This blogger’s experience working at the behemoth that is the Googleplex put me in mind of the Simpsons episode where Homer goes to work for Globex. But does Google offer self-cleaning kitchens?
What happens when Google swallows your life? A new hire at the internet company is blogging the experience, from waking in his Google apartment to taking a Google car to Google dinner and then Googling home via Google.
A Sun veteran, software developer Tim Bray was no stranger to big-company life. But he knew Google enveloped employees on a whole …

I suspect when my husband sees this post, he’s going to ban me from the Internet for the sake of our finances. I’ve recently discovered ModCloth, a site selling cute clothes from indie designers at reasonable prices. Over the past few weeks, I’ve bought one cardigan from them, ordered a top I’m exchanging for a larger size, and tried a dress that didn’t work well with my figure. I’m cutting myself off the Cloth for now – but I’ll probably be back in a couple of months when they start …

Entertaining yet uneven, “Wicked” still contains some trenchant commentary about war, terror, power, and the media. Oh, and it’s got flying monkeys, too.

For the discriminating airborne consumer, SkyMall offers ways to hem your pants with expensive Band-Aids, disinfect every surface you come across, and infiltrate the Federation!

A red dawn over Sydney gave photographers the opportunity to take pictures of unprecedented beauty.

What kind of name is ‘Courtney’ for a brown-haired geek? Answer: a damn good one.

Buddhist, Catholic, Anglican – whatever the denomination, nuns are awesome. Especially Zhang Tingting.

Ground control to major tools . . .