers at UC San Diego found that people whose first names begin with C or D are more likely to be C or D students. Those who had K as a first initial were more likely to be good pitchers ("K" being the baseball shorthand for a strikeout). ...read more


WHAT'S WHIRLING

- Bill Nye the Science Guy fails at romantic chemistry
- Man-sized scorpions haunted ancient rivers
- Rogue cell phone bedevils Iowa 911 operators
- Mad scientists convince robots, cockroaches to join forces
- Geek Comic of the Week: Wireheads
- Top 10 ways to destroy earth
- 20 worst VC investments


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