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03 Apr 2010 17:32

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Offbeat: Guy ensures second interview with deadly precision

  • We wish we could throw business cards like this dude. Next time we go to a job fair, we could guarantee ourselves an interview.
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03 Apr 2010 16:50

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Offbeat: Baseball + smiles = Long lives, according to random study

Some supergeniuses decided to compare baseball player’s lifespans to how much they smiled. Ted Williams’ wide grin outlived Mickey Mantle’s stoic pose. source
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03 Apr 2010 16:27

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U.S.: Easter Bunny leaves unfortunate surprise for Des Moines kids

  • cute Kids across the country are hunting for wonderfully-colored Easter Eggs. It’s a fun alternative to iPad unboxing for non-nerds.
  • not cute Some of those kids, in Des Moines, Iowa, happened to find a body during their hunt. We’ll save the dark humor for later. source
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03 Apr 2010 16:17

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World: Catholics jump on Jews, Anglicans jump on Catholics, Buddhists left out

  • An institution so deeply bound in to the life of society suddenly becoming – suddenly losing all credibility. That’s not just a problem for the church, it’s a problem for everybody in Ireland, I think.
  • Church of England head Rowan Williams • Regarding the scandal surrounding the Catholic Church of Ireland, which in a lot of ways mirrors the one the Vatican is facing. Of course, Williams immediately regretted saying it, because, well, it’s a controversial thing to say! Can we just have a moratorium on religious types saying controversial things about one another? source
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03 Apr 2010 15:34

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Tech: Dear HootSuite: Where did you jerks go? Your app is broken.

  • We’re not geniuses, but it’s unacceptable when a Twitter app that many corporations and users (including us) rely on is down for twelve hours. HootSuite appears to have been down since last night. Our question: Hacking spree? Bots? Long weekend? Fire at headquarters? We deserve an explanation, guys. source
  • Update: App’s up again, but our complaints are still valid. It’s just bad form for a Twitter client to be offline for that many hours.
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03 Apr 2010 15:25

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Tech: No regrets: We bought an iPad. Cory Doctorow didn’t dissuade us

Fortunately, we didn’t have to do this to enjoy our new toy. The boys at iFixIt (working for Reuters) did it for us. The liveblog: Awesome. source
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03 Apr 2010 10:30

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Tech: Best form of pre-iPad entertainment: Woz doing magic tricks

  • We think this magic trick is kinda fun, but it doesn’t beat the one he pulled when he was dating Kathy Griffin a couple of years ago.
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03 Apr 2010 10:19

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Biz: The intern subculture is growing – for purposes of free labor

  • 83% of graduating seniors held internships in 2008, up from 9 percent in 1992
  • 25% of those internships (or more) were reportedly unpaid; some states are cracking down source
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03 Apr 2010 10:08

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Biz: Like big financial companies, Pfizer designated too big to fail

Pfizer marketed painkiller Bextra for use after surgeries, despite the FDA not approving it for that. But when push came to shove, the Feds didn’t go for the kill. source
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03 Apr 2010 09:56

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World: The Vatican’s Jewish persecution comparison didn’t go over well

  • “This is really in bad taste.” On the list of least likely things you would’ve expected to come from the Vatican, a comparison of an abuse scandal and cover-up to Jewish persecution is pretty high. And a bunch of Jews aren’t happy about it, either. A Vatican spokesperson finally did some damage control, saying the line “is absolutely not the line of the Vatican and of the Catholic Church,” but the damage has already been done. source
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