J Square Humboldt

Traffic Tracking Satellites Are Here

Space-age technology has given us a number of modern mainstays ... Now, it's about to give us a traffic ticket. Satellite tracking has come to the highways. The United Arab Emirates has begun the process of deploying 700,000 black boxes in their cit... Read >

Top of the Pops Before Hitting the Shops

It was only a matter of time before cyberspace prevailed in the music industry ... 'Crazy' by Gnarls Barkley made history by becoming the Number One song in the United Kingdom's singles charts without one CD being available in stores. Over 31,000 legal... Read >

Cashing the Czech

Whether Robert Maxwell committed suicide or was murdered may never be known to the public ... Suffice it to say the disgraced publishing magnate cheated so many people and financial institutions to such an extent that there wouldn't be a paucity of sus... Read >

Online Purchase Parameters Fortified and Simplified

An interesting ruling was made in the British Court of Appeals recently ... The justices determined that British customers who use a credit card abroad or on the internet will be given the same protection as those who shop in Britain. This decision ... Read >

Strange Exchange

Just when you think the sports world has produced every possible bizarre trade imaginable, they still manage to top themselves ... A broadcaster for a rabbit. And a cartoon rabbit, at that. When baseball journeyman Harry Chiti got dealt to the New Y... Read >

Katrina Cash Crisis Continues

The need to continue giving aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina must remain a priority ... It's now months after the American Gulf Coast was devastated. Billions have been spent in relief, but billions more are needed. Such is the scope of a storm ... Read >

Chain of Fools

It seems the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval has been replaced by Oprah Winfrey when it comes to a validation of credibility ... Having said that, if I'm not mistaken, all the former ever meant was that the product or service in question paid to adv... Read >

Cockney Rhyming Slang

Sir Winston Churchill once observed that Americans and the British are 'a common people divided by a common language' ... Never was that as true as when describing the Cockneys. You've certainly heard their accent, made famous in everything from mov... Read >

Viking Trekkies

History weaves its influence into pop culture via many avenues ... One of the strangest is the Viking influence on Star Trek, especially The Next Generation. Ever since that series found the airwaves, I've often wondered if one or more of its writers w... Read >

Ramones Forever

Immortality is so much better when you can stay around long enough to realize it ... In that respect, the Ramones endured to at least have a hint it was being bestowed upon them. Once again, you've got a chance to see why. If you were among the many... Read >

The Game Is the Name

Shakespeare could wax poetic about 'What's in a Name?' because he didn't have to contend with sports mascots ... It's the politically-correct issue in America that refuses to subside. I consider myself to be an enlightened cyberbeing, but I contend the... Read >

DXCafés: The New E-conomy Is Coming

It seems they've been busy on the isle of Vanuatu ... That's where a company called Global Digital Transfers Inc ('GDT') placed their headquarters for DXinOne, the e-currency exchange system that is the main topic on Longer Life's Opportunity page. ... Read >

Festival of Lights

The coming of light is often cause for celebration ... In Sweden, that's why there's joy and frivolity every 13 December. It's Luciafest --- the Festival of Lights --- that marks the unofficial beginning of their Christmas season. Luciafest --- also... Read >

Hidden Riches

From a historical perspective, 'The DaVinci Code' is good fiction ... I do think the book has provided a very real cultural benefit, though. By weaving many tales of medieval Christian mysticism into its story line, the book has stimulated a multitude ... Read >

Nice Twist

The legendary George Carlin made a career out of calling attention to the difference between how words and phrases are perceived as opposed to what they're 'actually' saying ... He would ask wonderfully rhetorical questions, my favorite of which was th... Read >