Filed under: Displays You know you’ve made it when your little-laptops-that-could sit atop a market-share big enough to support third-party device-hackery like this. It’s “easy,” it’s “fun,” it’s a solder-less DIY touch-screen kit made specifically for the Acer Aspire One and Eee PC 900 / 901 netbooks. The 4-wire, resistive …
Read More »Ex-postman jailed for burglaries (Yorkshire Post Today)
A DEBT-RIDDEN father of four who who stole £45,250 from Royal Mail special delivery packages, began his thefts while working as a postman and later used knowledge of security codes to commit four burglaries at the delivery office where he had been employed. (03/11/2008 12:19:51) More: continued here
Read More »Rare Stamp Nearly Sets Record at Auction – ARTINFO
ARTINFO Rare Stamp Nearly Sets Record at AuctionARTINFO, NY –26 minutes agoA three-cent stamp issued in 1868 and depicting George Washington was sold to an anonymous telephone bidder for $1035000 as part of a three-day sale at … More: continued here
Read More »Match abandoned after bad injury to Royal Mail player (Peterborough Today)
A BAD injury to midfielder Richard Brittle saw Royal Mail’s game with FC Bauer in the Peterborough Sunday Morning League Premier Division abandoned after just 30 minutes. (03/11/2008) More: continued here
Read More »Zippi Adds Growth to Existing "Zipster" Network as Listings … – MarketWatch
Zippi Adds Growth to Existing "Zipster" Network as Listings …MarketWatch –3 hours agoI have customers galore, regular commission checks, amazing tools and a company that backs me 100%; Zippi is a hidden treasure for those of us eBay sellers … More: continued here
Read More »Mississippi Civil Rights figures to appear on stamps (WDAM-TV Hattiesburg)
Mississippi civil rights figures Medgar Evers and Fannie Lou Hamer will be featured on U.S. postage stamps early in 2009. The U.S. Postal Service also will mark the 200th anniversary of writer Edgar Allen Poe with a 42-cent stamp. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps spell relief: N-E-A-L-Y (Calgary Sun)
Henry Burris left the season-finale healthy and ready for the playoffs, which should be a relief. But after the way Barrick Nealy and Will Proctor played in a 41-30 win over the B.C. Lions Saturday, maybe the Calgary Stampeders aren’t as worried about their starting pivot anymore. More: continued here
Read More »Monday Night Football: Steelers vs. Redskins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Where: FedEx Field, Landover, Md. When: 8:30 p.m. On the air: ESPN, WTAE. More: continued here
Read More »Britain delivers little help to forgotten generation of the elderly – Yorkshire Post
Britain delivers little help to forgotten generation of the elderlyYorkshire Post, UK –5 hours ago… to walk 500 yards to post a letter, speaks volumes about how out of step with small communities Royal Mail has become. e Post Office had been closed, … More: continued here
Read More »Cart Junction Post Office Reaches Goal (KSN – KODE Joplin)
A Southwest Missouri post office makes its mark in the fight against breast cancer. Last month we told you about Carl Junction Postmaster Sharon Clark. She vowed to sell ten thousand dollar’s worth of breast cancer research stamps in October to help fight a disease that she personally overcame. More: …
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