Yep. It’s pretty much like that.
Star Trek TNG themed parody of ‘Let it Go’ (from Frozen)
Frozen was a great kid’s movie…but combine one of its top songs “Let it Snow” with Star Trek The Next Generation and you get “Make it So”, a truly awesome parody video, check it out!
Timbuk2 releases a backpack…for dogs
Timbuk2, perhaps better known for their awesome laptop bags,(I’ve used them for years and love them, very well made), has actually started selling a backpack for dogs. No, not one for your dog to wear…but a backpack to allow YOU to carry your dog! As a dog lover, this sounds completely ridiculous to me, but perhaps if I lived in a bit city I’d find the need to carry my dog rather than let him walk around? I don’t know. Although, my dog is rather large for that (he’s a beagle). If you feel this is something that you really, really need in your life, you can find it for $90 at Timbuk2’s product page here. Please reconsider though…dogs LOVE going for walks, smelling and peeing on everything, and trying to trip you with their leashes. Don’t deprive them of that!
Yes…I did consider that maybe this was some kind of a joke…but I learned about this via an email from them…and it’s nowhere near April 1st…so I think this might actually be a real product!
85 Richest people wealthier than half the rest of us
A new report from Oxfam called “Working for the Few” casts some light on wealth inequality and the change over time. Around half of the world’s wealth belongs to 1% of the people…and if you look at the 85 richest people, you find they own more than half of the rest of the people on this rock. The share of income globally going to the richest one percent has been increasing since 1980, as well, which this graphic shows. I suppose everyone has their own opinions on whether or not this is good, but the basic concern is that as wealth becomes more and more concentrated like this, governments and corporations will gravitate towards serving that minority. Get the full report at Oxfam, or read more over at BoingBoing.
How to stop credit card offers in the mail
Most of us are inundated with credit card offers in our daily mail, that just get redirected to the garbage can. It turns out there’s a way to stop most of them. The big three credit bureaus (TransUnion, Equifax, and Experian) are the ones selling your name and credit details to the credit card companies…so cut this off at the source, and the only offers you’ll be receiving are from credit card companies you already do business with. Go to the OptOutPrescreen website to either opt out for five years electronically, or opt out forever by mail-in forms. Yeah, the fact that they make you mail in a form to opt out forever is pretty lame, but just goes to show that they don’t want you to do this….your personal credit information is valuable!
Oh, and if you’re trying to collect mounds of paper for some reason, you can actually Opt IN at that same website. Yeah, like that’s really going to happen.
Thanks, LifeHacker, for this tip!