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		<description>Fresh Code &amp;#8211; Barcode For Freshness Indication
&amp;#34;In supermarkets where loads of veggies is stacked and dumped, freshness may not be a priority. Keeping a track of all that&amp;#8217;s been brought in can be time consuming and not all buyers may have a knack for freshness count. The Fresh Code offers a simple solution to this [...]</description>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/17/dare-they-sell-you-stale-veggies-now/">Fresh Code &ndash; Barcode For Freshness Indication</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;In supermarkets where loads of veggies is stacked and dumped, freshness may not be a priority. Keeping a track of all that&rsquo;s been brought in can be time consuming and not all buyers may have a knack for freshness count. The Fresh Code offers a simple solution to this problem; it&rsquo;s an intelligent barcode with a graph that indicates the freshness level. As time passes by, the graph on the barcode keeps receding, till it finally reaches &ldquo;0&rdquo;; indicating that the veggie needs to be dumped and not sold.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-03-16/facebook-friends-india/">Why India Loves Facebook</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;The social-networking giant has opened its first-ever office in Asia&mdash;in the country where being all up in one another&#39;s business is practically a birthright. &quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/essential-knowledge/style-rules-for-men-0310">Style Rules for Men</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;Why it matters what you wear, how to pull yourself together right, and 8 other rules to start following now&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/the-secret-to-having-happy-employees/">The Secret to Having Happy Employees</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;Then, figuring I would take his new degree for a test drive, I asked him how he thought I did that. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure you treat them well,&rdquo; he replied.</p>
<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s half of it,&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;Do you know what the other half is?&rdquo;&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/ecocenter/energy/Presence-of-Mind-Blue-Sky-Thinking.html">The Political History of Cap and Trade</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;How an unlikely mix of environmentalists and free-market conservatives hammered out the strategy known as cap-and-trade&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1584920/facebook-now-more-popular-than-google-let-the-ad-wars-begin">Facebook More Popular Than Google?</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;According to the latest Hitwise analysis, Google&#39;s lost its crown as the most-visited Web site in the U.S. last week. The new king of Web site traffic is, of course, Facebook.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1583868/chatroulettes-andrey-ternovskiy">ChatRoulette&#8217;s Andrey Ternovskiy Is the New Bubble Boy</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;The 17-year-old was over in the U.S. to talk to developers and potential investors about how to evolve his site, which he developed over three days in his bedroom.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/452177.html">Wanted &#8211; a few good commentators</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;Coverage of the IPL and ICC events has become tedious in the extreme, with banal, clich&eacute;-ridden, hyperbolic commentary. More reason why we ought to treasure the likes of David Lloyd<br />
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/03/12/the_history_of_the_honey_trap?page=full">The History of the Honey Trap</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Five lessons for would-be James Bonds and Bond girls &#8212; and the men and women who would resist them.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2248020/pagenum/all/#p2">Why it&#8217;s not idiotic to buy an iPad when it goes on sale April 3</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;You&#39;re not an idiot for buying an iPad on April 3.&quot;</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Karl Rove&amp;#8217;s book vs. REWORK
We wondered how we could compete with Rove on the bestseller list. We don&amp;#8217;t have the luxury of friends in high places. We don&amp;#8217;t have national TV exposure. So how we could we be Rovian and beat him at his own game? One thing immediately came to mind: An attack ad.
Trainer [...]</description>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2209-karl-roves-book-vs-rework-what-the-american-people-need-to-know">Karl Rove&#8217;s book vs. REWORK</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">We wondered how we could compete with Rove on the bestseller list. We don&rsquo;t have the luxury of friends in high places. We don&rsquo;t have national TV exposure. So how we could we be Rovian and beat him at his own game? One thing immediately came to mind: An attack ad.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2010/03/01/trainer-tells-all-what-i-have-learned-about-health-and-fitness/">Trainer Tells All &ndash; What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot; I just started thinking about how many things I&rsquo;ve learned through my own personal working out (since I was a kid and playing competitive sports) as well as being a trainer (since 1998). So today I just wanted to share some of the things this 36yr old has personally learned about all things health and fitness&hellip;.in no certain order&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/03/everything_david_brooks_says_a.html">Everything David Brooks says about reconciliation is wrong</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;The factual statements Brooks uses in his argument are wrong. Not arguable, or questionable, or suspicious. Wrong. And since everything else flows from those wrong facts, the rest of the column can&#39;t be taken seriously.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/147101/2010/03/googlesite.html?lsrc=rss_weblogs_macosxhints">A shortcut for Googling the current Website</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;In your Web browser, create a new bookmark containing the following JavaScript code as the URL&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/wordpress-10-life-saving-sql-queries">WordPress : 10+ life saving SQL queries</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;Although there&#39;s lots of things that you can do in WordPress, sometimes you may need a quick fix for a specific problem. In those cases, working directly on the database can be a real life-saver. In this article, I&#39;m going to show you 10+ extremely useful SQL queries for WordPress.