Back when I was a lad life on the playground was a little more . . . tenuous.Everything in the playground was more dangerous. And they were different and unique, seemingly put together by the neighborhood handymen who in a burst of creative energy one...
Topics: danger, Kids, Playground

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While we’re making lists, Finland topped another one earlier this week with the launch of the Oasis of the Seas which was built in the STX shipyard in Turku, Finland. 1,180 feet long and grossing 220,000 tons this ship is longer than an aircraft...
Topics: Finland, Oasis of the Seas, ocean liner, Royal Caribbean

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Finland recently declared broadband internet access a legal right. The site billshink.com also calculates that Finland has the third fastest average access speeds.
Topics: Finland

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Google Social Search is now available in Google Labs. Danny Sullivan has the most in-depth coverage out there but it’s worth turning on yourself because you’re going to be the best judge of how well this feature performs for you.Be sure to...
Topics: Google, Search, Social network, Social search

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It’s hard to wrap up a major conference, especially when you didn’t attend, but viewing things from a distance sometimes helps because only the loudest messages make it all the way over.Before the conference even started, Fred Wilson threw...
Topics: Events, facebook, Milestone, social filters, Social network, twitter, Web 2.0

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