Patrick Barnard

You’ve no doubt heard of BASE jumping – but have you ever seen these “wingsuits” that actually let BASE jumpers “fly” – without the aid of any propulsion system?

A friend of my wife’s shared this video on Vimeo.com with us recently and I was completely awestruck.

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I was combing the wires the other day and I came upon this interesting video showing a demonstration of Sealed Air’s (actually, the Japan division of the company) new “pack in instance” protective foam packaging material.

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I was combing the wires the other day and I came upon this interesting video showing a demonstration of Sealed Air’s (actually, the Japan division of the company) new “pack in instance” protective foam packaging material.

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Think you know an individual or company that was taken by financier Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme, but you’re not 100% sure?

Well, the list of victims (which is still being updated) has been posted on The Wall Street Journal’s Website, so feel free to take a look.

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In case you didn’t hear, there’s “new” scam out there involving Facebook and other social networking sites.

It’s the old “your friend is in trouble” scam – and I doubt it will go very far. The way it works is, a scammer hacks into your Facebook account and then sends status updates to your friends and/or relatives, using the internal Facebook messaging system, telling them that you’re “in trouble” (maybe locked in a jail cell in Canada?) — and that they need to wire some money to help get you out.

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A November consumer survey by Ipsos Public Affairs and SoundBite Communications reveals that almost 130 million Americans planned to rely on loyalty programs for rewards and discounts when shopping for gifts this past holiday season.

Not surprisingly, the study reveals that women are more likely than men to look for, and take advantage of, sales, deals and other ways to curb spending. (Women thriftier shoppers than men? No way!) It shows that roughly 77% of women will take advantage of discounts, coupons and other deals, compared to 65% of men. Nearly 35% of men said that they did not plan to look for deals more than they did last holiday season.

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