This just came

across my radar earlier today - 100 sites to find the Elite in Any Given Field.
So! If your college grad is looking for a position, don’t just settle for Monster.com and the like…also have her or him explore the niche jobs resources available online. Who knows, it might give them […]

Morning!

And where will YOU be tomorrow?
I know where I’ll be - watching DCI The Countdown!
Now, if you’re the parent of a marching band kid (or, ahem, a marching band kid now grown up and a parent), you KNOW this is the movie event to rival Star Wars III! To wit:
…Coming to National CineMedia […]

I just came across

this superbly brilliant article about your child’s college education and their job future. To wit:
…The CPRN says there “appears to be a mismatch between what young Canadians are being trained for and the jobs that are offered,” with the result that many end up pouring coffee, answering phones or […]

I wonder how
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this can be applied to my kids?
….With all the development of alternative energy today, it was bound to come to this: Introducing solar-powered brainwaves.
Well, not exactly. But this “electroencephalogram device” does use sunlight as well as body heat as a power source for a variety of […]

Morning,

From the Cool Cat Teacher - I can really relate to this.
“Alright well, today I missed school to go to the doctor to deal with some breathing problems that I’ve been troubled with and after that, I happened to see a copy of Wikinomics staring at me from behind a Barnes and […]

This is just plain utter cute.

My kids had introduced me to Charlie the Unicorn Part 1 last year; yesterday, Charlie the Unicorn Part II was released. It really started my day off perfectly!
Charlie the Unicorn 1:

Charlie the Unicorn 2:

Enjoy,
Owlbert
ps - Speaking of unicorns!

Three small boxes-unicorn on one inlaid stone on others

UNICORN PENDANT OF […]

During the summer

I am incorporating World of Warcraft into Camp Ling 2008. Imagine my delight when I came across:
Everything I Know About Business I Learned from World of Warcraft
to wit:
… Well, not really… reading good books and personal experience has certainly taught me most of what I know about business, but it’s amazing […]

I will always

have a fondness for AT&T in my heart of hearts; after all, that’s where I met my husband, that’s where I was part of the illustrious Imanager Team, that’s where some of the happiest times in my early adulthood occurred (including discovering Monk’s Work Bench).
So it was with pleasure that I read:
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You know, it’s hard to believe an entire year passed.
One year ago today, over thirty students were massacred at Virginia Tech University.   A horrible, horrible HORRIBLE tragedy, it prompted colleges and universities across America to revisit their campus safety systems and flag troubled students before they self-destruct…and take innocent lives with them.
There are […]

Have you seen

this great post about inspirational engineers? To wit:
…One of the topics I care about is engineers making a real difference in the world. I lived in Singapore and Nigeria while I was growing up and traveled widely. My father was a professor of engineering (chemical, industrial), statistics and business. He was […]