"So you want to get a new iPhone. Well, today's the day to do it: pre-orders started Friday morning at Apple's Web site and carrier Web sites, though supplies are going fast. This time around, Apple's given you two new iPhone options to chose between: the iPhone 6, with a 4.7-inch screen, or the iPhone 6 Plus, with a whopping 5.5-inch screen. Here are four reasons you might consider that big, big screen -- and getting a new wardrobe with bigger pockets along with it -- plus, a few caveats."
Scratches to Sketches
Friday, 12 September 2014
This is why Starbucks employees always spell your name wrong : The Loop
"Seriously, who spells Michael with a "Y"?
We've definitely all been there: It's early in the morning. You're tired. You're in Starbucks, eagerly awaiting the arrival of your favourite caffeinated beverage — your only escape from the 9-5 woes — when it happens.
"Nykal"
Seriously? Not Micheal. Not Mike. Not Michelle even — freaking Nykal. It's the kind of rage that'll make you want to throw your hot beverage right over the counter (but seriously, don't do that).
So why does it keep happening? Why do Starbucks employees seem to ALWAYS spell your name wrong? The answer, according to this "barista", is that they're doing it all on purpose.
Check out the video above."
Newsweek Europe Exclusive: Russian Soldiers Reveal the Truth Behind Putin's Secret War
Is anyone the slightest bit surprised?
"While Nato sat down for a summit to decide what to do about the war in Ukraine, and Vladimir Putin negotiated a ceasefire deal with Kiev, Russian society recoiled from reports about secret funerals of soldiers killed in Ukraine: missing sons, calls from husbands begging their wives to save them from battle, bodies with missing limbs arriving in coffins to Nizhny Novgorod, Orenburg, Pskov, Murmansk, Dagestan and other regions of Russia. The death toll for Russian soldiers jumped to more than 200 soldiers in a few days, between August 12th and September 2nd, in a war that was, officially, not happening."
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Sketches from scratches is a provocative blogspot that has grown out of the Wuh Lax experience. It is eclectic, which means that it might consider just about anything from the simple to the extremely difficult. A scratch can be something that is troubling me or a short line on paper. From a scratch comes a verbal sketch or image sketch of the issue or subject. Other sites have other stuff that should really be of interest to the broad reader. I try to develop themes, but variety often comes before depth.
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