Wow, the computer mouse turns 40!  Check out the article from Macworld.  Although essential right now I have a feeling the mouse as we know it is slowly on its way out.  Touchscreens and Minority Report type devices are very quickly going to take over the market.  So..Mr. Mouse, you might be earning an early retirement.

I live in the potash capital of Canada and even I had no idea potash was used in de-icer!  This sortage could cause some delays.   Full Story Here.

This article from the New York times says that tuition costs have gone up by 439% since 1982 and will soon be out of reach for a lot of average Joe’s.  Full Story Here.

Welcome to ISFW – Is Suitable For Work, a blog about anything and everything that is perfectly safe to read at work.   I work in an office enviroment and often get distracted with the internet in front of me.  Daily, I find myself distracted with current events, news, hot sites for the day, productivity tips and all sorts of other things that won’t get me in trouble for reading at work…..and now I am going to share those sites with you!  Check back often for your daily dose of the best of the internet!

Since you must be new around here, one of the first things you will learn is how much of a germaphobe I can be so……For the love of the grill, please cover your mouth when you sneeze!  And while we’re at it, covering your mouth with your hands is great in a pinch, but those hands are just going to touch a door handle or some surface which is just as infectious.  Why not use your sleeve instead?

From the Times in India

“A train passenger’s single sneeze can infect 150 commuters with a cold, warn medical experts after studying 1300 commuters.” 

 

Do you do a lot of reading on the job?  This tool is for you!  Simply paste in a chunk of text, tell the summarizer how brief a summary you want and presto (nothin’ up my sleeve) you have your abridged version.  Check it out.

I found this post awhile back, it really struck a cord with me…..have you settled?  http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/5-signs-that-you-have-settled/