-- Music Vets Prep Next-Gen Player "Three digital music veterans have launched a stealth startup and are close to unveiling both a new portable media player and what they're calling an 'internet radio ecosystem.'"

-- "In this two-minute youtube, Rachel Ray explains a series of methods for easy jar-opening: banging the lid, using a rubber band, using rubber gloves. The audience's paroxysms of ecstasy notwithstanding, this is handy stuff to know." ... Via BoingBoing

-- Offshoring U.S. jobs seen having small impact - "Sending U.S. service jobs offshore will affect the country only modestly overall, but job markets in some cities will be hit much harder than others, according to a report released Monday."