Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"Santa" Reunites Girl With Missing English Bulldog

A 7-year-old girl in the Parker County city of Hudson Oaks will have trouble NOT believing in Santa Claus.

As NBC5 reported, Brooke Botello wrote a letter to Santa asking for the return of her 6-month-old English bulldog puppy, which was stolen from in front of her home.

Someone -- an elf, perhaps? -- turned in the dog to police, and Brooke and her buddy were reunited.

Now's there's a Christmas Story we can all believe in.
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Interesting Stories From Real Bearded Santas

The Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas is more than 300 Santas strong. CNN's Ted Rowlands tracked down a handful of them in California to hear the stories behind the men in the red velvet suits. Click on the image to read the stories.


Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing

Behind The Scenes At Netflix

From the Dallas Morning News Technology Blog
I got a tour yesterday of Netflix's distribution center in Irving -- one of four in Texas, and 58 nationwide -- and it was a fascinating peek behind the curtains of a company that has shipped about two billion DVDs since it was founded in 1997 and is gearing up for a future where online viewing will eventually make DVDs as quaint as VHS tapes.

The Irving distribution center handles about 47,000 DVD (and now Blu-ray) discs on a typical day, using U.S. Post Office machines that can scan 30,000 discs in an hour, insert 4,200 outbound discs into envelopes, and sort by zip code more than 17,000 envelopes per hour.


Thanks To Keith at BagOfNothing