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Tactical Gamer
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POLL -- Please Vote! (Dec 19 2006 19:58 GMT) - If you haven't seen it, please check out this poll (http://www. tacticalgamer. com/general-discussion/83516-d html). Please vote! |
Autoblog
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Ford's $80 million marketing blitz for the Edge: Will it work? (Dec 19 2006 19:58 GMT) - Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Crossovers/CUVs, Ford Ford will be spending $80 million dollars on a marketing blitz to educate the public on its new Edge CUV. Now we all know how important the Edge is to Ford's fortunes, so a monster marketing budget isn't a big surprise. A large portion of the monies will go to MSN.com, which is setting up the URL ideasfromtheedge. |
MetaFilter
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MySpace for artists (Dec 19 2006 19:57 GMT) - Meet Stuart, the new mySpace-like networking site for Student Artists created by Saatchi and Saatchi. (discovered through the NYT). |
GoodShit
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via MAX (Dec 19 2006 19:57 GMT) - Wired News: Race to the Moon for Nuclear Fuel |
Daily Kos
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More party switches in Kansas (Dec 19 2006 19:55 GMT) - It's only a matter of time before every "moderate Republican" in Kansas calls him and herself a "Democrat". The list of Kansas Republicans bailing out of the GOP and going Democratic is growing. Today, Dr. Bob Meneilly, pastor emeritus of Village Presbyterian Church and chairman emeritus of the moderate Mainstream Coalition, said he was joining their ranks. Meineilly said he had been contemplating a switch for several years. |
Gawker
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To Do: Uncover Your Hidden Badass (Dec 19 2006 19:55 GMT) - Cocaine-snorting grandpas, albeit fictional, are simply irresistible. Join Brooklyn-born Alan Arkin as he discusses the sexual attractiveness of a bald head and watches an encore presentation of Little Miss Sunshine. The Walter Reade Theater, 140 W. 65th St., (212)-875-5600. |
Hot Chicks
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Miss USA Tara Conner is overcome with emotion during a news ... (Dec 19 2006 19:51 GMT) - (AP) - Miss USA Tara Conner is overcome with emotion during a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, in New York City. Conner, who had come under criticism amid rumors she had been frequenting bars while underage, will be allowed to keep her title, pageant chief Donald Trump announced at the news conference. (AP Photo/Rick Maiman) |
Gizmodo
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Zune Software Update - Now Vista Compatible (Dec 19 2006 19:50 GMT) - Hot on the heels of yesterday's Zune Firmware update, here's the Zune Software update. The update fixes some bugs in the installation process and also adds Vista support. We haven't seen any problems with the Zune installer or yesterday's Zune firmware update, but a few unlucky folk have. We're not sure what these people do to their machines—we're using a standard Windows XP MCE box with a bunch of apps on it— |
Forecast Investments
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SM Investments eyes P10-B loan to fund major projects (ABS-CBNNEWS.com) (Dec 19 2006 19:50 GMT) - SM Investments Corp. (SMIC), the investment holding firm of retail tycoon Henry Sy, is planning to borrow P10 billion next year to bankroll the continued expansion of SM Mall of Asia, the establishment of an integrated tourism and residential resort complex and other property development projects, and the purchase of a substantial stake in Equitable PCI Bank. |
Boing Boing
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Profile of world's oldest blogger (Dec 19 2006 19:49 GMT) - Mark Frauenfelder: Mary Vallis of Canada's National Post wrote a nice profile of Don Crowdis, the 93-year-old blogger I wrote about a while back. Mr. Crowdis does not own a computer right now (although he is planning to buy two). He writes his blog entries longhand at his kitchen table in the mornings, after he has breakfast and takes his pills. |
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