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01 Oct 2009 11:16

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Offbeat: Mix extreme sports and Tetris, and here’s what you get

  • Obviously, don’t try this at home, unless you’re incredibly awesome and have like 30 friends you can do it with.

18 Sep 2009 10:15

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Tech: That’s incredible: Apple’s amazing use of praise-filled words

  • ShortFormBlog is incredible … amazing … awesome … it’s great … we love it … amazing … awesome … cool … unbelievable … etc. (We love hyperbole, just like Apple.)

03 Sep 2009 20:29

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Culture: Spike Jonze fans with lots of time on your hands: Read this

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  • “It’s like the studio was expecting a boy, and I gave birth to a girl.” The New York Times Magazine has a massive, unspeakably awesome story up about Spike Jonze and his adaptation of “Where the Wild Things Are,” which sounds destined to be the kind of movie nerds will love and movie execs will cross their fingers and hope is a big hit. Jonze’s budget was as much as five times bigger as that of his last film, “Adaptation,” and he used it to create something which appears to possibly be breathtaking. Read every last word. source

27 Jun 2009 13:28

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Biz, Offbeat: This Pringles ad is so entertaining, we can’t stop clicking on it

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  • If all ads on the Internet were like this one, we’d click them every single time. However, we’d get nothing done. Thanks Pringles! source

20 Mar 2009 11:22

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Politics, U.S.: Analysis: Is Obama really the great presidential communicator?

  • But the discipline and strategic focus of the campaign have yet to move into the White House. The story of the day often catches the president flat-footed or on the defensive — and regularly undercut by fellow Democrats.
  • Jim Vandehei & Mike Allen • Discussing Obama’s communication skills in Politico. They note that while he’s still great in public, a different type of communication skill is required for the Oval Office. We aren’t so sure about this one, but it’s a unique argument. • source