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The dream of seemingly every young man, including Bart Simpson, teasing you in the back of many magazines, is now closer to reality. $2400 buys you infrared googles for color voyeurism….

Wow. Charles Fishman and Fast Company have put together a kick ass article on Wal-Mart. “It does more business than Target, Sears, Kmart, J.C. Penney, Safeway, and Kroger combined.” 10% of all Chinese exports to the United States go to Wal-Mart. “It also is not unheard of for Wal-Mart to demand to examine the private financial records of a supplier, and to insist that its margins are too high and must be cut. “…

Is your work/life balance off kilter? “Datamonitor claimed that 12 million European workers are asking for a cut in salary or seeking to work fewer hours because they’re too stressed.” “70 per cent of IT managers are worried that their staff are approaching burnout due to their work loads.”…

Explore the adventurous and exciting world of Krishna, the Hindu god. Flash animated stories….

Feedster Builder will help you construct an RSS feed for sites without one. If you have a free Blogger account, this means you!…

Time magazine carried an interesting essay by George Bush Sr. and Brent Scowcroft in its March 2, 1998 issue. Interestingly it has diappeared from the Time magazine archive, but the reprint is still available….

Bombardier has a prototype named Embrio. What will personal transport look like in 2025? Looks a lot cooler than a Segway!…

MobyDock is a Mac-like application dock using DirectX. Interesting!…

Chris Hayes talks about how Tablet PCs can be used in sports. Good for player meetings and to illustrate plays. I agree, I just wish I had a better way to illustrate a play progression. I can illustrate a corner kick in soccer, but I think the lines representing player runs can be a bit confusing….

New York Times covers the digital adaptation of liner notes and art that has accompanied music for decades. I will have an entire CD downloaded (pirated) but I will still go out and buy the CD for the artwork and lyrics. Pearl Jam usually thinks outside the jewel case. John Mayer’s site rocks because there are lyrics posted for every song. Too bad it’s in Flash. How long until download sites like Napster and iTunes embed lyrics in their media files?…