Take a break from workday drudgery with ITwhirled. Each weekly installment covers the best in weird news, humor, gadgets, and all manner of offbeat items from the world of IT and beyond.
August 27, 2007 - How green is your transportation? August 20, 2007 - Favorite vacation spot? August 13, 2007 - Barry Bonds home run record: Asterisk or no? August 6, 2007 - If you had your very own robot, what would you have it do? July 30, 2007 - What's your status on the final Harry Potter book? July 23, 2007 - What's your favorite social networking site? July 16, 2007 - Hot enough for ya? July 9, 2007 - How much time to spend at work surfing non-work-related Web sites? July 2, 2007 - What artifact of the dot-com boom do you miss the most? June 25, 2007 - What's the first programming language you learned to write code in? June 18, 2007 - Do you keep your computer keyboard clean? June 11, 2007 - Do you leave comments on blogs? June 4, 2007 - Enter your name into Google. What's the top search result? May 28, 2007 - What bullet point currently on many resumes do you think will be out of date in five years? May 21, 2007 - What's your least favorite IT industry buzzword? May 14, 2007 - Are you excited about the iPhone? April 30, 2007 - What's playing on your headphones? April 23, 2007 - What's your favorite comic strip? April 16, 2007 - The best thing about going to work is... April 9, 2007 - What's your favorite Girl Scout cookie? April 2, 2007 - What is your most attractive geek quality? March 26, 2007 - Are you looking for a new job? March 19, 2007 - How concerned are you about the negative impact your company is having on the environment? March 12, 2007 - What's the best geek show on TV? March 5, 2007 - How do you feel about space travel? February 26, 2007 - Do you YouTube? February 19, 2007 - How often do you refrain from searching on a potentially embarrassing term? February 12, 2007 - Have you ever dated a coworker? January 1, 2007 - Made any New Year's resolutions?
December 25, 2006 - Best name for the ITwhirled softball team...
December 18, 2006 - Are you traveling for the holidays?
December 11, 2006 - What's the best thing about your office holiday party?
December 4, 2006 - What type of TV do you own?
November 27, 2006 - What is your favorite cell phone function?
November 20, 2006 - The best thing about Thanksgiving is...
November 13, 2006 - It's flu season. What's your strategy?
November 6, 2006 - What's your favorite defunct candy?
October 30, 2006 - Finish this sentence: "All we are saying is..."
October 16, 2006 - Who makes the best glazed doughnut?
October 16, 2006 - What's your favorite SciFi movie?
October 2, 2006 - Sunday's are for...
September 25, 2006 - What's your favorite punchline?
September 18, 2006 - Finish this sentence: Laugh, and the whole world...
September 11, 2006 - Most techies are gadget freaks of one sort or another. Do you have an itch to buy a Web-browsing, e-mail-reading wireless communicator?
September 4, 2006 - What is your favorite OS? August 28, 2006 - What is your favorite type of pickle? August 21, 2006 - What is your favorite guilty pleasure movie? August 14, 2006 - How connected are you? August 7, 2006 - What's the best thing about working in the summer? July 31, 2006 - Who is your favorite Scientologist? July 24, 2006 - Which societal ills can be blamed on technology? July 17, 2006 - Will Rocketboom survive without Amanda Congdon? July 10, 2006 - Catsup or ketchup? July 3, 2006 - What is your favorite Shatner role? June 26, 2006 - An ice-cream based beverage is called a ... June 19, 2006 - What Website quirks do you find most irksome? June 12, 2006 - How did you spend 6-6-06? June 5, 2006 - Who would you most like to have dinner with? May 29, 2006 - What do you do when a telemarketer calls? May 22, 2006 - How happy are you in your job? May 15, 2006 - What's the biggest cause of work stress? May 8, 2006 - Does technology save you time? May 1, 2006 - What is your preferred appellation? April 24, 2006 - Do you search for medical advice on the Web before consulting your doctor? April 17, 2006 - Have you ever lied on your resume? April 10, 2006 - If you could have a super power, which would you choose? April 3, 2006 - Are you getting an Xbox 360?
March 27, 2006 - How many websites do you visit daily?
March 20, 2006 - How did you celebrate Pi day?
March 13, 2006 - Where do you work?
March 6, 2006 - A recent CareerBuilder.com survey finds that 1 in 3 IT workers is looking for a new job. Are you among them?
February 27, 2006 - Did you watch the Olympics?
February 20, 2006 - Do you read blogs?
February 6, 2006 - What would make you love ITwhirled even more?
January 30, 2006 - How do you like your gadgets?
January 23, 2006 - What's your agenda for a three-day weekend?
January 9, 2006 - Made any New Year's resolutions? December 25, 2005 - Now that Christmas has come and gone, what had you hoped that Santa would put in your stocking that you didn't get? December 18, 2005 - What's your favorite font?
December 11, 2005 - Have you ever fallen victim to a phishing scam?
December 4, 2005 - What celebrity's voice would you most want on your car's electronic navigation system?
November 27, 2005 - What's your favorite part of the turkey?
November 20, 2005 - If some company offered you a ton of cash to serve as a walking advertisement, how far would you go to keep them happy?
November 13, 2005 - Worried about bird flu?
November 6, 2005 - How do you dress for work?
