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Jan 31, 2011
The Tiger Woods Dubai Update

Not much more to this story than the title: “Tiger Woods’ Dubai golf course development officially halted“.

I’m kind of surprised it took them this long …

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Jan 28, 2011
Text Kills Suicide Bomber by Accident

If this is real this is awesome!
Check out: “Black Widow attempted New Year Moscow attack but blew herself up by mistake“.
Security sources believe a spam message from her mobile …

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Jan 28, 2011
Liz in the News!

Liz in the news! Check out today’s Portland Press Herald article about her not job fair but “networking night”: “Immigrants network at international job fair“.

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Jan 28, 2011
25 Years since the Challenger

Wow.
Today’s the 25th anniversary of STS-51-L, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

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Jan 27, 2011
Orange You Glad It’s Not Red?

ALERT!
ALERT!

The US Department of Homeland Security is changing the “Homeland Security Advisory System” a/k/a the Terror Alert: “Homeland Security to replace color-coded terror alerts“.
The system, as it was established in …

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Jan 27, 2011
New California Adventure Posters

One of my favorite things about Disney is the attraction posters from the theme parks.
With California Adventure getting a new design and new facelift, they’ve made new posters:

Check out: “New …

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Jan 27, 2011
Apple Magic Glove

Not that it’s set in stone, by any means, but Apple was just granted patent for a new glove system, as reported by Apple patent watchdog patentlyapple: “Apple Wins Patent …

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Jan 26, 2011
Naming Rights

I just read a blog post about the possibility of selling naming rights to infrastructure that was cute enough, but then they made a good jab at the KFC Yum! …

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Jan 26, 2011
“Meat Filling” Lawsuit

Wow, so I don’t feel like going to Taco Bell any time soon.

Have you seen the new lawsuit that contends their “beef” is actually “taco meat filling” and …

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Jan 26, 2011
Ugly New CMP Logo

I opened up my Central Maine Power bill last night (and yes, the bill is higher with these new smart meters) and found an ugly new logo inside.

Not that the …

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Jan 23, 2011
Dubai’s World Islands are Sinking

Remember The World islands in Dubai? We actually talked about them three years ago today (see The World).

Well, according to reports from Friday, it’s sinking: “Luxury Dubai development sinking.”
Of …

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Jan 21, 2011
LePage’s Special Interests

Maine’s Tea Partier-in-Chief, Paul LePage, has been in the news quite a bit lately; most recently he told off the NAACP the week before Martin Luther King Jr Day, calling …

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Jan 19, 2011
Starbucks and iPhone

Wow, this combines two of my favorite stories of the last few weeks – one can now pay at Starbucks using one’s iPhone!
Check out: “Now at Starbucks: Buy a Latte …

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Jan 19, 2011
Maglev in So. Cal.

I’ve been dreaming of maglev transit since I was in 8th grade (where I won the Science Fair, you may note).
Now today I just saw this article: “Maglev Rail Transportation …

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Jan 18, 2011
Optimized for Smart Phones

Those of you at home probably (hopefully) won’t notice anything different, but the blog here is now optimized for smart phones, like my new iPhone.
This is what iPhone viewers see …

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Jan 18, 2011
31 Ounces of Coffee

I meant to mention the new Starbucks Coffee logo the other week but was swept up in other nonsense.
It’s okay. Nothing earth-shattering. (Although changing the logo on 16,000-some-odd …

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Jan 17, 2011
James Bond in Dubai!

No, not the next movie (the currently titled “Bond 23” coming out November 9, 2012) but the next novel, coming out May 26, 2011.

Just today publisher Simon & Schuster announced …

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Jan 16, 2011
Happy Birthday Mac Plus!

Today’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Macintosh Plus – the first Mac my family ever owned.

It’s a far cry from today’s MacBooks and iMacs, but back then it sure was …

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Jan 15, 2011
25 Years of Living Seas

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Epcot’s The Seas with Nemo & Friends Pavilion (formerly “The Living Seas”).

You might remember that John Ritter hosted the television special that introduced us …

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Jan 12, 2011
Snow in 49 States

I love factoids like this:
With the arrival of snow in New York and the unusually severe storm in the South – which dumped more than a foot of snow in …

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