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5493849/get-mac%20like-scrolling-and-gestures-on-a-windows-laptop">Get Mac-Like Scrolling and Gestures on a Windows Laptop</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">I often try to use Mac&#39;s trackpad scrolling gestures on my wife&#39;s Thinkpad but now I can use them  #pb</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2010/03/gaffney_retracts_his_own_insan.php">Gaffney Retracts His Own Insanity : Dispatches from the Culture Wars</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">ROTFL! Some Repubs are hilariously insane</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://i.engadget.com/2010/03/15/confirmed-marketplace-will-be-the-only-way-to-get-apps-on-windo/">Confirmed: Marketplace will be the only way to get apps on Windows Phone 7 Series</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">First criticize Apple and then do exactly what they are doing</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who Is Prudence? The Powerful Story Obscured By Oscar&amp;#8217;s Interrupted Speech
&amp;#34;Mahbena had the bad luck to be born with arthrogryposis&amp;#8212;a genetic condition that warps the joints in utero, causing them to form improperly&amp;#8212;and the worse luck to be born in Zimbabwe, where disabled children are apparently thought to be cursed by witchcraft. According to the [...]</description>
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<p class="pinboard">&quot;Mahbena had the bad luck to be born with arthrogryposis&mdash;a genetic condition that warps the joints in utero, causing them to form improperly&mdash;and the worse luck to be born in Zimbabwe, where disabled children are apparently thought to be cursed by witchcraft. According to the film&rsquo;s Web site, &ldquo;in their culture, you have to dispose of the &lsquo;weakest link.&rsquo;&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreshInspirationForYourHome/~3/nk0dCQIiUCc/">IKEA Subway Display in Paris</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">From 10 to 24 March 2010, IKEA develops an interesting event in four important metro stations in Paris. Furniture collections are currently displayed in high-traffic spots, giving the potential customers a chance to interact with the brand by checking out the products.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://lifestream.aol.com/">AOL Lifestream : Login</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">AOL Lifestream  What Google Buzz should have been. #pb</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.chatroulettemap.com/">Chatroulette Map</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">How Chatroulette may no longer let you chat anonymously</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://kinosport.tv/notebook/twitter-in-four-parts/">Twitter in Four Parts</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">How we use or rather ought to use Twitter</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/15-noteworthy-websites-that-changed-the-internet/">15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet | Web 2.0</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">15 Noteworthy Websites That Changed the Internet  #pb</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Arun Shourie: Mediocrity has become the norm
A veteran of many battles against the authority, Shourie, discusses philosophy, politics and policies in a freewheeling conversation with Mahesh Sarma, editor, Careers360.
James Bond multimedia &amp;#124; James Bond posters
It is in the James Bond posters that the world first saw some of the most famous images associated with the [...]</description>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://getahead.rediff.com/report/2010/mar/11/achievers-interview-with-arun-shourie.htm">Arun Shourie: Mediocrity has become the norm</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">A veteran of many battles against the authority, Shourie, discusses philosophy, politics and policies in a freewheeling conversation with Mahesh Sarma, editor, Careers360.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.jamesbondmm.co.uk/posters">James Bond multimedia | James Bond posters</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">It is in the James Bond posters that the world first saw some of the most famous images associated with the secret agent. From Goldfinger&#39;s golden girl image to the striking pose of Bond holding his gun across his chest, or the introduction of the famous 007 logo in Dr. No, the posters continue to develop introducing new ideas and concepts.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.livemint.com/2010/02/19213129/The-Thackerays8217-primitiv.html">The Thackerays&rsquo; primitive charisma</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;Raj demonstrated his nastiness and Marathis gave him their approval and their vote. Between Raj (24%) and Uddhav (18%), the Thackerays control 42% of Mumbai&rsquo;s vote, which corresponds to the city&rsquo;s Marathi population. In the last election, not one opposition seat in the island city of South Mumbai went to Shiv Sena. They all went to Raj after his violence, and that is the reason why Uddhav is currently acting the way he is. The more unhinged the message, the more appealing it is to the Marathi.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?client=safari&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=111816043973549556617.000481917582a494f2ef6&amp;ll=30.562261,-98.591309&amp;spn=17.926041,20.412598&amp;z=6">Ridiculously Large Texas Roadside Attractions</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Powered by Google Maps.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DBoQ0bqsJSJ8&amp;start1=1&amp;video2=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DH4PN7Xbexq4&amp;start2=33&amp;authorName=Smooth+Luxury+Ride">Galactica: Sabotage vs. BEASTIE BOYS</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">YouTube Doubler mashup</p>
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Video + time lapse + tilt-shiift + New York. It cannot get any better. The best five minutes you will spend today. Kottke points to this video and its making which makes it even more awesome.

