Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the World category.
Earth Day, 2008
Filed in Science, World on April 22, 2008 at 11:25 amIt’s Earth Day, which means that it’s the perfect day to save the environment for free, plant trees, and donate to a few charities like The Nature Conservancy and The Conservation Fun.
Want to do more to help the environment? This list of fifty ways to help the planet should offer plenty of inspiration.
Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2008
Filed in Freeware, Technology, World on November 10, 2007 at 3:39 pmThe Wikimedia Foundation needs your help to cover their expected costs for 2008. Please keep in mind that the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates several multilingual and free-content projects. Please donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to keep Wikipedia and the rest of their free services alive and online for us, our children, and our children’s children.
Save the Environment for Free
Filed in Noteworthy, Science, World on October 15, 2007 at 12:07 amYou’ve probably heard it all before, “For just pennies a day . . . For a one-time donation of . . . With your annual membership . . .” Well, I’m going to say something a little bit different today.
For just minutes a day, you can improve the quality of the environment for yourself [...]
A Massive Pet Food Recall
Filed in General, World on April 7, 2007 at 7:31 pmDid you know that a massive pet food recall has been in place since March 16th? I sure didn’t, but I’m glad to know that, out of all of our pet food, only one bag of cat treats may have been contaminated, and all of our cats are fine. In response to reported [...]
The Extended Daylight Savings Time of 2007
Filed in General, Technology, World on March 10, 2007 at 6:48 pmIt’s March 10th of 2007, which means that it’s almost time to try out the newly extended Daylight Savings Time. For most of the United States and Canada, Daylight Savings Time (DST) will be extended by four weeks this year, beginning three weeks earlier at 2AM tomorrow (March 11th) and ending one week later [...]
Donate to Support Wikimedia for 2007
Filed in Freeware, Technology, World on December 19, 2006 at 9:57 amThe Wikimedia Foundation needs your help to cover their expected costs for 2007. Please keep in mind that the Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization which operates several multilingual and free-content projects. Please donate to the Wikimedia Foundation to keep Wikipedia and the rest of their free services alive and online for us, [...]
Apple Releases the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED
Filed in MacMerc, Technology, World on October 13, 2006 at 10:41 pmApple has released the new iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED, a special edition iPod nano that helps in the fight against AIDS. According to MacMerc:
Apple today announced the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition. (RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver to engage business in the fight against AIDS in Africa by getting the [...]
