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Tech News November 9, 2009

tech — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:59:11 PST

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Name Cali Lewis
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Sample Tweet: “ Wal-Mart now sells caskets online. http://bit.ly/3UcVAl Hit buy and you’re good to go!“

Facts of the Day

The only day in the ten years 1993-2002 when no suicide was recorded in Britain was Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day, Friday 16th March 2001.

Quote of the Day

“Do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don’t pick your nose.” Jeff Mallett

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InstaColl is an easier way to securely share your Microsoft Office documents with remote colleagues in real time. Seamlessly web-enables desktop productivity applications such as the Microsoft Office suite – combining the power and familiarity of your desktop applications with the collaboration facets of the Web. (link to web tool . . .)

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Tech & Science News

Ads Coming to Your Cell Phone
Thank you, Google. (nytimes . . .)

Rupert No Like
Murdoch doesn’t like Google because it indexing his sites. He needs a better webmaster. (gizmodo . . .)

DIY Project
Any scrap wood just taking up space? Make a table. (instructables . . .)

Dynamic Paper
Hug a tree. (illuminations . . .)

18 Button Mouse
Not a typo, 18 button mouse. (theregister . . .)

The eReader Worth The Wait
Pocketbook 360 (wiki . . .)

Radio Shack News
iPhone coming to ‘The Shack” (rs pr . . .)

Droid Prepared for iTunes
Wonder how long that will last before Apple cuts the cord? (theregister . . .)

UK Carrier Unlocks iPhone for Customers
Now that is nice. (wired . . .)

Microsoft Free Software Leaked
Microsoft’s free software, Cofee, to police forces around the world and helps access details about crimes such as identity theft, online fraud, child pornography and illegal filesharing before criminals can wipe the information – has hit the internet. (inquirer . . .)

Police Get Hacked
Virtual Protest. (inquirer . . .)

All in One Place
One database for everything. One hack to affect everything. (gcn . . .)

Black Friday
It has started. (crunch gear . . .)

Microsoft Wants to Place Nice
Social Networking and Microsoft SDK. (neowin . . .)

Comment Clash

Article: A Few Reasons not to Buy Modern Warfare 2 — a game. (link . . .)
Comments: What use does anyone actually have for night vision goggles? (reddit . . .)

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Monthly Online Gaming Pick

The Lord of the Rings Online has quickly established itself as the emerging leader and was named the PC MMO Game of the Year 2007 by the editorial staff of GameSpy and PC Game of the Year 2007 at the 25th Annual Golden Joystick awards. The New York Times proclaimed The Lord of the Rings Online “a major achievement of interactive storytelling, the first game truly worthy of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ franchise and a must-play for just about anyone with an interest in Tolkien or the future of online entertainment.”

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Funny Commercial

Website Pick

Pimp That Snack is all about foo. PimpMySnack documents projects to recreate familiar snack foods at gigantic scale — huge home-made candy bars and snacks. Diabetics beware! This website features guides on creating giant versions of everyday snacks. Articles are submitted by members of the public and a voting system allows people to rate each pimp from 1 to 100. (link to site . . .)

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Tech News November 6, 2009

tech — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:21:32 PST

Twitter Follow

Name Molly Wood
Web Yes
Bio Minor Internet celebrity and part-time bouncer.

Sample Tweet: “Wait, seriously? I can’t pre-order the Droid? What kind of dooky is that? I demand my delayed gratification!“

Facts of the Day

William the Conqueror’s body was accidentally broken in half while being shoved into his stone coffin.

Quote of the Day

“Every time one laughs a nail is removed from one’s coffin.” Honduran Proverb

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ProofHQ is an online proofing system that helps you manage the way that you and your team review, proof and approve documents.

ProofHQ improves collaboration so work is finished faster and with fewer errors. ProofHQ can to used to proof and approve a huge range of documents including graphic design, print, web design, packaging, press releases, business stationery, corporate identity, logos, photos, and much more… (link to web tool . . .)

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Louder
Internet that speaks to you. (bbc . . .)