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<p>Video + time lapse + tilt-shiift + New York. It cannot get any better. The best five minutes you will spend today. <a href="http://kottke.org/10/03/miniature-nyc-a-movie">Kottke points</a> to this video and <a href="http://aerofilm.blogspot.com/2010/02/sandpit-short-film-by-aero-director-sam.html">its making</a> which makes it even more awesome.</p>
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		<description>Apple impresses with excellent and ultra-fast customer service. No wonder Consumer Reports ranks them miles above other PC manufacturers.</description>
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</script></div>I had the unfortunate opportunity of trying out AppleCare for my MacBook Pro. Few weeks ago, my laptop started making loud whirring noises as if the HDD was in hyper drive ready to take off. After dismissing it couple of times, it worsened with each passing day and my top fear was the HDD crapping out. I had already bought a year&#8217;s subscription to <a href="http://www.carbonite.com/">Carbonite</a>. I take regular backups on the Time Machine. And I store all my important documents on Dropbox which is continually synced to the cloud and other computers. So data loss was not a concern but that was no excuse to ignore a loud whirring laptop.</p>
<p>On Saturday morning, I finally decide to cash in my AppleCare extended warranty that I had thoughtfully purchased when I bought my laptop. Instead of randomly calling a support number and jumping through loops, Apple encourages you to first log in to their <a href="http://www.apple.com/support/">Support section</a>. You enter the serial number of your device which automatically detects if it is in warranty and then proceeds to ask you what the problem is. I tried the Firmware Update that Apple recommended for laptops bought in June 2009 but as soon as I ran the <code>dmg</code> installable file, it told me I didn&#8217;t require it. No running through the installation and then realizing it didn&#8217;t solve the problem. The next step in Apple Support is brilliant and I wonder why other tech support companies don&#8217;t do it. In addition to describing the problem in couple of lines &#8211; loud noisy hard disk (four words, thanks to Twitter). I was asked to enter my phone number and have Apple call me instead of vice versa. No waiting, listening to elevator music tearing your hair out, and cursing at on-phone ads.</p>
<p>I get a call from Apple in less than a minute and all I am asked is my name and confirmation number from my support request. The guy is friendly and walks me through some quick tests. He waits patiently until I remove the battery and try to &#8216;reset&#8217; the laptop. The noise stops for a while so I hang up but he asks me to call them back as soon as it starts back up. The problem is back in minutes so I just log back on with my support ID and get Apple to call me again. The phone rings again in less than a minute and I narrate my tale of woe. This time, the lady doesn&#8217;t waste time trying fixes and schedules an empty box delivery <sup>[1]</sup>. Since it is the weekend, the box arrives via overnight delivery promptly on Tuesday. I pack my laptop in and take it back the same day to the FedEx Shipping Center. I receive an email notification next morning that it has reached their service center. The laptop is repaired by afternoon and shipped back in the evening. I receive the box with my repaired laptop Thursday morning at 10:39am. Simply amazing.</p>
<p>After hearing and experiencing horrible customer service, you are blown away by such prompt, quick, and great service. No wonder Apple has been <a href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/electronics/2010/03/best-and-worst-tech-support-ratings-laptop-desktop-computer-survey-reviews.html">ranked right at the top by Consumer Reports</a> [<a href="http://www.cultofmac.com/consumer-reports-finds-apples-tech-support-best-in-class/33387">via</a>]. On laptops, Apple received 86 points out of 100, with Lenovo, my previous laptop coming in second at 63. Toshiba, Dell, HP/Compaq, and Acer/Gateway followed with 60, 56, 53, and 39 respectively <sup>[2]</sup>. For the desktops, Apple scored 87 while the second, Dell managed only 55. HP/Compaq and Acer/Gateway followed with 53 and 39 respectively <sup>[3]</sup>.</p>
<p>Apple not only beats its competitors in customer service but blows them out of the water with a 23-32 point advantage. Apple users are reviled as fanboys and I have done my share of mocking but after experiencing such level of professionalism and customer service, you cannot help but be bowled over. Of course, it helps to know that Apple computers are even less likely to fail compared to PCs but when they do, help is quick. Feel free to paint me as a fanboy.</p>
<img src="http://www.ipatrix.com/d036ca0a/4a7d9e51/FeedBurner/1.0 (http://www.FeedBurner.com).gif" /><h5>Footnotes:</h5><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_3370" class="footnote">People who live close to an Apple Store can take it in and get it fixed quicker. <strong>Update:</strong> apparently not, see <a href="http://www.ipatrix.com/3370/excellent-applecare/#comment-18478">Supremus&#8217; comment</a></li><li id="footnote_1_3370" class="footnote">Based on responses from owners of 3,685 laptop computers. Respondents were Consumer Reports subscribers surveyed online in January 2010. They reported on their most recent experience with contacting their computer manufacturer&#8217;s technical support since January 2009.</li><li id="footnote_2_3370" class="footnote">Want decent customer service? Don&#8217;t get an Acer.</li></ol><hr />
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		<description>Behind The Scenes Of Apple&amp;#8217;s iPad Launch
&amp;#34;AppSlice data indicates that only 16,700 iPhone apps have been certified as iPad-compatible so far.&amp;#34;
My Way

The Setup
What do people use to get the job done?
