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"Gotcha" I think American ad folks do these ads to show that if they were allowable in the USA we could outshine the Europeans for suggestive humor in advertising. Found by John Ligums.
Shark Found in Lake Michigan (1)
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Sarah Palin’s Home And Office (1)
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Scott Parent of the Alaska PodShow visited VPILF Sarah Palin in February for his excellent series. A nice inside view of the gouvenor’s home and office. Comment
Bristol Palin Pregnancy: Is VP Sarah Palin’s 5th Child Really Her Daughters? (2)
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Stupid Celebrities Gossip » Bristol Palin Pregnancy: Is VP Sarah Palin’s 5th Child Really Her Daughters? This is going to dominate the news this weekend. Generally a smear tactic does not go in this direction. The key elements are that there are few pics of Sarah pregnant and her daughter was out of school [...]
'Urban' Villages Counter Ancient Amazon Theory - NPR (1)
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Telegraph.co.uk'Urban' Villages Counter Ancient Amazon TheoryNPR - 2 hours agoby Christopher Joyce The Xingu region of the Amazon, seen here, had a far more complex structure of ancient villages than previously thought.“Garden Cities” Uncovered In Amazon Rainforest eFluxMedia'Lost towns' discovered in Amazon BBC NewsThe Associated Press - Scientific American - Wired News - Economistall 130 news articles
Missing girl's mother held - Los Angeles Times (1)
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ABC NewsMissing girl's mother heldLos Angeles Times - 4 hours agoShe is rearrested, over bad checks, not her daughter's case, say officials. People jeer as she is led away. By Sarah Lundy and Amy L. Edwards, South Florida Sentinel ORLANDO, FLA.Video: Casey Anthony Could Be Returning to Jail AssociatedPressMissing girl's mom taken into custody CNNOnly Kent - WLOS - FOXNews - ABC Newsall 1,751 news articles
Mac Excel users rejoice: Solver for Excel 2008 now available (9)
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Many users were left in the lurch when VBA was cut from Mac Office 2008, which also meant that Solver had to be cut as well. But with the release of the AppleScript-based Solver for Excel 2008, you can finally get your work done and do a little cubicle dance before heading out for a three-day weekend.Read More...
Being Phishing Aware (1)
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Phishing -- the name for fraudulent attempts to obtain credit card numbers, passwords, social security numbers and other sensitive information -- isn't an issue exclusive to MobileMe. Still, it's as relevant to MobileMe subscribers as anyone else, and warnings about it bear repeating from time to time. There are thieves in the world who work hard at creating emails that appear to come from legitimate companies, frequently even including links that go to real pages ...
Apple - MobileMe - News - An iCards Substitute (3)
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We've been hearing from iCards fans who miss that feature. There's a very good substitute built into Mac OS X Mail in Leopard that more than a few of those fans have taken to enthusiastically. When you start a new message, the Photo Browser and Show/Hide Stationery buttons in the upper right corner give you easy access to all the images in your library and over 30 different stationery backgrounds, many of which contain placeholder ...
Details of iPhone 2.0.2 Firmware 3G Connectivity Improvements? (5)
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RoughlyDrafted reports on details of the iPhone 2.0.2 firmware 3G connectivity improvements. According to a "source close to AT&T," the connectivity issues have been caused by iPhones demanding that cell towers devote more power than necessary to th...
Microsoft breaks IE8 interoperability promise | The Register (23)
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This week, the promise was broken. It lasted less than six months. Now that Internet Explorer IE8 beta 2 is released, we know that many, if not most, pages viewed in IE8 will not be shown in standards mode by default. The dirty secret is buried deep down in the «Compatibility view» configuration panel, where the «Display intranet sites in Compatibility View» box is checked by default. Thus, by default, intranet pages are not viewed ...
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phillip said:
WTF Microsoft
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Dan said:
It doesn't surprise me at all, MS backing down on a promise. What's o wrong is the "broken page" icon for standards websites. WTH?
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Billy said:
Are you kidding me?
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ewbrown said:
I am sad to say that I am not surprised by this.
QUARTER HONORING “THE GREAT LAND,” A SHINING STAR FOR THE NATION (1)
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PALMER, Alaska - The spotlight was on the Colony Stage at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer today as a crowd celebrated the ceremonial launch of the Alaska commemorative quarter-dollar coin. United States Mint Deputy Director Andrew Brunhart joined Alaska Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell for the event.
Incredible Video: Drawing a 'Mona Lisa' in 80 Nanoseconds! (5)
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Stories dugg by kevinrose (12)
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The mythbusters compared a CPU vs a GPU and the GPU drew an ACTUAL mona lisa drawing using paint balls in 80 nanoseconds.
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Chris said:
This is very, very cool - the demo of the concept.
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Rui said:
the slowmotion in the end is really nice
Mac 101: Dealing without iCards (1)
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Filed under: Odds and ends, .Mac, Mac 101Apple has posted a nifty tip for Mail users who miss the discontinued iCards feature from .Mac: You can use Mail stationery to create an attractive card-like message with your own photos. In a post on the Mobile Me blog (hey, it's not dead!), Apple says "...it's like the old Make Your Own iCards feature on steroids, and a whole lot easier to use in the bargain." For ...
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A Traverse City man says he found a dead shark in the water while fishing in West Grand Traverse Bay on Lake Michigan.Shared by Anthony Bossuyt (14)Contribute comment
