| How the 'clean factor' plays in relationships
It's no surprise to this self-proclaimed germ freak that, in the world of relationships, the "clean" factor weighs more than some may have thought. When Yahoo Personals and Clorox teamed up to do a survey about how cleanliness affects our love lives, they discovered some very interesting proclivities: -- Almost one-third of respondents found that when it comes to selecting a partner, a person's domestic cleaning habits are very important, and bad habits can be a deal breaker. -- More people would rather date a germ freak than a complete slob. -- Six out of 10 people consider cleaning compatibility to be as important as sharing common interests. -- Over one-third of respondents said their dates had to be both neat and clean, and the vast majority felt they had to be at least neat or clean.
Yahoo Messenger 9.0 beta
Yahoo Messenger allows you to see when friends are online and you can send them instant messages. It can also alert you to new mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals account, or when you have an upcoming meeting recorded in Yahoo Calendar. Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support; a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made; the ability to save and print your conversations; and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks, news, and sports scores. Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically, stock price alerts, the ability to send messages to friends even if they're not online when you are, a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area, Messenger Themes, and the Online Presence, a small HTML button you can put on your Web site to allow your Yahoo buddies to instantly see if you are currently online, and voice chat, which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet.
Dating expert Wygant dishes on dating, food
Does your dating life need a makeover? David Wygant is a sought-after media personality, and has been featured as a dating expert on more than 2,000 radio shows. He's appeared on "E!," "Dateline," "CBS Good Morning," "Inside Edition," "Blind Date" and many other shows. His contemporary dating and relationship advice can also be found in publications such as Maxim, Men's Health, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire. Online, he's worked with Match.com, Yahoo! Personals and Lavalife. Wygant is single for now, and currently works out of offices in Los Angeles and New York. To read his interactive daily blog go to: www.davidwygant.com. Q. You've met someone online. What next? .
Beware Yahoo Personals’ deceptive billing policy
You might be wondering what a post like this is doing on a blog largely about VoIP, but bear with me. To some extent, this post is about VoIP. And athough I try not to air my consumer grievances here, I am writing this post to warn you about a practice that your knowledge of can save you some dollars. OK, first let us go back a year. My love life, my dating life, was in a rough patch. (If you want details, you buy the next pitcher). Not wanting to remain in the state I just referred to, I decided I would declare a jihad on loneliness. Being a creature of the Internet, I posted a profile on several dating sites including Yahoo! Personals. My Match.com profile soon led to a happy result. That's her photo on the top of my CPU tower. As soon as the ultimately "happy result" became quantifiable, I let my Yahoo! Personals account lapse.
Thieves make off with online personalities
These identity thieves don't want your money. They want your quirky sense of humor and your cool taste in music. Among the 125 million people in the U.S. who visit online dating and social-networking sites are a growing number of dullards who steal personal profiles, life philosophies, even signature poems. "Dude u like copied my whole myspace," posts one aggrieved victim. Copycats use the real-life wit of others to create cut-and-paste personas, hoping to land dates or just look clever. .
Boy George Tumbles for Plea
If you ask Boy George if he really wanted to hurt him, the answer's an emphatic no. The "Karma Chameleon" purveyor pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of false imprisonment for allegedly chaining a male escort to a wall and threatening him at the former's east London home last April. George, 46, whose real name is George O'Dowd, turned up at Snaresbrook Crown Court dressed in black and sporting shades. The '80s icon was mostly mum during the 20-minute hearing except to enter his plea and confirm the conditions of his bail. He subsequently left without speaking to reporters. A judge set a trial date in the case for Nov. 24. .
A whole new racing game fuels serial winner’s need for speed
But on the mention of this feat, his earlier ebullience evaporated. "I have a love-hate relationship with this track," he said, flatly, after a pause. It was at the California Speedway in 1999 that Greg Moore, the Canadian driver who was his best friend, died in an accident. "It rips it [the racing community] apart, especially for someone as popular as Greg," Franchitti said. "I lost my best friend that day and I think a lot of people felt like that." But Franchitti is not one for sentiment and in a moment he was off again, vividly describing the thrill of racing at night. "You could see these floodlights from space," he said. "I love it – the sparks and the atmosphere are phenomenal." Outside the restaurant, the bonhomie continued as, with an almost childlike enthusiasm, he gleefully pointed out and identified the gas-guzzling trucks trundling by.
Under the Hood With Knight Rider 2.0: Trans Am vs. Ford Mustang ...
Then we brought in a prop maker to create side skirts and spoilers out of wood, smooth them out, and sent them to a fiberglass shop to make molds. Once the parts are formed from those molds, we finish them and attach them to the car." One of the cooler features of the Mustang KITT is air-ride suspension, which allows its driver to lower the car's ride height when the vehicle morphs from Hero to Attack mode. "When it goes on the offensive, it gets slammed to the ground," Moser chuckles. Very aggressive, indeed. There will be three models used in filming: Hero (essentially a stock GT500KR); Attack (the tricked-out model); and Remote Control (operated via RC, obviously). "All of the ‘transforming' will be done through CGI animation like in the Transformers movie," Moser admits. (Click here for behind-the-scenes digital wizardry from this summer's blockbuster flick.) For all you Trans Am holdouts, Mustang droolers and Hasselhoff haters, here's the very first look at all of the new KITT's gee-whiz specs and functionality, matched up to the original to determine which is better equipped for Hollywood crime-fighting.
Microsoft executive optimistic on Yahoo merger
TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- A senior Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Corp executive expressed optimism about the software giant's takeover bid for Internet firm Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Inc, saying the two companies' top managers were in close discussions. 'We continue to have a very close dialogue with Yahoo's shareholders (and) Yahoo's management,' Microsoft senior vice president Jean-Philippe Courtois said. 'We simply hope for what we think is a very nice merger in terms of economies of scale, research and development, innovation, data centers...(and) to play a major role in the world,' he told AFP after a press conference here. Yahoo spurned Microsoft's 44.6 bln usd bid for the veteran Internet firm on Feb 11. Courtois declined to comment on prospects of a hostile offer.
The Top 10 Websites You Never Heard Of
It's the closest thing to a matchmaking friend you'll ever find online. Better than: Pining over profiles pictures on Facebook. DailyLit Being well-read might not be your biggest priority, but it comes in handy during dinner conversations. Luckily, there's DailyLit. The site offers both classics and contemporary titles, all provided in quick-reading installments that can be sent to you either via e-mail or RSS. Since most of the classics are in the public domain, they're free; newer titles are available for purchase. So, the next time the conversation turns to the genius of Herman Melville, you can join in. Better than: Lugging around real books. IWantSandy While a glut of applications help you organize appointments on a calendar, there's a lot of activity in your daily life that doesn't fit neatly into your calendar's time slots.
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