Minimal mindset in de Yummygum office
Extra white but a bit too minimalist?
Apple&amp;#8217;s iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support
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<p class="pinboard">&quot;AppSlice data indicates that only 16,700 iPhone apps have been certified as iPad-compatible so far.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/10/my-way/">My Way</a></li>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://usesthis.com/">The Setup</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">What do people use to get the job done?</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.yummygum.nl/blog/minimal-mindset-in-de-yummygum-office">Minimal mindset in de Yummygum office</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Extra white but a bit too minimalist?</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11/apples_iphone_4_0_software_to_deliver_multitasking_support.html">Apple&#8217;s iPhone 4.0 software to deliver multitasking support</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">I hope this is implemented via a firmwire update and not hardware update</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.thephotoargus.com/">The Photo Argus &#8211; A Photographer&#8217;s Resource</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">The Photo Argus is a resource for photographers novice to advanced. We bring you useful information, inspiration, technique, photographer showcases and more.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://simpledesktops.com/">Simple Desktops</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Minimalist wallpapers for your desktop</p>
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		<description>24 Secret Restaurant Menus Revealed
Fat Burger: Hypocrite &amp;#8211; A veggie burger topped with bacon.
Carlos Slim Helu dethrones Bill Gates as world&amp;#8217;s richest man
Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil&amp;#160;(AMX), Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person [...]</description>
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<p class="pinboard">Fat Burger: Hypocrite &#8211; A veggie burger topped with bacon.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-03-10-forbes-billionaires_N.htm">Carlos Slim Helu dethrones Bill Gates as world&#8217;s richest man</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Riding surging prices of his various telecom holdings, including giant mobile outfit America Movil&nbsp;(AMX), Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helu has beaten out Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the wealthiest person on earth and nab the top spot on the 2010 Forbes list of the World&#39;s Billionaires.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.yahooanswerfail.com/youtube-fail/">YouTube Fail</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Yahoo Answers #FAIL</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/03/whats_an_oscar_worth_it_depend.html">What&rsquo;s an Oscar Worth? It Depends on Your Contract</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">When signing on for films that are possible Oscar contenders, actors often have award-triggered bonuses built into their contracts that vary depending on the size of the film.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/education/11educ.html">Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Standards for Education</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Alaska and Texas are the only states not participating in the standards-writing effort. In keeping his state out of the movement, Gov. Rick Perry argued that only Texans should decide what children there learn.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.the-scientist.com/2010/3/1/29/1/">Porn: Good for us?</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Scientific examination of the subject has found that as the use of porn increases, the rate of sex crimes goes down.</p>
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<p class="pinboard">SecondBar is a Tool which allows you to have more than one menubar in Mac OS X. This is useful if you have multiple monitors connected to your mac</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/">Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">&quot;I feel for Google &ndash; Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too.&quot;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.program-glitch-esc.net/">Tron Legacy trailer</a></li>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/03/09/technology/20100309-translate.html?src=tptw">Putting Google to the Test in Translation</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Google has poured resources into improving its automatic translation service. Some of these systems are better than others at handling particular pairs of languages, and it is impossible to evaluate them fully using small bits of text. But here are some quick comparisons of human translations and computerized versions from Google and two competitors.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8536218.stm">Out of the shadow of Bollywood</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">There are several reasons for the recent success of Marathi cinema.<br />
Many young filmmakers now send their films to prestigious film festivals as soon as they are ready &#8211; creating the buzz these films need in the absence of a big marketing machine.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://fourwhere.com/">FourWhere: start discovering the world around you</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">FourWhere makes it easy to see places around the world visited by Foursquare users, and read any comments they may have left a particular place.</p>
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		<description>This iPad ad made its debut during the Oscars ahead of its pre-order date of March 12th and release date of April 3rd. Not all were impressed but I think it works perfectly. Why? Because all it shows is how it looks and what it does. And it does a lot in those 30 seconds. [...]</description>
