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The History and Facts about Craigslist - Infographics

The history of Craigslist shows how a simple idea can turn into a multi-billiion dollar revenue stream. Similar example is Facebook which started as a way to keep in touch with friends in a school and now is worth several billion dollars. Though, Craigslist has been associated with lots of controversies like sex trafficking, Craigslist killer, exchange of iPod with Marijuana etc. Controversies aside, craigslist is a TO-GO source of information and deals for lots of Americans. When you want to trade your old phone with something better, that's the only place to check out first. Check out the infographics below to learn more:
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Posted July 21, 2010
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What your email address says about your computer skills

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Posted May 31, 2010
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Only great minds can/should read this!

This is weird, but interesting!
If yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is t aht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
If you could raed tihs laeve a cmmenot hree to let us konw. And feel fere to sahre with yuor fiernds.

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Posted January 28, 2010
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English is a funny language - Final Part

After two solid proofs here and here, I am sure you agree that English is a very funny language. 

Now in this last part, I want to show you a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP.' 
  • It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
  • At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? 
  • Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ?
  • We call UP our friends.
  • And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver; we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. 
  • We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
  • People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.
  • To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
  • A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.. 
  • We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. 
  • We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! 
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the dictionary. 
  • In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
  • If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. 
  • It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP,you may wind UP with a hundred or more. 
  • When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP . 
  • When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP...
  • When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
  • When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so........it is time to shut UP because it all will look made UP! 
Now it's UP to you what you do with this post.  Hope you will share....

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Posted December 16, 2009
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English is a funny language - Part 2

As we saw in part 1, English is a crazy language.

  • There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. 
  • English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France . 
  • Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. 
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that 
  • Quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. 
  • And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? 
  • If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? 
  • One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? 
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? 
  • If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? 
  • If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? 
Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.. 
  • In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? 
  • Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? 
  • Have noses that run and feet that smell? 
  • How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? 
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which 
  • your house can burn up as it burns down, 
  • you fill in a form by filling it out and 
  • an alarm goes off by going on. 
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. 

PS. - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick' ?  Do you agree that English is a Funny Language...

Stay tuned for the last and final part of this series and please share....

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Posted December 15, 2009
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English is a funny language - Part 1

You think English is an easy language.  I say, it is a funny language.
Remember that "Namak Halal" dialogue where Amitabh says, "English is a very funny language where Baron becomes Bhairon and Bhairon become Baron...etc etc.."
Now you can see it yourself.  I have split this post in parts.  This is Part 1 of that series.  Enjoy...

CLEVER USES OF WORDS:
  • The bandage was wound around the wound. 
  • The farm was used to produce produce. 
  • The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
  • He could lead if he would get the lead out.
  • The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
  • Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. 
  • A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
  • When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
  • I did not object to the object. 
  • The insurance was invalid for the invalid. 
  • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  • They were too close to the door to close it. 
  • The buck does funny things when the does are present.
  • The farmer taught his sow to sow.
  • The wind was too strong to wind the sail. 
  • Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
  • I had to subject the subject to a series of tests. 
  • How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend? 
Hope you like these clever uses of words in English.  Stay tuned for more in the following posts...

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Posted December 14, 2009
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Americans give $300 Billion to Charities in a year [via Mint]
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Awesome analysis report on Charitable Contributions by Americans

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Posted December 11, 2009
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Who is getting Rich Off the iPhone [via GigaOM]
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Posted December 11, 2009
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How Chain emails changed my life FOREVER?

I  just want to thank all of you for your  educational e-mails over the past year. I am  totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.

Here is what you have done to me with your chain emails that you send to 100s of people like me:

  • I no longer open a public bathroom  door  without using a paper towel or have them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel.
  • I can't use the remote in a hotel  room  because I don't know what the last person was  doing while flipping through the adult movie  channels.I can't sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.
  • I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot).
  • Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of Trans fats I have consumed over the years. 
  • I can't touch any woman's purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a  public bathroom.
  • I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown) who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.
  • I no longer have any money at  all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000  that Bill Gates/ Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.
  • I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St.Theresa's Novena has  granted my every wish.
  • I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.
  • I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.
  • THANKS  TO YOU I  have learned that my prayers only get answered  if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five  minutes.
  • BECAUSE  OF YOUR CONCERN, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.
  • I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won't crawl in my back seat when I'm pumping gas.
  • I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put 'Under God' on their cans.
  • I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.
  • AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I can't boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face... Disfiguring me for life.
  • I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS. 
  • I no longer go to shopping  malls  because someone will drug me with a perfume  sample and rob me. 
  • I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.
  • I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don't support our American troops or the Salvation Army.
  • I no longer answer the  phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan.
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That's how with the tremendous information your guys provided me changed my life forever.  I am in debt forever.  I don't know if I can ever repay that.

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Posted December 8, 2009
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The Invisible Man - Lost in its surroundings

This guy really paints himself in such a way that he mixes with the surroundings.  This is not a trick photography.

Don't you feel amazed.  In some of the pictures, you need to actually search for him, he is so invisible.

                       
Click here to download:
The_Invisible_Man_-_Lost_in_it.zip (933 KB)

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Posted November 19, 2009
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