Month: March 2012

Didn’t see this coming: Psychic ability doesn’t really exist

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 15, 2012

Some people are naturally really really good at guessing.

Some are so good at this type of analysis, that their “guesses” can come across as an emphatic psychic power.

Web Watch recalls an experiment that we did once, where we had to read the mind of someone across the room and determine what figure had been drawn on piece of paper.

The first one was easy: a circle. Anybody would have a 50-50 chance at coming up with that one.

The next one was also easy (although we forget whether it was a square, triangle, or other geometric shape), and we got that one correct as well.

It was the third one that cemented in our minds that there can be such a talent as being a mind-reader:

Tags magic, magicians, science

10 Things

Survey says that some men think it’s okay to hit women

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 14, 2012

Seriously?

A recent survey has come out that asked over 1,000 men if it was okay to hit a woman if she did something to make him angry.

Tags 10 Things, domestic violence, Relationships, survey

Travel Websites

How far can I walk in 2 hours?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 13, 2012

Have you ever had a free weekend where you just wanted to head out of town — anywhere — and didn’t have any more solid plan other than “what can we see within a 2-hour drive from here?”

Or asked the same question about how far you could walk or bicycle in a certain timeframe?

Well, worry no more – Web Watch has found a site for you.

Tags exercise, flash, gadget, Maps, Travel, website

10 Things

10 job interview questions that you don’t want potential employers asking you

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 12, 2012

Interviewing for a new job can be a stressful experience. You’re trying to make the best first impression, and the employer liked your resume enough to warrant giving you a chance.

Web Watch believes that anything that’s mentioned on a resume is fair game to talk about during an interview. So if you don’t want to talk about that 8-month stint where you were an executive assistance to Jennifer Anniston if that job didn’t give you any skills that are applicable to what you’re applying for, then you might want to leave that off.

Tags 10 Things, business, career, jobs

10 Things How To Travel Websites

Change your life: do one thing every day that will scare the crap out of you

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 11, 2012

Greg Tung wanted to make this past year the most interesting year of his life.

Inspired by a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt (“Do one thing every day that scares you”), Greg decided that he was going to do just that for 365 days (plus one, to cover for leap year).

Now, everybody’s definition of what makes things “scary” is different. Greg summed “scary” up as things that he would normally go out of his way to avoid doing if he had the choice to do so.

So Greg went ahead to chronicle this personal adventure on his website, SCARE YOURSELF EVERY DAY, which Web Watch will predict will get turned into another one of those great blog-to-book projects we’ve talked about previously (Cake Wrecks, we’re looking at you!). It’s more likely to happen, since as part of the Scare Yourself project, Greg quit his job to focus on his dream of becoming a writer.

Yeah, quitting your job to follow a dream is definitely on everyone’s list of things that can scare the crap out of you.

Tags 10 Things, How To, Party Talk, website

Funny Games Video

Reason #6 why MAGIC: The Gathering games should be covered by ESPN

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 10, 2012

Web Watch has a number of friends who play the collectible card game MAGIC: THE GATHERING.

They get together every week or two to play, have a few beers, and enjoy each other’s company. We’ve tried playing MTG (as the nerds refer to it), but Web Watch just couldn’t get into it. We’ve played online card-based games, such as MONSTER MASTER, and for us they seem to be more fun online than in person — but then again, games like that have simpler rules than MTG would have, which ultimately makes MTG a more interesting game overall.

Tags card games, game, nsfw, Video

10 Things food Travel

The Most Expensive Restaurants in America

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 9, 2012

A few months back, Web Watch wrote about the TOP 100 RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD.

Now, while you may not be able to travel all around the world to eat at one of the top 100 restaurants, you could always try treating yourself by eating at one of these MOST EXPENSIVE RESTAURANTS IN AMERICA.

One thing that these restaurants don’t do that makes them so special? All the things that Web Watch looks for in a quality dining establishment, perfect for date night:

They don’t have chairs/tables bolted to the floor
They don’t have a drive-thru window
They don’t serve free meals for kids with an adult meal purchase

Tags 10 Things, business, food, restaurants, Travel

10 Things Disney Travel

The World’s Best Tourists for 2011

Post author By web gangsta
Post date March 8, 2012

Web Watch does love to travel, and when we do we try to be the best, most considerate traveler we can be.

It’s not always like that, however.

We often find ourselves trying to be extra-polite to cover for those miscreants we run across who just give tourists a bad name. They’re the ones who really ruin siteseeing for everyone.

Do we really need to have a gum-filled wall in Seattle?

Really? Well, it might be considered “art” there… but it’s certainly not considered “art” when seen in a queue line at the local amusement park, is it?

Nope, there it’s just tacky, tacky. Literally, in some places.

Tags 10 Things, Disney, Katy Perry, Las Vegas