Given that most have our sense of self-worth tied up in our ability to provide for ourselves, I would argue that begging for change is a bit of an ego-killer, far worse than offering a legitimate business service or product and getting value for it. The same goes for those homeless who sell newspapers for change. …

So where exactly is the harm? Is it that the homeless guy offering the hotspot service will have his feelings hurt because he's been dehumanized? He has the option of not taking part in the exercise if he doesn't want to.

Before the homeless hotspots, the homeless got:

If by "CO2" they mean the ingredients found in chocolate-covered cream-filled donuts, and a bucket of chicken and french fries - then yes, CO2 is definitely the culprit.

Wow. We posted the same video at the exact same time. How often does that happen?

Reminiscent of this:

Here's the part from the original article that bothers me:

And here it is, from a different angle:

The new iPad? Really? That was deliberate. Tim Cook is taking a big old page out of Steve Jobs book and creating more marketing buzz by deliberately not calling it anything we expected. Kind of like the final scene in "The Sopranos". Ugh. Wanted to throw my handy-dandy iPad2 3G 64 GB at the wall. But didn't.

There are, but you have to do careful research before buying. After trying a few bad ones, I ended up with a Timex one that was consistently accurate. Right up until it fell off of my belt, never to be seen again.

From my experience in Paris, I'll bet you probably do end up walking close to 10,000 steps. It's almost impossible not to walk that much around there. Just for fun, you should check it out by grabbing a pedometer and using it for a few days.

I have as well. And I've known a few upwardly mobile ambitious people who have broken the stereotype of the wealthy. They're not immediately obvious about it, preferring to silently help others where they can, without fanfare.

Whatever the origin, this is one word that will go away, no matter how often think-tanks want to get rid of it during the obligatory annual year-end dictionary purges.

Seems like the old chicken and egg argument Do people become greedy bastards as they accumulate more? Or do people accumulate more because they're greedy bastards?

It would surely suck if your life was abnormally lengthened, and you had a painful and chronic illness.

The sub-story to this is also compelling: the guy didn't use his own IP to post those ads. Police showed up to his neighbour's house - and the neighbour (I'm guessing, sheepishly) admitted he hadn't put a password on his router.

This is a good point. The price of a McNugget may or may not be a good barometer, but that truly is a North American comparison. I'd like to know what the true cost of living is over there. I'm guessing it's still bad, but maybe not quite as bad as we would think. Does the average resident there want McDonald's…

*Very* helpful article, Kyle. Thanks! (Sincerely)

I want to see OS XI Honey Badger.

That is a beautiful clip. I couldn't help thinking though: it seemed like a fairly dangerous thing to do. It was risky enough snowboarding in the dark - but having all those lights on the guy would make it even more difficult to see anything, because his eyes couldn't adjust to the dark. And yet there he was,…