Ford’s Focus
Ford doesn’t focus on having a US average 60 mpg (like in the UK), nope lets worry about the seatbelts. Not buying a Ford until it has minimal 60 mpg. (cnet . . .)

Droid
The Verizon Droid has it’s own page, and it is full of stuff. It will cost you. (ap . . .)

Robot Olympics
Wall-e is a reality. (bbc . . .)

Women Better With Gadgets
Sorry men, it just seems that women are better with technology. The gap with men and women in technology is going to grow, but not he way you think. Since 3/4 of all college graduates are women, 80% of the laid-off work force is men and men are becoming stay-home husbands it only makes sense that women are gaining tech knowledge. (bbc . . .)

Comment Clash

Article: Jon Stewart parodied Glenn Beck for over 8 minutes(link . . .)
Comments: It was brilliant. I was laughing so hard I really did scare the cats. (reddit . . .)

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Monthly Online Gaming Pick

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Funny Commercial

Website Pick

This is Photobomb
You’re on vacation at the beach, or waiting on line at the open bar at your cousin’s neighbor’s uncle’s sister’s wedding, or at your BF’s Frat Party.You’re having a good time, everything seems normal but -Bam! You go over your memory card and WTF is that asshat doing behind you?! That is a photobom. All is not lost, you can obtain much gratification and revenge by posting these jacked up photos here on TIP for all to see, and sharing with friends. (link to site . . .)

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Daily Steal Gone Nutty (Free)

tech — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:57:29 PST

Gone Nutty – Free!

Scat’s quest for the acorn is my guilty pleasure in all Ice Age movies. In Scrat’s adventure, he proudly finds a new nut behind a patch of grass. After he retrieves it he scrambles to a tree top revealing thousands of neatly arranged nuts, with one remaining spot for his treasure. As Scrat bounds to place his final nut, the ground suddenly shifts. The tree becomes a giant funnel and the adventure begins!

Product Description

Directed by: 20th Century Fox

Runtime: 5 minutes

Studio: 20th Century Fox

ASIN: B002EKCWM8

Ice Age Short: Gone Nutty (FREE)

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Tech News November 5, 2009

tech — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:08:52 PST

Twitter Skip The Follow

Name Elisabeth Hasselbeck (Follow . . .)
Web Sort of . . . her link on twitter is : http://www.abc.com,www.qvc.com,www.gfreediet.com/ WTF
Bio copy/paste from Twitter – ABC’s "THE VIEW" CO-HOST, AUTHOR of "THE G-FREE DIET"-out MAY 4th 2009, DESIGNER (ELISABETH HASSELBECK FOR DIALOGUE)

Sample Tweet: “Just finished qvc show… Next one is @ 10pm tonight- exchanging notes with Rachel Ray- !“

Why the Skip? Self promotion at 140 Characters, doesn’t understand CAPS mean yelling, doesn’t understand the whole concept of self-editing before hitting submit and simply just a newbie. She needs to hire someone or if she does . . . fire them.

Facts of the Day

The Praying mantis is the only insect that can stand on one leg.

Quote of the Day

“People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.” Ogden Nash

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Blellow is a social network that allows freelancers and professionals to collaborate, find work, and solve problems through a friendly and familiar Microblog interface, by answering the question: “What are you working on?”

Blellow is a community with a focus on productivity. It’s a place for freelancers and professionals to collaborate, find work, and solve problems. Blellow is organized into groups based on interests, and anybody can join the conversation. (link to web tool . . .)

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Nature Can Be Cruel
Hairless bear uglier and scarier than the average bear. (dailymail . . .)

Facebook Has an Issue
Pregnant human female, no problem. Pregnant human female posting sexy pictures, problem. (nerve . . .)

What Happened to $1,500?
There used to be a $8000 credit for home buyers, not it is just $6,500. Cash for clunkers just took all the money. (ap . . .)

Beck the New Oprah?
If you have a book to promote skip Oprah, Beck’s got his own book club. They might not be readers, but they will buy the book to give the illusion of knowledge, just like Beck. (nyt . . .)

