December 2008
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Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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TechCrunch says FU to Embargoes
For those PR firms who might not have clued in to TechCrunch’s view on un-enforced PR/news embargoes, these images make the message pretty clear!  Excerpt:  We’ve never broken an embargo at TechCrunch. Not once. Today that ends. From now our new policy is to break every embargo. We’ll happily agree to whatever you ask of us, and then we’ll just do whatever we feel like right after that. We...
Dec 18th
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Giraffes! Fighting and Flying! Giraffes!
Saw this tweet today: anthonyidem RT @bevbarnett: Have you ever seen giraffes fight? This was unexpected! http://bit.ly/tBwH This is nuts which led to this video (of giraffes fighting - wild!) Which made me think of this clip from Saturday Night Live which just cracked me up! And while we’re on the subject of giraffes, figured I’d throw this pic from my zoo visit the...
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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My next birthday cake (from my brother)
Actually, if I weren’t a vegetarian, it looks like it would probably be kind of yummy! The baker made this for a friend as a groomscake. If you’d like to make your own meat cake - here are the recipe & instructions!
Dec 17th
The Ultimate Collection Of Photoshop Custom Shapes... →
For all you photoshoppers out there.  (LOVE smashing magazine - don’t you?!) (link found on twitter via @DavidTowers)
Dec 12th
Snow fun for Santa penguins! →
I want to tobaggan with a penguin!!!
Dec 12th
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Cool clock - I want it as a screen saver!
Dec 12th
Tip via Twitter
From tipjoy.com :: our 2 ¢ Tipjoy is happy to announce even tighter integration with Twitter. You can now initiate payments via twitter. For example, tweeting “p @ev $1 because twitter is fun” would send $1 from your Tipjoy account to @ev. For more details, visit their site. Pretty nifty feature - would you use it?
Dec 6th
Ex-Felon Turned Pastor Exposes Lying Corporate...
Excerpt: “By the time he was 22, Barry Minkow had defrauded investors and Wall Street of over $200 million, was convicted on 57 counts of fraud, sentenced to 25 years in prison, and required to pay restitution of $26 million. Today, at 42, Minkow is a church pastor who investigates fraudulent executives via the Fraud Discovery Institute, a company he cofounded. Is Karma bizarre, or what?...
Dec 6th
A Simple Gesture to Boost Morale by Rosabeth
Your organization feels the economic misery. Your team knows that you have to make cuts. You want to keep spirits up, but budgets are tight and getting even tighter. Everyone feels overworked, tired, and taken for granted. You are tense and irritable yourself. Now is the time for a magnanimous but totally basic gesture. It is simple and free, and will lift your spirits too. It is so simple that...
Dec 6th
Happiness: It Really Is Contagious
Turns out, misery may not love company — but happiness does, research suggests. A new study by researchers at Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego documents how happiness spreads through social networks Read full story or listen to NPR podcast here found via tweet from @adora
Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content | Chris...
You’ve got a chance right now. While everyone else has their eyes on celebrating the holidays and doing all their year end rituals, you can make a commitment. You can make your New Year’s resolution almost a full month early. Here’s what you can commit to for 2009: you’re going to have a killer blog. You’re going to write the kind of blog people post, tweet, link, and even print to stick up on...
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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My JT-can-dance-in-anything theory has even further evidence.
Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
Fame, Money, Sex, Power | FeverBee →
Community members that aren’t self-motivated, are motivated by rewards. You need to create these rewards. These members are motivated by 4 things, fame, money, sex, power. Putting sex aside, your rewards need to align with these motivations. Here’s some ideas: (read the full post @ FeverBee)
Dec 3rd
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Prop 8 The Musical - Starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly and many more
Dec 3rd
Dec 2nd
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File under "Really?!"
Clicked on the link from the following tweet from @Forian: Lord have mercy on those giving it to him. re: http://ff.im/bgX5 And found this article with the inconceivable headline: Bush to receive first-ever International Medal of Peace. As I absorbed the headline & picture, my eye wandered to this ad in the right column REALLY?!
Dec 2nd
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Oldest Ever Lolcat found (from 1905!)
Oldest Ever Lolcat Found *gasp* (Iz From Teh 1905) « Lolcats ‘n’ Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? more animals (click the photo for full article)
Dec 2nd
I Can Haz Hoomin Hart-aik →
Dec 2nd
BBC NEWS | Health | Did Aids change America? →
More than 500,000 people have died from Aids-related illnesses in the US in the last 27 years - but has Aids really changed the country? (side note:  Paul Michael Glaser (“Starsky” of “Starsky & Hutch”) lost his wife & child to HIV-related illness and is presenting a documentary on Radio 2)
Dec 2nd
Freebies 4 Mom: Money 4 Mom: Starting a Blog? →
excerpt: The most frequently question I get asked is: How do I start a blog and make money blogging? Here’s my short answer: You don’t start a blog to make money, you blog for fun.
Dec 2nd
Online Shopping?- Pay Cash and Feel Secure with... →
Chris Brogan describes a new service that sounds like it could be extremely helpful for online holiday shopping.
Dec 2nd
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Funny Because It’s True: The Simpsons Parody Apple... →
Springfield gets a Mapple Store. Hijinks ensue.
Dec 2nd
Blogs - As Big as You Want Them to Be →
Dec 2nd
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My boy Justin on Saturday Night Live.  Hillarious on “Weekend Update”  - even better in the short as Beyonce’s back up dancer!  (edited: replaced with the legit Hulu version - which doesn’t have the Beyonce dancing clips posted yet.  Still worth a look-see though!)
Dec 1st