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Oh, sweet day! 'Oriole Magic' comes to our cell phones
via Big League Stew - MLB - Yahoo! Sports by (author unknown) on June 16, 2008
... download is free and can be accessed at a website called myxer.com. I have no idea if that's a reputable site or if it's going to put a virus on your phone, but I do know that having "MAGIC! MAGIC! MAGIC! MAGIC!" alert you every time Aubrey Huff or Melvin Mora calls from B'more is worth the risk. And here I thought I needed that MLB package on the new iPhone for mobile hotness.
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Cards catcher removed on stretcher in neck brace
via Headlines from the Associated Press by By R.B. FALLSTROM on June 16, 2008
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Cardinals backup catcher Jason LaRue watched from the dugout as Yadier Molina, his back to the play after an off-line throw, got flattened by a pinch runner....
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Pringles can designer dies; remains buried in Pringles can
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on June 01, 2008
From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one.His children honored his request. Part of his remains was buried in a Pringles can - along with a regular urn containing the rest - in his grave at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Springfield Township.Dr. Baur, a retired organic...
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FbCal Puts Facebook Birthdays in Your Calendar [Facebook]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 27, 2008
One of the best side effects of using Facebook is knowing when your contacts' birthdays are—but you only see them if you log in. The Facebook application fbCal is out to fix that. Once you install it on Facebook, fbCal creates an iCal file for your Facebook contacts' birthdays as well as Facebook events. Subscribe to the feed in your iCal-enabled calendar app of choice, like...
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Top 10 Firefox 3 Features [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 20, 2008
The newest version of our favorite open source web browser, Mozilla Firefox 3, offers dozens of new features and fixes, but only a handful will make the most dramatic difference in your everyday browsing. After 17 months of alphas and betas, Mozilla's finally made a feature-complete release candidate available, so it's time to spotlight the biggest improvements that will make "Gran...
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Run Xbox Media Center from a USB Drive [XBox Media Center]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on June 06, 2008
We've shown you how to turn your classic Xbox and Mac into a super-powered media center using Xbox Media Center, but what about everybody else? Well, if you've got at least a 1 GB USB drive and a computer that can boot from it, you're in luck. LiveXBMC, a blend of the XBMC and Ubuntu Linux, lets you do all the same big-screen media playing, file sharing, DVD ripping, and other media...
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Gmail Gets 13 Experimental New Features Tonight [Exclusive Sneak Preview]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on June 06, 2008
Starting at 6PM Pacific Time tonight, Google will start rolling out Gmail Labs, an experimental area of new Gmail features that will be familiar and very welcome to users of the Better Gmail Firefox extension. Once your Gmail account is Labs-enabled, you'll get a Labs tab in the Settings area of your account where you can enable 13 new experimental Gmail features, including signature tweaks,...
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The Internet FAQ from 2085
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 19, 2008
What was the internet?The internet and the world web was a computing system to transfer human information. Scientists have based its beginning to the years 1920 to 1940.What was electromail?Electromail was another transport protocol to transfer human information, but it was quickly discontinued as it caused misunderstandings due to lack of correctly representing emotions.What were world web...
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Top 10 Office Supply Hacks [Lifehacker Top 10]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on June 03, 2008
Given some spare time and a few neglected items in the office supply closet, anyone can make their workspace more functional, create a cool tools for their home and office, and even rescue seemingly ruined stuff. Today we'll take a look at some unexpected ways to use objects you probably have readily available. Get organized and save some money with 10 low-cost office supply hacks you can do...
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Gmail Labs: Experimental Opt-In Features
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on June 06, 2008
Google went live with Gmail Labs, experimental features for web mail client Gmail which you can choose to enable one by one. Note this may still be rolled out for you; if you have it, you can log-in to Gmail, click Settings, and switch to the right-most tab, titled Labs. You will then see an explanation that this is an experimental testing ground where Google engineers can try out new ideas, with...
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