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eBay Auctions: Going, Going...

Dave Dribin, a 34-year-old software engineer in Chicago, used to like bidding on eBay. He scouted out vintage and used goods he could scoop up cheap. But not anymore. Dribin no longer wants to waste hours tracking an auction, especially if he ends up losing out on something he wants. Instead, he just buys things retail when he shops online. "If I really want something, I'm not going to goof around [with auctions] for a small savings," he says.

Religion - the homeland of artist's soul

Speaking today on the theme of culture I would like to refer to the wonderful figure of John Paul II who was so respected in the whole world, especially in the world of Christian culture. Before he became a priest he had been an actor and poet, and that’s why he understood the artistic world well; he knew the role of culture in man’s formation and he also knew the philosophy of culture perfectly well. He often referred to that in his life. In 1980, during the UNESCO meeting in Paris, he said, ‘I am a son of the nation that disappeared on Europe’s maps but thanks to culture it found its place again, among the living and existing nations.’ Culture is a very important carrier of reality. One can speak of fine arts, architecture, literature, music, etc.

Andrei Arshavin, the Euro 2008 Russian sensation, has made it clear that he is not bound for England and the Premier League. He has been in the spotlight since he helped guide his Zenit St Petersburg side to UEFA Cup glory against Glasgow Rangers in

He has attracted interest from Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City and Newcastle Utd but, according to reports, he has decided to snub English football, preferring a move to the sunnier climes of Spain.

BOOK REVIEW: "Bright Shiny Morning"

He wrote a book but it was bad, liar bad, faker bad, it got him in trouble. A million little pieces. It was the name of the book. It was also how hard he got hit. He had to sit there on the couch. Everybody saw. The television celebrity book club woman got mad, she let him have it. He had to sit there on the couch. He squirmed, he cringed.

Parent-Friendly Wireless Bridge to Span 500 Meters?

GonnaBRichYeahYeah! writes "My dad lives down a dirt road 500 meters off the main road. The cable company will not put cable down his lane for any less than a ridiculous sum of $10,000. And he cannot get phone line DSL since he is so far away from central terminal, so he relied on painful 22k/sec dial-up for access to Internet. He got sick of it and relies on Hughes satellite Internet, at $60/month, but he still has to be connected to phone line to upload to the Internet. Its not a good solution, but better than a dial-up. His friend lives on the corner of the main drag with his lane and has cable, thus hi-speed Internet. I suggested that he get a wireless access point, and put it at his friend's house and then get a wireless card for access.

Wine Critic Steve Heimoff of Wine Enthusiast Magazine Joins the Ranks of Wine Bloggers at www.steveheimoff.com

(EMAILWIRE.COM, June 04, 2008 ) Oakland, CA - Steve Heimoff, West Coast Editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine and author of wine books, is pleased to announce he has launched his own wine blog. According to Heimoff, “It took a while, but I’ve now joined the hundreds of other American wine lovers who are blogging; and I’ve got to say, it feels good to hop on the digital train.” Steve admits that he took his time to blog for a couple of reasons: - One was simply a matter of physical constraints. He never felt like he had enough time to investigate the how-to’s of blogging, which involves technical aspects beyond what he felt was his ken. - Another reason ~ he didn’t really feel the need to have another platform from which to speak. Unlike most wine bloggers, Steve already had a several existing platforms, including his columns and articles in

Hans Reiser To Reveal Location of Body

dlgeek writes "The story of Hans Reiser is well known to all Slashdotters by now. Some still placed doubts about the conviction, stating that he might be innocent. It now seems that all doubt has been quelled, since Alameda County District Attorney Thomas Orloff has revealed that Hans Reiser will disclose the location of Nina's body for a reduced sentence. The deal is not yet finalized, though. "There's been some overtures," Orloff said, "But everything is in its preliminary stage." The deal would reduce his conviction from first degree to second degree murder. In addition, an anonymous source close with the situation said that "the only real leverage he has is if he can provide a body. He really doesn't have any options left. Even if he won a retrial somehow, he'd likely be convicted.

The artist, Scotsman Peter Howson, who says he has also experienced struggles with drugs and alcohol, said he wanted to "point the finger" at the troubled singer. >

The artist, Scotsman Peter Howson, who says he has also experienced struggles with drugs and alcohol, said he wanted to "point the finger" at the troubled singer.

Hard work will locate lost insurance policy

My husband passed away in July 2007. He always said he had a $10,000 life insurance policy and every year he got a letter about it asking if he wanted to change anything. He left the policy as is, but this year I never received a letter.

A Dream Deferred: Activism And The Arts

angston Hughes was 49 when he published that poem, back in the True-Man era. He’d seen some ups, and he’d seen a lot of downs, born soon after the War to End All Wars, growing up “Negro� in the crime-roaring twenties, and the soul-deep Depression. He’d seen the Labor Movement crushed by hired corporate guns and goons, and government of the mighty by the mighty saved by the “traitor to his class�—who was no traitor to his class! ... He’d seen another War to End All Wars and the holocausts of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dachau, and the beginning, of a “Cold War�--that was no Cold War!

