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Karen Hanrahan kept a MacDonald hamburger from 1996 till today, without any preservatives, and it till looks the same in 2008

From Best of Mother Earth,

Left: 1996 McDonalds hamburger.
Right: 2008 McDonalds hamburger
(Image from http://bestwellnessconsultant.com/2008/09/23/1996-mcdonalds-hamburger-karen-hanrahan-best-of-mother-earth.aspx)

This is a hamburger from McDonalds that I purchased in 1996.

That was 12 years ago.

Note that it looks exactly like it did the very day I bought it.

The flecks on the bun are crumbs from the bun.

This blogger overheard that Qualcomm managed to get a group of Thai Tech journalists to don their corporate blue at an event over the weekend.

One Thai journalist decided to protest in true Thai style and wore yellow at the event.

 He should have wore red which he allowed him to claim he was the red ocean, the rest were just blue!

Yes, the same Thai tech journalist that got thrown out of Paragon Bangkok for wearing an “anti-Thaksin T-shirt”.

Bangkok Post | Database | When things started to get nasty at Paragon via kwout

Speaking of blue, have you ever tried downloading something from Microsoft Windows website and it didn’t turn your Windows OS blue?

Bill Gates tried downloading Windows Movie Maker in 2003 and ended up with every single Windows update, but not the Window Movie Maker.

Bill Gates’ web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic | IT Project Failures | ZDNet.com via kwout

Bill sends a complain email and guess who gets the blame?

Marketing.

Bill Gates’ web experience: Byzantine, idiotic logic | IT Project Failures | ZDNet.com via kwout

Yeah, everything is marketing’s fault.

You can read the full email transcript here.