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Micheal Ian Black : American comedian, actor, writer and director. He has starred in several TV comedy series, including Ed, The State, Viva Variety, Stella, and currently Michael & Michael Have Issues. (follow on twitter . . . )
sample tweet : “Word I invented for bulimics who throw up on each other while having sex: blumping. “
Quite Interesting Facts of the Day
One of the most popular names for newborn baby girls of the Kikuyu tribe of Kenya is Wambui. It means “zebra”.
Quote of the Day
â’Any child can tell you that the sole purpose of his middle name is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.â’ Denis Fakes
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Tech News
Yahoo Invite “Come One . . . Hack us!”
Yahoo has opened the application floodgates to its home page, with hopes that external developers will soon build tens of thousands of programs that Yahoo.com’s more than 330 million visitors will find useful. Any takers? (pc world . . .)
1,000,000,000 Views A Day
Only if the US Federal tax system could charge $ .0001 per video view, it would give the US tresury $36,500,000 a year. It could pay for public health care system. That would interesting to have technology actually pay for something, other than making a small group of people richer.(telegraph . . .)
Could There Be More Studying Done, Please
Imagine sleeping 19 hours a day and never feeling rested. It could look closely HIV and might be treatable with current AIDS medications, but it ain’t HIV or AIDS. (health zone . . .)
The Best Insulation, Sheep
But that isn’t news is it? But according to the news article, it is better to just raise the sheep for insulation instead of making a sweater. A bunch of elderly are looking their piece of the pie, it was their idea first. (bbc . . .)
Go Team Fox
Science identified genes which may influence the onset age of Parkinson’s Disease. (lab space . . .)
Nevada Underground, Nothing Like Seattle Grunge
Nothing beats the dessert heat like cool refreshing water. Prediction: pale white is the new tan. (matsys design . . .)
Busted
44 people in the U.S. and 47 people in Egype have been caught Phishing. Now it is safe to give out your personal information and bank routing numbers. (news factor . . .)
Someone in US Government Likes Google Voice
Members of Congress have taken AT&T’s side and asked the FCC to look into Google’s refusal to connect certain calls through Google Voice. Taken AT&T aside? Does AT&T have an office on capital hill? (information week . . .)
What’s Up With Adobe and Apple?
Apple will not allow Adobe Flash on iPhone or iPods, but will allow Flash Apps. Someone needs to kiss and make the first move towards this relationship. The kids customers want this marriage to work. (business week . . .)
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