The Political Party Rising
Pirates. (torrentfreak . . .)

They Knows You, Do You Know What They Know
Google now lets you know what they know via Dashboard. I know. (google . . .)

Online Learning, Sans Credit
Free learning online, 24 computer science courses. Not for those looking to fix Windows 7. (cosmolearning . . .)

Windows 7 Problems
12 Common Windows 7 problems with fixes. #5 iPhone won’t sync in Windows 7. (techradar . . .)

Gaming on Windows 7
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz – Microsoft wants you to buy an Xbox 360. (msnbc . . .)

Answer: DROID
Question: iPhone vs Droid. (cnn money . . .)

Star Trek Gadget into Reality
Translation gadget you wear, too bad it isn’t as small as an arrowhead. (bbc . . .)

Electric Car Designed By Racer
The ugliest electric car can travel 60 mph and is designed to travel up to 100 miles in between recharges. (bbc . . . )

Just Print Your Own Energy
Recently updated Wiki page has me wanting my own printing press. (nanosolar . . .)

Apple OS Update
The latest update from the Apple OS will brick all Hackintosh machines. Control of the code is all that Apple has, but it affects many people. Especially Apple themselves selling Hackintosh machines. Confused? Me too. (pc word . . .)

7-11 Wine
Have you ever ran into a 7-11 and bought wine? You must have and apparently enough people have that 7-11 will be getting into the wine business. Who says data mining isn’t profitable. (dallasobserver . . )

Brain Sofa
If you are thinking about getting a sofa in the shape of your brain waves, don’t. A seat shaped like a hand didn’t do so well in the market why would anyone think that a overly curved brain sofa would go over well? (wired . . .)

iPhone Better for Porn
Battle between iPhone vs Blackberry. (wwka . . .)

Comment Clash

Article: Stick Comic Strip “What a Creep” (thedoghousediaries . . .)
Comments: ♫♪ Every breath you take. ♫♪ (reddit . . .)

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Monthly Online Gaming Pick

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Viral Video by Judit & Judit

Website Pick

Ugly Outfits New York
This website is a project photo journal of the downside of New York’s unbridled creativity is the heinous way many of its citizens dress. Ugly Outfits is a just-launched blog featuring snapshots of the five boroughs’ most perversely unflattering wardrobe choices. Some of the profiles will amuse only sartorialists (e.g. the homespun faux pas of “Who’s a Knitter?”), but most will be hilariously repulsive even to those with zero fashion cred. (link to site . . .)

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We Found Michael Dixon

tech — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:05:06 PST

Michael Dixon, a British journalist based in Brussels, disappeared while on vacation in Costa Rica.
He was reportedly last seen leaving his hotel walking toward Playa Tamarindo on October 19th.
His hotel room was found undisturbed, all of his belongings accounted for.

Missing – Michael George Dixon was reportedly last seen at the Villas Macondo Hotel in Tamarindo, Costa Rica on Monday, 19 October, 2009.

The Hotel reports Michael arriving on Sunday, 18 October, during the afternoon; he checked-in and said that he would stay one day. The next day he was seen leaving the premises towards Tamarindo Beach around 9:00 in shorts and t-shirt, and from that moment he has not been seen againMichael Dixon disappeared while on vacation in Costa Rica. He was last reported being seen leaving his hotel walking toward Playa Tamarindo. His hotel room was found undisturbed, all of his belongings accounted for.

Doing a Google news search for updates the police have not contacted Intelius.com and just for the sake of knowing, he never made any music. I have a problem with poor taste with advertisements.

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Daily Steal Big Kahuna Reef (Free)

tech — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:08:42 PST

Big Kahuna Reef – Free!

Go Hawaiian in this gorgeous underwater adventure! Discover Sea Turtles and other aquatic life as you break open boxes in this classic style matching game, questing for the Mask of the Tiki. Using the revolutionary Mouse Party, you can play with multiple players on the same computer through an almost infinite number of levels, thanks to the included level editor. As you play, you will uncover greater challenges including the Skeleton Fish of Kamehameha. Lead on Kahuna…your quest awaits!

