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17 Jun 2010 10:31

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Culture: Oprah the gift that keeps on giving, this time to O Magazine

YOU GET AN IPAD. AND YOU GET AN IPAD! AND YOU GET AN IPAD! AND YOU DO TOO! AND $10,000! EACH! I JUST LOVE GIVING STUFF! source

06 Feb 2010 10:36

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Tech: Google underestimates the uses of Chrome’s “Incognito Mode”

  • For times when you want to browse in stealth mode, for example, to plan surprises like gifts or birthdays, Google Chrome offers the incognito browsing mode.
  • A note on the Google Chrome help page • Regarding the site’s incognito mode, which allows one to hide their browsing habits from their cache. This is hilarious, because everyone knows the feature’s in there to hide people’s porn browsing habits. It’s possible, though, that the surprise gift might be porn. source

24 Nov 2009 11:13

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23 Apr 2009 22:33

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U.S., World: The gifts just keep on coming from Venezuela and Hugo Chavez

  • As we noted the other day, Eduardo Galeano is a happy old man, as his 38-year-old critique of Western imperialism, “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” is still a top-15 book on Amazon a week after Hugo Chavez handed the book to Obama. source
  • Well now, Hugo Chavez has upped the ante, giving New Jersey … wait for it … an island! Petty’s Island, located between Philly and Camden, N.J., is owned by Citgo, the fuel company run by Venezuela, and features a couple of bald eagles. He wants to show us his love, guys! <3 source

01 Apr 2009 01:41

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Offbeat: Five fast historical facts about April Fool’s Day

  • The holiday was invented by monks in the 11th century as a way to control laborers. source
  • Daylight Saving Time used to start on April 1st every year until it was staggered in the 20th century. source
  • The pulling of tricks on April Fool’s Day is a strictly Euro-American tradition. source
  • Families in some Asian nations celebrate by exchanging small, handmade gifts. source
  • In 2004, Monaco banned the holiday after a failed trick left three people dead. source