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Dvorak Uncensored:
Morning Bell: The Fake Jobs of Obama’s Failed Stimulus » The Foundry — Fake jobs, fake districts. The work of fake experts.Forget everything bad you’ve ever heard about President Barack Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus. Combing through the data on the $18 million Recovery.gov website, you’ll find tons of Obama stimulu (Read More)
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MakeUseOf.com:
Have you ever wondered what happens to your email accounts and social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace when you die? Who gets access to your accounts, can people get even get access to your account and your stored personal information?Almost every website will have a different policy for dead account holders, s (Read More)
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zlabs:
The most recent collection of creative blog designs was featured here on Smashing Magazine back in July. Only three months have passed and we’ve got a new dose of inspiration for you. Beautiful and sophisticated designs are constantly appearing on the Web; creative activity is in non-stop mode, despite global economic s (Read More)
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The Inquisitr:
Police are searching the skies for a Fort Collins, Colorado boy who floated away from the family home on an “experimental aircraft” this morning.Police say that the homemade dome-shaped, 20 foot, 5 foot aircraft (covered with foil) was tethered with a rope while the family constructed it. Some time this morning, the family’ (Read More)
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Submitted by Lionelane
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You probably know him best from his days doing whatever it took to get a laugh on In Living Color. Or maybe from his own sketch comedy show Chocolate News which to the dismay of some, was short-lived on Comedy Central.But there's probably a lot you don't know about author and comedian David Alan Grier. In his new book Barac (Read More)
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Oct 12, 2009
CPG Blog:
Posted by Jenny Liu, Industry Marketing Manager, CPGAs referenced in an October 2008 TechNews article, Google and YouTube launched an entertainment-focused original video series called POPTUB back in the fall of 2008. The series, which was produced by NY-based Embassy Row, was an "Entertainment Tonight for the YouTube gener (Read More)
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Submitted by Deege
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Do you find yourself running out of time more than you should? How often are you stuck time-crunching a deadline?I’ve been looking into my own time management, or mismanagement as it sometimes feels, and thought other bloggers, writers or people who work from home may have the same issues and obstacles.Do you know where you (Read More)
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Submitted by Reechard
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Yes, it's been nearly a month since we were in Brazil, but we're just now getting around to finally blogging about it! It really was a fantastic trip, even though it felt like we barely scratched the surfaces of São Paulo and Brasília (and no, we didn't make it to Rio ... next time!)For the full photo gallery of our Brazil (Read More)
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Submitted by Reechard
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“Why don’t you like them?” my friend S. asked. “Les figues ? Well, I don’t know, they’re just not citrusy enough!”It’s true that it’s what I am typically after in a fruit. I want juice. I want to taste food with a bite. I am looking for a burst of flavor in my mouth after the first piece. So even if I sincerely find figs pr (Read More)
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pixum's shared items in Google Reader:
We have previously published a list of the ten most bizarre relationships which was so popular that we simply couldn’t say no to another. In putting together this list it became apparent that some of the items were less bizarre than they were revolting; nevertheless they all still fall under the bizarre category. Also, be s (Read More)
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Submitted by Dominik
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I started looking into the state of women in the IT industry, open source and PHP for purely selfish reasons. I wanted to satisfy my own curiosity so I decided to do some research. What I found was not only interesting, it shed some light into where we stand, how we got here, why we should even care in the first place, and (Read More)
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[Geeks Are Sexy] Technology News:
By Chris BurdickGuest BloggerIn the consumer electronics world, companies have to be continuously innovating to keep up with each other. This is why last year’s revolutionary $3000 Plasma HDTV only costs $1500 now. The automotive world isn’t all that different; car makers need to keep adding more technology in their cars to (Read More)
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Freelance Folder | The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers:
Success.That elusive, intangible thing that we’re all searching for day after day, month after month, year after year.What is success? How does one achieve success? How long does it take? Is it even possible?What Is Success, Really?The basic definition of success is incredibly simple:Success is the realization or accompl (Read More)
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I'm Not Actually a Geek:
On this blog, I’ve talked previously about the value of using FriendFeed for tracking topics from around the web (here, here, here). For instance, the Enterprise 2.0 Group, with 508 members, is a great place to track the latest in enterprise social software.When I joined Spigit, I wanted to get up-to-speed fast on the topic (Read More)
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Submitted by Louisgray
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One of our readers sent in the following quote, from one of my favourite websites - cnet.com. The quote below is from their Terms of Use.We do not guarantee the accuracy, the integrity, or the quality of the content on our sites, and you may not rely on any of this content.I’m not sure what it says about the rest of us te (Read More)
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