Scout jeremytoday

It's all fun and games at Propeller - Aim me or message me

Status | Member Since: July 24, 2006

Participation | Friends | Stats jeremytoday's Votes RSS feed

Show: All | Submissions | Videos | Votes | Sinks | Comments

« < 2 3 4 5 6 > »

This story has mostly positive ratings. 46 votes / 2 sinks

10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas

Money – The world had long assumed that Americans were just unrepentant energy pigs. If gas prices went up, well, we kept our Explorers aimed at the horizon, and little changed.

Voted for on July 03, 2008 10:36am

This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks

U.S. lifts block on solar applications for public land

Gadgets & Tech – Companies seeking to install utility-scale solar plants on federal land in the sunny Southwest found one barrier removed on Wednesday.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 09:50pm

When Was the 4th of July First Celebrated?
This story has mostly positive ratings. 146 votes / No sinks

When Was the 4th of July First Celebrated?

Do No Evil – On July 2, 1776, Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, signed only by Charles Thompson (the secretary of Congress) and John Hancock (the presiding officer). Two days later Congress approved the revised version and ordered it to be printed and distributed to the states and military officers. The other signatures would have to wait.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:34pm

High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns
This story has mostly positive ratings. 180 votes / 2 sinks

High gas prices threaten to shut down rural towns

Money – This community may be an extreme example of how rising gas prices are hitting rural Americans particularly hard, but people in small towns from Maine to Alaska are in a similar bind as those here.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:33pm

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11
This story has mostly positive ratings. 129 votes / 2 sinks

Sept. 11 memorial head wants to open by 9/11/11

News – The head of the foundation building the Sept. 11 memorial told supporters Tuesday it's "essential" to open the memorial by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, disputing a report that the project couldn't be finished on time.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:33pm

The Zimbabwe of Memory, Eroded in a Deluge of Troubles
This story has mostly positive ratings. 77 votes / No sinks

The Zimbabwe of Memory, Eroded in a Deluge of Troubles

News – Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe is officially sworn in as president after a sharply criticized runoff vote that was boycotted by his only rival, Morgan Tsvangirai

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:32pm

Inmate released after 22 years on death row
This story has mostly positive ratings. 71 votes / 1 sink

Inmate released after 22 years on death row

News – A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison on Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail. Paul House, 46, is set to be retried in October in the 1985 slaying of Carolyn Muncey.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:32pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Apple to .Mac subscribers: Sync bookmarks by Sunday

Gadgets & Tech – .Mac subscribers who want to keep any bookmarks they've saved through the online service should sync those bookmarks with their Mac by July 6, Apple said Wednesday. The warning came as part of Apple's transition from .Mac to the new MobileMe online service.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Founder makes largest Dell insider purchase

Gadgets & Tech – Dell shares rose as high as 4.5 percent Wednesday, following reports that founder Michael Dell acquired nearly $100 million in shares in the computer maker.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 18 votes / No sinks

It's Official: Firefox 3 Sets a Guinness World Record

Gadgets & Tech – Ahh, the power of marketing. Mozilla has announced that they've officially been added to the Guinness World Records for most downloads in a 24-hour period. The final tally: 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 back on June 18th.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 07:21pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Senators to FCC: Sirius/XM's proposal still needs work

Gadgets & Tech – The longer the Federal Communications Commission waits to make up its mind on the proposed Sirius/XM merger, the more filings it will have to consider on the controversy.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 04:49pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 20 votes / No sinks

Study: Many dial-up users say broadband isn't worth cost

Gadgets & Tech – A new study suggests that attitude rather than availability may be the key reason why more Americans don't have high-speed Internet access.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 04:45pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 34 votes / No sinks

PDF becomes ISO standard

Gadgets & Tech – Adobe Systems' popular portable document format, or PDF as it's more well-known, has become the latest International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard as of Wednesday morning.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 04:43pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Microsoft eases hardware terms for Windows XP on low-cost PCs

Gadgets & Tech – Microsoft has loosened the hardware restrictions that PC makers must adhere to in order to install Windows XP on ultra-low-cost PCs, according to documents seen by IDG News Service.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 04:09pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

More choosing fiber-optic Internet service worldwide over cable

Gadgets & Tech – For the first time, more people around the world are signing up for fiber-optic broadband service than for cable Internet service, according to a British research firm.

Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:32pm

« < 2 3 4 5 6 > »