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Eat Healthy with Grocery List Templates [Cheat Sheet]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 12, 2008
Health weblog SmarterFitter knows how difficult it can be to buy healthy food once you hit the supermarket, so they've created a couple of grocery list templates designed to help you stick to the good stuff. The list breaks down items into helpful shopping categories, leaving a little room in each for your own additions. You're probably already aware of the time you can save by using a...
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Three-year-old boy has never slept, parents maintain 24-hour vigil
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 10, 2008
A St. Petersburg, FL TV station reports on a family with a 3-year-old boy so has a rare mdical condition that prevents him from sleeping. His parents must watch him around the clock, taking turns to sleep during the day. Rhett has never taken a nap or gone to sleep at night, forcing his parents to keep watch day and night."(My husband) has the day shift and I kind of have the afternoon shift,"...
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Botanicalls Twitter Kit Keeps Your Plant Talking In 140 Characters Or Less
via Coolest Gadgets by AndrewD on May 10, 2008
Twitter is the microblogging platform taking social media by storm. Communicating in 140 characters or less might not sound like the preferred method of socializing, but aside from being totally productive for networking, it also happens to be a lot of fun. It’s in fact so fun, that non-humans are even getting into the mix.And we’re not talking about just some spam bot. Thanks to the help of...
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Microsoft: Think twice about IE7 before upgrading to XP SP3
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 09, 2008
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft, Browser TipsStill haven't made up your mind about Internet Explorer 7? No problem, you can always uninstall it and revert to the Internet Explorer 6 web browser that came with your operating system. Unless you've upgraded to Windows XP SP3, that is. Because Microsoft is telling computer users that if they install IE7 before XP SP3, there's...
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Rumor: Helio and Virgin to merge?
via Heliocity - The Unofficial Helio Community by Justin B. on May 09, 2008
Over at MocoNews, word is that Helio and Virgin Mobile may be in talks of a merger. While it is safe to say this could be just a rumor as neither company has given an official stance on it, it would be pretty interesting if anything did come of it.We’ll just have to wait this one out until we get some word from either company.(Greg says: We’ve asked the people that might be in the know about...
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Zune Spring Update
via Zune Insider by Cesar Menendez on May 06, 2008
I’m excited to announce the Zune Spring Update: Zune 2.5. We’re adding new features and enhancements to your Zune, the Zune software, Zune Social and TV shows in Zune Marketplace. For details on the update, head to the press release, but at a high level, in the Spring update: Zune cards becomes more portable. You can already put it on social networking or other websites – now you can drag...
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Xobni - Now Open Beta
via Greg's Cool [Insert Clever Name] of the Day by Greg on May 05, 2008
Xobni - Xobni Launches Public Beta"Today is an exciting day for everyone at Xobni. After seven months of invite-only beta, and over two years of product development, we’re proud to announce that Xobni is now publicly available for anyone to download. Xobni can be downloaded for free here.The official press release for our launch can be found here....For Current Xobni Beta UsersIf you are...
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Del.icio.us releases beta browser plugin for Firefox 3
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on May 01, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0While the Firefox 3 web browser is still in beta, it offers a ton of features that you won't find in Firefox 2. There's full page zoom, full history search, and vastly improved speed and performance with many web services. But there's a downside: many add-ons designed for earlier versions of Firefox will not work with...
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Facebook App for WIRED Science
via N.Design Studio - Blog & Design by Nick on March 25, 2008
Finally, the Facebook app that I designed for WIRED Science is officially launched. The app is called "WIRED SCIENCE: What Element Are You?" It is basically a fun app that lets you take a short quiz to find out what element you are from the periodic table. Then you can combine your element with your friends and it will tell you the relationship between the two of you. If you are interested in...
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Awesome Highlighter: Highlight web text before sharing URLs
via Download Squad by Brad Linder on March 12, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0When you send a URL to a friend, it's probably a good idea to include a note letting them know why you sent it. But if you're too lazy for that, you could always just highlight the snippet of text you really want them to read. Awesome Highlighter lets you markup any web page and then share the results.All you have to do is enter the URL of the...
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