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17 Jan 2009 12:10

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Offbeat: Obama speech generator: ‘hope’ is not just another word for ‘dog’

  • My fellow Americans, today is a heartfelt day. You have shown the world that ‘hope’ is not just another word for ‘dog,’ and that ‘change’ is not only something we can believe in again, but something we can actually give.
  • “Barack Obama” • in a speech generated by Atom.com’s “Inauguration Speech Generator” • source
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15 Jan 2009 11:07

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Offbeat: Man impersonates female vet, almost gets away with it

  • Danielle Smith ≠ Daniel Tyce. Tyce, of Atlantic City, N.J., ran an animal clinic, but he didn’t have any of the credentials he claimed he did. He’d drive around in a vehicle labeled “Animal Cruelty Investigations” with an assistant and would inoculate animals and set up adoptions dressed up like a police officer. No clue why he had to do all this pretending to be a chick. source
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14 Jan 2009 14:06

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Offbeat, Tech: Oh God, did someone have to invent the term “sexting”?

  • Sexting leads to child porn charges. Sexting, as you might guess, is people taking naked photos of themselves on their cell phones and sharing them with their friends. It’s led to charges in Pennsylvania for both the three teenage girls charged with sending the photos and the, er, um, three lucky teenage boys who got the photos. Note to press: Please stop inventing terms. :( source
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14 Jan 2009 08:57

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Offbeat: In her text-scrawled words, how she did it

  • Uhm i’m not sure really. In june i had cheer camp so like alot of my friends had texted me. And when i wasn’t at camp i’d text my friends and girls on my team. i don’t like talking on the phone so i’d prefer texting people.
  • Emilee Cox • in a text message about her texting habits • source
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14 Jan 2009 08:54

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Offbeat: This teenage girl is 2.5x the texting addict of the other one

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13 Jan 2009 19:20

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Offbeat, Tech: To anyone who ever claims that Twitter is useless …

… don’t hate until you’ve seen this washer tweet when a load’s ready. source
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13 Jan 2009 17:01

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Offbeat: Laid off? This dream job would be a good rebound

  • Island living, nice salary … … ever wanted to live by the ocean, spend your days snorkeling, feeding fish, delivering a little mail and scuba diving? Look no further than the job being offered by the state of Queensland, Australia. They created the job as an antidote to the economic slump, because they’re awesome. source
  • Island living, nice salary … … ever wanted to live by the ocean, spend your days snorkeling, feeding fish, delivering a little mail and scuba diving? Look no further than the job being offered by the state of Queensland, Australia. They created the job as an antidote to the economic slump, because they’re awesome.
  • The requirements? Cake. The job, which last six months, pays $150,000 Australian dollars and accommodation in a luxury house, is open to anyone with a passion for the Great Barrier Reef. All you have to do is send a video application and beat out the hundreds of other people assuredly applying. Good luck. source
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12 Jan 2009 23:29

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Offbeat: One teenage girl sent an ungodly number of texts last month

  • 14,528 total text messages were sent by the Orange County, Calif. 13-year-old. source
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12 Jan 2009 20:09

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Music, Offbeat, Tech: The dumbest idea for a software program, ever

  • Microsoft Songsmith sucks Songsmith, which creates music based on your ability to sing, could be a cool idea. But its downfall is the uber-cheeseball MIDI backing music, straight out of a Casiotone circa 1985 (disclosure from the author: I own this keyboard). source
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12 Jan 2009 13:30

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Offbeat, Tech: Attempting to build a classroom of dorks into flirts

  • 440 German übernerds got trained in basic social skills source
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