DogsOfWar

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Dogs of War was born in a crossfire hurricane. He wrestles alligators in the pouring rain.

Song Lyrics that Are Factually Incorrect

factsSometimes you’re sitting there singing along with that song you’ve had a million times and then you stop and say to yourself, “hey, wait a minute, that doesn’t make sense and is actually wrong.” Well those lyricists out there sometimes just jam words together, don’t actually know what they’re talking about or change reality to fit their rhymes.

Here are just a few songs that have lyrics that are factually incorrect. Continue reading

Proven Steps to Become Upwardly Mobile

moneyThe nice folks over at Mint have put together an infographic showing some data driven ways that people can climb the socio-economic ladder.

Since pictures are complicated I’ve distilled down for you are the things you can do right now to make sure your children are statistically more likely to better off than you are.

It’s science so this is foolproof.

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Millennials Distilled into Infographic Form

Quick, how many types of millennials are there? If you answered seven then you’re right, or something, whatever, stop hassling me and let me play my video games.

Mint.com has put together this handy infographic for old people to explain what the seven types of millenials are and all the different ways they’re unemployed or live in their mom’s basement. Continue reading

iRobot Roomba Cleaning Robot for Pets and Allergies Review

Roomba770The idea of having a robot do anything in my home is instantly appealing thanks to the many robots who have appeared on my television and given me a grand dream of what robots might someday become. Is the Roomba an evolutionary step toward Rosie from The Jetsons?

The Roomba roaming around seemingly randomly through my house is officially the iRobot Roomba 770 Vacuum Cleaning Robot for Pets and Allergies. We have one large dog and primarily hard wood floors, with rugs in the master bedroom and livingroom. Roomba (iRobot likes to drop any ‘a’ or ‘the’ when referring to Roomba so as to make it more personal) took very little setup before being operational. Just some un-boxing and removing of packing material from the innards of the robot. Continue reading

Why Responsive AdSense Ads Don’t Work and How to Fix Them

Google_Adsense_logoResponsive advertising sounds like a great idea and there are some helpful tutorials on how to set it up with AdSense. The only problem is that it doesn’t work. Not in the sense that you can’t get the ads to show up at the right size for the screen, but in that none of the advertisers have inventory for those ad sizes. Here’s how it breaks down. Continue reading