Classic - take a minute and a half out of your productive day and enjoy the ironic comedy - especially ironic - but still funny - if you can smell oil:
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Letterman: Obama Promised 'The Tonight Show' In 5 Years (VIDEO)
Love the joke about Obama being promised "The Tonight Show" in 5 years - could be earlier, as some other commenters have suggested. When Dave is on, he's on. Leno - well, I do think NBC needs to be looking for a replacement in just a few years as that move was by no means a long-term fix.
Watch as this begins about 30 seconds into this part of Dave's monologue:
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Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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The 9 Hotels With The Worst Names In The World
Classic stuff - click through all ten - hard to declare which one was best! Some things definitely get "lost in translation," even within the U.S. itself (witness those resorts named after local areas).
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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Mike Bennett, Florida State Senator, Caught Looking At Porn During Floor Debate On Abortion Bill
After further review, he did click out of the pic - but, it wasn't terribly fast. He also didn't make the move to close his laptop immediately either. Plus, I think the fact that he's watching a wet dog video while legislation is being debated on the floor is just as bad. And if he's watching one dog video, I'm sure that he's been watching many, many more. Of course, I can throw stones because I don't have any other windows open while I'm typing this out :-)!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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BumpTop Acquired By Google: Is A Tablet With 3D Interface In The Works? (VIDEO)
Who wouldn't be excited to be acquired by Google! Seriously though, this is very interesting technology and we'll likely see it emerge in new and exciting ways - and before we know it! Of course, those with messy desks in real life and messy desktops on their present computer screens will soon have piles of icons and folders building-up on their tablets - in 3-D!
Here's a video on what the BumpTop Interface looks like:
and Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
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Are Facebook Users Sex Obsessed? Survey Shows 'Sex Sells' On The Site
I'm shocked, shocked that sex sells on the Web and on Facebook? Of course, it made me click on the article, too! Who knew??? The margin though is a bit stunning - nothing comes close (insert your own joke there, of course).
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Very interesting research - well worth reading both the original Zarrella post on his blog and the WSJ piece the study.
Data Shows: On Facebook, Sex Sells
The Most Shared Stories on Facebook
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The Atlantic: America the Overweight
Fascinating article from the Atlantic. Here's their May 2010 cover story on "America the Overweight":
Beating Obesity
And for those of you curious to see (or with not enough time to read the full article), here's an interview with the article's author, Marc Ambinder:
Food for thought....
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: May 4 Overview
Here's a video overview of the situation in the Gulf of Mexico, as of Tuesday, May 4th, compiled from news sources around the world (interesting to see the non-U.S. perspectives):
Let's hope for the best...
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Let's hope for the best...
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: A Containable Accident, Then Suddenly a Crisis
Very good chronology and analysis of events from Yahoo News. See below:
A containable accident, then suddenly a crisis - Yahoo! News
And a good video overview from the Wall Street Journal:
Let's hope for the best...
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