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I was a teenager when MTV switched on and changed the music business forever, so I remember fondly sitting in front of my parents old television and watching videos. Now, we all get to enjoy MTV again…online, and I can re-discover my youth and remember the soft spot I have for punk rock girls.

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Global Incident Map
Track every crazy threat, incident and potential nuclear holocaust from one simple website - Google map enabled!

I saw this post over at HappyKatie and figured the best thing for me to investigate was the usage of curse words on Twitter using this groovy tool. Natch!

I went for what I consider to be the most common curse words. Oh, sure, there are different one’s and derivations, but these seemed the […]

No! This is shocking!!!
Another study about online social networks has discovered the obvious: people with photos are more likely to be contacted by strangers, and girls get more unwarranted attention than guys. Perhaps the next study could address the “hottness” factor?
A survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that those […]

Amazon.com opened its DRM-free MP3 store today. This is something they’ve been working on and managed to coax both EMI and Universal into providing DRM-free downloads. Without that, the iPod wouldn’t work and you’d be stuck with files that are virtually useless (sorry Zune users, all 100 of you).
If anyone understands how to […]

I ran across this nifty little tool for tracking concerts in the area today called Gruvr. It tracks shows based on MySpace show listings (and likely a few other resources) and allows you to track your favorite bands and even add a widget to your blog or website.
Pretty cool.

Don’t forget to keep track of […]

How sweet is this? YouTube changed everything when it comes to embedding files onto your website. Why anyone puts video on their website that ISN’T embeddable seems nuts.
Now, you can do the same with Google Maps. Just click the “Link to this page” link at the top of any Google Map page and […]

I was looking up city auctions and came across this page on the City of Houston website. What the hell is wrong with the guy in the middle of this photo?

“ARRRRR…I got me a fine automobile for a fair price in this here auction!” Dude is scary.

You just KNEW this was coming, right? With all the 2.0 and social networking sites, it was inevitable that companies would want to spy on their employees to make sure they weren’t up to no good. It’s common knowledge that part of the screening process now in many HR departments includes a check […]

Ugh. This is going to kill a lot of my time. I can tell already.
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