Product Description

Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.

Note: Gifting is not available for this item.

ASIN: B001K7HV3Q

Release Date: October 4, 2009

Average Customer Review: Customer Comments

Download size: 7 MB

Download time: 1 minute on broadband, 17 minutes on dial-up

Big Kahuna Reef [Game Download]

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Tech News November 4, 2009

tech — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:17:49 PST

Twitter Fake Follow

Name Bender (Follow . . .)
Location Definitely not with fembots
Bio Follow me, jerk! I may not be the real Bender, but that doesn’t mean I’m not great!

Sample Tweet: “ It’s a good thing the US delayed this digital TV switch. I haven’t had time yet to make one of the floozie bots upgrade my antenna.“

Facts of the Day

The word ‘climax’ is Greek for ladder.

Quote of the Day

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.” Clare Booth Luce

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Steepster is a site that helps you keep an online log of the teas you drink. Using a super-simple interface, you can easily fill your tealog with tasting notes and tales of your tea drinking adventures. You can also follow other tea drinkers to see what’s in their cup, discovering brand new teas from people you know and trust. (link to page . . .)

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The Perfect Desktop
Set up an Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. (howtoforge . . .)

Want Your Own iPhone App
You are not happy with any app, build your own. (readwriteweb . . .)

iPhone App
Want to control your wind turbine? No problem. (cnet . . .)

Beatles USB Drive
16GB USB drive will be loaded audio tracks from the Beatles’ 14 albums will set you back a cool $330. Downloading onto a $15 usb would be cheaper. Don’t be fooled. (pcw . . .)

Hardware Hack
Ryan Harris faces up to to 20 years in prison for allegedly selling modding tools that allowed his customers to swipe high-speed internet access without paying. Do not mistake this for the Ryan Harris of the Denver Broncos, he is out for 3 weeks due to an “injury”. MMM maybe they are the same guy. (theregister . . .)

Windows 7 Cheap
$3 in China. (neoseeker . . .)

iPhone Checkout
Not, check this app for the iPhone. Checkout with an iPhone. (appleinsider . . .)

Speaking of Checkou
First cash register built 1879. That way before any cell phone app, cell phone or first public pay phone 1889. (wired . . .)

Facelift for MSN
First in over 10 years, which means that in less than 1 year a new one will be developed due to the lack of security or other issues. (bbc . . .)

Over Priced Gadgets
The Webbook comes with a custom simplified interface, it can run third party web apps, and it can operate both in a laptop mode, or by bending backwards the screen, in the “easel TV-like mode”. I want one anyway. (litl . . .)

Apple vs Windows vs Linux – Game Over
Can’t Decide which Operating System to have on your computer? Get them all!! (wired . . . )

Gopher Still Has Internet Value
Before Google, Bing or Yahoo there was and always will be Gopher, Veronica and Jughead. (arstechnica . . .)

Using Wrong VPN
There is only one working solution for getting online content around the world, vpngates. It is not just about access it is about geo ip address. (tech dirt . . .)

Palm Future Readings
When you get rid of all your programmer and years later try to get them back . . . it is kind of too late already. (osnews . . )

Flickr Opens Garden
There are a whole lot of mobile, desktop, and helper apps tied to Flickr. The team at the photo sharing service decided to make those apps easier to find and install by opening a free “App Garden” to everyone. (flickr . . .)

Ubuntu 9.10 Today!!
Forget Windows 7 and take a look at Karmic Koala. (lifehacker . . .)

Comment Clash

Article: Bill Gates sums up Microsoft’s abusive history (my opera . . .)
Comments: Nothing like a good debate, not one anonymous comment. (reddit . . .)

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Monthly Online Gaming Pick

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Poker Face

Website Pick

Passive Aggressive Notes
This website is a project, using a broad definition of “passive-aggressive” that roughly correlates with how the term is popularly used. The NYT: “the classic description of the behavior captures a stubborn malcontent, someone who passively resists fulfilling routine tasks, complains of being misunderstood and underappreciated, unreasonably scorns authority and voices exaggerated complaints of personal misfortune.” One thing I have learned about moving to the Midwest US, passive aggressive personalities is alive and well. (link to site . . .)

