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03 Feb 2009 23:14

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Offbeat: You from Tuscon? You see porn during the Super Bowl? Get paid.

  • 30 seconds of pornography was shown on some Comcast systems in Tuscon, Ariz. with 3 minutes left in the Super Bowl – right when Arizona took the lead
  • $10 credits will be offered to any customer, um, lucky enough to be offended by the alternate programming, which featured full male nudity source
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03 Feb 2009 23:03

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U.S.: Obama ditches Tom Daschle – AND he takes the blame

  • Did I screw up in this situation? Absolutely. I’m willing to take my lumps.
  • Barack Obama • in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams, on that Tom Daschle guy, who had to pay a ton in back taxes recently – a fact that came out when he was being vetted for Secretary of Health and Human Services • source
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03 Feb 2009 22:57

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Biz: Auto sales sucked in January, and then some

  • -37% decline in sales from January 2008. Oof. source
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03 Feb 2009 22:53

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Tech: Microsoft is releasing five too many versions of its new OS

  • six freakin’ versions of Windows 7. Sigh.
  • one freakin’ version of Mac OSX 10.5. Just sayin’. source
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03 Feb 2009 11:02

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Tech: Ink is expensive. Use coffee grounds to print your stuff instead.

The RITI coffee printer probably will make your papers peppier. (See what I did there?) source
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03 Feb 2009 11:02

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Tech: We have a sinking feeling about the new Google Earth

  • Biodiversity loss in our oceans in the next 20 to 30 years will be roughly equivalent to losing an entire Amazon rain forest, but this goes unnoticed because we can’t see it. This is why the launch of Google Earth 5.0 is so important—it gives us an opportunity to change everyone’s perspective.
  • Google CEO Eric Schmidt • on Google Earth 5.0’s newfound ability to see to the ocean depths, which they call Google Ocean. It sounds like the coolest thing ever for nerds and science teachers. • source
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03 Feb 2009 10:39

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Music: Music died 50 years ago today

Rest in peace Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper. :( source
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03 Feb 2009 10:30

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Music: “A gratifying shock”: Pitchfork likes the new Morrissey album

  • This is Morrissey’s most venomous, score-settling album, and in a perverse way that makes it his most engaging.
  • Tom Ewing • in a review of Morrissey’s Years of Refusal, which he claims is the former Smiths singer’s best album since 1994’s Vauxhall and I. • source
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03 Feb 2009 10:23

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U.S.: Obama’s planning a media blitz. Wait, he wasn’t in the midst of one?

  • He’s granting interviews to everyone. Barack Obama, who’s pretty popular right now, wants to get his face on TV as much as possible in the next couple of days to push forward his economic stimulus plan. He’s facing some resistance from in Congress due to Republicans complaining about added pork. He wants the stimulus to pass, dudes. source
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03 Feb 2009 10:15

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Tech: For the love of God, will the Facebook “25 Things” trend end already?

  • What it is Some enterprising jerk on Facebook came up with this idea of having everyone write notes including 25 things about themselves. And like a juggernaut, it just kept building and building until all your freaking friends did it. As a result of the trend, notes on the site have more than doubled and tags of friends have quintupled.
  • Why it’s annoying Everyone has 25 interesting things, right? Sure. But it’s interesting when one person does it – it’s like a beautiful piece of art in a sea of minimalism. But when everyone does it, it’s like white noise, background chatter and it makes you want to beat up the nerd who came up with the idea. We’re totally giving that guy a swirlie; it makes us feel manly. source
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