Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Do you still have stray Newport Pell Bridge tokens rattling around in your car? If so, the obsolete tokens can still be of use.The Johnnycake Center of Peace Dale is asking Rhode Islanders to donate their remaining tokens by dropping them in marked receptacles at businesses throughout South County.The cash value — 83 cents — will go to the center, which runs a soup...
Yatter Matters (Free subscription) | yesterday
North Vancouver Detached 30 Days North Vancouver Detached real estate market during the past 30 day period of October 29,2009 to November 28,2009, seems in step with with a number of neighbourhoods, on the east and west side of Vancouver (see back posts). Unlike the Lions prominently captured in this picture taken last summer from [...]
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
By Jennifer D. Jordan SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Do you still have stray Newport Pell Bridge tokens rattling around in your car? If so, the obsolete circular tokens can still be of use. The Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale is asking Rhode Islanders to donate their remaining tokens, dropping them in marked receptacles located at businesses throughout South County. The cash value -- 83 cents -- will all...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Microsoft has announced that it has made five web specifications available under the recently penned Open Web Foundation Agreement (OWFa). - Microsoft has announced that it has made five web specifications available under the recently penned Open Web Foundation Agreement (OWFa). Microsoft officials said the five specifications now available under the Open Web Foundation Agreement are: Version 0.9:...
Inside Social Games (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Social developer Challenge Games is known for producing relatively deep yet uncomplicated games. Ranging from medieval politics sto satirical corporations, it has been able to make something interesting out of genres one might otherwise see as oversaturated. The same is true for an older Facebook game of the company’s, GridIron Live. This football game is [...]
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Michelle Deleon is one of the TTC riders hoarding her tokens.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Bulk TTC token sales have been cut off until Jan. 3 because transit bosses don't want frugal riders hoarding any more of them ahead of a planned fare hike.
MTV Newsroom (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
On Saturday (November 21), Julien's Auctions sold over 80 pieces of Michael Jackson memorabilia, including the famous sparkly glove the late legend wore during the 1983 "Motown 25" television special (the same event where he debuted the moonwalk). All told, the 80 items were expected to net around $120,000, but the 3,500 registered bidders drove [...]
Law and Magic Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Prosecutors obtained a plea deal with a Chesco, Pennsylvania, woman who was originally charged with violating the state statute against fortune telling, a third degree misdemeanor. Instead, April Seven Uwanawich pled to the lesser charge of criminal mischief and made...
gco2e (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Saw this at Costa's today * Granted, my savings are tokens of the real work I have done in producing wealth so far. I want to build an accumulation for hard times and/or old age. But so what! Why do I expect to get interest on my savings ? What exactly have I done to earn interest ? How have my savings been invested to return more than inflation ? If my money is being invested in capital,
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
TTC commissioners are poised today to hit riders with a fare hike.
Tobold's MMORPG Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Let me tell you how a typical play session of mine goes: Usually I first log on those of my World of Warcraft characters with a daily cooldown, like the alchemist transforming a rare gem into an epic gem once a day. Send the epic gem to my jewel crafter, who not only cuts the gem and sends it on to the bank alt, but also does his daily jewelcrafting quest, to get the tokens to buy new recipes. Then...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Token hoarding is going to take at least a $1-million toll on the TTC's bottom line next year.
GigaOM (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
A pair of slices from a massive scrape of Twitter’s API could be of great use to programmers and researchers alike — as long as users don’t mind. The company behind the mining effort, Infochimps, is trying to demonstrate and promote its data aggregation service while offering up some useful information to interested parties. At the [...]
Transit Toronto - Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
So many people are wanting to buy transit tokens before fares increase in the New Year, that the TTC is now limiting passengers to buying just five at a time . This reduces the 10-token limit that the TTC only announced on Friday. You can still buy five tokens from all collector booths in rapid transit stations and just one from token vending machines at automatic entrances where no collector is on...
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