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10 Things NOT to do while eating at a restaurant

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 4, 2011

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip–Confessions of a Cynical Waiter

Eating out is fun for us, the customer.

We get some (usually) good food, brought to us by (usually) attentive waitstaff.

Sometimes, everything lives up to our expectations; sometimes it doesn’t. That’s the risk we take when we decide to put our food preparation into someone else’s hands rather than doing it ourselves.

But there is a flip-side to everything. Which is why Web Watch readers should pay attention to these TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T DO WHILE DINING OUT, as compiled by Jessica, a former food-service employee and inspired by stories she’s read on WAITER RANT, a blog of restaurant horror stories.

Tags 10 Things, food, restaurants, shopping

Disney shopping

Q: What does Mickey Mouse smell like? A: mint, chocolate, and the sea

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 3, 2011
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Jitterbug Perfume

Have you ever wanted to smell like Walt Disney World or Disneyland?

Have you ever wanted to smell like a true magical fantasy?

Well, now’s your chance as The Disney Stores have decided to launch an exclusive perfume and fragrance line that captures the scentual essence of what “Disney” means.

Tags Beauty, cosmetics, Disney, Disney Store, shopping

How To Websites

Adopting? Try a “pregnancy” photo gallery

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 2, 2011

Deluxe Belly Cast & Bold Decorating Kit

Everywhere you look there are pictures of smug pregnant women.

Women who are thrilled with being pregnant, proud to show off their baby-oven – whether it be with belly casts or pumpkin paint.

And there’s nothing wrong with this. Many articles have been written about how some women become more beautiful to their spouses when they’re pregnant. How pregnancy only enhances her looks as she changes from “woman” to “mother”.

But there shouldn’t be a double-standard on this.

Tags babies, How To, parenting, photography, pregnancy, website

News

New census form has three checkboxes for “sex”

Post author By web gangsta
Post date June 1, 2011

It's PAT
SNL’s IT’S PAT

There’s the old joke that too many people think is funny when the census form comes around every few years: “Sex”?

And Mr Jokey-Pants will not want to answer “Male” or “Female”, but rather “Yes” or “Last Night”.

Ha ha? Not so much.

But that’s not stopping the census takers in Nepal from deciding to really for-real add a third option to the census form beyond the traditional “Male” and “Female” options.

Tags News, Relationships

Disney Gadgets Travel Websites

What Was There? A photographic journey through history

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 31, 2011

World Map

The more things change, the more things change.

Some places are known for blowing the existing up and rebuilding from the ashes, history be damned. Other places embrace their history, making it difficult for any new development to take place lest it disturb the historical (in)significance of what’s present.

That’s why Web Watch loves websites like WHAT WAS THERE, as it tries to capture the glory of history, without worrying about keeping the march of progress down.

Tags Disney, history, photography, Travel, website

Disney How To Internet

How to fix Internet Explorer from showing mobile versions of websites (like Disney.com)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 30, 2011

Snow White Apple Macbook Sticker
Sticker for back of the Apple Macbook:
“Snow White holding a Poison Apple”

Perhaps you’ve run into this issue yourself: you’re happily cruising around the Internet using Internet Explorer 8 or Internet Explorer 9 – most likely in Windows Vista or Windows 7.

Everything seems fine for pretty much every website you hit.

Until you visit a website… like DISNEY.COM… and you are shown a mobile version of their site.

Tags Disney, How To, Internet, mobile

Gadgets Science

Invention of the future: A strap-on fetal monitor

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 29, 2011

The Baby Owner's Manual
The Baby Owner’s Manual

Are you pregnant?

Ever wonder what it would be like if your belly had a big glass window like your oven does, so you can glance at your developing child any time you wanted? Yeah, it would put new meaning to the phrase “a bun in the oven”.

It ends up that Melody Shiue has designed what could very well be the answer to your prayers:

Tags babies, gadget, inventions, parenting, pregnancy, science

Science

Science proves that size DOES matter. Taint so?

Post author By web gangsta
Post date May 28, 2011
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Tainted Love

Science is a wonderful thing.

You know how women say that “size doesn’t really matter”? It ends up that size really does matter – but not because women think they like it better that way.

Nope. It ends up that size has a direct correlation to sperm count. In other words, the larger the size, the more fertile sperm are around to help in the baby-making.

It’s about this time that Web Watch will like to point out that we may not be talking “size” of the same thing here. So let’s explain:

Tags medical, Relationships, science