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Daily Steal Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures (Free)

tech — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:01:09 PST

Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures: Episode 3 – Free!

A charity fair comes into town, run by Monty Muzzle, to raise money for a new dog shelter. After dealing with three strays in their home, Wallace and Gromit go to the fair with Wallace’s new invention to create any flavor of ice cream. At the fair, Gromit discovers that Mr. Muzzle’s intentions aren’t exactly charitable and decides to do something about it! Along the way, Wallace gains the attention of an ardent admirer who mistakes the fastening nut he is holding as an engagement ring!

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Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.

Note: Gifting is not available for this item.

ASIN: B002RL8K2U

Release Date: October 6, 2009

Average Customer Review: No customer reviews yet.

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6 in Video Games

Download size: 412 MB

Download time: 23 minutes – 1 hour 30 minutes on broadband

Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Adventures: Episode 3 [Game Download]

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Tech News October 29, 2009

tech — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:55:43 PDT

Twitter Follow

Name Lance Ulanoff
Location New York, NY
Web Yes
Bio Editor-in-Chief, PCMag.com, amateur cartoonist and robotics fan.

Sample Tweet: “ Searched for Elton John on Google’s Music search http://bit.ly/3VmKgX Now I’m playing a full version of Tiny Dancer (thanks Lala!). #pcmsw“

Facts of the Day

The highest paid director in Britain in 2001 was Sir Christopher Gent, chief executive of Vodafone, who was paid 6.9 million pound for his labours. This amounts to £20,000 every day of the year, including weekends.

Quote of the Day

“I hope that when I die, people say about me, ‘Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money’.” Jack Handey

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Scoodi

A “free to list” and “free to trade” service that helps you and your community get the most out of the things you own and the things that people around you own. Scoodi does this by connecting you locally and giving you some great trading tools. (link to page . . .)

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Awesome Science
Brand-new, hi-tech, super-powerful telescope looks 7 billion years into the past and picks out two discrete gamma ray photons, leading scientists to only one conclusion: “Einstein still rules” (UPI . . .)

Touchy Concept
That is one sweet ass-speaker, rubbing makes it louder. (gizmodo.com . . .)

Bite Be Gone
Chemical discovered that attracts mosquitoes to humans. Preorder through your local Avon lady. (labspaces . . .)

No RIP
Tweeters submitting questions for spirits of dead celebrities as part of the world’s first Twitter seance or “tweance”. Kurt Cobain wants you to know that poop is coming out (cnet . . .)

Obsessive Search Goes Tech
Headline: “Bigfoot enthusiasts go high tech”. Article: “GPS navigators, voice recorders, cameras and plaster of Paris. Have you tried Google? (canoe . . .)

If Wishes Come True
Legendary video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto wishes there was more Star Fox love. (kotaku . . .)

Next Time, Think it Through
Tech inventions that their inventors regretted. Includes Comic Sans (gizmodo . . .)

TMI, TMI!!!
The researchers are not sure why these bats engage in fellatio (mongabay . . .)

Fun?
A video game where you play a terrorist massacring innocent civilians in an airport for three and a half minutes is upsetting people? Weird (game politics . . .)

Is It that Bad
New wink glasses will mist up every five seconds, in case blinking have become an unbearable chore you just have no time for (telegraph . . .)

Nanny 911
International Nannies Association upset with new Dante’s Inferno videogame. Apparently, they have a problem with the idea of killing unbaptized babies for the sake of an Xbox Achievement (ina . . . )

The Answer, No
Are they just stringing us along? Do they have enough rope this time? Ares I-X launch part twine (nasa . . .)

*cough* *cough* *cough*
640k infected sites should be enough for anyone. I am just wondering when I can take a sick day because my computer has a virus. (the register . . .)

