LawrenceCheok
1805 Karma Points
I am a personal development blogger, a husband, a son, and a truth seeker.
"It's not what you say that matters, it's what you do..."
Singapore
My Groups:
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Web 2.0 cage match: Microsoft vs. Yahoo CNET News.com view story
53 votes- Submitted by DerivativeRe
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-...)
Microsoft + Yahoo will be a clash of products and cultures. In some cases, a Microsoft app might replace a Yahoo app. But in more cases, products from Yahoo, a company built for the online platform, will be the ones to survive. Here are likely outcomes f
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Bush budget would nearly freeze domestic spending view story
144 votes- Submitted by Zaibatsu
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.reuters.com/article/ne...)
President George W. Bush will propose freezing most domestic spending in his upcoming 2009 budget and will seek big cost savings from government health care programs, a U.S. official said on Thursday. In a...
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Fed Cuts Interest Rates by a Half-Point view story
26 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.npr.org/templates/stor...)
With economic growth grinding to a halt, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again Wednesday, this time by half a percentage point. Just before it did, the Commerce Department reported some dismal growth figures for the end of last year. The Fed hopes
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Blasts kills top Afghan official view story
24 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 9 months ago
- (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_...)
The deputy governor of Afghanistan's Helmand province is killed in a bomb attack on a mosque.
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YouTubers given share of ad cash view story
27 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 9 months ago
- (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techno...)
UK contributors to YouTube will get the chance to earn money from advertisements.
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Thumb Wrestling Ring view photo
33 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.pauldavidson.net/wp-co...)
For the most bored of the unemployed.
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The Fog of War view photo
45 votes- Submitted by Hotfuzz
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.danzfamily.com/archive...)
There are a lot of second guessers out there but most of them wouldn't put their life on the line for it.
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Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead-"I think all politicians are a**holes" view story
24 votes- Submitted by MarkCarras
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.classicrockrevisited.c...)
I think all politicians are a**holes. I remember back in 1966 when Harold Wilson got elected in England. I went to see him speak at the public square in Manchester. I remember thinking, "What a f*cking liar." I noticed that there was nobody to vote for; t
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InfoQ: Debate: Is Maven the right tool for builds? view story
13 votes- Submitted by robdiana
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/01...)
Recently, there has been a lot of debate around the usefulness Maven, which is a Java-based build and dependency management tool being used in many projects. InfoQ took a closer look at this debate to understand what issues are being encountered, and what
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theBookseller.com view story
5 votes- Submitted by HannibalCat
- 9 months ago
- (http://www.thebookseller.com/news...)
Arts Council of England blasted for funding cuts.

