Here are a few interesting articles and videos that I've collected over the past week.  If you've written about or covered something interesting and entertaining over the past seven days that you think should be included in the next "Weekend Edition" post, feel free to contact me using the form on the Contact page of this website.

Contrary to a previous post, it turns out Ed McMahon isn't going to sell his house to Donald Trump after all:

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx/?news=327934&GT1=28103

Tim Sykes presents his colorful perspective on how to deal with customer service reps:

http://www.timothysykes.com/timsykes/2008/08/21/how-to-talk-to-customer-service-reps-important-for-trading-life/

Wallstrip's Julie Alexandria covers Starbucks (video):

http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/08/20/starbucks-corporation-sbux/

TechCrunch reports that VectorForm has created some interesting applications for the Microsoft Surface.  That's the flat version, not the sphere (which I covered previously):

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/21/a-peak-at-new-microsoft-surface-apps-drum-set-surfacedj-and-bmw-kiosk/

Here are a few interesting articles and videos that I've collected this week.  If you've written about or covered something interesting or entertaining over the past seven days that you think should be included in the next "Weekend Edition" post, feel free to contact me using the form on the Contact page of this website.

Ryan Waggoner discusses ten paradigm changes he may live to see:

http://www.ryanwaggoner.com/2008/08/the-world-as-i-will-see-it/

Wallstrip's Julie Alexandria covers Twitter (video):

http://www.wallstrip.com/2008/08/11/twitter/

Loren Feldman's Shel and Scoble puppets have an important discussion (video):

http://www.1938media.com/shel-and-scoble-talk-chips/

Sarah Austin of Pop17 interviews the legendary Tim Sykes (video):

http://pop17.com/videos/interview-with-timothy-sykes/

Here are a few interesting blog posts and articles that I've collected over the past week.  Depending on the amount of quality content I can find, I may end up making summaries like this into a weekly thing.  If you've written about something interesting or entertaining over the past seven days that you think should be included, feel free to contact me using the form on the Contact page of this website.

The Financial Blogger discusses television, the biggest time waster in everyone's life:

http://www.thefinancialblogger.com/my-tv-is-eating-out-my-brain/

Jonathan Chevreau from the Financial Post talks about good debt vs. bad debt:

http://www.financialpost.com/magazine/family_finance/story.html?id=610662

For the home and garden fans, Kathleen N. Brenzel covers how to build a patio for under $200:

http://realestate.msn.com/improve/Article_sunset.aspx?cp-documentid=9127735&GT1=35000