Sipping Scotch in New York City

If you happen to be in New York rather than Scotland, don't despair. Your Scotch Whiskey options are almost as good! An interesting item in The New York Times points out a half-dozen great places in the city to get acquainted with some of the finest Scotches money can buy. First and foremost, the Brandy ...

Doggy treadmill gets your pup in shape

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsFor those of you out there whipping your offspring into shape by utilizing the Step2Play middleman, and burning your own fair share of calories on the GameRunner, it's about time Rover joined the fray, eh? The Dog Walker treadmill helps prevent doggy obesity and apparently relieves ...

Costco Bias Suit Is Given Class-Action Status

The lawsuit on behalf of 700 female workers claimed that the retailer had systematically discriminated against women seeking jobs as managers.

Geek to Live: Six webapps to help keep your New Year's resolutions

by Gina Trapani Ok goal-setters, we're three days into 2007 - is your New Year's resolve flagging? Lots of you

Web Predictions - What Will Come in 2007

Read/Write Web gives us their 2007 Web Predictions, and it is one big list. My favorite: RSS will go mainstream.

Project management in a nutshell

Lifehacker alum Keith Robinson wrote up a brief rundown of how he manages projects at his startup design firm. The whole essay is a good read for anyone who has to keep a big task on track, but I particularly like this bit about consistent - and honest - communication: It's surprising how much a quick ...

Finals Prep Roundup

Aside from increased holiday cheer, the end of the year means it's finals time for our many student-readers out there. That means it's time for a roundup of tips to help prepare and tackle those oh-so-important exams and term papers. How to pull an all-nighter LitSum free, online Clif Notes How to make ...

Where Work Is a Religion, Work Burnout Is Its Crisis of Faith

"People who are suffering from burnout tend to describe the sensation in metaphors of emptiness--they're a dry teapot over a high flame, a drained battery that can no longer hold its charge. Thirteen years, three books, and dozens of papers into his profession, Barry Farber, a professor at Columbia Teachers ...

Screenshot Tour: Instant photo movies with Tracking Shot

Fun little webapp TrackingShot whips up movies from your photos and music in a flash (and in Flash). Click on the image above to see a quick tour of Tracking Shot in screengrabs. Upload your photos and music to TrackingShot and it'll mix up a Ken Burns-style digital photo movie to the beat of your song ...

EZCORP expects strong Q4

EZCORP Inc. says this quarter's earnings will be dramatically higher than expected.

Geek to Live: Roll your own timeline

by Gina Trapani I have a terrible memory, especially when it comes to when things happened. Significant life events - like graduating and 9/11 - are all landmarks that help me remember when events occurred relative to them (i.e., "that was before I moved to California.") But there are still long periods ...

12 ways to create a better PowerPoint presentation

Microsoft Document Production Expert Stephanie Krieger has come up with a list of 12 ways you can make your PowerPoint presentations better. Her most repeated point? Convey your information simply, without frills, and with practical takeaways. Yes, everyone appreciates that you have the technical skills ...

Web-services firm gets venture funding

Freewebs has closed a multimillion-dollar round of venture capital from Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Columbia Capital.

Ackerman plans The Stratford

Another luxury project is in the works in Buckhead -- this one with $6 million condominiums, a 300-room hotel and exclusive fashion boutiques that could lure the likes of Prada and Gucci.

Atlanta's tallest skyscraper sold for $436 million

CSC Associates -- a partnership of Cousins Properties Inc. and Bank of America Corp. -- has reported a deal to sell Bank of America Plaza in Atlanta to an affiliate of BentleyForbes of California for $436 million.

Speaking Tip: Lose the 'ums' and 'ahs'

The Mother Tongue Annoyances weblog offers advice for getting rid of those ugly 'ums' and 'ahs' that somehow find their way into your otherwise very intelligent conversation. Personally, much to my chagrin, I'll sometimes notice that I've used 'like' four times in the same, not terribly thought out ...