Month: April 2010

Number one on our list of “Things to do before 30”? Have $10,000 in savings

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 14, 2010

Frogs Eye View of Life's Great Lessons
A Frog’s Eye View of Life’s Great Lessons

Floating around the Internet are any number of THINGS TO DO BEFORE YOU TURN 30. This list, for example, includes the following:

Write a book
Start a budget
Volunteer in a developing country
Enjoy a really expensive bottle of wine
Learn to play the guitar
Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
Learn to scuba dive
Take a road trip
Eat fearlessly
Teach a child to do something
Cook like Mom and Dad
Go skydiving
Read the Bible
Get a tattoo
Learn to sail
Kick your worst vice
Buy some adult toys for yourself
Begin an investment portfolio
Build your own website
Go to a psychic
Go deep-sea fishing
Run a marathon
Pay off all your debt
Go on a yoda/meditation retreat
Join an improv troupe
Learn a new language
Learn to swing dance
Bluff your way into a job you’re totally not qualified for
Go on an African safari
Go on a pilgrimage

Tags 10 Things, How To, Party Talk

News

Science shows that spanking kids leads to aggressive behavior

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 13, 2010

Discipline without Distress - responsible punishment without spanking
Punish without Spanking

A RECENT STUDY BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS has determined that PARENTS WHO SPANK THEIR CHILDREN END UP RAISING CHILDREN WITH MORE AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES.

Tags medical, News, science

Games Video Games

Flash Fun: Tiny Castle

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 12, 2010

Miner 2049er

Remember when Web Watch brought you ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED and how much fun you had with unlocking all those achievements in that game?

Well, we’re back with another game called TINY CASTLE, which is reminiscent of the classic MINER 2049er or DARK CASTLE updated for a new era.

Tags flash, game

food How To

Bartenders ignore you on purpose. Here are some tips to make that drink come faster

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 11, 2010

Bartender Warning

Web Watch knows the best way to get a drink at the bar: Tip noticably well on the first round.

Even if the drinks are free, such as at an open-bar wedding, you should tip big when you have the opportunity to do so and be noticed. A $20 bill at the right time early in the evening will do wonders for you later at night. Perhaps a heavier pour, speedier service, an extra drink made available after the bar is “officially” closed for the evening.

All for $20.

Tags alcohol, food, How To

10 Things How To

Tips to Help Avoid Being Laid Off. Number one on the list? Don’t give them a reason to do so

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 10, 2010

Eight steps to getting back on your feet when you're fired, laid off, or your business ventures has failed--and finding more job satisfaction than ever before
Eight steps to follow when you’re fired or laid off

If you’ve ever worked at a company where there’s even a hint of a threat that layoffs could be coming, you need to make sure that you’ve worked your way into a position where there is as little of a chance that your name would be written down onto The List of Those To Be Let Go as possible.

That’s right – in order to not give them a reason to lay you off, you need to lay the groundwork ahead of time by following at least these TIPS FOR HELPING TO AVOID GETTING LAID OFF.

Tags 10 Things, business, How To

Book Funny Websites

Need another laugh for the day? Read John Lindsay’s “Emails from an Asshole”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 9, 2010

Emails from an Asshole

Everybody needs a good laugh once in a while, even if the laugh ends up coming at someone else’s expense.

This is why Web Watch occasionally wanders over to EMAILS FROM AN ASSHOLE to take a gander on what John Lindsay has cooked up.

Yes, this is another blog-to-book deal, and just like the others, this one is pretty funny.

Tags Book, website

Gadgets Websites

Find out how many miles your computer mouse travels in a day

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 8, 2010
1 Comment on Find out how many miles your computer mouse travels in a day

If you’re like Web Watch, you’re constantly using your computer mouse to move that pointer around the screen all day long. (Actually, if you were like Web Watch, you’d long ago learned those useful keyboard shortcuts to keep you from having to use the mouse at all…but that’s another story for another day.)

Still, have you ever wondered HOW MANY MILES YOUR MOUSE MOVES OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY? Of course you have. One study even determined that the average computer mouse moves up to a mile in a single week.

Tags gadget, website

Games

The Scrabble rule change doesn’t affect anyone who already knows how to play

Post author By web gangsta
Post date April 7, 2010

Scrabble Champion shirt

The recent announcement from Mattel concerning CHANGING THE SCRABBLE RULESET TO ALLOW FOR PROPER NAMES AND OTHER BLASPHEMY is really not that big a deal.

First, some perspective. How exactly is the game being modified?

Celebrity names and other proper nouns will now be allowed. What comprises the proper spelling of specific proper names will be left to the discretion of the players at the time the play is made. In some families, for example, the name “Micheal” may be the proper way to spell the name “Michael” – to them, that would be an acceptable play.
Players will be able to spell words backwards on the game board, reading from right-to-left or bottom-to-top instead of the traditional directions. Web Watch kinda likes this idea.
Players will now be able to play words that aren’t connected to any other words on the board. Web Watch is not such a fan of this.
The rules are only being applied to a special edition of the game being released in Britain – the traditional game and its rules are not being modified at all.

Tags board games, game, language, Scrabble