Emails more damaging than cannabis
Those distracted by incoming email, phone calls and text messages saw a 10-point fall in their IQ, more than twice that found in studies of the impact of smoking cannabis, according to the researchers.
A reminder to “forget” your cellphone/blackberry/pager every once in a while.

Reading the Japan train wreck story this morning on NY Times and clicked on the slideshow feature. The usual NY Times multimedia presentation intro screen came up, followed by an animated advertisement. There was an option to skip the ad, which I did. This feature has never bothered me - as [...]

Google Testing Animated GIF Ads
Google.com will still display just text-based ads (wouldn’t want it any other way!), but things will get more interesting for those advertisers using the Adsense program.

Yahoo! Research Labs
The old-school giant, Yahoo, is taking on the innovative Google Labs. Things should get interesting over the next few months, but some already say Yahoo is the new Google.

Do we as Americans work way too much?
A friend of mine from Switzerland dropped by for a visit and before long, we sparked a conversation on work, money and quality of life. Americans in general have been steadily working harder longer and longer hours since the 1970s while per capita hours mostly [...]