benrasmusen
592 Karma Points
Freelance Web Developer, living life.
Colorado Springs, CO
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Stop the violence! Arm the teachers! Wait…what? view story
3 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.ryanwaggoner.com/2008/...)
I saw this great story today about how a North Texas school district may start allowing teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons in the school when classes start later this month. The policy was devised to help prevent school shootings...
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Bigfoot Discovery Unveiled In Palo Alto view photo
4 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08...)
Over the past few days the media has been buzzing about a trio of men who claim to have found Bigfoot
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xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe view photo
8 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://xkcd.com/463/)
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Why Safe Kids Are Becoming Fat Kids - WSJ.com view story
6 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1...)
Just when we thought playgrounds were accident-proof -- no more merry-go-rounds, high slides, jungle gyms, seesaws or pretty much anything that's fun -- it turns out that safety itself can be dangerous. A recent heat wave in New York exposed a new playgro
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CO2Stats Compensates For Your Site’s Pollution view story
4 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08...)
Yesterday Y Combinator backed CO2Stats announced the launch of a fully functional version of their emissions measuring service for websites. The launch comes ...
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Facebook Gets Slapped With Another Lawsuit Over Beacon, Wishes It Could Opt Out view story
5 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08...)
Facebook's controversial and widely-disdained Beacon service, which it originally introduced in November, has led to the company behind slapped with another class action ...
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Zapproved: A Lightweight Meeting Killer - ReadWriteWeb view story
2 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archi...)
Want to go to fewer meetings at work? By making group decision making faster, easier and more accountable, new app Zapproved may help you avoid hours of painful ...
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5 Things I learned from being rich and losing it all - John Reel's Blog view story
2 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://johnreel.com/blog/2008/08/...)
I once had enough money to do whatever I wanted thanks to a successful start-up. Sadly, like most lottery winners, I was unprepared for this and mismanaged my new-found wealth. This is what I learned from being rich for a little while.
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Apple Now Worth More Than Google - Mac Rumors view story
2 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/...)
Digital Daily notes that Apple's market capitalization at $159.37 billion is now worth more than Google's which is at $157.56 billion. Apple's market cap first exceeded $100 billion in May of 2007.
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When Apple's reach exceeds its grasp - MacWorld view story
3 votes- Submitted by benrasmusen
- 3 months ago
- (http://www.macworld.com/article/1...)
The troubled release of MobileMe, along with iPhone 2.0 and App Store snags, suggests that perhaps Apple is trying to create too many innovative products at once, says Jason Snell.

