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In our testing, we found the inclusion [of Flash] actually hurts operation of the phone more than it helps. When browsing to a site heavy on Flash (there are many), the browser loading times were abysmal. Furthermore, trying to view videos in-window produced choppy, nearly unwatchable results.
URL Shorteners. Breaking the Web.
URL Shortener Fail
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I have been getting annoyed by think pieces in newspapers who criticised the service [Twitter] but don’t really know how it works—they use their laptops predominantly as a light.
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What shows up in Twitter, in blogs and in the other ways we are connecting the loosely coupled web into flows is that by each reading whom we choose to and passing on some of it to others, we are each others media, we are the synapses in the global brain of the web of thought and conversation. Although we each only touch a local part of it, ideas can travel a long way.
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Feed Reading
Nick Douglas has reached the point of realisation that Tumblr is a better feed reader UI than others. Where, at this point in history, ‘others’ is pretty much Google Reader. He wants the ability to read other feeds in Tumblr.
Betsy McCaughey Interview on The Daily Show
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One question asked: “Do you think the government should stay out of Medicare?” Keep in mind that this is a logical impossibility, as Medicare is a government program, which was signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson, to provide guaranteed health care to the elderly.
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Among Republicans, 62% say the government should stay out of Medicare.
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Drawn from the best local sources, Chicharrones contain natural pork, sea salt, cane sugar, and the finest chiles. The exquisite balance of flavors is just one of the reasons Chicharrones are the official snack food of the Cochon 555 national competition tour.
Song of the Day: Our Most Brilliant Friends
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Timoni Cat Haz Misaligned Whiskers
Actual Fox News Headline
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We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever.
“We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice.
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Being left-handed, I never use Cmd/Ctrl-C X V. I would have to take my hand off the mouse to do that. I use CTRL-Insert (copy) and SHIFT-Insert (paste).
This works in almost every Windows app, except for those by Adobe for some reason.
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When it was released we found a few show stopping bugs that neither us nor Apple found which kept new users from playing the game. Whoops. We pushed 1.1 a few weeks later only to find that there were problems for other new users. Again none of this was caught by us or Apple. As they say, shit happens. We quickly put together a release and submitted it to Apple about 6 weeks ago.