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<p>This iPad ad made its debut during the Oscars ahead of its pre-order date of March 12th and release date of April 3rd. Not all were impressed but I think it works perfectly. Why? Because all it shows is how it looks and what it does. And it does a lot in those 30 seconds. Rarely do companies focus solely on their products to market them. </p>
<p>Another similar ad that worked was that of Google during the Super Bowl. It had the added dimension of weaving a story and even spurred plenty of video responses that Google obviously didn&#8217;t mind. </p>
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<p>Only these two companies have come close to perfect brand management. Can you think of any other such campaigns?</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"With the new tool, businesses will be able to see a range of real-time data about Foursquare usage, including who has “checked in” to the place via Foursquare, when they arrived, the male-to-female customer ratio and which times of day are more active for certain customers. Business owners will also be able to offer instant promotions to try to engage new customers and keep current ones."</description>
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<p>FourSquare, the location-based check-in tool was always aimed toward businesses. The first step was to get users accustomed (or addicted) to checking in wherever they go and help them compete for points against each other by giving away emblems like Mayor badges. Now, <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/foursquare-introduces-new-tools-for-businesses/">FourSquare has made it easier for businesses</a> to access all this rich data regarding their location.</p>
<blockquote><p>With the new tool, businesses will be able to see a range of real-time data about Foursquare usage, including who has “checked in” to the place via Foursquare, when they arrived, the male-to-female customer ratio and which times of day are more active for certain customers. Business owners will also be able to offer instant promotions to try to engage new customers and keep current ones.</p></blockquote>
<p>It was an obvious direction for FourSquare and I had wondered why hadn&#8217;t they implemented it sooner. This move might in fact be useful for both consumers and businesses as the latter will try to attract and keep their loyal base happy. One more advantage I see at least in another screenshot is that managers and staff are identified and listed separately. I have seen couple of my &#8216;friends&#8217; check in every day (including school nights) at a bar at Northgate, College Station and have thought, wow! She definitely has a drinking problem. Until I realized, she probably works there. Of course, she is the frikkin Mayor of the bar with no chance of anyone else ousting her ever. Now unless, businesses or FourSquare matches consumers with their spending habits, they have no reason to worry about backlash. FourSquare users are willingly signing away their geo-location privacy and if <a href="http://www.ipatrix.com/3334/it-is-not-about-foursquare-stupid/">they do it smartly, there is no discernible harm</a>.</p>
<p>This feature is available only to 30 small businesses but FourSquare plans to expand it to more than 900 businesses soon. This might just be the social networking app that small businesses readily welcome.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Texas Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional; Appeal Likely
No one seems to think it will hold up on appeal, but yesterday a recently elected judge in Houston, Texas ruled that the Lone Star State&amp;#8217;s death penalty is unconstitutional.
The story behind Oscar&amp;#8217;s &amp;#34;Kanye moment&amp;#34;
Bigelow vs. Cameron? Streep vs. Bullock? Forget it. The most riveting face-off during Sunday&amp;#39;s Oscar [...]</description>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://blog.amnestyusa.org/deathpenalty/texas-death-penalty-ruled-unconstitutional-appeal-likely/">Texas Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional; Appeal Likely</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">No one seems to think it will hold up on appeal, but yesterday a recently elected judge in Houston, Texas ruled that the Lone Star State&rsquo;s death penalty is unconstitutional.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/2010/03/07/music_by_prudence_burkett">The story behind Oscar&#8217;s &quot;Kanye moment&quot;</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Bigelow vs. Cameron? Streep vs. Bullock? Forget it. The most riveting face-off during Sunday&#39;s Oscar ceremony came early: When producer Elinor Burkett wrestled the microphone away from director-producer Roger Ross Williams after their film, &quot;Music by Prudence,&quot; won for best documentary short. What really happened?&nbsp;We reached both shortly after by cell phone, and got both sides of the story.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1802286">&quot;Honest Movie Titles: Oscars 2010&quot;</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">You can only wish they were as honest as &#39;Snakes on a Plane&#39;</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.google.com/publicdata/home">Google Public Data Explorer</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don&#39;t have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/jesus-christ-mike-allen-reconciliation-not-complicated">Jesus Christ, Mike Allen, Reconciliation Is NOT THAT COMPLICATED</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Confusing? Obtuse? Does Conrad need to stop by Politico&#39;s offices with a picture book and some finger puppets? I understand perfectly well how intelligent people who don&#39;t follow this debate closely might not catch on to the distinction. But this is what Mike Allen does all day &#8212; and, as I understand it, much of the night and the wee hours of the morning as well. How can anybody still not understand this? I&#39;m at a loss here.