Weekly News Roundup
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– Capitol Hill Style has some great tips for newbies, including this: “Wear underwear.” It's an oldie, but a goodie.
– According to The Onion, a new study finds that working at work improves productivity. Who knew?
– Jezebel advises how to get out of any conversation (and quotes Kat in the process).
– Happy Breast Cancer Awareness month! Second City Style did the hard work and figured out which pink-themed products actually donate the most to the cause.
– Have a laptop? There are lots of great tidbits to learn in this NYT article about some of the biggest errors that people make with their computers.
– I've talked before of my fondness for Mint — Lifehacker has some great ways to make it even safer.
– Finally: I have the words “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” taped to my monitor, but I forgot exactly where they came from until this week. WSJ republished the rest of that commencement address from Steve Jobs this week — R.I.P..
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Kat, the Second City Style link is actually to the NYT article.
d’oh! fixed now.
Excellent. Thanks for posting the link; I always want to make sure my “pink” purchases are actually doing some good for maximum value.
Just checking, you know that the onion is a satirical site and that all the stories there aren’t real, right?
I think the comment “who knew?” lets us know Kat is in on the joke.
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish” is probably better than the Steve Jobs quote that I have taped to my monitor: “Remember that you’ll be dead soon.” At the very least, it’s a good conversation starter, right?
Hunger and foolishness only leads me to the drive-thru.