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  • When Google News does bad things…

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    In this article from the Wired Blog Network we see what can happen when things don’t quite work. Google news inadvertently put a 6 year old story about financial problems that United Airlines was having high on it’s list. Basically it caused UA stock to drop 75% … here’s the story: http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/six-year-old-st.html

  • I cut my grass for the first time in 4 years….

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    Really… it’s true. Ok, I’ve actually paid someone to do it for the past 4 years but I actually cut it today, and as you can see from the pictures below it was about time. The whole house was surrounded by luscious, thick green grass. Here is the BEFORE picture… And here is the after…

  • Jack Webb

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    If you were born after 1980 or so you probably don’t know Jack Webb. Even if you were born before that, but weren’t into TV Cop dramas you might still not know him. You probably do know his most famous quote though… “Just the facts, ma’am”. Jack Webb played Sargent Joe Friday on the TV…