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/11083/mixtape-10-best-architecture-songs">Mixtape: 10 Best Architecture Songs</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">What? No &#39;Tere Ghar Ke Saamne&#39;? Top Architecture Songs  #pb</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://line25.com/articles/top-5-web-design-debates-that-cause-the-most-riots">Top 5 Web Design Debates That Cause the Most Riots</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">The world that surrounds the topic of Web Design is home to many debates and opinions on best practices or generally how things should and shouldn&rsquo;t be done. While many of these opinions are accepted and taken on board by everyone, there are some that end up being split into two opposing camps. One camp will provide an expert opinion for one side of the argument, while the other contradicts with an equally valid argument.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/234489/page/1">Debunking 7 GOP Arguments Against Reconciliation</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Seven arguments Republicans should not be making against using reconciliation for health-care reform, and the one that they should.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://mattgemmell.com/2010/03/05/ipad-application-design">iPad Application Design</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">this is about the user interface conventions and considerations which apply to creating software for the iPad platform (and touch-screen tablet devices in general). It is not a technical discussion of iPad-related APIs</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://iographica.com/">IOGraphica &mdash; MousePath&#8217;s new home</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">IOGraph&nbsp;&mdash; is&nbsp;an&nbsp;application that turns mouse movements into a&nbsp;modern art. The idea is&nbsp;that you just run it&nbsp;and do&nbsp;your usual day stuff at&nbsp;the computer. Go&nbsp;back to&nbsp;IOGraph after a&nbsp;while and grab a&nbsp;nice picture of&nbsp;what you&rsquo;ve done!</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How to fix the wrong budgets counts in Mint's Dashboard by simply unchecking a box in the Planning tab. Does Mint know that the resolution of the issue that its engineers have been working so hard is really that simple?</description>
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</script></div>I have been using Mint for compiling and analyzing my financial history for the past couple of years. It is an amazing product and completely online. It syncs to your bank accounts, credit cards, and even PayPal accounts and gives you a quick snapshot of your spending history. One of its trumpeted features is Planning and Budgets which allows you to set a budget for certain categories and it tracks the progress over the month. For the past couple of months, this budget feature on your Mint Dashboard was wildly off the mark. At the beginning of the month, some categories would go all apeshit and display over-budget amounts by hundreds of dollars. If you click on the category, it would display the correct amounts in the Transactions list for the month which obviously was much lower.</p>
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<p>This was misleading and I pointed it out to Mint Customer Service via email and even posted it on their help forums. Mint even acknowledged the problem and promised me that their engineers are working hard to resolve the problem as soon as possible. Also, I wasn&#8217;t the only one with the problem. So far in spite of being a major issue, Mint hadn&#8217;t yet resolved the issue when one of the users who had a similar problem posted a possible solution.</p>
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<p>He simply went to the Planning tab and clicked on the Edit Details of the category that was displaying the wrong amounts and unchecked the &#8216;Make this budget roll over&#8217; option. The issue resolved immediately. So my question is, does Mint or it&#8217;s engineers know that the fix is so simple and that the roll over option is more confusing than helpful? Perhaps the explanation is so simple that the Mint engineers missed the obvious. Or are they simply fixing the basic problem? Mint could have easily pointed out that the rollover budgets are causing the anomaly after which 90% of the users with the problem would have been satisfied. But does Mint know it was that easy?</p>
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		<description>I created this on my MacBook Pro. I haven't gone all Jackson Pollack but care to guess how I created this seemingly piece of art in just over an hour? It may look all chaotic but it has a method to its madness.</description>
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<p>I haven&#8217;t gone all Jackson Pollack but care to guess how I created this seemingly piece of art in just over an hour? It may look all chaotic but it has a method to its madness. IOGraphica is a fun and awesome tool that tracks your mouse movement on the screen. You install it, let it run in the background, and go about your business. The application traces a path of your mouse with black lines. The black dots represent the place where the mouse was stationary for longer periods of time.</p>
<p>I created this on my MacBook Pro and as you can make out, my dock is on the left. The Mail app is on the top left and middle left are where my Twitter and NetNewsWire app resides. The top right black dot is where my &#8216;Send to Pukka&#8217; bookmarklet resides. How is this useful? Well, not much really but then not everything you install on your computer is. Or for that matter, most of what you install is for fun.</p>
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		<description>Take some time today to really get acquainted with one specific tool that you use frequently. Poke around the menus and help files, search Google for “ tricks” and see what comes up. I think you’ll be surprised by what you find.</description>
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		<description>10 Things Every Traveler Should Do
Whether you&amp;#8217;re trekking to an exotic locale or revisiting an old haunt, get more pleasure from your vacation with these pointers.