A Huge Find
Remains of giant sea beast discovered on British coast: “This is the most powerful predator that has existed… In fact, a T-Rex would be breakfast for this” (the sun . . )

iRobot
An armada of robots may soon explore the solar system. They’ll be able to “think on their own, identify possible hazards, determine areas of interest and prioritize targets for a close-up look”. Insert Doctor Who reference (universe today . . .)

Ubuntu 9.10 Today!!
Forget Windows 7 and take a look at Karmic Koala (lifehacker . . .)

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Online Gaming

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Funny Commercials

Website Pick

Absurd and Picture is Unrelated
This website is about pictures that don’t make sense! We strive to find the strange moments of human life captured in photographic form and showcase them on our site as a testament to the absurdity of life. (link to site . . .)

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Tech News October 28, 2009

tech — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:21:43 PDT

Twitter Follow

Name Lifehacker (follow . . .)
Web http://lifehacker.com/
Bio Don’t live to geek; geek to live.

Sample Tweet: “ Top 10 Time-Saving, MacGyver-Style Cleaning Tricks http://lifehacker.com/5383447“

Facts of the Day

The British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was half-American and one sixteenth Iroquois. He was not (as some sources allege) born in a ladies lavatory. He was dyslexic and failed the entrance exam for the Royal Military College, Sandhurst three times. In 1908, he was initiated into an order of Druids.

Quote of the Day

“In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.” Wilma Mankiller

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Hello Health
A revolutionary new experience with your neighborhood doctor. It mix office and online visits to give you personal attention when and how you want it. Hello Health helps you connect with your neighborhood doctor in person and online to give you the personal attention you need, when and how you want it. By combining in-person office visits, text messages, email, and video chat, Hello Health provides the freedom for you and your doctor to focus on your health instead of on paperwork. This also links to your Google Health account. (link to page . . .)

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White or Red
Geologists wade into wine criticism, declare wine buffs’ insistence that “terroir” affects taste is an utter bunch of swill. Or merlot — they’re the same thing (SeattlePI . . .)

Finally
Toyota to release solar charger for electric cars. (PhysOrg.com . . .)

How US Tax Dollar is Spent
NASA Launches iPhone app. Just a thought, how many people actually have an iPhone? (Discover . . .)

Not Again
China accuses Google of censorship (The Inquirer . . .)

Hours, No Not The Movie
Scientists working hard to soften the effects of priapism (taragana . . .)

Don’t Call Him Sue
If you want your daughter to succeed, name her Steve. Just a point of order, I do not know one successful woman named Bobbie or Bobby. All the Bobby women I know belong in the same social club with Patty and Selma (theage . . .)

Battle of the Sexes
You know how annoying it is when your girlfriend or wife kicks your ass at Trivial Pursuit? (networkworld . . .)

Got Nothing Better To Do
Live HD coverage of the first launch of NASA’s Constellation program – launch window: 8am-12pm ET (spacevidcast . . .)

Facebook Keeps You Going Virtually
Please, please don’t poke dead people (theregister . . .)

A Whole New Meaning to Gaming Mouse
Video footage of a real laboratory mouse playing Quake (hplusmagazine . . .)

Brain Stimulation for Good, Not Evil
Son of a biatch(ZAP) F#*k(ZAP) Prick(ZAP) whore(ZAP) C@cksucker(ZAP) (latimes . . .)

A Media Outlet Found Their Voice
Does Fox know that the Government has not shut down? Anthropologists determine modern man and Neanderthals had “sex across the species barrier.” (fox . . .)

This Can’t Be Good
Gene makes flies more alcohol tolerant, still can’t stop them from drunk dialing their ex at 4 AM (upi . . .)

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Online Gaming

Demographics: 80+% of Lord of the Rings Online players are male and are on average 31 years old. Additionally, the game is only available for PC users it is not currently MAC compatible.

Funny Commercials

Website Pick

The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks
Do you like “reading” websites? It is standard in the US to put all end punctuation (periods, commas, question marks, exclamation points) inside quotation marks. The writer, Bethany, went to a Canadian high school and the English teacher taught her that when the quotation marks are ironic or setting off a word or phrase because you are talking about the word itself, then the punctuation goes outside. (link to site . . .)

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