The game of “skate” (S-K-A-T-E) is to skateboarding as “horse” (H-O-R-S-E) is to basketball. Normally skating is an individual sport, and aside from contests, there aren’t many ways to compete with fellow skaters…unless you play “skate”. It may not sound like much, but when you get the best skateboarders in the world in a single elimination […]

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In it’s third season, America’s Best Dance Crew, doesn’t look like it is losing it’s momentum. I especially like the crew Quest, which features some real superstars on their team. Perhaps I am biased, since a good friend is on Quest and will be performing on the show, which airs January 15th 2009.
Their members include […]

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Lectures have a bad rap.  For many people, a lecture can only be 2 things: 1) a long boring class which is meant to be skipped 2) a common method used by adults to punish children. 
While most lectures do fall in these categories, some lectures and speeches are pretty damn good. So good, in fact, […]

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Fo Yo Vooing Plehzha 

or just in case the embed doesnt work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

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It’s the cutest thing ever. Shiba Inu Puppies on streaming video 24/7. There are 6 puppies: Autumn, Ayumi, Amaya, Ando, Akoni, Aki. Word on the street is that Ando is the superstar of the group. Watch them sleep; watch them play. Just don’t miss the next adorable moment. 

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So we haven’t posted in 2 weeks and that’s no good. This one is defintely out of left field…much like every other post. Hopefully, this one will make up for the lost time.
Randy Pausch was a professor at both University of Virginia and Carnegie Mellon
who died July 25th 2008 of pancreatic cancer. He was a […]

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On the famous Las Ramblas in Barcelona, there is a little shot bar called Espit Chupito. Chupito is Spanish for “shot” and they have over 500 types of shots on their menu. That menu is also scrawled over the bar’s wall.  At 2 euro per shot it is a cheap fade and most of their shots […]

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Michael Phelps.
Greatest Olympian ever.  Now, we know why.

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If you ever feel down, a Sad Kermit song may be just the thing to cheer you up. Here he is mourning the loss of Jim Henson, Ms Piggy, and doing heroin?!!

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SeeqPod claims to be “playable search” which isn’t a very clear concept. What that means is that it searches the web for audio, video, slideshows, finance, wikipedia and other rich multimedia content and plays/loads it conveniently within the search results page. 
While that doesn’t seem too useful at first, it is a great way for playing music and movies on demand. It is crucial when […]

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