Think like a statistician &amp;#8211; without the math
Instead, the most important things I&amp;#39;ve learned are less formal, but have proven extremely useful when working/playing with data
How an artist was shorn
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/travel/10-things-every-traveler-should-do-00000000014271/">10 Things Every Traveler Should Do</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Whether you&rsquo;re trekking to an exotic locale or revisiting an old haunt, get more pleasure from your vacation with these pointers.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://flowingdata.com/2010/03/04/think-like-a-statistician-without-the-math">Think like a statistician &ndash; without the math</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Instead, the most important things I&#39;ve learned are less formal, but have proven extremely useful when working/playing with data</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.livemint.com/2010/03/03203832/How-an-artist-was-shorn.html">How an artist was shorn</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Some self-righteous folks remind us that Qatar is not a democracy, nor does it guarantee freedom of expression. But Qatar&rsquo;s record on free speech is not relevant; India&rsquo;s is. And it is for Indians to reflect on why India&rsquo;s most widely known painter feels safer in Doha than in Mumbai.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.bookrenter.com/">College Textbook Rentals</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Buying your textbooks is expensive, and who has time to find high-quality, cheap used textbooks? Be smarter &mdash; at BookRenter, you can rent textbooks for a fraction of the cost, and have them delivered right to your door as fast as the next day.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://macscripter.net/viewtopic.php?id=25547">Create image sequences from still images without QuickTime Pro</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">I knew that you could easily create custom slide shows with QuickTime Pro, but why spent hard-earned $29.99 when you can get the same functionality free of charge by using built-in Mac OS X 10.5 technologies?</p>
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		<description>When the iPad first came out, there was much consternation on the lack of Flash and other traditional web features that dominate current computers. But I always believed that Apple&amp;#8217;s decision to exclude these features was in fact a plus; breaking away and designing for the future rather than holding on to the past. People [...]</description>
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<p>Instead of focusing on what we don&#8217;t have, I believe that true potential of the iPad will be unleashed by what we have not yet seen. Just like the iPhone revolutionized the smartphone industry, I believe the iPad will change the way we consume media. Yes, the iPad will and is primarily a media consuming device. I have been primarily interested in books and magazines. The possibilities of embedding rich media within content are endless. Think of your favorite magazines and then imagine how better your experience would be if some content was interactive <sup>[1]</sup>.</p>
<p>The media companies have already started designing their publications for the iPad. For e.g., Penguin Books:</p>
<div align="center"><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jdExukJVUGI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jdExukJVUGI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></div>
<p>The part about holding your iPad up to the sky to map constellations is something that no paper book can do. Another of my favorite magazine, Wired is also almost ready with its app and it looks even better than it&#8217;s paper version.</p>
<div align="center"><object id="flashObj" width="404" height="436" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=1564549380" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=66775419001&#038;playerID=1813626064&#038;domain=embed&#038;" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&#038;publisherID=1564549380" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=66775419001&#038;playerID=1813626064&#038;domain=embed&#038;" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="404" height="436" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></div>
<p>I hope other publications recognize the potential of this new medium and get started. The publishing industry thankfully has learned from the music industry&#8217;s debacle and looks willing to adapt and adopt new technologies.</p>
<p>P.S. The irony that the two videos above are in Flash is not lost on me :) But as both YouTube and Wired show, you can keep everyone happy by having two versions of their content. May the best technology win.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Coincidentally, hours after I published this meandering post, I found <a href="http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/">Craig Mod&#8217;s beautifully illustrated and excellently-written article</a> on how the iPad is challenging the very notion of books and yet retaining what we like most about them.</p>
<blockquote><p>The iPad changes the experience formula. It brings the excellent text readability of the iPhone/Kindle to a larger canvas. It combines the intimacy and comfort of reading on those devices with a canvas both large enough and versatile enough to allow for well considered layouts.</p></blockquote>
<img src="http://www.ipatrix.com/d036ca0a/4a7d9e51/FeedBurner/1.0 (http://www.FeedBurner.com).gif" /><h5>Footnotes:</h5><ol class="footnotes"><li id="footnote_0_3356" class="footnote">A National Geographic app for the iPad will provide the same stunning photos and also include video</li></ol><hr />
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		<description>Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn
Where are the tea parties protesting against this stupid government action?
Man electrocuted by urinating on downed power line after car crash
When you gotta go, you gotta go
IDF calls off West Bank raid due to Facebook leak
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<p class="pinboard">Where are the tea parties protesting against this stupid government action?</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.leftlanenews.com/man-electrocuted-by-urinating-on-downed-power-line-after-car-crash.html">Man electrocuted by urinating on downed power line after car crash</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">When you gotta go, you gotta go</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1153619.html">IDF calls off West Bank raid due to Facebook leak</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">The Israel Defense Forces called off a raid in Palestinian territory after a soldier posted details, including the time and place, on the social networking website Facebook</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/snake-eats-babydinosaurs/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29">67 Million-Year-Old Snake Fossil Found Eating Baby Dinosaurs</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Scientists have found a 67 million-year-old fossil of a snake coiled around dinosaur eggs and a hatchling. This is the first evidence of snakes eating dinosaurs.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://balkin.blogspot.com/2010/03/dont-trash-constitution-justice-scalia.html">Don&#8217;t Trash the Constitution, Justice Scalia</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">This front-page story in yesterday&rsquo;s Washington Post featured a quotation from Justice Antonin Scalia, taken from a 2006 Yale Law School presentation, in which the Justice calls the 14th Amendment&#39;s Privileges or Immunities Clause &quot;flotsam.&quot; Flotsam is defined by Webster&#39;s Dictionary as &quot;floating debris&quot;: trash, in other words. Talk about trashing the Constitution.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/88gmDzilQUs/cyberwar-hype-was-co.html">Cyberwar hype was cooked up to sell Internet-breaking garbage to the military</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Wired&#39;s Ryan Singel makes a good case in this article that cyberwar hype &#8212; like terrorism hype &#8212; has been fuelled by government contractors who have a product to sell, and who don&#39;t give a damn about the consequences to the net or to freedom</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://mobile.grooveshark.com">Grooveshark Mobile Music</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Not knocking on Pandora or Last.FM but Grooveshark is pretty awesome. Especially for popular songs.</p>
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When you hire out a contractor to do work on your home, you want things done right and at a reasonable price. Over the years, I&amp;#8217;ve seen a number of people get screwed by hiring a &amp;#8216;jack of all trades handyman&amp;#8217; who said they could just about everything. In [...]</description>
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<p class="pinboard">When you hire out a contractor to do work on your home, you want things done right and at a reasonable price. Over the years, I&rsquo;ve seen a number of people get screwed by hiring a &lsquo;jack of all trades handyman&rsquo; who said they could just about everything. In reality, they could do a lot&hellip;. of destruction, that is (oh snap)! No, really folks &ndash; to protect yourself from getting ripped off by a contractor, make sure you take these steps:</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.bradcolbow.com/archive.php/?p=205">Why DRM Doesn&rsquo;t Work</a></li>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/6887331.html">Putting art to work</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">If architecture is about solving problems, rehabbing the Houtex was a dream project: The awkward buildings posed lots of problems.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.photographyblogger.net/escalator-pictures/">22 Escalator Pictures That Will Keep You Off The Stairs</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Here are 22 pictures that will have you taking the escalator every time.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://wvgazette.com/News/201003010560">W.Va. delegates take aim at cyberbullies</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Does that mean you cannot blog anonymously in WV anymore?  If yes, I would be illegal if I lived there</p>
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		<description>PackLate: Sweet Deals on Vacation Rentals.