Lost in translation

Can a man starve after walking into a restaurant, has money on him, knows what he wants and it’s available? Well, he if he cannot name what he wants, he can, as diners recently found out in a Kampala restaurant.

Buyer waiting for car may cancel deal

I purchased a car on Friday. The dealer told me he didn't have the white car I wanted, but that he would take some money off a blue car he "thought was on the lot.'' He sent his salesman out to look for it and then said it must be on a truck that would be in at 12 that night. He gave me a car to drive until next day.

Creepy or cute? Robot creature to study touch

(CNN) -- Steve Yohanan loved having a cat around while he worked at home, enjoying how she put her head against his hand or purred in his lap. After his allergies acted up and he had to give the cat away, he missed the touch interaction he had with her and started thinking about how he could study these emotional responses to touch.

Masurs Vigorous Last Laps in Paris

PARIS — As Kurt Masur made clear in interviews at the time, he was not ready to give up the music directorship of the New York Philharmonic when his contract ended in 2002. But after his 11-year tenure in New York, he landed on his feet in Europe. He continued as the principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, a post taken two years earlier. (He left it in 2007.) And he became the music director of the Orchestre National de France.

Blogging the Bombers: Kei Igawa is completely clueless

I never thought I would meet a pitcher more delusional than Loaiza, who would routinely tell us after his starts how well he thought he pitched. I remember one game when he gave up six runs in five innings, all of the runs coming on four homers. He said to us, “I pitched very well, I just made four bad pitches.� I guess he didn’t take into account that those four pitches traveled almost 2,000 feet.

'Taking the art world from behind'

Jack Vettriano, 56, was born Jack Hoggan, in Fife. The son of a miner, he left school at 16 to work in a colliery. He began to paint after receiving a set of watercolours for his 21st birthday and is self-taught. In 2004, his painting The Singing Butler sold for £744,000. He is Britain's most popular artist, and reproductions of his images of beaches and butlers sell in their millions, but he has no work in any of our major galleries. He has homes in Scotland, London and Nice.

Q&A: Jack Vettriano, painter

Jack Vettriano, 56, was born Jack Hoggan, in Fife. The son of a miner, he left school at 16 to work in a colliery. He began to paint after receiving a set of watercolours for his 21st birthday and is self-taught. In 2004, his painting The Singing Butler sold for £744,000. He is Britain's most popular artist, and reproductions of his images of beaches and butlers sell in their millions, but he has no work in any of our major galleries. He has homes in Scotland, London and Nice.

The New Salomon Challenge: a German Blogger Runs a Hidden Message Into the Berlin Cityscape

A Sportive German Blogger has Decided to Leave a Mysterious Message by Running its Letters Into the Berlin Cityscape. Will he Succeed in Overcoming his Challenge? And why Does he do it? Running a Message: a Creative and Sportive Challenge LUXEMBOURG, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- He has set himself seven days of running in the course of six or seven weeks. The idea is both simple and original: by running a certain route through Berlin letters will appear to form words and finally a whole sentence. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080522/305880 ) To keep up the suspense until the very end he will not run the words in the right order, so that web users can try to fill in the gaps. His challenge began on a rainy May 1st this year. Will he be able to run his sentence and to keep his self-imposed deadline? To find out check out http://ww

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was perhaps the most restless, experimental, and productive artist who has ever lived. But everything had to be done at top speed. He was incapable of lavishing care, time, or sustained effort on a work of art. By 1900 he was turning out a painting every morning, and doing other things in the afternoon. He tried sculpture, facial masks, and symbolism, among other forms of expression, and from then until his death, at age ninety-two, he remained a master of spectacular output, working on paper and canvas; in stone, ceramics, and metal; in every possible variety of mixed media. He also designed posters, advertisements, theatre sets and costumes, dresses, logos, and almost every kind of object from ashtrays to headdresses.

First Guilty Verdict In Criminal Copyright Case

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "A Brooklyn man has been found guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement by a federal jury in Virginia. He now faces up to five years in prison, a quarter-million-dollar fine, and three years of parole, not to mention the 'full restitution' he has to make to the RIAA. The charges against him stem from his role as 'Dextro,' the administrator of one of the Apocalypse Production Crew's file servers — APC being one of the release groups that specialize in pre-release music. While he's the 15th member of APC to be charged under the US DOJ's Operation Fastlink, he's the first to be convicted. He will be sentenced on August 8th. For those wondering when infringement became a criminal matter, you can thank the NET Act, which was signed into law in 1997 by Bill Clinton.

No Ashes comeback for Warne

SYDNEY (Agencies): The manager of Australian bowling great Shane Warne Tuesday ruled out a dramatic return to action for the player in next year's Ashes clash against England. Spinner Stuart MacGill's sudden announcement this week that he would play no more Tests has prompted widespread speculation in Australia that Warne could again don the baggy green cap to terrorise the old enemy. Warne, who retired from international cricket in January 2007 with a then world record 708 Test wickets, raised the prospect himself last month when he said he would consider an Ashes return if MacGill was injured. But his manager James Erskine on Tuesday said the 38-year-old was happily retired. "Warnie's position is he's not going back, he's not playing Test cricket again," Erskine told Australian Associated Press.

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