[digg] Slowing Economy Hits Online Advertising

The slowing economy is cutting into online ad growth -- although it is likely to take a greater toll on offline media, according to a new survey.

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[digg] Musings from the Windy City

First time experience of the great city of Chicago by a new immigrant.

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[digg] Crawl De El De Chicago

This guy set out to ride all the lines of the Famed Chicago El transit system at a single stretch. This is how he planned and this is how he started out. Checkout the other articles in the same series too.He completed the whole journey in 17 hours.

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[digg] Improv Everywhere: Human Mirror

Improv Everywhere's latest mission, filled a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first and then enjoy their reports and pictures further down the page.

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[digg] Laloo P Yadav's recitation in Parliament!!!

The minister of railways for one of the largest railways system of the world presenting the budget in the parliament of India. Quite an orator. Maybe he could get a job with AOL tech support. Hilarious!!

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[digg] 15 Killer Web Apps That’ll Rock Your World

An awesome list of web applications that are worth checking out. Most of them might be unheard of but still they are fun and deserve recognition!

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[digg] How to Not to Lose a Fight with Your Girlfriend

Remember the last time you got in a fight or argument with your significant other? Wasn’t it frustrating? Wasn’t it painful? What can we do to best deal with these situations without ruining our relationships?Some pointers - dont blame me!!!

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[digg] Could Linux be a better gaming OS than Windows?

I believe that from an architectural point of view, Windows is not the best platform for gaming. I know that many devoted PC gamers will spend a lot of time, money and effort building a PC designed to get the absolute best performance out of the components. To me, it then seems an incredible waste to then install Windows (especially Vista). There is only one way to find out...Personally - Linux is a smarter and faster OS - with high resource utility... if only!!!

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[digg] Give Ledger an Oscar If He Deserves It, Not because He Is Dead

Heath Ledger was truly a genius of his craft, only recently getting the chance to break through being pigeonholed as the teen Hollywood hunk. Even in his lesser films though, the performances always stood out as a pinnacle of the production. But please stop saying he should get an Oscar for his role in The Dark Knight when the movie isn’t even out.

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[digg] Real Life Bat Signal Promotes The Dark Knight

Marketing for the new Batman movie uses a real life Bat signal projected on buildings!! All thats missing is the PyroTechnix!!!Batman rocks!!

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[digg] Why You Don't Need A New iPhone

The coolest thing about the next generation iPhone, however, is its new software. And if you already have the device, you're going to be getting the best parts of the new model for free very soon (or for a small charge to those who own an iPod Touch). Getting stuck with the old iPhone isn't looking as bad as we feared.Speaking of which - who is gonna gift me an iPhone now :P

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[digg] A Better Introduction to Linux User Interface

Linux is more than Ubuntu and Gnome. I use Ubuntu and have found it to be very satisfying!!

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[digg] Amazing! Van Gogh's "Starry Night" built in Second Life

This is genius.

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[digg] Austin Cop Leaves Loaded Gun At Park For Children To Find

Mothers and their young children found the loaded gun in Slaughter Creek Metropolitan Park. It belonged to an Austin police officer, Officer Daniel Eveleth, who didn't know his gun was missing for hours. They need to fire his ass. But since he forgot his gun, the kids could just use his gun and take care of that!!!

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[digg] 50 Things to Do Before You Die

Whether single events or processes that take weeks, months, or years, these experiences remind us that the world remains a magical place. This is very subjective - but the thought really makes a lot of sense!! Have you made your list yet???

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[digg] 20 Simple Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget

Unfortunately, the rising food prices make it hard to eat healthy. Your paycheck is most likely not rising as fast. Worst case you’re student which makes it even harder. These 20 tips will help you eat healthy on a budget. I wish I had this when I was in college!!

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[digg] 45 day challenge - hair fall solution

Parachute Therapie 45 day challenge site is really kool for people like me who are loosing their hair and getting bald, they do have some natural ingredients in this oil which helps u to keep those hair of yours flying. Seeing as I am going bald too - i actually used it and it helps!

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[digg] Huge DNS vulnerability announced, BIND and others 0wned

Details of how the flaw works were not revealed, but it allows Internet users to be redirected anywhere an attacker chooses. Vulnerable: Cisco, BIND, Juniper, Microsoft, Nominum, Red Hat, Sun, others. Not Vulnerable: OpenDNS

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[digg] Rajshri.com develops Web & Mobile episodes

Rajshri offers a comprehensive range of films, TV shows, music videos and special interest videos, a majority of which can be streamed free and/or downloaded at a price. They have recently started providing the age-old Akbar Birbal series in the most innovative remixed version. People can actually view these on the internet as well as download them!!

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[digg] New Google Reader for iPhone

A new streamlined Google reader for the iPhone. Sounds good to me... Now if only I had an iPhone!!

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[digg] Friendfeed vs Twitter: Half The Followers In Five Months

Twitter is still far larger than its much younger competitor Friendfeed in aggregate terms. But an interesting trend is developing - many longtime Twitter users are noticing that the number of followers they have on Friendfeed is growing far more rapidly than on Twitter. And the conversations at Friendfeed are better, too.

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[digg] Mixx adds community to social bookmarking

Wayne has bought new light to how Mixx is making things more interesting by bringing the community factor into information sharing.

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[digg] 8 Geeky Ways to Save Gas

Yes, we know—if you only had a nickel for every "save money on gas" article you've read or seen in the past year. And to add to the confusion, many of the tips in these stories are in fact based on superstition, junk science, or grandfather wisdom that doesn't really apply to today's automobiles....

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[digg] Are drivers in your city safe?

An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation.

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[digg] Digg Users Hate Everything; Bury Internet

COMEDY--Great article about the trials and tribulations of trying to get on the front page of Digg!

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[digg] 61-year-old woman kicked out of McCain "public" townhall

a 61-year-old librarian was kicked out of McCain's "public" townhall, issued a ticket for "trespassing" and threatened with arrest if she returned...all because she had a "McCain=Bush" sign.WTF ever happened to free speech?

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[digg] Pioneer's Blu-ray disc hits 400GB across 16-layers

16-layers -- that's how many layers it takes to the hit the center of a 400GB Blu-ray disc, pops. That's 25GB per layer just like those dual-layer 50GB discs available for retail. Best of all, the technique used by Pioneer is expected to be backward compatible with existing Blu-ray gear since the specs and lenses required for pickup are identical.

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[digg] Toyota Prius to Get Solar Power

Toyota’s next generation Prius, due out as early as next spring, will be outfitted with solar panels to help run the on-board electronics, according to a report from the Nikkei newspaper.

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[digg.com] Reflections: Motorcycling

Motorcycling has been getting a bad rap for a while. If these are the images that get conjured up when you think about motorcycling, well think again. There is a lot to it, that makes it addictive, that makes the enthusiasts going on for ever.

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And its my birthday apparently

But what is so special about it - its the same thing every year.. only difference, I am one year older..I know - I should stop being so pessimistic - but when most birthdays have either been to satisfy some one elses whim or none of your family have ever thought about being "together" on the big day.. it really just goes to show how "important" the day isI dont look forward to birthdays anymore... its the same old same oldexcept this time, i will finally get my birthday present which i had hoped of getting a dozen odd years ago - A Gaming Console!!! :)Love that this year!!! and yes my woman is the most understanding and is trying valiantly to make my day - and I think I will make the effort to make this birthday count!! :)Cheers!!

I AM A HUGE fan of Ben 10 and i just cant get enough of it - sometimes feel like a relic but cant get enough of the cartoons!!