October 31, 2005 - A carbonated soft drink is called...
October 24, 2005 - What is the best horror film ever?
October 17, 2005 - Will you be dressing up for Halloween?
October 10, 2005 - Do you subscribe to podcasts?
October 3, 2005 - Do you download cell phone ringtones?
September 26, 2005 - What is the best thing about football season? September 19, 2005 - How technology-dependent are you? September 12, 2005 - Have you ever exacted revenge on an employer by intentionally downloading a virus? September 5, 2005 - What was the all-time best movie car? August 29, 2005 - Have you ever googled a blind date? August 22, 2005 - What was your least favorite subject in school? August 15, 2005 - Have you ever dated a coworker?
August 8, 2005 - Do you own and/or wear a Live Strong bracelet?
August 1, 2005 - What is your biggest e- commerce pet peeve?
July 25, 2005 - Would you miss this poll?
July 18, 2005 - What non-work activity takes up the biggest chunk of your day?
July 11, 2005 - How do you celebrate Bastille day?
July 4, 2005 - Did you watch the Tom Cruise interview with Oprah?
June 27, 2005 - After sitting at a computer all day do you...
June 20, 2005 - Do you contribute to a wiki?
June 13, 2005 - What's your favorite comic strip?
June 6, 2005 - Who is your favorite tech movie star?
May 30, 2005 - Do you use text messaging on your cell phone?
May 23, 2005 - Casa Grande: correctional facility or Taco Bell menu item?
May 16, 2005 - Do you have a smart phone or a dumb phone?
May 9, 2005 - Are you planning to see Revenge of the Sith?
May 2, 2005 - Cheesiest codename
April 25, 2005 - Are you in favor of extending daylight-saving time for an additional two months?
April 18, 2005 - Have you signed on to satellite radio?
April 11, 2005 - Did you get a raise in the past 12 months?
April 4, 2005 - Have you ever dropped your cell phone in the loo?
March 28, 2005 - Have you ever taken a sick day for a reason other than illness?
March 21, 2005 - What's the best thing about Spring?
March 14, 2005 - Are you one of the cell- phone-only crowd?
March 7, 2005 - How much of your workday do you spend on personal e-mail and similar pursuits?
February 28, 2005 - How tech dependent are you? February 21, 2005 - Would you be willing to be seen by a robo doc? February 14, 2005 - Will you attend any conferences this year? February 7, 2005 - Would you sign up for a service that brought TV to your mobile phone? January 31, 2005 - Would you rather work at home? January 24, 2005 - Do you own an iPod? January 17, 2005 - More money, more time off, or more flexibility? January 10, 2005 - Are you using Firefox? January 3, 2005 - Which Saturday morning cartoon character should be resurrected? December 27, 2004 - With the holidays wrapping up, what are you most happy to see go? December 20, 2004 - Which A Christmas Carol character do you most identify with? December 13, 2004 - How much of your holiday shopping will you do online this year? December 6, 2004 - What tops your holiday wish list? November 29, 2004 - Are you among the 37% of Americans who expects to either give or receive a video game as a gift this holiday season? November 22, 2004 - How do you dispose of Thanksgiving leftovers?
November 15, 2004 - When you stress out at work, what calms you down?
November 8, 2004 - How do you get to work?
November 1, 2004 - What is your pet of choice?
October 25, 2004 - Are you dressing up for Halloween?
October 18, 2004 - Which is the best brand of coffee?
October 11, 2004 - How do you test the doneness of pasta?
October 4, 2004 - Who won the first presidential debate?
September 27, 2004 - How long could you go without using the Internet?
September 20, 2004 - Who is your favorite muppet?
September 13, 2004 - What is your most productive work day? September 6, 2004 - How did you spend Labor Day weekend?
August 30, 2004 - What sport should be cut from the Olympic roster?
August 23, 2004 - Are you buying Google?
August 16, 2004 - What is the summer's most anticipated video game release?
August 9, 2004 - Is Wi-Fi sharing stealing?
August 2, 2004 - Do you respond to online surveys?
July 26, 2004 - Are you a blogger?
July 19, 2004 - Did you take your laptop on your summer vacation?
July 12, 2004 - What's your take on movie downloading?
June 28, 2004 - Would you try online dating?
June 21, 2004 - What's your favorite place to catch a few ZZZs?
June 14, 2004 - How are you coping with sky-high gas prices?
June 7, 2004 - I wouldn't want my colleagues to know...
May 31, 2004 - I wouldn't be caught dead without my... May 24, 2004 - What is your favorite workplace downtime activity? May 17, 2004 - Which pair would you most want to see wrestle? May 10, 2004 - Which newsmaker are you most ready to see fade into history? May 3, 2004 - It's finally spring and you know what that means... time to fire up the ole barbeque. What's your favorite thing to throw on the grill? April 26, 2004 - What is your favorite boring-meeting diversion? April 19, 2004 - Lindows has apparently thrown in the towel in its battle against Microsoft and changed the name of its OS to "Linspire." Which of the following alternatives would you have preferred?
April 12, 2004 - What's the best thing about eBay? April 5, 2004 - Why do you participate in a poll? March 29, 2004 - If you hadn't chosen a career in IT, what would you be doing now?
March 22, 2004 - What's your preferred snack food while surfing?
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