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23 May 2009 20:18

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Culture: Sans Ah-nold, “Terminator Salvation” opens pretty well

  • $13.4 million on Friday for the latest cyborg flick source
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22 May 2009 12:09

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Music: Pitchfork goes against the critical tide on Green Day

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09 May 2009 16:08

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U.S.: Five years of Massachusetts gay marriage, by the numbers

  • 12,167 gay marriages in Massachusetts through September 2008 – 64% of them women source
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04 May 2009 10:04

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Tech: URL shorteners are becoming ultra-popular right now

  • 50 million bit.ly links are clicked each week (a number that’s rising) source
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25 Apr 2009 11:14

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Tech: Google’s G1 is no iPhone, but T-Mobile likes its sales figures a lot

  • 1 million people own one – two-thirds of all 3G devices T-Mobile sells source
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24 Apr 2009 23:41

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Culture: Simon Cowell to Susan Boyle: Stop getting distracted, lady

  • Get yourself together sweetheart for the big one — the semi-final. Shut the door, choose the right song and come back as who you are, not who you want to be.
  • Simon Cowell • In an interview with reporters in Los Angeles. Cowell said he’s fed up with all the stories on Boyle and wants her to focus on the “Britain’s Got Talent” competition. Boyle’s video is still uber-popular on Youtube, by the way. • source
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19 Apr 2009 09:46

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Culture: Susan Boyle, the unlikely British singer, is the viral video queen

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02 Apr 2009 10:32

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Offbeat: Proof we’re on the right path: Furry pigs are back in style!

Mangalitsa pigs, from Hungary, are like bastard children of sheep and swine. And we want one as a pet. Oink. source
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26 Mar 2009 10:38

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U.S.: Camping is the new hip thing to do in our cruddy economy

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08 Mar 2009 21:06

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Tech: When it comes to Twitter, forget Failwhale. It’s all about Failbird.

Check out this amazing Failwhale-inspired Twitter illustration by Martin Gee. It’s neato. source
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