Republicans like to talk big about “family values.” These tables show that by their standards, the current crop of Democratic presidential contenders is a much more faithful bunch.
(The candidates included are a bit selective. For instance, Sen. Chris Dodd is not included in the Democratic table, and he’s been divorced once.)
How Stuff Works has posted an interesting article that details how Netflix works — from the recommendation engine to the distribution centers.
Two interesting tidbits:
Only about 30 percent of Netflix rentals are newly-released DVDs, but at most video-rental stores, 70 percent of rentals are new movies.
Netflix circulates 95 percent of its 75,000 titles every three months.
Clearly […]
Problem #1: My son has too many toys. He’s blessed with generous grandparents, aunts, uncles, and somewhat invertebrate parents who sometimes buy him stuff he doesn’t really need.
Problem #2: Washington DC has over 7,000 children in families applying for emergency shelter each year. These kids don’t have enough toys.
So when we recently invited a few […]
ABC has announced that we won’t learn all of the answers to the never-ending spiral of mysteries on “Lost” for another three years!
Lisa de Moraes explains:
The creative team behind the weedy tangle of a series will get exactly 48 more chances to explain away the airplane, the island, the hatch, the polar bears, the smoke […]
Campaign Tracker, a new feature on washingtonpost.com, maps the locations of the presidential candidates’ events. You can browse by candidate, state and date. You can even subscribe to an RSS feed for a specific individual candidate or state. Rockin’.
Washingtonpost.com has been publishing an excellent high-definition podcast — the first HD podcast I’ve subscribed to.
The episodes cover a range of topics — from Darfur to DC. Each is a short video “postcard.” Among the best are the videos of the presidential primary candidates. There are episodes showing Barack Obama receiving an endorsement by Governor […]
Since my previous post comparing online backup services, I’ve found a series of useful articles by Joe Kissell about online backup services for Macs. The offerings are changing and improving rapidly, and Joe provides excellent updates in these articles:
12 Ways to Backup Your Mac Online (March 21, 2007)
Online Backup Options Expand (April 9, 2007)
Two Online […]