July 2010
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zatoism asked: Found your blog via a Google search ("how to get more traffic on your tumblr?") - Your post ("How to get more people to visit and follow your Tumblelog") came up first. Photos still do not offer the opportunity to include a title. Did you find another way to SEO your posts? Thanks!
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AOL is Hiring: Front-End Engineer for City's Best
AOL wants to hire a front-end engineer for City’s Best. Contact me if you’re interested in the following position, or if you know someone who is.
Front-End Engineer:
As a Front-End Engineer for City’s Best you’ll join the small team and startup environment to lead the front-end development of an exciting new vision for the local web. We’re focused on creating an extremely social and...
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WatchCraig Shimala captured and put together this beautiful video of lightning striking three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time. Shot with a Canon EOS 7D and a 10-22mm lens.
(via Big Contrarian)
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June 2010
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Trade in your 3GS for an iPhone 4 at Radio Shack
Now through July 25, Radio Shack is offering a $200 Gift Card for an iPhone 3GS in working condition that does not have a broken screen or water damage.
If you’re not in a hurry, you should try selling it on eBay or Craigslist. You could get more for it, but don’t be fooled by the completed listings on eBay with unusually high “sold for” prices. The vast majority seem...
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“Scientists rated 500 sunscreens based on the safety of their ingredients and the...”
– Read more about this alarming study on GOOD.
(via @joannakopicka)
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Eggplant Impromptu in Flavor Major
Here’s the recipe for my off-the-cuff dinner tonight. It turned out quite well, so I thought I’d share it with you.
Ingredients:
2 garlic cloves
3/4 lb. indian eggplant (4 to 6 of them)
1 small fresh tomato
1 red bell pepper
cumin
ground coriander
curry powder
ground turmeric
garam masala
coarsely ground sea salt
ground black pepper
extra virgin olive oil
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AT&T's DataPlus Plan Lowers Your Monthly iPhone...
Unless you read Tech or Mac blogs regularly, you probably aren’t aware that AT&T introduced 2 new Data Plans yesterday. If you are a current customer, here are your options:
Do nothing and keep paying $30/month for the “Unlimited” data plan (which I believe actually has a 5GB limit).
Change to the DataPlus plan without renewing your contract and start paying...
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Patch.com is looking for full-time Regional...
If you are interested in any of these positions, contact me. All the details are below:
1) Regional Editor:
Patch.com is looking for smart, innovative journalists to join our team as full-time Regional Editors. This is your opportunity to lead and inspire a team focused on creating cutting-edge community-based journalism that will inform, inspire and engage communities.
The Candidate: A...
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May 2010
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April 2010
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“It’s likely that hand-sanitizer users falsely believed they were protected...”
– Slate advises you to stop wasting money on hand sanitizers.
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14 free Lonely Planet guides for iPhone →
In response to the widespread chaos caused by the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano, Lonely Planet is offering 13 of its European iPhone guides for free until April 22. Vancouver is also currently free.
(via Kirstin Butler on Twitter)
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WatchThe Living Climate Change Video Challenge is an open invitation to think about how we can achieve a sustainable future. It is presented by IDEO and hosted by DESIGN 21: Social Design Network.
Get the full details on the Living Climate Change site. Here are the basics:
Deadline: May 25, 2010
Your original video must be no longer than 2 minutes.
Open to individuals and teams of all...
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“Musical training, whatever the age, should be universally encouraged, since it...”
– Nina Kraus, a professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern University. She, along with other scientists, have found that learning music enhances your language-processing skills. Therefore, schools should not be eliminating music from their curriculum.
(quote from this National...
toyl asked: How can I add a title to my audio, video and quote post in tumblr? Is it possible? Thanx!!!
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“For every study that turns up disconcerting vitamin side effects, there seem to...”
– From an interesting article in Slate Magazine questioning the benefit of vitamin supplements.
March 2010
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Watch“Reduce everything you wanna do to an action you can do right now, and then do it!”
Great talk by Jason Randal at last year’s 99% Conference.
(via swissmiss)
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Watchmatthewb:
State of the Internet, a motion type presentation by the Jess3 agency of mostly mind-blowing statistics from the big social networks during 2009.
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“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,...”
– Charles Darwin
February 2010
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January 2010
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Copyright Criminals →
I watched this great documentary today from the Independent Lens series on PBS Video.
COPYRIGHT CRIMINALS examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law and money. The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul and Digital Underground, as well as emerging artists such...
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December 2009
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Do You Know What's In Your Sushi? →
Interesting article from Wired Science: Sushi DNA Tests Reveal Fraud
Here’s an excerpt:
The team of researchers from Columbia University and the American Museum of Natural History ordered tuna from 31 sushi restaurants and then used genetic tests to determine the species of fishes in those dishes. More than half of those eateries misrepresented, or couldn’t clarify the type of fish they...
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The Decline: The Geography of a Recession →
Latoya Egwuekwe put together this eye-opening Flash map showing the rise of unemployment rates since January 2007.
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November 2009
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