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06 Nov 2009 21:00

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Tech: Check out blogger tool 2Leep, now with a fresh redesign by us!

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Here's the before: 2Leep.com is a blogger link exchange service used by such well-trafficked blogs as Oddee and The Inquisitr. Despite being around only a handful of months, it's gained a lot of momentum of late and is a great way to find neat, often bizarre articles. Despite its great idea, its design didn't really do the site justice. A total diamond in the rough.


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  • Here’s the after: We offered our services to 2Leep pro bono, because we thought we could help a lot of sites by giving this neat idea a design that matched its ambitions. We’re still working (beware of falling bugs, especially if your browser starts with the letters I and E), but the basic idea behind the layout was to give it a more web-appy feel as well as organize and emphasize the often-bizarre and cloying subjects the site covers. Check it out and please let us know if you see any issues. And keep an eye out for 2Leep links on ShortFormBlog!source

02 Nov 2009 10:32

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Tech: Chinese iPhones more expensive, don’t have wi-fi. That sucks.

  • $730 the pre-discount price for an iPhone in China source

29 Oct 2009 17:10

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Tech: Pavegen begs you to get your “step in the right direction” puns ready

This little square lights nearby things using the energy of the people that step on it. Currently being tested out in London, it’s not long until it takes over the world or something. source

25 Oct 2009 15:06

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Tech: Twitter gets rid of one of its peskiest, most annoying problems

  • If you delete a tweet, people can no longer find it. It was one of Twitter’s greatest, if not most obvious flaws. If you screwed up, thanks to the search results, your screw-up was encased in amber for the rest of eternity, or at least until everyone forgot about it. This created one notable/infamous incident, where ABC’s Terry Moran mentioned that Obama called Kanye West a “jackass,” then deleted the tweet – even though everyone could still see it. Fortunately, Twitter has finally fixed the problem. Despite that, you probably shouldn’t trust Twitter to delete your old tweets for good. source

25 Oct 2009 10:47

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Tech: Meet the world’s most famous Drupal-based site: Whitehouse.Gov

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  • Well, that certainly helps with open government. The White House uses the same technology that many huge Web sites use (along with our bros at Bluffton Today, where we worked in our formative years). Drupal’s open source. Now, so is Whitehouse.gov. This is cool, kids.source

23 Oct 2009 11:11

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Biz, Tech: Microsoft’s earnings numbers: FAIL, but not MASSIVE FAIL

  • -14% decline in Microsoft’s year-on-year profits this quarter source

20 Oct 2009 21:25

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18 Oct 2009 21:29

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Tech: Dear Wolfram Alpha: Nobody’s gonna buy your iPhone app

  • $1.99 the amount we could see ourselves paying for a Wolfram Alpha iPhone app source

16 Oct 2009 16:27

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Biz: A major insider-trading case rocks Wall Street. It’s no Madoff, though.

  • $17 million was blue-collar crimed by Galleon Group’s founder source

15 Oct 2009 11:26

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Tech: 10/GUI dares you to use your fingers instead of a mouse

  • This is really awesome. It’s a rethinking of the GUI to be something that replaces the mouse AND the complexity of the window system. It uses multitouch, but not on the screen. We’re big fans of everything except the overwraught hipster names it uses.source