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Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.packlate.com/">PackLate: Sweet Deals on Vacation Rentals.</a></li>
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<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/03/01/2010-03-01_bklyn_acorn_cleared_over_giving_illegal_advice_on_how_to_hide_money_from_prostit.html#ixzz0gxpib9Cn">B&#8217;klyn ACORN cleared over giving illegal advice on how to hide money from prostitution</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Brooklyn prosecutors on Monday cleared ACORN of criminal wrongdoing after a four-month probe that began when undercover conservative activists filmed workers giving what appeared to be illegal advice on how to hide money.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://speckyboy.com/2010/02/25/50-amazing-personal-blog-web-designs/">A Showcase of 50 Amazing Personal Blog Web Designs</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">The importance of a unique, memorable and well designed blog, especially within the design community, should not be underestimated &ndash; First impressions will always count and your blog gives you an opportunity to showcase your skills and highlight how professional and serious you are as a designer.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.cardpool.com/">Gift Card Exchange: Sell Gift Cards, Discount Gift Cards, Swap Gift Card</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Get up to 30% off your favorite gift cards and 90% cash back on unwanted gift cards.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://atticapp.com/">Attic App &#8211; iPhone App For Forgotten Albums in Your Library</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Attic is a slick music controller for all those unplayed albums that are collecting dust sitting in your iTunes library. Listen to, create playlists of, and shuffle through your forgotten albums.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://wherewedesign.com/2010/02/nicolas-tye-architects/">Nicolas Tye Architects&nbsp;|&nbsp;Where We Design</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">A fantastic workplace</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/garden/27roadtest.html?_r=2&amp;ref=garden">Shower Heads That Save Water and Still Feel Good</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">In the pursuit of saving water &mdash; finding a low-flow shower head with high pressure &mdash; I took an inordinate number of showers, sometimes several a day. I compared the merits of 17 shower heads, each with a standard half-inch connection. Criteria included how well each could deliver an acceptably robust shower, and the usefulness of the various spray options. Also, I tested the flow rates stated by the manufacturers with a bucket and stop watch. Everyone told the truth.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1253935/Photographer-captures-amazing-images-lions-watering-hole-submerging-months.html?ITO=1490">Photographer captures amazing images of lions at watering hole after submerging himself for three months</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Wildlife photographer Greg du Toit was so determined to capture the perfect image of wild lions drinking he sat submerged in their watering hole for three months.</p>
<p>The defiant photographer had endured a year of failed attempts at getting the right picture after building hides and digging trenches near the animals&#39; drinking spot.</p>
<p>In a final desperate effort, the 32-year-old decided to take the plunge and climb into the murky pool with his camera and ended up contracting several tropical diseases.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://www.labnol.org/india/exporter-code-for-paypal-payments/12866/">How to Get an Exporter Code in India for PayPal</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">If you are based in India and want to withdraw money from PayPal to your local bank account (or your credit card), you need to have an Importer Exporter Code.</p>
<p>The Importer Exporter Code, or IEC in short, is normally required by manufacturers and companies for international trade but with this new RBI ruling, the hundreds and thousands of freelancers, programmers, web designers and small companies who depend on PayPal for foreign payment will also have to apply for an IE code.</p>
<li class="pinboard"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/snatch-trackpad-and-remote/id287915025?mt=8">Snatch: Trackpad and Remote for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad</a></li>
<p class="pinboard">Turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a wireless multi-touch TRACKPAD, KEYBOARD and fully customizable and programmable REMOTE CONTROL for your PC or Mac! It does EVERYTHING all the other remote control apps does &#8211; AND MORE!</p>
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