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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:07:47 -0800

Wikibumps
BB guestblogger Andrea James on wikibumps, sudden Wikipedia traffic increases.
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:15:09 -0800

The Power of (Online) Public Opinion http://bit.ly/5tCbS1 {delicious}
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Kevin Lim bookmarked a link

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:55:25 -0800

The Power of (Online) Public Opinion
Yawn. Another article on "How executives should track Internet commentary to protect their company’s reputation", but this time it's in China. I'd like to see positive examples where social media engagement actually HELPED a Chinese...
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:33 -0800

@mhisham In the words of Galadria - "By warmth of heart, your pain I feel. Grant me the power, your wounds to heal!"
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:06:07 -0800

"Oh mist filled pits dark dank unclear, let all before me with frost fingered fear!"
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:52:10 -0800

Best 'Antiques Roadshow' episode ever. http://bit.ly/4s3nXt (via Reddit)
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:05:06 -0800

@Capy_Nathan Late I know, but I just bought CRITTER CRUNCH after seeing how mad-cute your iPhone game was! - http://bit.ly/4y7gkS
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:45:28 -0800

Notice how bored the female turtle looks
First, walrus auto-fellatio. Now, turtle orgasms. Today is just going GREAT, isn't it? (Possibly NSFW. But much, MUCH less...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:15:32 -0800

Big Lebowski rewritten as a work of Shakespeare
"The knave abideth." Sweet baby Jesus, the attention to detail in this sucker is just mindblowing! What a thing of beauty....
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:59:53 -0800

Dude buys CD on Amazon for $3 billion (plus $3.99 shipping/handling)
"Amazon called me today to discuss my $2.9billion purchase. They wanted to make sure I had received the order cancellation...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:43:15 -0800

War brewing between Mexico and Starbucks over unauthorized use of Aztec art
The government of Mexico and Starbucks are engaged in an intellectual property rights battle over a line of coffee mugs at the...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:37:08 -0800

Avatar is srs bizness: Self-help thread for depressed Na'vi
Thread topic on a Na'vi self-help discussion board: "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being...
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:12:25 -0800

Avatar's 'eviction' theme parallels Chinese netizens' fight against China’s chengguan http://bit.ly/6GHPSV
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:09:19 -0800

Portraits of an aging, decaying Biosphere 2
BLDGblog has published a series of photographs by Noah Sheldon that capture what remains of Biosphere 2, "a semi-derelict...
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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:01:27 -0800

Video: I knew it… MTV’s Jersey Shore was a lie! The REAL Situation (Feat. MTV Jersey Shore’s The Situation,... http://tumblr.com/x525bu3bi
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:00:00 -0800

“Everytime you lift your shirt, you’re lifting America’s spirit…” The REAL Situation (Feat. MTV Jersey Shore’s The Situation, Snooki, and Pauly D, via FunnyOrDie)

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Kevin Lim posted a tweet

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:58:54 -0800

Clive Thompson: Is it ethical to eat plants -- when they're fighting for their lives? http://bit.ly/5zRxCo {delicious}
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:37:31 -0800

Clive Thompson: Is it ethical to eat plants -- when they're fighting for their lives?
Just because we humans can’t hear them doesn’t mean plants don’t howl. Some of the compounds that plants generate in response to insect mastication — their feedback, you might say — are volatile chemicals that serve as cries for help. Such...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:25:45 -0800

Britain without the gulfstream
Britain is unusually warm for its latitude because of the gulfstream. This week, however, the gulfstream is on vacation in...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:01:26 -0800

Look at this photo of Emma Watson in the Burberry Spring 2010 campaign
Just look at it. I reached out to Burberry for comment on the image above, which has been described by some as a Photoshop...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:59:10 -0800

Nuvigil, descendant of Provigil, to "treat" jet lag
Nuvigil is the slight new tweak on Cephalon's Provigil, a narcolepsy drug that became a big off-label brain hack hit for its...
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:58:44 -0800

Toronto: global epicenter for oppression of sex and gender minorities
BB guestblogger Andrea James on practitioners of transgender reparative therapy.
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:48:10 -0800

New Palm Pre and Pixi announced
Palm's Pre and Pixi cellphones are getting upgraded soon. Gizmodo got some hands-on play time....
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:42:48 -0800

Potato salad
By the Ross Sisters. Straight out of 1944. Shit gets real about a minute in, and it keeps getting real-er, so stay with it....
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mark90 posted a blog entry

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:31:18 -0800

Review: Serenity Gaming PC
Puget Systems makes old-school boutique tower PCs for gamers. The last time I looked at one, it brought performance, heft,...
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